Testing the waters: What do you want in a 'hood?
AnimaSeverem:
Preferably something like Glitchport. Minus the glitches, of course. And a lot bigger living space around the area.
Oh, and a laundromat.
Because putting a laundry room in a one-room studio apartment is kind of silly.
friendlyquark:
One of the things I most hate about the hoods is the tendency to paint large swathes with "do not enter" paint. If I want to put on lot way the hell off the beaten track, so that I can stick a dungeon there, then please allow me to do so. I hate the Twinbrook map for just that reason, so much terrain is simply off-limits to building. Where's the fun in not being able to build an old abandoned whatever off somewhere else?
Other than that, I like save game files, I like a multiplicity of lot types. (Though, please watch the amount of shrubbery added to lots. Some of the houses I have downloaded are so overfull of garden plants that my first task is to strip out all the shrubs before I can play it with any speed.) Much of the other stuff you were suggesting sounds good as well. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.
herefortheparty:
My ideal hood would have some starter houses. I enjoy building myself, so housing really isn't important so much as having all the spawners, clubs and other businesses already set. Then just give me plenty of room to build, lots of lots from say 20x30 and larger. I have yet to build anything that needs spawners at this point but eventually I'm sure I'll start messing with them too in order to give them a more contemporary look.
So far my favorite CAW is one called Milton. I either got it here or on MTS. I forget which. And for those who like to build on nice flat terrains, I love RichDre's Builder. He's now at {bearmtncreations4sims3.com }
There are also several on {www.the-isz.com/theisz/} that are good. Haven't played many from there however.
Thanks to the others that posted up and critiqued some other CAW Hoods. I'm always on the hunt for good hoods.
WhiteWaterWood:
I hate it when I see another neighborhood that is 'downtown' or 'rural.' There are a bazillion rural and downtown hoods out there. I'd like something with creativity. Maybe Chinese or futuristic or a hood with a story or a conspiracy theory everyone in the town is hiding. I never really see the appeal of yet another boring generic hood. If I wanted to play that, I would play the EA pre-made ones.
Sita:
This sounds interesting. I would like to try it.
I'd second the starter houses - I love to build but would much rather build for my Sims once they have made a little money and got established in a career (and developed a personality!)
Lots of spawners please. large is definitely good. I was playing Bay City, which is beautiful, but I ran out of building space because although it was not marked off with no-go terrain paint, a lot of the empty countryside-ish land was too hilly to build on; quite unrealistically lumpy. If I WANT open countryside with nobbut scattered farms, fair enough, but if my town wants to expand I want that possibility open to me too.
Saved files for a world which is already in play are fine - I got the world JFade made that way, once I knew how to install it, it worked pretty well (I suspect the problems I later had with it were caused by mods or CC I had installed, not the fault of the world) and I DO like the idea of families who already have some story, so long as there is room for me to add my Sims and work them into the stories.
Easter Eggs are always fun, specially at this time of the year!
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