World Specifications
THE NUMBERS:
World Size: 2048x2048
*Note: Used the "Sunset Valley Lite" template in Create a World and altered water level to greatly reduce sprawl. Also sculpted terrain surrounding existing mountains, added special effects, and repainted to create a completely new look.
File Size:
*Deserted Isle of Aaru: 52.5 MB
*Isle of Aaru: 56.5 MB
Community Lots: 26
Residential Lots (all unbuilt in both versions): 36
*16x18: 6
*20x30: 9
*30x30: 4
*30x40: 12
*40x40: 4
*60x60: 1
Spawners: 121
*Note: Contains all base game and World Adventures home neighborhood spawners only (i.e. no mummy fish, etc). However, all harvestable plants from World Adventures destinations can be found at the supermarket, nectary, and other secret places in the built version of Aaru.
REQUIRED GAMES AND EXPANSION PACKS:
Requires The Sims 3 Base Game, Riverview, and World Adventures Expansion Pack.
*CUSTOM CONTENT-FREE! Confirmed with Custard by Delphy.
*Yes, Riverview is required as the "Rock of Ancients" is built into the environment.
*Please update your game with the latest patch prior to installation of Aaru!
World Size: 2048x2048
*Note: Used the "Sunset Valley Lite" template in Create a World and altered water level to greatly reduce sprawl. Also sculpted terrain surrounding existing mountains, added special effects, and repainted to create a completely new look.
File Size:
*Deserted Isle of Aaru: 52.5 MB
*Isle of Aaru: 56.5 MB
Community Lots: 26
Residential Lots (all unbuilt in both versions): 36
*16x18: 6
*20x30: 9
*30x30: 4
*30x40: 12
*40x40: 4
*60x60: 1
Spawners: 121
*Note: Contains all base game and World Adventures home neighborhood spawners only (i.e. no mummy fish, etc). However, all harvestable plants from World Adventures destinations can be found at the supermarket, nectary, and other secret places in the built version of Aaru.
REQUIRED GAMES AND EXPANSION PACKS:
Requires The Sims 3 Base Game, Riverview, and World Adventures Expansion Pack.
*CUSTOM CONTENT-FREE! Confirmed with Custard by Delphy.
*Yes, Riverview is required as the "Rock of Ancients" is built into the environment.
*Please update your game with the latest patch prior to installation of Aaru!
Just For Fun...
- My goal in creating a world was to have a reasonable amount of lots with the most common sizes so that I could play my story exactly as I wished. By uploading it, I hope I'm providing something that helps you with your story, too. I tried to balance each residential area of the world with lots ranging in size from 16x18 to 40x40 (and with one 60x60 lot for the local billionaire, of course).
- Many of the rectangular lots have been placed on corners to give variety in positioning.
- All residential lots and most community lots have flat terrain to make downloaded lots easier to place.
- Lots are divided into three neighborhoods: downtown, suburbs, and an elite community on the smaller island of Cockaigne.
- A couple of lots stand apart from the majority as a discreet location for the criminal hideout and maybe even the junkyard (if interested in building one with Ambitions).
- All of the roads and community lots are named after places only found in myth, theory, or fiction novels, except for the lot with the two bistros.
- The two bistros, Chez Voltaire and Swift's, were named after those two authors as both authors either referred to or created a mythical place in at least one of their stories (Candide = El Dorado, Gulliver's Travels = various cities).
- Aaru itself is (supposedly) the name of an ancient Egyptian manifestation of heavenly paradise once believed to be a series of islands covered with reeds. The scattered Egyptian ruins throughout the world reflect this idea.
- YES, the small island with the lighthouse is accessible, but I'm not telling you how! I did want this world to have a few challenges. I'll give you a hint: It has to do with building up a particular skill.
- The separate island with the ruins is accessible by the same method as the lighthouse island, but if you download the built version, there is another way to get there without worrying about skill points. Hint: Find a secret way to transport there from another community lot.
- There is an excellent fishing hole for catching freshwater fish in both versions - it is part of the environment and not a movable lot.
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