Any way of loading pre-made worlds with lots in without a mod?

[Yolo]

I hate putting in roads and lots, but I would like to be able to edit Sunset Valley to re-organize it with extra lots, changing the roads a bit maybe. So is there a way to load them on CAW? thanks 

[PolarBair]

Unfortunately the only option I'm aware of is the "Sunset Valley Light" that comes with CAW. It at least has all the roads in place but nothing else. All the lots, rocks and trees and spawners all have to be added back in. Which is a pain I know.

I don't even know of a mod that can short cut that. If there was one. I would have used it.

What EPs do you have?

If I'm not mistaken I think there's already a Sunset Valley 2.0 some one made that I think covers all the EPs.

I only have Ambitions, Late Night and World Adventure. If you have at least those you'll be able to use my new version of Sunset Valley when I finally finish testing and upload. So you can either wait for that or bite the bullet and start replacing the lots and things in CAW to make your own.

Unless some one else comes along that knows something I don't. Which is quite possible. One can always hope.

[grimsoul]

There is a way to do it but the site I got the directions from is no longer up or has moved. And it's been so long sense I've done it or even messed with CAW that I'm not sure I would remember how. But maybe someone else here might.
But I have extracted some of the towns and they can be downloaded, extracted and loaded into CAW.
They're hosted on 4shared and I think you have to register to download but it's free to register.
The ones I have done are Sunset Valley, Riverview, Hidden Springs, Bridgeport, Barnacle Bayand Appaloosa Plains.
The files are in rar format and just need to be extracted to the world caches folder in CAW then open in CAW like you would any other world.

[Yolo]

Unfortunately the only option I'm aware of is the "Sunset Valley Light" that comes with CAW. It at least has all the roads in place but nothing else. All the lots, rocks and trees and spawners all have to be added back in. Which is a pain I know.

I don't even know of a mod that can short cut that. If there was one. I would have used it.

What EPs do you have?

If I'm not mistaken I think there's already a Sunset Valley 2.0 some one made that I think covers all the EPs.

I only have Ambitions, Late Night and World Adventure. If you have at least those you'll be able to use my new version of Sunset Valley when I finally finish testing and upload. So you can either wait for that or bite the bullet and start replacing the lots and things in CAW to make your own.

Unless some one else comes along that knows something I don't. Which is quite possible. One can always hope.

I have all of the expansions. I didn't think about a world to download. I will have a look and post the link if I find one!

[Yolo]

i have found a chat on carl's guide, but cant get it to work, http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/forum/index.php?topic=3159.250 that is the link, if anyone gets this to work please tell me how!!!

!edit!: sorry to make clear this is for downloading an updated version, not anything to open in CAW!

[PolarBair]

There is a way to do it but the site I got the directions from is no longer up or has moved. And it's been so long sense I've done it or even messed with CAW that I'm not sure I would remember how. But maybe someone else here might.
But I have extracted some of the towns and they can be downloaded, extracted and loaded into CAW.
They're hosted on 4shared and I think you have to register to download but it's free to register.
The ones I have done are Sunset Valley, Riverview, Hidden Springs, Bridgeport, Barnacle Bayand Appaloosa Plains.
The files are in rar format and just need to be extracted to the world caches folder in CAW then open in CAW like you would any other world.

I wish some one told me this before I got started.

Just Downloaded Sunset Valley Heavy and opened it in CAW. This is awesome, it even has the population installed. I might actually start over with this. Wouldn't really be that much work either. Thanks Grimsoul.

[Frey]

Thank you so much for this!!!!!!

I had just begun remaking AP in-game but now I will start from CAW I think. If I manage to learn how to use it.

[Chuckles_82]

MTS have the tutorials here. I've tried the first one on AP and can't edit in game.

[Frey]

Thanks Chuckles! I will give it a try next week. I'm writing some investigation reuslts for university and must have it done by sunday so I will stay away from new Sims stuff to avoid getting addicted and not writing anything hehe.

What do you mean yo can't edit in-game? After you have edited in CAW?

[Chuckles_82]

Yes. I think it has something to do with the worlds being populated, as mentioned in that thread. I followed the instructions from a different thread when I did it the first time (which is the first method described there) but couldn't find it again the second time I wanted to do it. Anyway, there is a save issue so it won't launch. I wanted to edit AP slightly to add more lots closer to town.

[Frey]

Oh! Good to know that before I start, thanks!

Is it possible to eliminate the population or something? I would mind, since I already did it in-game and saved all the families to the library. I could just put them back afterwards. I will do some research when I have time, maybe I will find some way of uploading it populated. I've heard there's a mod to do that (I think that's what they used to make UC? But maybe it wasn't LOL) but I'm not sure.

[Chuckles_82]

I don't know about taking the population out. I'd suggest having a good read of the second method suggsted on that MTS link. I haven't bothered with it yet myself, though I did wonder the same thing myself. UC was populated using Twallan's mods, yes.

[Frey]

Yeah, I don't even know if it's possible. You can get all the townies out to the library but the NPCs would still be there I guess.

Anyway, I will read the tutorial on MTS. I gave it a quick look yesterday but I didn't have time to read it through.

[grimsoul]

MTS have the tutorials here. I've tried the first one on AP and can't edit in game.

Thanks for the link Chuckles. Those are the instructions I used for the worlds I've extracted, the address has just changed from what I had booked marked.
I used the first method to do it. But except for Sunset Valley I had to run the reset of them through [urlhttp://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,15129.0.html]recompressor[/url] or S3PE would give an error when opening them.

[Chuckles_82]

Ah yes. I can't remember if I ran them through  s3oc or not now. I did all my store stuff (except for worlds) so I could lump them into one package. I've only really opened them in CAW though so I could see the spawners. AP was the first one that I thought about editing.