Norden - Blog Posts
This world is a blank medium sized (1024x1024) world with 10 community lots and 21 residential lots. It’s 23.8MB unpopulated. It uses Aurora Skies InI files, no flythrough.
It’s inspired by medieval Scandinavian landscapes, vikings, Norse mythology, and Skyrim. It’s a home neighborhood but created with the notion of using it as a travel destination or for story telling..
REQUIREMENTS
Ambitions
World Adventures
Aurora Skies
Dragon Valley
Midnight Hollow
Visit my World Requirements page for more details.
Please read my tou before downloading. ⇩ DOWNLOAD ⇩ ⇩ SIMS 3 EXCHANGE MIRROR ⇩
This is my first (publicly shared) world so I hope you enjoy it!
Oleifsborg on the Sims forums for updates, feedback, and troubleshooting.
My legacy family celebrating Danish Midsommer/Saint Hans (Left to right: Richard Randall, Bethooven Quomipash (heir gen 3), Nathaniel Wright, Tilly Quoimipash, (obscured) Moe Quomipash (Heir gen 2), Ellenor Quomipash, Harold Assange-Quomipash, Emily Quomipash and Rama Quomipash)
A lot of people are probably wondering what in the world is going on. Basically we celebrate midsummer by staying up late, song, lighting a huge fire with a witch on top… Just to scare off evil spirits, mind you, no actual witches were ever burned on Saint Hans. There’s so much intresting history to this holiday, but i’ll refrain :p
vendelavendelavendela recently posted a Swedish midsummer celebration in Enekjaer, and it was absolutely adorable. Made me want to do my own ;) … It also made me realize how completely different the two are :0
Merry Christmas everyone! Here’s a couple of yuletide themed objects I made for my medieval save - but I think they can work in any time period. The cake is converted from TS4 and is a functional recipe :) Let me know if you would like an edited version of the cake that doesn’t need the extra cc!
YULE GOAT > DOWNLOAD
» Price: §80 » Categories: Decor, Misc » Textures: 1 preset, non-recolourable
WINTER CAKE > DOWNLOAD
» Meal Type: Dessert » Skill Level: 6 » Ingredients: Egg, Flour, Blackberry » Required CC: Ingredients Overhaul & Bohemian Garden Set
YULE WREATH > DOWNLOAD
» Price: §35 » Categories: Decor, Plants & Decor, Paintings » Textures: 6 presets, non-recolourable
YULE GARLAND > DOWNLOAD
» Price: §40 » Categories: Decor, Plants & Decor, Paintings » Textures: 7 presets, non-recolourable
T.O.U.
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AINALI by technicallyswagpizza
Ainali lies at the northern end of Finland where pristine blue lakes are surrounded by dense green forests. The rural village itself boasts of pretty, colourful traditional houses. Ainali is a destination for people who want to experience wild nature and love being outdoors, be it fishing, hiking, biking or simply getting lost. Also a great place for introverts to unite! As far away from other people as possible, of course.
I turned into a bit of a world collector *coughhoardercough* while I have been on a mission to find a perfect world that suits my playstyle and aesthetics plus is relatively small and lag free. I haven’t found many worlds that are based on Scandinavia let alone Finland, but I stumbled upon Vera’s Sammallampi awhile ago and I fell in love with it! It made me feel all fuzzy inside as it reminded me of my childhood and sweet summer holidays by the Ainali lake. I edited the world for my own enjoyment initially, but as I have been doing so I figured I might as well share it with the rest of you simmers since it really is a nifty little world!
What has changed then?
The playable area is now a medium map within a large world map, if that makes sense. Even though the lots are a little spread out around the lake it won’t take several sim hours to drive from one end to the other.
The original distant terrain didn’t load for me, so I replaced it with ones from Twinbrooks and Island Paradise.
Updated some of the textures such as grass and soil to use Nilxis textures instead.
I have fixed all the roads, spawners and overall routing, I removed one of the piers as it was causing routing issues as well. Sadly, I had to make the small islands unroutable too.
I removed quite a lot of trees, but it is still very much a tree heavy world.
I have tamed all the floating grasses and trees.
I added more lots and changed the size for some of the originals.
I created a lighting mod and included it in the world file.
Finally, I renamed it after my childhood stomping grounds.
But wait, there is more! I have made two versions for you to choose from!
#1 Empty world // Requirements:
Base-game and Ambitions, Island Paradise distant terrain is included in the download incase you don’t have the pack installed.
Map is completely empty, has a wide variety of spawners and ready to be built by you. Go crazy!
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#2 Built and ready to move in! // Requirements:
Base game, World Adventures, Ambitions, Generations, Late Night, Showtime, University Life, Aurora Skies store world, (Island Paradise is optional).
CC included in the download: Aurora Skies, Rabbit hole rugs & doors by Jynx (Pet fixed), distant terrain from Island Paradise. CC not included: Bistro rug by Misty as per her TOU, download it here. (Registration needed)
All the lots are built and furnished.
I want to emphasize that this is very much a base game friendly world with some items used from the rest of the packs listed above simply for their functionality (Late Night for bars, University for baristas and grocery rabbithole, Ambitions for skilling items, Generations for a wedding arch etc) and as the world is based on a nordic village I used Aurora Skies stuff in it as well but it’s mostly just roofs, paneling and the lovely lupin flowers that come with it. If you don’t have some of the expansion packs or don’t want to install Aurora Skies the items I have used will simply be replaced by something else from your own game. Nothing should break, but some bits might look a little bare or funky due to the replaced items!
More pictures in my blog under the #Ainali tag over here
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Almost there, just few more bits!
I have created a lighting mod for Ainali and included it in the world file itself, I would recommend at least trying it out (by taking your own lighting mod out of Mods/Packages folder to see it in action)! If you like Ainali’s lighting and want to use it in other worlds or as a standalone mod, shoot me a message and I’ll make a package for you.
This world comes with 16 Community lots, 14 Residential lots and 2 empty lots. I have not included population.
Ainali comes with basic rabbit hole careers you would get in a vanilla game. Even though I have all the expansions I rarely if ever play with pets or occult sims, so lots related to them you have to add yourself (Festival lots, future and showtime bits).
I would strongly advise downloading Nraas Go Here and disabling boats. They will cause lag as townies have a habit of looping around endlessly. Same with horses, really, as they tend to get stuck.
Some houses and lots may look familiar as I have edited and used EA lots as a base + 2 lots from doublemedion694′s Cladbridge-on-Stowe (one was made by Reachsim) and 1 lot from CAW blog’s Amberville.
You do NOT need the original Sammallampi world installed for Ainali to work. This is a completely new world that simply used Sammallampi as a base.
So just to make sure this is clear, everything else aside from the rabbit hole rugs/doors are entirely, utterly, completely cc free. I used Nilxis textures while building in CAW, but you don’t have to download them nor will they have an impact on your game outside of Ainali. The rest is just pure vanilla EA base game stuff, part of expansion packs or Aurora Skies.
If you post pictures, please let me know and tag them with #Ainali or simply holla at me. I’d love to see any and all pictures!
Congratulations, you have reached the end credits!
Special thanks to @verakasthethird for creating Sammallampi and allowing me to edit and share it forward. Shoutout to @nornities for answering a buttload of questions related to CAW, playtesting and witnessing my brainfarts without judging me, you have been a massive help! High5 @starburstshores for finding the time to test Ainali for me, you are golden ♡ Also final thanks to @nilxis for sharing the beautiful grass and soil textures!
KAIHOLA by technicallyswagpizza
"Sea and people have made the island what it is today. The island's epic landscapes are the stuff of poetry. Sand, wind, unspoiled archipelago and the beautiful bedrock, worn smooth by glacial ice. Glistening in the afternoon sun, yellow, red and white houses cling to rocky shores and fishing boats bob in the water. The verdant pine forests turn to charming leafy tunnels, framing every view. Time stops, people live a quiet life here."
Kaiho is a word that is a bit more difficult to translate as it has a certain type of melancholic nuance to it that nostalgia or longing for something doesn't cover exactly. Kaihola is my ode to Finland, an undefinable sadness that won't go away. The world is loosely based on two islands off the coast of Finland, Hailuoto and Ahvenanmaa, and my tiny hometown up north.
FEATURES
Medium sized map.
35 lots all in all spread across the island.
Unpopulated.
Includes a base camp enabling you to use Kaihola as a travel destination.
Spanking new distant terrain and matching terrain painting textures.
Wide variety of regular spawners, no World Advenures or ITF
Custom lighting mod included in the world file.
But wait, there is more! I have made two versions for you to choose from!
#1 Empty world // Requirements:
All expansion packs except ITF (No stuff packs!). Yikes! It's a lot for an empty world and boy don't I know it! I'm fairly sure I have used every other expansion except ITF for the landscaping. Some more than the others, however if you are missing an expansion pack, the trees and shrubs I have used will simply be replaced by something else.
CC used: Distant terrain, some of the flowers and trees made by me + Hidden Springs decorative barns + Aurora Skies birch tree are included in the download.
Map is completely empty, has a wide variety of spawners and is ready to be built by you.
Empty diving lot off the coast somewhere.
Two options for world installation, either through the launcher as a sims3pack OR bypass the launcher and drop the world package file in the designated folder.
Optional terrain painting textures made by me available for download if you wish to use them for landscaping your lots in game.
⇩ Download // Mirror ⇩
#2 Built and ready to move in! // Requirements:
All expansion packs except ITF (No stuff packs!)
CC used: Rabbit hole rugs by Jynx (Pet fixed), some EA store items, my distant terrain, flowers, trees, house shells and rabbit hole recolours. All included in the download.
If you don’t have some of the expansion packs or don’t want to install the EA store content provided, the items I have used will simply be replaced by something else from your own game. I cannot promise that nothing will break, but some bits might look a little bare or funky due to the replaced items!
All the lots are built and furnished, I have left 5 empty lots for you to build and fill yourself including an empty diving lot off the coast.
Recoloured and rescripted rabbit holes. That being said, Kaihola comes with basic rabbit hole careers you would get in a vanilla game.
Two options for world installation, either through the launcher as a sims3pack OR bypass the launcher and drop the world package file in the designated folder.
Optional terrain painting textures made by me available for download if you wish to use them for landscaping your lots in game.
The church deco has snow issues. To be fixed at some point in the future, maybe?
⇩ Download // Mirror ⇩
Almost there, just few more bits!
I have created a lighting mod for Kaihola and included it in the world file itself, I would recommend at least trying it out (by taking your own lighting mod out of Mods/Packages folder to see it in action)! If you like Kaihola’s lighting and want to use it in other worlds or as a standalone mod, shoot me a message and I’ll make a package for you.
In the screenshots above I have maxed out settings and Reshade enabled, but my preset is very subtle and it only adds a soft blur effect and strengthens shadows a little bit. I don't edit my screenshots other than crop and resize them with photoshop, so basically what you see above is what you will get :>
I would strongly advise downloading Nraas Go Here and disabling boats. They will cause lag as townies have a habit of looping around with them endlessly. I'd also recommend disabling wild horses and stray pets as they tend to get stuck.
I built all the lots myself except for the following 3: A massive thank you to @silvakristiina for letting me use her de-CCd Ivars house as a base camp, I also edited a junkyard from doublemedion694′s Cladbridge-on-Stowe and the boat is an edited version of this made by @fagersims.
If you post pictures, please let me know and tag them with #Kaihola or simply @ tag me. I’d love to see any and all pictures!
Congratulations, you have reached the end credits!
Special thanks to @silvakristiina and @depistako for playtesting and giving me feedback about the feel of the world! ♡
I know it has been like 2 years now, but thank you @hydrangeachainsaw for teaching me how to make distant terrain and for all the invaluable World Machine & Blender help! And a final thanks to @grandelama for sharing the beautiful road textures and allowing me to tweak them further! ( ˊᵕˋ )♡.°
//Oopsie daisy fixes!
2.2.2022 - Fixed the blue lot/missing lots with fully build version. Redownload please!
17.2.2022 - Added missing bistro rabbithole .package file in the CC folder. You don't need to redownload everything, just drop this file in your mods folder if you downloaded the world on the first day of release http://www.simfileshare.net/download/2986213/