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Requirements

This world requires the following expansion packs: World Adventures, Ambitions, Late Night, Generations, Pets, Supernatural, Seasons, University Life (so all but Showtime, Island Paradise and Into the Future). It does not require Stuff Packs, and there is no custom content.

In the library and some houses I used potted plants from the free Earth Day set released on The Sims 3 Store. It is entirely optional, and if you don't have it the plants will be removed or replaced with a base game one. Even if you are missing some EP, the items associated with it will be removed, but the world will still function.

The world has its own custom lighting, the same one you find in EA's Dragon Valley, but you don't need Dragon Valley for it to work. It's a very golden, warm light, and provides some pretty beautiful sunsets.

Lots

This world has 101 lots: 51 commercial, 32 residential, and 18 empty ones.

All rabbit holes from the base game, Late Night, Pets and Supernatural are included. Since the town is spread out across the island, there are two grocery stores/diners and two bookstores/spas.

The world features a library, a graveyard, a junkyard, an art gallery, a dry-cleaner, a consignment store, a nectary, a gym, a public pool, a horse ranch, an arcade/bowling alley, a beauty salon, a fire department, two cat jungles, two dog parks, three fishing spots, four beaches, and six parks of different sizes (including a festival lot). The town is roughly organized into neighborhoods, and I tried to include at least one hangout spot in each of them. All of the community lots are my original creations, but the salon might look familiar: it's a mirrored and modified version of the Serenity Retreat EA created for Sunlit Tides. The skating rink in the park near the nectary changes according to seasons.

Almost all the houses were built based on actual plans from various architectural sites (the credits for each are indicated in the lot descriptions). All of them are furnished and decorated. They come in different sizes (but mostly 20x30) and prices; 4 are starter homes, while the most expensive (Broken Bow) is around 236k Simoleons. Sometimes you may find empty rooms: it's by design so that you can do what you want with them. Some houses are already prepared to accommodate pets or even horses; in general, I'd say they are quite pet-friendly because many are single-story and have no stairs.

There is room in the world to add more lots, particularly on the road going to the nectary and the ranch area.

Population

There are about 60 Sims (evenly divided between males and females) and a dozen pets living in Brynmar, divided into 20 households each with its own story. Their ages cover all life stages from toddler to elder; none of them are occults. There are also 3 pregnancies in their early stages. Most Sims know at least one skill, have a job, and have relationships and friendships outside their household.

Not all the Sims were created by me: some families actually come from EA's Roaring Heights (say hello to the Capps and Thebes). Store content that came with them has been removed.

NPC Sims will be randomly generated by the game, so I recommend installing the Random Sim Fixes 2.0 mod by LazyDuchess to avoid them all looking the same.

Overviews

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Requirements

When I started this project last January, the CAW EIG tool didn't work properly after switching to an EA App installation and only loaded the base game, so I planned Ashington to be a base game world. All the objects, trees, etc. at world level are from the base game, and there are no bridges, unlike in Eriu Fé.

When I managed to fix the EIG issue (thanks to this video), the world was already in its testing phase, so I decided to leave it as it was, with just a few minor changes that would include some selected expansions, the ones that I thought would suit the world better. These changes are limited to the lots only and not to the world. In fact, what I did was simply placing lots that I would otherwise have shared separately. This is the list of items used for each EP:

Ambitions: washing machines and clotheslines in four houses (3 The Rose, 2 The Lake, 3 The Gardens, and 3 The Circle);

Late Night: lot assignments, bars and items in hangout spots;

Generations: recreational objects in the festival lot and wedding arches in two nightclubs. Toddlers' inventory may also contain the imaginary friend doll;

Pets: pet-related objects in the dog park, cat jungle, and festival lot;

Seasons: recreational objects in the festival lot.

If you don't have some of these EPs, the objects will be removed or replaced with base game ones according to EA settings, but the world itself will still be functional.

Lots

All rabbit holes from the base game (but the diner) are included. The military base, science lab, and criminal hideout are in basements because of size reasons.

The world features a library, a gym with an indoor and an outdoor pool (there isn't a separate community pool), an art gallery (built by me but inspired by the one in Distant Glacier by MySimRealty), a dog park, a cat jungle, two big parks, a small park, a festival ground, four hangout spots of different types, a beach, and two fishing spots.

I rebuilt the houses with the same layout they had in Eriu Fé, but I sometimes removed or added a room for space reasons. All of them are furnished and decorated. They come in different sizes and prices; 4 are starter homes, while the most expensive (Ashington Mansion) is around 192k Simoleons. Most houses are family homes with at least 2 bedrooms. Sometimes you may find empty rooms: it's by design so that you can do what you want with them.

Population

There are 38 Sims (19 males and 19 females, plus 4 unrevealed pregnancies) living in Ashington, divided into 13 households each with its own story. Their ages cover all life stages from toddler to elder. All Sims are base game compatible, most know at least one skill, have a job, and have relationships and friendships outside their household.

Known issues

The festival lot was somehow wiped clean when I populated the world, but I only noticed one month after uploading to the Exchange. Please bulldoze it and replace it with the correct one.

In winter, Nraas Overwatch reports stuck Sims complaining that they cannot exit Lake Peak. I checked the routing around the lot and tried to bulldoze and replace it to no avail. I couldn't figure out what the problem was, but it seems linked to heavy snow, and possibly igloos and snowmen taking up place and blocking Sims.

Wild horses may get stuck on the hospital lot because it's only large enough to fit the rabbit hole. The world isn't built for horses anyway, so you may want to disable them.

Not really an issue, but from an aerial view the road in front of the town hall looks warped near the pond when it's actually flat.

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(Screenshots were taken without the use of lighting mods, and not edited. The snow looks a little different because I use the Snow but better! Mod by Liralei. Other than that, that is exactly how the world looks in-game.)

note: all items are 1024 x 1024 textures

bratz eyeshadow

flagged for female only, teen to elder

2 recolourable channels

tweevil eyeshadow

flagged for female only, teen to elder

2 recolourable channels

kool kat eyeliner

unisex, teen to elder

1 recolourable channel

spice eyeliner

unisex, teen to elder

2 recolourable channels

bunny boo lipstick

flagged for female only, teen to elder

2 recolourable channels

pretty princess blush

edit of my lover girl blush without the nose highlight

unisex, teen to elder

1 recolourable channel

angel highlight

brightens the inner corner, cheekbone, forehead, nose and cupid's bow.

flagged for female only, teen to elder

found under the blush section

one recolourable channel

sugar highlight

brightens the inner corner, under eye, nose, and philtrum (bridge between the nose and lip).

flagged for female only, teen to elder

found under the blush section

one recolourable channel

queen b contour

flagged for female only, teen to elder

found under the blush section

one recolourable channel

phoebe / roxxi / yasmin moles

unisex, flagged for toddler to elder

found under beauty marks section

non-recolourable

flagged for random

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