#ts3worldbuilders

I’m not even close to done with this area yet but I couldn’t help taking some pictures anyway! Everything in this area is CC that I made [EA and Skyrim mesh of course] - Including terrain paint AND a custom riverview distant terrain :D

DECO BUILDINGS: REBOOT!

Ohhkay, so for some reason my posts disappeared, I have no idea why or how that happened, but here they are. I’m merging them into one post, though, for convenience.

If you downloaded the cottage or storage shed, I tweaked them before reuploading them. Please RE-download!

Storage Shed: Download

Cottage: Download

Windmill: Download

Chapel: Download

I actually set a small scene for this one, because why not make it pretty :D. I worked with this texture quite a bit, and the transformation of this wall alone was pretty amazing! I love the stone, maybe enough to attempt to make it into a pattern... We’ll see.

Soo....I think I’m relocating the Castle. With my newfound ability to use height maps I was able to import some mountains and oh.. my.. goodness.. I couldn’t let it go. There’s no paint yet, naturally, but here’s the raw idea of that area now. Let me know what you think! I’m almost afraid to go forward from here, lol. Am I making a mistake? [I have backups!] My thought was I could go from here and use that blank space for the forest area I’ve been wanting. Leading down the mountains, to the forest, open farmlands and then the harbor.

Sooo, thanks to @technicallyswagpizza​ who I am forever in debt to for getting me through this whole process, I will have CUSTOM trees and plants for my world [Note! Which I have finally named!] As you can see I’m still fiddling around with texture files to see what I like best, but by now I’m fairly certain I have the process down pat, so I can tinker around for the best quality. Here’s a preview of the redwood dawn tree I’m editing, which honestly is one of many I plan to do.

They are all large redwoods, a couple of them just happened to be smaller in the photo, no worries. Once I find the textures I’m sticking to, I’m going to widen that trunk a bit, since redwoods are typically massive trees in width as well as height. I’ll be posting a bit more regularly for a while, we’re at that waiting point now that we’ve found a house, so once I figure out which set of trees I want to be using, I’ll start placing them around those mountains there in the background, and get started on paint. Stay tuned, for more progress in Iron Falls.

Figure out a better way to make my own normals for CAW textures. - In progress

Create custom textures for CAW paint with implemented normals. - In progress.

Create custom plants for world. - In progress.

Finish customizing textures for custom rock formations. - Stalled progress due to squirrel.

Finish University Rabbit hole recolors. - Pending further testing.

Finish Architectural units for custom villages - Pending because it takes so damn long to accomplish quality results lol

Finish Walls - Pending further testing/Newly discovered textures

Finish sculpting world: Will finish when I'm satisfied

Paint world: Will procrastinate/Restart process until I'm 80

Design Villages: Will finish when Architectural components are done 👀

Build Lots: Will accomplish once CC is organized ... again

Etc. Etc. Etc.

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Started replacing the walls/gates in the Castle! I have to get one of my towers done so I can finish it off. Then it will be down to building the lots and placing decoration. I do have a few 3d models lined up for the castle area, so it will have 3d buildings as well as lots. I wanted to give the illusion of a sprawling castle and grounds without having to place giant 64x64 lots. If you’ve ever tried to build castles on 64s it can overwhelm your game pretty quickly. I didn’t want the entire game to be used up in one lot, so I’m improvising. This area will have the main castle [which will be a lot you can play/build], 3d castle/buildings for filler/decoration, gardens, stables, an armory/gate house, and a kitchens lot which will include a small vegetable garden, smoke house for meat, wine cellar and pantry. This will be close by the main lot [which will also have kitchens, because it has to be a functional living area, but will be more tuned to the Restaurant stove from the Store, so the royals can order their dinner by a staff of waiters and chefs :D] Along the grounds, there’s the pond where you can fish or swim, an equestrian center, a secret garden, and various manor homes for relatives of the royal family. And lots and lots of pretty scenery.

Long Garden Walls! There are more garden walls than there are retaining walls, because smaller walls hold better textures than giant ones do. Sometimes having a wall with a boulder the size of a house can throw you off, lol.

Now, I do have my favorites, and I do have some of these that are meh, but I’m not one to curve taste, so I tried to give as much variety as I could. I will be tweaking a few of these, just small fixes that I noticed, but if you have advice or notice something that needs to be improved please point it out!

I’d love to hear your thoughts(: