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#1 Old 12th Jan 2021 at 8:40 AM

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Default World files and dragon valley stuff not showing up in CAW + weird error message when trying to edit town in game
Hi there!
Lately I've been so excited to start working with CAW again but I've stumbled across a few issues:
1: the link on the official site is down/ irresponsive so that's why I did some digging and found a direct link on the sims 3 forum wich worked to re-install it (but I am not completely sure if it's the right patch level)
2: As I'd love to create a medieval inspired world I downloaded monte vista and dragon valley for the stuff like their bridges and town wall, deco etc- works fine in game but I can't seem to find any of these objects in CAW
3: I tried to install an unpopulated version of dragon valley with the roads and bridges inside of it in a hope that would work in caw but when I dropped the world file inside the userdate- worlds it didn't show up in caw either
--> the only worlds I can edit are sunset valley
4: As a test I tried to open sunset valley in game through caw, resulting in this weird error message: translation: there has been a serious error during loading ... we advise you to restart the application.

It would mean so much to me if someone could help me out with solving (some of) these issues! I have used caw in the past without issues but ever since I reinstalled it they seem to add up XD
Thanks in advance,
Luna
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#2 Old 12th Jan 2021 at 9:28 AM
CAW direct download links still work-
1.67 http://lvlt.thesims3.com//content/g...w/worldtool.exe
1.69 http://lvlt.thesims3.com//content/g.../caw/ts3caw.exe

For store world items, they need to be modded to show up in CAW. Info on that here:
https://modthesims.info/showthread....099#post3390099
Take a search of that forum (CAW resources) to see if anyone unlocked the items you need.

You can't open worlds like Dragon Valley or Sunset Valley ('packed worlds') in CAW unless you modify them slightly. The files tha allow them to be opened in CAW are missing once they are exported to the game. This thread gives a couple of methods for doing this-
https://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=469942
You need to use the Sims 3 recompressor from MATY to open EA worlds too- if you 'decrapify' them then people who use your custom world will need to have the 'decrapified' version of the world objects too.
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#3 Old 12th Jan 2021 at 9:34 AM
Thank you so much for your quick response! I’ll try it out
Test Subject
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#4 Old 12th Jan 2021 at 11:13 AM
According to this index http://sims3geohq.byethost10.com/refobj_mtv.html?i=1 the city gate etc should be avaible in caw, I wonder if it has something to do with the way I got the stuff pack itself? I must admit I tried a free version as I’m a bit short on cash but if it could fix my issue by buying it through origin or the sims 3 website I will do so!
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