This was our last month at CAW (OLDSUNSET)

We're finally saying goodbye to Create a World! So far he's taken us further than we could have planned in 2011. And I'm glad he did. From now on OldSunset will evolve from Saves. There are some lots to finish, others lots to create, and dozens of stories to tell! A lot will change over the coming months. My intention is to boost this process to deliver everything by September.

This however, does not mean that after September we will not continue to improve and refine as much as we are able.

If you've been following the most recent posts, you already know everything new that's coming, but if you haven't, I'll sum it up by covering all the news for this month:

• The routing has been completely rebuilt, fixing several flaws we had along the way.
• Much finishing work has taken place along OldSunset bays. All the beaches that had been neglected were revitalized with rocks and plants. The countryside has also received a visual upgrade.
• A COMPLETELY new district was created in the 3 extra days I gained. This district has several empty (at the moment) and starter lots. It is located behind the mountains near OldSunset's urban center.
• ALL lots received an address, Beautiful House Changer, and an additional value for acquisition. (Which means that in certain regions, even an empty lot can cost upwards of 50,000 Simoleons. The idea behind this is to encourage players to start their games in simpler locations and grow the family income for progression. Another reason is give players where to spend their Simoleons.
• Streets across the world have been corrected by smoothing out imperfections, particularly on steep inclines.
• Dozens of trees that were floating or positioned with their roots sticking out of the ground were grounded.
• The edges of OldSunset have been fixed, so the player will no longer see the "hollow earth" when placing the camera on the edge of the map edge. (It was my way of making up for the lack of ability to create distant terrain, hope you like it)
• Road signs and poles have been added and/or repositioned across the entire map.
• Several sidewalks received improvements (this includes positioning the fitting better rather than overlapping the street)

Overall, these were the main points I worked on this month. To be able to get out of Create a World I needed to make sure all of this was fixed, proper, and working. It took a lot of work. Mainly routing. Several vegetations were relocated to fit within the route and make it as simple as possible to guarantee the best performance and stability that a map like this with more than 10 thousand decorations and more than 205 lots could provide.

This month, in addition to the traditional version, I'm making an EMPTY version of the neighborhood available so everyone who loves building and wants to make their mark on OldSunset can do so from a completely empty map!

For those of you who have been following OldSunset since day one, I hope you like all the changes and appreciate every little detail. Every minute invested in improving the map to the maximum this month was a privilege for me. I thank all the new supporters that arrived and those who maintained their support, without you this project would not have come this far. A good part of the things I risked were thanks to the commitment established with you to always surpass the previous month as much as possible. Thank you again.

In a few days I'll share with you AN UPDATED tutorial here on the filters I use to make my game look like this. In the future this same tutorial will be available on my website.

DOWNLOAD. Have a great weekend and let's go, because now it's time to tell stories in OldSunset!