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If you have built on the included lots, you will need to give a full set of info and pictures for '''at least 10 lots - 5 residential and 5 community.'''  You may choose which 10 lots you show, but we suggest you choose lots that are representative of the overall style of the world.  We have this requirement so both MTS staff and people who may download your lot can see that your lots are good quality.
 
If you have built on the included lots, you will need to give a full set of info and pictures for '''at least 10 lots - 5 residential and 5 community.'''  You may choose which 10 lots you show, but we suggest you choose lots that are representative of the overall style of the world.  We have this requirement so both MTS staff and people who may download your lot can see that your lots are good quality.
  
*For required pictures for individual lots see [[MTS2:Creator Guidelines/Sims 3 Lots and Houses|Lots and Houses Upload Guidelines]].
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The pictures you must include for individual lots are:
  
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* ''''Front View:''' One picture from the front of the lot, taken from a sim's eye view.
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* '''Floor Plans:''' At least one overhead floor plan type picture of each floor/level.  If your lot has three levels plus a basement, you will need to do four floor plan pictures.
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* '''Comparison Picture:''' If your lot is based on a real-life or fictional lot (for example, a replica of the Falling Water house, the Disney Castle, or the house from the Munsters), you will need to include at least one comparison picture of the lot it is based on.
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[[Image:RightArrow.gif|left]]  '''For examples of the types of pictures required, what information you must require, and for much more information on taking good pictures, please see our [[MTS2:Creator Guidelines/Sims 3 Lots and Houses|Lots and Houses Upload Guidelines]].'''
 
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If you are including sims with a save file, you will need to give a full set of info and pictures for '''at least 5 sims.'''  You may choose which 5 sims, but as with lots, we suggest you choose ones that are representative of your creator style and quality.  This is so MTS staff and downloaders can see that your sims are good quality.
 
If you are including sims with a save file, you will need to give a full set of info and pictures for '''at least 5 sims.'''  You may choose which 5 sims, but as with lots, we suggest you choose ones that are representative of your creator style and quality.  This is so MTS staff and downloaders can see that your sims are good quality.
  
*For required pictures for individual Sims see [[MTS2:Creator_Guidelines/Sims_3_Sims|Sims Guidelines]].
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* '''Neutral Face:''' One picture of the sim from straight-on (not a profile or 3/4 view) with the sim wearing a neutral expression (no big smiles, wide open mouth, etc.)
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* '''Full Body:''' One picture of the sim from head to toe, preferably in a neutral pose (just standing there or walking), not animating wildly.
  
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* '''Comparison Picture:''' If your sim is based on a real-life or fictional person (a celebrity, character from a movie, tv show, anime, comic, etc.) and not made up out of your own imagination, you will need to include at least one picture of that real-life or fictional person for comparison purposes.  Please make sure it is a large picture so we can see their face clearly, and similar to the "neutral face" picture of your sim.  A picture with them making a big smile, yelling, etc. is not going to help us see that it's a good likeness.
 
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Revision as of 09:44, 11 October 2012

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Sims 3 Worlds/Neighborhoods

The Create a World (CAW) tool allows you to create your own unique vision of the perfect neighborhood/world, and share your creation with other Sims 3 players. MTS hosts neighborhood/world uploads that meet our upload criteria, as outlined below:


Quality


Basic Map

A basic map is one that does not include any buildings, but has all the rest of the neighborhood in place. Everything that needs Create a World to do has already been done, and what's left is to build the houses in-game. Some players really just want a blank canvas upon which to build (like SC4 maps for TS2) so this is the most basic type of neighborhood/world map you can upload here to MTS.

But even for a basic map there's still quite a bit that needs doing. This is the absolute minimum you need to do to upload your world to MTS:


Full Map

A full map is a complete and decorated map including residential and community buildings - not just a blank slate but similar to Sunset Valley or Riverview: a complete neighborhood except the sims. Creating a full map is a really, REALLY big job.

For first-time creators, we strongly recommend to upload a few lots first before you attempt to create a full map (and also sims, if you plan to include sims with your world). Be aware that it is in no way required to build anything in a world you want to share, or to include sims with it.

The standards for the houses you build in a full map are the same as if you were uploading them separately to MTS. Please review our Lots and Houses Upload Guidelines fully!

Make sure you understand how to create lots that meet our standards BEFORE you try and upload fifty of them at once. Changing one lot so that it meets our standards is relatively easy; having to change fifty of them all at once will only lead to frustration.


Screenshots

The screenshots you take will show off the world you have made and allow people to see what they're downloading. Make sure you take really good, big, pretty screenshots to entice downloaders into using your lovely new creation.

Big Enough
The larger your pics, the better! Tiny pics won't show enough detail to see what you've made.
  • Minimum Size: 800 pixels wide by 600 pixels tall is a good size for the smallest pic you would want to upload. You may have smaller pics for thumbnails and the like, but for your required screenshots, please go as big as you can!
  • Maximum Size: MTS allows pictures up to 2560 pixels wide by 1440 pixels tall, and a file size limit of 800 kbs - so you can have nice, big, pretty pics. You may have to resize your pictures or apply compression to get them to fit within that limit.

Please don't just take a small pic and size it up in your graphics program to get bigger pics - this only makes the dimensions larger but doesn't add any detail and just gives you a blurry, pixellated larger pic, not a nice clear one.

Required Screenshots

The following screenshots are required, and all must be taken in-game! If you do not include some/all of these screenshots, your upload will not be approved. Please do not take the required pictures in Create a World*.

Maximum Number of Inline/attached screenshots
  • Inline screenshots are images that appear in the text of the upload that load for the viewer along with the rest of the text. Inline screenshots can either be linked from the attached screenshots, or from an external hosting site like Tinypic, Photobucket, or Flickr.
  • Attached screenshots are screenshots that have been attached to the upload using the "manage attachments" feature on MTS. They display as small thumbnails until clicked on.


You may host your inline screenshots elsewhere like Photobucket, Tinypic, or Flickr - however, these screenshots hosted elsewhere must be additional "bonus" screenshots. All of the screenshots we actually require for your upload need to be attached to the thread itself. If your Photobucket account runs out of bandwidth or you delete the pics, people still need to be able to get the required screenshots on your thread.

You may now upload up to 100 pics! Of course, please keep it to a reasonable quantity... only things like huge sets, full worlds, etc. should have that many pics! Remember, you can always collage several different images together into one image if you have a bunch of stuff to show off, or want to show multiple angles of an item.

For the bonus photos, we recommend you use a spoiler tag to hide the images, then people can click on it to see them. Their pages will load faster if all the images aren't downloading at once. [spoiler=interior rooms]http:// wheveremypictureis/picture.jpg[/spoiler] The 'interior rooms' can be replaced by whatever grouping you want to present, 'hidden garden', 'pool views', 'master suite', 'kids room', etc.

You may place as many photos within a spoiler grouping as you'd like.

Uploading Your World

When you have the required screenshots and you are about ready to upload your world, you'll be ready to do the following last steps:

Information to Include

It's important that you include certain information so that players know what to expect when they use your creation! Part of this is also so the MTS moderation staff knows your world has been made right.

You may want to copy-paste the headings here to use as a template. This information should be in the text description for your upload. If you do not include all of the required information, your upload will not be approved.

Alternative upload method

Additional Stuff

  • If your upload is rejected or marked as changes required and you're not sure why, ask in Creator Issues.
  • If you're not sure whether your poses are ready for uploading, use the Creator Feedback Forum to get feedback on it.
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