Well, my goal was to finish this world before SWTOR launched as I knew I would dedicate my free time to it once available. I probably would have finished, too, despite the vacation and tonsillectomy AND fully deleting my files once if I hadn't gotten into the beta for said game. (Don't worry, I checked the NDA... I can say that much.) Now the world is only getting minor updates.
The fun house is almost done and I really think the only other thing to put in is the explorable tomb. I may even put in the empty lot, upload an export of it to the Exchange and then run a contest to let others make one so that I'm not holding it back. Once the lots are done, there's still a lot of work to do, of course.
I will need to use Custard to remove all custom content from the 10x10s that had extra content in them. Then, so that they don't load with empty content, I need to load them into a working game and re-export them. This will allow the game to fill in any replaced objects or textures. Some of the 10x10s that had corrupt content will need to have some editing done to them. For example, one of the corrupt houses loads without any windows or doors once its custom content has been removed because Custard simply removes objects instead of replacing them as the game does. Hmm, now that I think of it, I bet I'll need to install the houses to a new game, uninstall any installed CC, then load them up in the game and re-export them. That way the CC will get replaced instead of just removed as Custard would do it. Aah, frustrating.
Also, all of the lots need to be named with addresses. Many people didn't put titles or descriptions on their lots, so I will need to add those, too. Once all of the lots are done, I need to get the mods that allow sims to be imported and have family and job connections created. And then... the playtesting.
Anyway, I wanted to let you know where the world is at right now and why it's been on hold for so long. At least my husband was able to recover my Sims 3 folder which I'd deleted. Otherwise there simply wouldn't be a world anymore since I hadn't backed up since March! (I have another backup now. :D)
