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Alplax2mg
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#1 Old 5th Feb 2026 at 10:03 AM
Default sims 3 height map caw duplicate
Hi, this is my first time posting and i want to know if this happens to someone else but everytime i open caw to create a new world using a height map for some reason it duplicates the map ?? i want to know if theres a way to solve this. Thank you in advance haha

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vesko_sims3
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#2 Old 5th Feb 2026 at 4:49 PM Last edited by vesko_sims3 : Yesterday at 9:51 AM.
Create a new world with the already existing height maps with height of 300, flat, save the world, close it, open it again and then import your custom made height map.
vesko_sims3
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#3 Old 5th Feb 2026 at 5:00 PM Last edited by vesko_sims3 : 6th Feb 2026 at 8:58 PM.
First make a copy of the height map in GIMP (or whatever graphical editor you use) by saving it as under new name. Then import it again in CAW.

Important: it must be saved under same bit depth and color profile as the other, made by EA!
simsample
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#4 Old 5th Feb 2026 at 5:02 PM
Hey, this looks like you saved the height map with the incorrect bit depth. It needs to be 16 bit greyscale- see this post for details:
https://modthesims.info/showthread....955#post5939955

https://simswiki.info/wiki.php?titl..._.28Optional.29
vesko_sims3
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#5 Old Yesterday at 7:34 AM Last edited by vesko_sims3 : Today at 7:42 AM.
@Alplax2mg

Did you solve the problem?

Edit 1: Did you try to reinstall CAW? A clean installation could help in these situations.

Edit 2: Try to make the map 2 times wider in width temporarily and then import it.
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