u/AyeJuanito

This is my second objects mod entry in the Paralives workshop [LINK]. Made as requested by u/PandaBuilds_YT, who designed the texture patterns. Tile patterns selected as variants. Textures looked odd when I tried to make it recolorable, so I didn't. Enjoy!

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Sharing the first residential chunk in the town I'm building - Acacia Bay (Working title). This is one of the residential blocks inspired by the two-storey houses that were locally popular in the previous decade. Still needs some work on the interiors and the premade households for these, excluding the starter lot.

I've gotten some ideas on the Paras that will occupy these houses, so I customized some of these for a touch of individualism (one household got wealthier ahead of the others). Now, since the update brought us street names and addresses, I ironically couldn't come up with a good one for this street, so ideas are welcome.

One of the biggest challenges right now is figuring out how to get certain objects to show up when the impostor version is made. Especially the outdoor lights, so the neighborhood doesn't look deserted at night.

Finished the build posted here. Download through the Workshop link

This is the second house build that I started in Paralives that I worked on every once in a while. It's finally done! Enjoy.

A few notes:
- There may have been an extra floor because I didn't know how platforms worked when I started the foundations. Was too lazy to rework that.

- Doors and windows are placed on segmented straight walls. Lighting and wallpaper patterns on walls may look off in certain parts.

- Households uploaded in the workshop does not include lot terrain, so after bulldozing the lot and placing the house, you will still need to edit with terrain tools.

- Only one mod used - POOL TIME!

Progress on the oil platform sub-neighborhood I've been doing. Has 7 lots. Decoratives are all non-CCs, but it will have CCs for functionality - ferry transportation, new occupation & uniforms, etc. I've done 2 residential, and the workplace exterior. The lower decks are part of the park/main lot so it does not convert into impostors, but it should be explorable. Also updating this on steam.

Edit - so the picture captions are jumbled, nevermind that. IDK how to fix that.

So for some reason, I decided to procrastinate on building the world and jumped right into making a flyover because (albeit buggy and tedious,) it's possible to make a fully functional custom town and some cinematic mods. Something nostalgic about neighborhood flyovers iykwim. Pardon the mess and the very horrible framerate. Still figuring some stuff out. Enjoy!

I've been building a custom themed town and finally got to dive right into lot building after finishing the rough layouts. This one is inspired by the schools in my hometown, marked mostly by open hallways and wooden chairs and tables. Other than the lack of space by the entrance, I am quite happy with the end result.

I was only supposed to build rabbit holes for these, but I got carried away and started adding some more detail into it. The elementary school mostly has restrooms and classrooms, while the high school has a canteen and other room types. I have never tried to 'visit' (load) a rabbit hole lot in Melino, so I don't know if I just basically wasted my time for nothing, but it was fun, and I was hoping to do it for some more depth. EDIT: Yeah, unless you own the lot, there is no way for you to see beyond the impostor lot items. The good news is, buying other lot types is just a click away when modding.

I honestly still don't understand what items get carried into the lot impostor details, but the selection algorithm for exposed objects seems... interesting. I thought it would be tied to the object type, but it isn't.

This is my second (but very long) build. I had to redo multiple times. This was an experimental build that incorporates a lot of ideas, which a lot of different players already found way before I did.

• Pseudo curved-walls
• Infinity swimming pool ( Initially used a duplicated scaled-down town water, then went to use the Pool time! mod for simplicity; town water only looked more translucent on larger scales due to the depth effect).
• Curved stairs made of short platforms (someone made a tutorial of it)
• Wall trim and thicker upper floor opening to a mezzanine
• multi-platforms in each floor
• skyline windows

-Initially attempted to use the golden ratio for the foundation with the help of the grid, but denounced the constraint on higher levels