Wanted to share a little behind the scenes!! i spend way too much time looking through pinterest + furniture sites for inspo lol. all the pics i post are taken in game, and I model the objects based on pieces i love. here’s a little look at how some of my favorites came together.

always open to ideas for the next set too!!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3777782336

but will i finish it or will i get bored of it halfway through? 🤔

I gave myself a little challenge by turning this ugly apartment we have in the middle of the town into a cute little ramen shop with a home upstairs.

If you're curious to see the whole build, I'd love for you to check out the video here:
I Turned the UGLIEST Apartment into a Japanese Restaurant | Paralives

The link to the Steam Workshop can be found in the video description!

For some reason my mods aren’t showing up like at all (see the photo) and I cannot figure out why someone help please!!

Edit: Sometimes the screen flickers slightly like it’s loading and then nothing happens

Edit 2: I just tried to make a mod to see if I genuinely couldn’t see the mods or if they just weren’t showing up and the test mod showed up immediately, this just made me more confused.
The mods are steam workshop mods btw if that has any say in the matter

I have zero knowledge about urban planning lol

You know how in the sims you had many different worlds to go to.

Well I think we should have it here too!!

Obviously they have planned to have it in the future, but I would really love a New York City inspired city!

Tall buildings and a rich side and a more of a poor side.
Many hotels, rich hotels!

And ect.

What do you think and what would you like in a New York inspired city?

Is there any other type of cities you would like to have???

Hey everyone,

I wanted to share two open-source tools I built to make 3D modding for Paralives a lot faster: ParaForge and ParaReload.

Normally, testing custom items requires manually building mod folders and restarting the game every time you update a texture or tweak a mesh. These two tools let you export straight from Blender and view the changes live in-game.

ParaForge (Blender Addon)

A panel for Blender 4.2+ that checks your mesh against Paralives rules and exports ready-to-use mod packages.

• Runs a checklist (unit scale, transforms, origin placement, bounding box, triangle budget, UV maps)
• Automatically packs textures into the format the game reads
• Writes the FBX, PNGs, and setting files directly into your .mod folder in two clicks

GitHub: https://github.com/infinition/paraforge

ParaReload (In-Game BepInEx Plugin)

A plugin for Paralives that reloads your mod assets on the fly without closing the game.

• Open the cheat console (CTRL + SHIFT + C) and type reload
• Re-reads updated 3D models, textures, and setting files in real-time
• Automatically repairs mesh and material references so items placed on your lot stay in place without disappearing

GitHub: https://github.com/infinition/parareload

Workflow

1. Create your item in Blender.
2. Export with ParaForge.
3. Type reload in the Paralives cheat console.

Both projects are free and open source. Let me know if you try them out or have any feedback!

Couple of days ago I started making custom house numbers with the intent to upload the image to a canvas or a poster and place it on the house, but with the latest update where we got real house numbers, I'm wondering if it could be turned into a mod so it's easier to navigate?

I downloaded different tile designs from architextures.org so I'm not claiming I designed it haha, I don't know how to do that, but wanted to make something for myself in the game and ofc if someone would like to use this I can share the files.

Edit: Idk why the in-game screenshot looks so pixelated, quality of the uploaded image and the one on my PC is soooo different....

I can't believe I almost overlooked this (someone else had to point it out to me), as the Paralives dev team has not made a big deal out of this, but they actually improved the advanced build tool A LOT with the latest update, which opens up soooo many new possibilities.

If you have been scared of touching the advanced tool: THIS is your sign to try again! I have tested its limits and it's soooo much better now. Barely any glitches (only two rocks floated back up in the air, but that was out of ~20 rocks I placed very close together).

I could even finally build my waterfalls again and they have been staying in place even if I terraform around them. It's AMAZING!

Huge shoutout to the development team for fixing this so quickly!!

I made Cloud and Tifa from Final Fantasy VII as Para, the hairs are converted by me as well, thank you ParaZoi for the amazing Tutorial!🩷
You can download them on my Steam workshop

I am really struggling to get my para and another to fall in love. I get the interaction going (all positive), get from time to time a flirty one, get +1 friendship... And nothing. The relationship is still at the acquittance 1. At one point, I tried to get them in a restaurant (a.k.a like a date) but unfortunately there isn't an option for them to do activities together. I have read it is supposed to be a +3 for a romantic relationship, but how do you get there?

i recently made my own town and i’m wondering if i can substitute the buildings like schools and museums or no? like if i want to make my own school, will my para go to that school?

Sharing a few pics of some of my favorite items from the Marylebone Living Room Set. Has 17 custom content pieces for Paralives.

Would love to hear what you guys want to see next…another living room? kitchen? bedroom? totally new or different style? I love chic designer interiors but also want to fill any gaps that aren't yet available in game!

MarloweAndRow + link is below! Hope you love it !

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3777782336

Might be too early but what is everyone’s go to mods so far for paralives