Sculpt, Paint and Add Grass! Progress on the Terrain Tools
Added 2024-07-12 13:05:01 +0000 UTCGood Friday to you’all :)!
It’s Richard, for a new post on our progress on the terrain tools. I will be summarizing the work on terrain painting and sculpting made by Alex, Andrei, Chloé, Jérémie and I ( in alphabetical order).
Alex and I made a video to show how it looks and feels. You will also hear the ambiance and tool sound effects that Andrei has been adding to the game. My favorite part is the “krum lum bululuuluul kluc”.
Terrain Brushes
You can now paint the terrain with different textures. Some textures also include 3D models like grass, flowers, rocks and more. Below is an example of some of the textures and models Chloe made for the tool. I’m not an artist, but I hope it looks nice 👉👈.
A stairs block to walk up the hill, with a nice table to eat outside, surrounded by a field of flowers. I made a quick path going through the small grass.
An outhouse in the forest surrounded by wild grass!
I can hear you ask: but is there grass in the outhouse? We thought of it! Jérémie and I worked on all the behind-the-scenes magic to make sure that grass is never shown inside.
An outhouse in the forest with no grass inside :)
Terrain Sculpting
We also worked on the terrain sculpting tool. Alex added contour lines to make a topographic map effect. With this, it’s easier to see the elevation while sculpting.
Contour lines are shown to help when sculpting the terrain.
What happens when I elevate the terrain around a house? Well, we have made it so you can have part of your house underground. While working on this, we also looked at what was needed to make proper basement work and we decided to move that to later in development as there are a lot of details to figure out.
A house that is partly underground.
Here is a look inside my little semi-underground cabin. You can see the terrain is at a higher level than the floor, but everything works :)
Terrain Sections
We have divided the terrain into sections. This means that, when we launch the tools to create your own town sometime after the release, you will be able to start with a small town, and increase its size later, if you want. For now, it is just a test tool but here is a quick look:
Adding some terrain sections to a little neighborhood we had.
Bug and Fun Highlight Reel!
One of my favorite parts of gamedev is the funny or unwanted things you make while working on features. Here are a few of them:
While working on getting the terrain tools using test textures, I had a little fun but it was also useful :). Do you think our ground should look like this in the final game 🙃??
I may have made the sculpting tool too strong.
A gif of the middle of development of the tool. I was testing new terrain brushes. We didn’t keep them, for some reason 🤔.
I broke Jérémie’s work on the flowers. But that’s how you learn how things work.
This feature is almost completed, We only have a few details to work on! I’m looking forward to seeing how creative y’all going to be with the terrains :D. I will leave you with an image of my whole scene:
Richard
Edit - September 5th, 2024: This post is now public, feel free to share it!
Comments
I love this game already. The team behind this, y'all are awesome. Thank you
Rylie
2025-04-12 20:23:16 +0000 UTCThis looks amazing! One suggestion I’d love to see is a couple more tools for terrain paint - one to paint in a squared shape, and also one to adjust the edge blur, so the centre can be the most opaque part and it gradually fades towards the edges if desired. This would be useful for having a gradual fade between two type of terrain if you wanted it!
Kayleigh
2024-09-06 16:15:39 +0000 UTCI gasped seeing the walk out basement. Also, my own house doesn't have a walk out basement, but it has really high windows that look out onto my backyard to be code compliant for a bedroom. So I'm happy I can finally make my house in a life sim.
Thaaeroprincess87
2024-08-25 06:55:09 +0000 UTCI love everything about this post! The wildflower brushes look so good, and all the color variations make me so happy :) But I do wish we could have a really tall grass with flowers like the "broken" version you showed at the end. I live in the midwestern prairie and that's what our wild grasses look like here.
Slippers
2024-08-24 06:09:01 +0000 UTCThis is beyond amazong! I cant wait!!!
Lealovescats
2024-08-23 12:11:29 +0000 UTCThis is asmr heaven.
Thabiso Ptk💚
2024-08-21 13:53:37 +0000 UTCThis looks so easy (but I know making it wasn’t 🥲) and fun! I’ve never been interested in landscaping in games before this.
NSO
2024-08-16 02:15:34 +0000 UTCI, myself, am not a huge builder! I often feel as though the tools are overly complicated and bothersome, but this showcase jus got me excited to make a few lots from scratch! Really coming along you guys!
Ariel O'gwin
2024-08-15 22:06:59 +0000 UTCTHE TERRAIN PAINT!!!! IT'S NOT PAINT IT'S ACTUALLY REAL
mygetawayart
2024-08-01 19:49:49 +0000 UTCWow wow wow the grass and the flowers looks stunning ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Nathalie Carluccio
2024-08-01 07:47:30 +0000 UTCLove everything about this! The 3D grass and flowers, the built-up ground around the house. Everything looks fantastic. F🌼ck yeah hobbit house!
jrrt1459
2024-07-31 17:11:27 +0000 UTCI’m absolutely going to love playing this game whenever I can.
John Bergstrom
2024-07-28 05:30:50 +0000 UTCI saw the sticker idea test and for the rest of the post i hoped u keep it, the icons look so cute love them
Anita Rodrigues
2024-07-27 23:02:32 +0000 UTCOMG, catching up on a few weeks of updates and this one blew me away fr... I love this game, I love seeing this development, its so special
nemo
2024-07-26 15:36:06 +0000 UTCi am so so so excited for this game! you guys are doing an awesome job!
abbey ✦
2024-07-24 22:52:37 +0000 UTCThis looks so cool!! I wonder if we will be able to make basements that slightly stick out from the ground... P.S. the sound effects in the video at the top were AMAZING!
the-seedy-systers
2024-07-23 01:27:37 +0000 UTCAnd the fact of being able to emerge from the walls of a building is really great and necessary to create certain types of style like garages for example. 😁
Dustin AB
2024-07-19 18:33:51 +0000 UTCLove how the flowers and the grass is 3D it adds so much depth
Mason Winfrey Platman
2024-07-19 18:08:10 +0000 UTCOH MY GOG 3D GRASS, WE HAVE 3D GRASS, I FEEL SPOILED!!!
Ana Caroline Martins da Silva
2024-07-19 15:02:03 +0000 UTCJoel is correct!
Alex Massé
2024-07-19 13:39:50 +0000 UTCIt's the name of one of the broken terrain bruhes in the post, I noticed the name by luck and found it funny
Kateřina Králová
2024-07-19 07:10:59 +0000 UTCWhat dirt thing? I just recently joined.
Plutonian Ambassador to Earth
2024-07-19 06:33:56 +0000 UTCits planned during the early access phase you can check that information on the roadmap available on the official website.
Joel Jimenez
2024-07-18 22:22:04 +0000 UTCAre we gonna see any houseboats or was that idea scrapped?
Cel Riegle
2024-07-18 20:17:40 +0000 UTCLove love LOVE this! The grass is actually 3d and I love the little build at the end. Honestly great progress!
whoispluto
2024-07-18 17:09:17 +0000 UTCme too. they don't even have grass in the sims. It will always look like a floor painted green. You can tell the Paralives team cares because details like these matters to them.
JossGun Shipper
2024-07-18 09:35:01 +0000 UTCreally happy yall are making the grass 3d and interactive with the wind. nothing like sims 4, such a relief. maybe someday we can have lawnmowers?
pickle boi
2024-07-18 03:27:49 +0000 UTCOh my lord, every time I see an update I want to run to my calendar to count down the days. You all have done such incredible work; I truly cannot wait!
mlhnrmclh
2024-07-17 05:02:55 +0000 UTCLooks great! I'm Impressed :) In the future (maybe when basements are in the works) it would be great to see the top of the walls partially underground have a flat top. I can already see myself flattening the terrain to get a flat top of the walls.
Kvisten
2024-07-16 22:50:49 +0000 UTCA game changer.
Windbrook
2024-07-16 21:51:29 +0000 UTCLooks so good!
Sarah
2024-07-16 21:18:20 +0000 UTCI'm so excited! But I can't belive that 'Dirt thing' didn't make it
Kateřina Králová
2024-07-16 12:25:32 +0000 UTCHappy to hear about the world building tools and openworld aspect of this game. This is a step in the right direction.
JossGun Shipper
2024-07-16 10:16:39 +0000 UTChobbit house hobbit house hobbit house
Jordan Terry
2024-07-16 00:50:34 +0000 UTCIt looks amazing as always, good job
LightDeficient
2024-07-15 23:29:26 +0000 UTCLovely work.
Rini_Sama
2024-07-15 19:16:30 +0000 UTCThank you for your detailed response! Very very excited to play Paralives one day soon!
r m
2024-07-15 16:19:56 +0000 UTCThanks :). Well if you compare a game that was launched a long time ago, computer were different back then. We can do more with what the computer we have at the moment.
Richard rail
2024-07-15 15:53:28 +0000 UTCBehind the scenes from Andrei is a good idea :). Yes!! it's sooo fun to create a good looking environment that easy! I'm looking forward to see what you'all make with them :D
Richard rail
2024-07-15 15:49:15 +0000 UTCTo be fair, that other game was made a long time ago. Now we have better computer so we can do more with them :).
Richard rail
2024-07-15 15:45:58 +0000 UTCThank you :). All the 3d moves with the wind ( ok for now in the video the flower doesnt because it's not done yet :P ). We have some off grid features :). Hobbit holes yes. We have a lot of middle earth fans in the team. I'm looking forward to see that :O
Richard rail
2024-07-15 15:44:56 +0000 UTCWe have made some technical decisions to keep that feature reasonable on the performances required to use it. :)
Richard rail
2024-07-15 15:36:06 +0000 UTC1 - This is something we will see with playtesting, i'm taking a note of this. 2- The terrain texture is going to be like that until the alpha release. In the future we might look at opacity 3- Of course !
Richard rail
2024-07-15 15:34:38 +0000 UTCFor now fences are straight in the up/down axis, so no for now for the fences. flooring can be made to make a bridge yes :). I should try that next :). Yes terrain can be build around staircases. But i will make a note of that cause they are not going to be usable at the moment 🤔
Richard rail
2024-07-15 15:26:42 +0000 UTCThe tool is not completely done so I can't tell for sure but you are most likely going to be able to still have terrain completely over the house but it might not look perfect yet.
Richard rail
2024-07-15 15:22:36 +0000 UTC( also yes we are using Unity )
Richard rail
2024-07-15 15:18:36 +0000 UTCWe are creating our own mesh and texture for the terrain. So we are not using any build-in game engine terrain tools.
Richard rail
2024-07-15 15:18:12 +0000 UTCThe partly underground houses that work without trying to mess around with plants that then show inside the house half the time because of terrain tool being bad? and not have plants shown inside house? Yes please. There is all these little details that seem not so important but bother the f out of me in *name redacted* and for Paralives team to actually take time to make the features around them work. I love it
Maryathesecond
2024-07-15 08:02:28 +0000 UTCThis is looking so good! The town design features to come is also such an interesting concept
Abbygail Gwynne
2024-07-15 03:51:24 +0000 UTCThis tool looks amazing and I’m just sooo happy that I can support a game I am so excited for! ❤️❤️
SimplyDeeSims
2024-07-15 03:06:33 +0000 UTCHands down: the best grass and flower terraforming options I've ever seen in a game.
Kelsey Griffith
2024-07-14 16:59:54 +0000 UTCThe grass and flowers look sooo nice! Well done
Noeba
2024-07-14 16:10:31 +0000 UTC😍😍😍✨ j'adore
Dustin AB
2024-07-14 03:48:32 +0000 UTCThis looks so amazing! ❤️
Leah Beth
2024-07-14 03:46:41 +0000 UTCIt's 3d instead of like a spray paint which I love
Ash Airheart
2024-07-14 02:57:49 +0000 UTCLovely :)
Christina Ozeki
2024-07-13 21:50:51 +0000 UTCthis looks so beautiful and honestly satisfying to put down. i love the textures and how alive they feel. very beautiful work.
Ellen Kaluza
2024-07-13 17:25:01 +0000 UTCOh my god the grass looks so beautiful
Ally Weitz
2024-07-13 16:07:09 +0000 UTCVery excited to see that the terrain can make close contact with walls. I used to spend so much time finding decorative objects to hide the gap.
I JONES
2024-07-13 15:51:02 +0000 UTCsound at 16:19? 🐶
Devin
2024-07-13 15:32:36 +0000 UTCAw, man...it's so rustic and cozy and the terrain looks so lush and full 🥺👉🏾👈🏾 And "create your own town"!?! #TakeMyMoneyyyy
ZLoves
2024-07-13 13:24:02 +0000 UTCCrying tears of joy over the fact that it’s not flat 2D paint but ACTUALLY 3D!!! Also love the sound when “painting” the environment; foley artists are hella underrated.
Chromatic Elegy
2024-07-13 13:18:28 +0000 UTCI loved the little details, the grass and the other options looks very smooth, sometimes all we need is details and the team did a very good job 🥰
Luiza Alves
2024-07-13 12:30:24 +0000 UTCThe level lines for terrain are such a good idea! When I'm playing Zoo Planet I always fail to see exactly how I'm affecting the terrain. And the possibility to include new spaces in yout neighbourhood is revolutionary. You could have a city as complex or as small as your computer specs allows you!
Panthro Samah
2024-07-13 11:55:42 +0000 UTCOh god, semi-underground, 3D grass, this is absolute dream. Finally we'll be able to do underground with windows under elevated houses ❤️
Shloupi
2024-07-13 11:36:58 +0000 UTCi love the constant "but someone could make that mod" - i'm already so excited for what modders will come up with, using all your amazing tools. it's gonna be incredible✨
Sehrys
2024-07-13 11:26:57 +0000 UTCI can’t wait to play
rénette
2024-07-13 09:17:36 +0000 UTCI am so so so incredibly excited for this game!!!
rénette
2024-07-13 09:16:50 +0000 UTCInstant meadow for maximum frolicking! I am gonna use the tall grass and flowers soooo much
Sarah
2024-07-13 09:16:10 +0000 UTCOMG ITS 3D!!!!!! lol awesome!!!
I kinda forGoT
2024-07-13 08:27:21 +0000 UTCThis is f*** amazing! I'm already in love with the terrain paint textures, especially the 3D ones. So lovely! And the ability to make partly undergrounded buildings with little effort is truly ground breaking :-) Seeing the outdoor terrain not clipping through walls makes me wonder if that could be made possible for objects like bushes, rocks and plants as well. Great work as always and thank you for showing the bugs and technical challenges you're facing during development. It's interesting to see!
Trisha Feder
2024-07-13 08:03:26 +0000 UTCAmazing stuff here. This game looks so relaxing but also vibrant and will be full of neat building tricks, I just know it. Happy to see the use of walk out basements because to me that is a ‘proper’ basement! 2X yay!
JazzyJay
2024-07-13 07:50:08 +0000 UTCI am so so so incredibly excited for this game!!! You put so much thought and effort into every little piece of the game, this is so amazing to see 🥹🩷
Nathalie S
2024-07-13 07:06:11 +0000 UTCAll the things and ideas are so awesome. I'm really excited for the launch. I can't wait!!!🥹
Charmaine
2024-07-13 06:53:22 +0000 UTCYou all did a great job with the terrain tool, thanks Richard! Everything looks natural and easy to use ^^
chantal99
2024-07-13 06:28:14 +0000 UTCThe sound when you smoothed the terrain scratches my brain just right… And how cute are these flower meadows?? 💕
chantal99
2024-07-13 06:23:04 +0000 UTCi love the 3d terrain paint yall are killing it
Simmer sinner
2024-07-13 03:11:29 +0000 UTCThis looks so good!! I’m stoked for all my creative ideas to come to life! But why is it so crunchy sounding? 😅
Miss Lara Light
2024-07-13 03:04:39 +0000 UTCThe pink soup!!!!
kayakwizardry
2024-07-13 02:59:15 +0000 UTCyour team impresses me more and more each friday release. AMAZING 3d terrain!!! I can’t wait to play
Olivia Moore
2024-07-13 01:04:56 +0000 UTCSHAKING CRYING LET ME INNNNNN!!! TAKE MY MONEY IM BEGGING YOU
Fox
2024-07-13 01:03:32 +0000 UTCLOL ASMR
Emory Hsu
2024-07-12 22:34:32 +0000 UTCThe 3D grass and flower models on the terrain paint brush 🤯🤯 that's so cool!! Oh wow. Adding the topographic lines was definitely a great idea. ADDING MORE LAND TO YOUR HOOD??? *Insert shut up and take my money gif* I do think an opacity and a feather / strength slider for terrain paint is needed too though ❤️
Bethy Grace
2024-07-12 22:25:43 +0000 UTCthe sound is so satisfying lol
Sydney Jupiter
2024-07-12 22:23:32 +0000 UTCTerrain tools look so fun 🤩
Heather Kiser
2024-07-12 21:48:19 +0000 UTCReally impressive! And it looks easy to control...that's even better <3
Thea
2024-07-12 21:39:31 +0000 UTCBologna! Art comes in many forms, and what you guys are going is art. You ARE an artist, dear Richard!
Madragal
2024-07-12 21:37:13 +0000 UTCWow! Terrain tools that show the depth of the grass, and the flowers 🌺 This is going to be the Ultimate Sandbox Game!! 🎉
Judi Dielman
2024-07-12 21:28:01 +0000 UTCThe ASMR 🤤 they must have recorded someone playing with crunchy slime because the SOUNDS are so good 😭
Jonathan Colorado
2024-07-12 20:54:52 +0000 UTCThe sound effects scratch my ears real good. Very ASMR! Love it!
bonkybon
2024-07-12 20:34:43 +0000 UTC💚 can we talk about the sound effects please - I'm always a dog for these, and immediately had to play a guessing game of what each of these new sounds was made with (can I hear plastic bottles being crunched, and sand being poured 👀) I would love to get another behind the scenes from Andrei for this one in the future! 💚 absolutely loving the flower meadow you created, it's stunning! Can't wait to see the other flower meadow variants we can see in the menu as well, I already feel that I'll love these too 😍 💚 I love the little house you've build, it looks amazing (and the outhouse is very cute too!) I'm super excited to see the terrain tools working so well around buildings, can't wait for 2025, as every Friday - thank you Paralives 🫶
dcknx
2024-07-12 20:33:59 +0000 UTC"You can see the terrain is at a higher level than the floor, but everything works" SIMS COULD NEVER!!!!
aza
2024-07-12 20:32:03 +0000 UTCI will be spending hours painting grass in the build mode just to hear that sound effect 😭
Jordan
2024-07-12 20:26:21 +0000 UTCSame here on looking forward to Fridays!
dcknx
2024-07-12 19:52:08 +0000 UTCAre you kidding me? This is so beautiful! I love the different heights of the grass and flowers, the sound design and how much peace I can immediately feel by just watching this video. Will the grass maybe move when you implement the weather? Will it be possible to live off the grid? Will we be able to build hobbit holes? I can see myself rebuilding middle-earth, just because of you ❤️
Liesel Strick
2024-07-12 19:38:23 +0000 UTCThat's so beautiful! I really hope the plants will change with the seasons (when they'll be implemented, of course)!
Helioblau
2024-07-12 19:26:52 +0000 UTCBeautiful ! I really like the sounds ! <3
Vari_Ares
2024-07-12 19:10:13 +0000 UTCMan. That's sexy.
Nate
2024-07-12 19:07:08 +0000 UTCOh… the underground houses… the possibilities… from hobbit homes to townhouses with a half underground floor … this is so exciting!
Cece
2024-07-12 18:37:15 +0000 UTCUm I haven’t even begun on the post, just watched the video and I am floored by how satisfying it is to use the terrain tools and that 3d grass! It looks so soft, and was very unexpected on my end! Good job team!
Cece
2024-07-12 18:33:52 +0000 UTCMy exact response! It makes applying the tools almost visceral.
mintyKHat
2024-07-12 18:30:00 +0000 UTCSo satisfying! 💚
mintyKHat
2024-07-12 18:29:03 +0000 UTCI got Sims 2 pink flashbacks LOL. But wow, I am so amazed, the building tools seem so intuitive, yet I see things in this game that I have never gotten to play with in any other life sim! I love the 3D flowers etc, love that there's not the dreaded clipping...I just couldn't be more amazed at what you all have accomplished being such a small team. It just goes to show what can be done with the right amount of passion and dedication. This game is already everything I've been waiting for and more <3
Xo.Noe
2024-07-12 17:52:25 +0000 UTCSo nicely done! Sounds are perfect!
Vash T
2024-07-12 17:38:16 +0000 UTCWill the team behind Paralives make some sort of tutorial on youtube about using these tools around the time of the game's release? I'm sure it will take some time for the players to get used to the different tools available and I feel like some guidance wouldn't hurt :)
Aleksandra
2024-07-12 17:35:48 +0000 UTCThe contour lines look super handy! Everything looks great💚 The only thing I'm missing is a slider to select opacity level, and as Tauras Giedraitis said would be nice to separare 3D and 2D terrain paint to have more control 👍🏻
pekeniax
2024-07-12 17:29:11 +0000 UTCAMAZING!
Dion S.
2024-07-12 17:14:54 +0000 UTCOh my!!, I love this asmr goodness
SymmaGe
2024-07-12 17:14:03 +0000 UTCThat looks so fun
just a little bawn
2024-07-12 16:56:17 +0000 UTCSuggestion: separate 3D and 2D terrain paints so you could overlay them and maybe introduce a tool to blend textures to make a smooth transition (both 3D and 2D).
Tauras Giedraitis
2024-07-12 16:46:21 +0000 UTCThis is amazing 😳 just breath taking guys, good job
Leelamutant
2024-07-12 16:40:28 +0000 UTC"if you were to do the whole thing they wouldn't be able to enter the home" See, that's exactly what's tripping me up. Right now the engine already understands a number of things that could make that work. It understands walls, of course (can't go through if there is no door). It also understands floors (if you build a second floor, the game knows you can't just walk into it). It also understands stairs (meaning that two different levels can be connected). And now it understands terrain elevation, and that some things can be buried. So to my uneducated self, it seems like right now, in the engine, it would be possible to build a floor on ground level, add a floor underneath it, connect them with stairs, and make it so that it's only accessible through the stairs. It also seems to me like it would be possible to build a floor on ground level, add a floor on top of it, connect the second floor with stairs to the outside, then decide to elevate the terrain around the first floor and bury it underground. And apparently, it's not. So I'm trying to perceive what the nuance is. And to be very clear : that's just me me being curious. I have ZERO doubt that the Paradevs know what feature needs to be worked on or not ! In the grand scheme of things, me not understanding is very unimportant as long as development continues XD
ladyteruki
2024-07-12 16:30:46 +0000 UTCAre we not going to talk about how satisfying the terrain tools sound? It's incredible!
Eleanor Swan
2024-07-12 16:06:46 +0000 UTCIt seems to me that the way it works now is that you still need to be able to enter on the first floor of the house. So while you could make part of the first floor covered, if you were to do the whole thing they wouldn't be able to enter the home? Just a guess on why you wouldn't be able to just cover the whole thing. Basements would probably involve adding a layer of depth below the default flatness of the world.
r m
2024-07-12 16:04:08 +0000 UTCRoof on top is still so exciting. It looks so beautiful. 😍
BreakingGaia
2024-07-12 16:00:57 +0000 UTCOoh great questions. Would be amazing if there was a way to put stairs into the terrain, as well as to build bridges over ravines although that sounds like it could be complicated.
r m
2024-07-12 15:59:51 +0000 UTCWow!!!! Wonderful work. Beautiful terrain textures! The 3d flowers and grass are incredible. Love the sound effects too, those type of subtle details add so much to the game. Couple questions: 1) will you add a tool to be able to flatten the elevation back to default? 2) Will you add opacity tools for the dirt/flat ground terrain paints? 3) Can you build your house on top of a hill?
r m
2024-07-12 15:58:25 +0000 UTCThanks for your reply Richard :) Oh so you mean that right now, the game doesn't understand that there are limits to how deep... or how far away from the lot you are building, if you want to go underground ? As in, if you build underground in any direction, you could end up having your basement in the neighbor's underground ? XD Sorry if it's a dumb question. It's just that from my point of view, it feels like the ability to view underground is already possible, so I'm trying to grasp the nuances.
ladyteruki
2024-07-12 15:55:57 +0000 UTCOh that's right! Get those 2 confused sometimes. More of a web dev than a game dev here 😅
Amanda Hotchkiss
2024-07-12 15:53:56 +0000 UTCI notice the fence is just hanging there when the terrain is dropped under it. Will fences follow the contour of the terrain when made after the fact? And can flooring be placed over a gap to make a bridge or balcony? Could terrain be built up around a staircase to make one built into the hill like are found on hiking trails?
BonaparteBardithion .
2024-07-12 15:53:32 +0000 UTCIf you want to get hotter, checkout out previous patreon post ;)
Richard rail
2024-07-12 15:34:00 +0000 UTCthey're using unity
Pvydrow
2024-07-12 15:33:09 +0000 UTCThank you, im happy you like it.
Richard rail
2024-07-12 15:26:29 +0000 UTCTHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK you :)
Richard rail
2024-07-12 15:26:16 +0000 UTCI love the option of 3D and 2D! Will someone be able to build a hobbit house using these tools or are there limitations preventing ground to be molded completely over buildings?
Allie Glass
2024-07-12 15:23:52 +0000 UTCThx :D. All terrain texture also have a version without 3D effect. I used it to make some spot with less grass.
Richard rail
2024-07-12 15:22:34 +0000 UTCWind on every thing :D
Richard rail
2024-07-12 15:21:42 +0000 UTCThank you :)
Richard rail
2024-07-12 15:21:28 +0000 UTCThx :D
Richard rail
2024-07-12 15:21:12 +0000 UTCThx :). Yes Tiny Glade looks sooo good and we have some things in common :D. We have not though of controlling grass depending on steep. But that is something you can just use the basic terrain painting that as no grass to make yourself. And someone else might find a situation where grass in a steep looks good :).
Richard rail
2024-07-12 15:21:08 +0000 UTCThank you :)
Richard rail
2024-07-12 15:19:25 +0000 UTCThat's so cool! I was curious if y'all had to build the terrain functionality or if you could somehow just utilize Unreal's sculpting functionality. Now I know! Great work guys! Super excited to see the results in beta!
Amanda Hotchkiss
2024-07-12 15:19:15 +0000 UTCYes!! It was soo easy to make a nice looking natural garden and im not a artist :D
Richard rail
2024-07-12 15:19:15 +0000 UTCThank you :). I cannot promise a rounded door but im sure we are going to have one at some point :).
Richard rail
2024-07-12 15:18:49 +0000 UTCI'm sure you could, yeah. Depends on how it goes for play testers, I guess it's something to keep in mind then.
Artis Zaķis
2024-07-12 15:18:18 +0000 UTCOMG! AMAZING 😍🤩😍🤩😍
Nathalie Carluccio
2024-07-12 15:14:51 +0000 UTCWow, every time I think I can't possibly be any more excited for this game, you guys prove me wrong! I love the 3D terrain paint and the partially submerged house. I currently live in a house that's partially underground like that. Maybe I can recreate it in Paralives once I have the game!
Andrea Simoncic
2024-07-12 15:14:05 +0000 UTCThe fact that grass never shows inside is a godsend
Nathan Carpenter
2024-07-12 15:07:45 +0000 UTCI always wanted to build a half-underground house! Like a witchy little hovel! Bless you guys, you are so creative!
Ava
2024-07-12 15:04:02 +0000 UTCworth every cent we put in this game. best update post in a while hands down!
Joel Jimenez
2024-07-12 15:03:07 +0000 UTCThank you :D
Richard rail
2024-07-12 15:02:04 +0000 UTCThank you :D. I can't wait for you'all to play :D
Richard rail
2024-07-12 15:01:55 +0000 UTCThx :). Yes ! It does make a really looking house :D
Richard rail
2024-07-12 15:01:38 +0000 UTCThank you :). I'm sure you will figure out what to start with :D
Richard rail
2024-07-12 15:01:07 +0000 UTCYes!! Vegetation EVERYWHERE :D
Richard rail
2024-07-12 15:00:38 +0000 UTCThank you for the suggestion :). We have not done playtest with the terrain yet. We are going to see how people fell about it. We do have a smoothing tool it's kind of like a "blur" , averaging all the heights in a circle. You could use that to make the slope.
Richard rail
2024-07-12 15:00:18 +0000 UTCOh my god I LOVE that the grass is a real living moving plant!!! It’s so beautiful 🥹🥹
Brandi Werthner
2024-07-12 14:59:08 +0000 UTCThank you :). Well 10 years is a lot for computer hardware and game technologies. So we do more than 10 years ago ! So for now you can make partly underground rooms. But we have postponed a fully underground construction, where you could go like -10 floor underground, make a right, 20 m further, etc.
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:54:21 +0000 UTCYou had me when you mentioned "No grass inside" ✨
Pascal Lefebvre
2024-07-12 14:51:53 +0000 UTCI'm in loveee!!! This game is looking sooo good!!!😍❤️
Dunja
2024-07-12 14:50:05 +0000 UTCI'm so happy we can make our houses be partly underground! 😍 Makes it way easier to recreate my own home!
BekkiRoss
2024-07-12 14:48:18 +0000 UTCThank you :). Yes you can pause the game. For the screenshot i have used an option to set the time.
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:45:10 +0000 UTC😲 this is absolutely fantastic! Love how it blends into the already existing area 💜 well done team!👏🏻😃
Elli_TheWhalien3791
2024-07-12 14:44:54 +0000 UTCThx you :).
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:44:17 +0000 UTCThx. I hope you are going to like using them :)
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:44:08 +0000 UTChaha yes ! But it's only partly underground. Fully underground house is something we have to design.
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:43:52 +0000 UTCThx you :).
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:43:11 +0000 UTCTHX :D. I'm looking forward to see that !
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:43:00 +0000 UTCThank you :). Well the duck and other random items was just for testing and wont be in the game. But someone could make a mod that allows it.
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:42:34 +0000 UTCThat grass is only visual and there is no gameplay or interaction with it.
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:41:32 +0000 UTCThank you :).
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:41:07 +0000 UTCIs all done automatically, there is an edge between the texture.
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:40:08 +0000 UTC^_^ Great!
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:39:25 +0000 UTCI'm happy!!!! Eeeeeee
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:39:13 +0000 UTCMaybe the tools also need to use a less strong value! 🤔
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:39:03 +0000 UTC🤣 Yes Andrei did some great ASMR!
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:38:19 +0000 UTCoohhnh!! that would like sooooo good! I'm looking forward to see that!
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:37:57 +0000 UTCThis looks like such a vibe. I can’t wait for it♥️
Sandy Pierre
2024-07-12 14:37:26 +0000 UTCOk wow this is so incredible. This is always what I wish terrain painting was in the Sims (sorry to compare but it's true). I think this is so exciting. I absolutely cannot wait to build my own town to share with others with the tools you have available.
Toastybrioche
2024-07-12 14:36:13 +0000 UTCThis reminds me—I BEG you please make plants and stuff not clip through walls it’s one of my biggest pet peeve in other games D: I just want a plant in the corner of a room not in the walls of the adjacent rooms… ㅠㅠ
Dee
2024-07-12 14:34:41 +0000 UTCAlso, hearing the little dog barking somewhere in the neighborhood while in build mode 😍😭
Rosa Leonie de Haas
2024-07-12 14:33:00 +0000 UTCI love ALL OF IT!!! ❤️❤️
Josephin01
2024-07-12 14:32:23 +0000 UTCThis is absolutely amazing! I’m so happy you managed to make the edges of paths smooth like this!
SimMattically
2024-07-12 14:32:07 +0000 UTC3d terrain paints!!! so cool!
Impish
2024-07-12 14:31:03 +0000 UTCThank you for the answers :)
Kiiiwiii
2024-07-12 14:26:26 +0000 UTCHoly effing shhaaaashiishooo...wow. Blown away.
Rosa Leonie de Haas
2024-07-12 14:25:51 +0000 UTCThe game looks so smooth. Love it ❤️
Nyssa Joseph
2024-07-12 14:20:52 +0000 UTCSo cool spain is hot today its 38 digree i am inside with the aircon blasting
Sláine Sheils
2024-07-12 14:19:39 +0000 UTCWhat we know so far, grass won't grow. I don't know what that means for cutting the grass, but it makes me suspect that there won't be a feature like that.
Zahlea
2024-07-12 14:17:22 +0000 UTCThank you :). Yes it makes the terrain looks soo alive :D
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:12:20 +0000 UTCTHX :). It was for me and i hope you will like it too :)
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:11:53 +0000 UTC^_^ Thx.
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:11:37 +0000 UTCThank you :D
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:11:28 +0000 UTCYes I agree! Andrei did awesome sounds!
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:11:22 +0000 UTCYes definitely! It can be expensive but the way we did it is not too bad and computer are getter better and better.
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:11:02 +0000 UTCThanks :). Working hard to that 2025 ;)
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:10:13 +0000 UTCThank you! im happy you like the result :D
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:09:53 +0000 UTCThank you :). Yes we have worked to make it feel good and easy to use :).
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:09:33 +0000 UTCI actually gasped when I saw the "painted" grass was 3D. It looks so awesome.
Rebecca Blue
2024-07-12 14:09:20 +0000 UTCWow thank you very much :). I'm happy that you like my house :).
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:09:02 +0000 UTC^_^ Thx. We have both. as you can put a texture with no grass on top but also all the variation of grasses. That's how i control the density in some spots.
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:07:13 +0000 UTCThx :). It is magic, I'm not an artist but I managed to make a pretty decent scene quickly. MAGIC :D
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:06:10 +0000 UTCTHX :). Yea our biggest challenge was to find a way to hide that grass and terrain while to taking all of the computer resources. We found a good way for it to be light.
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:05:29 +0000 UTCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 😁 that was all ❤️❤️❤️
Zahlea
2024-07-12 14:04:29 +0000 UTCFor the seasons, we mostlikely would switch the texture on each seasons.
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:04:10 +0000 UTCFor optimization purpose all the models use a common texture. But you could have a different mod per save that change all of the texture.
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:03:37 +0000 UTCI know right! Best house have partial basements ! :D
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:02:38 +0000 UTCYes! It feels nice :) Thx !
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:02:13 +0000 UTC:D Very happy to hear, thx.
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:01:42 +0000 UTCYea it renders well! :D thx!
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:01:25 +0000 UTCYeeaaa Thx :D
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:01:12 +0000 UTCThank you :D
Richard rail
2024-07-12 14:01:01 +0000 UTCI can't wait to decorate the surroundings of my buildings so easily with those brushes! I love how all of them have the 3D effect, like it's not just painted
Una_simple_ kpoper
2024-07-12 13:56:51 +0000 UTCThe short grass movement made me a bit dizzy but i liveeeeee for these
Andrés Vanoni
2024-07-12 13:56:26 +0000 UTCI’m blown away with all of this!! The grass with flowers is soo cozy!! You do such an amazing job with this game, congrats to all the devs <3 can’t wait to play the game in 2025. Would love to see the town be by default geographic irregular, with some mountain parts and some plain ones too (feels more realistic). Lovee from Brazil <33
Igor Bricio
2024-07-12 13:55:02 +0000 UTCamazing
DARUNNI
2024-07-12 13:53:22 +0000 UTCAnd without the weird gap between house and terrain, like in the Sims. Can't wait to build, everything looks amazing!
Brenda Visser
2024-07-12 13:53:00 +0000 UTCThis looks so cool! It reminds me a lot of the Tiny Glade demo that was released recently. The possibilities of this tool are amazing! I do think that sufficiently steep terrain shouldn't have grass growing on it though, just a thought. In any case, keep up the good work!
Mauro Fantin
2024-07-12 13:52:27 +0000 UTCOMG I’m so blown away, having 3D models paint with the terrain is GENIUS!
Cesar A
2024-07-12 13:51:35 +0000 UTCI love this so much I'm SO EXCITED for beautiful, natural looking gardens!! 😍😍😍
Lucy McClean
2024-07-12 13:48:21 +0000 UTCThese terrain tools are awesome!! And the house submersion...my jaw dropped!! Please tell us that you'll make us a little round door to go with those house submersion tools! I'd also love to make a grass roofed house!! And I LOVE how the walls unevenly follow the terrain when you look inside! This is insanely good!!
Fran Smith
2024-07-12 13:47:11 +0000 UTCwow this looks absolutely amazing!! with every post i just get more and more excited to play the game myself! the vibes are immaculate
Melina W
2024-07-12 13:45:16 +0000 UTCI'm blown away!! I love everything about this!! I love that the flowers and the grass are in 3D and the door on the house is so beautiful!! I can't wait for this game!! 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💞💞💞💞💞💞💞
PinkRosie
2024-07-12 13:40:19 +0000 UTCI love that you can have a house that's partially underground!
Leaf
2024-07-12 13:38:52 +0000 UTCThis is beautiful :') thank you so much for your hard work and for sharing it with us! I am so excited for Paralives. There is SO much I'm looking forward to playing with and exploring, and so much I want to build! I'm not going to know where to begin!!! <3
Lane Brettschneider
2024-07-12 13:38:20 +0000 UTCOh my gosh, the 3d wildflowers!! And tall grass! That's all I ever want with terrain features, honestly. Every single house I make will have a lil meadow in the back :D
Sarah
2024-07-12 13:38:04 +0000 UTCOne suggestion, if I may: a tool similar to what Cities: Skylines 2 has where you can slope terrain by selecting one height on one side and a different height on the other and make a perfect slope between them. These tools are great, but I imagine people might want to make tilted driveways to their garages that are partially underground and a slope tool would make that wayy easier. Otherwise, lovely work ☺️
Artis Zaķis
2024-07-12 13:37:44 +0000 UTCHi Richard, thanks for this post. I squeeled so much watching the video that I had to pause it and remind myself that I'm an adult woman reading a Patreon post, and not a teenager at a boys band's concert ! This is VERY exciting stuff ; the preview with the beach dunes last week really kept its promises :) The fact that some textures include 3D assets for grass, flowers (and rocks ?!) at first felt insane to me, but after a decade of That Other Game™ 4's lousy ground painting, I think I have just forgotten that I don't have to settle for the bare minimum really. I'll get used to it again in no time, though, especially since this is going to make for a fantastic tool not just when we work on a specific lot, but also once the neighborhood tool is released. And the grass/flowers sway, too ! "What happens when I elevate the terrain around a house?" Big question. Those were the type of buildings I'd find myself creating 90% of the time in That Other Game™ 2 and 3, and I miss the flexibility of such tools. The buildings that result from them tend to just be more realistic imho. Your semi-underground cabin is fantastic, it's the kind of starter home I would easily make myself when given the proper tools. However when you state that work on the basement has been postponed, I have to admit I don't really see what's missing. Would you mind in the future expanding on what is left to work on that the semi-underground thing hasn't already solved ? Thank you Richard, Alex, Andrei, Chloé, and Jérémie for this collective effort ; every Friday I have a new reason to get excited for Paralives :)
ladyteruki
2024-07-12 13:37:20 +0000 UTCOMG! This is so beautiful. ❤️ The 3d elements to the terrain tools is something that I have always wanted! And the way you can now make such beautiful creations and houses with this tool is amazing! You have really done such an amazing job! I am so impressed. ❤️❤️❤️ I just love how the flowers and grass moves when you build. It makes everything so much alive! I can’t wait to play this. This is my dream game. ❤️ I have a question: I saw that the time was on while you were building. Could it be an option that even if you stop time, the surrounding can still move? ❤️
Lisa-Marie Berzelius
2024-07-12 13:36:44 +0000 UTCI absolutely adore this! I love landscaping and the 3D grass - agh - I'm obsessed!!
Jess
2024-07-12 13:34:00 +0000 UTCLooks amazing, so excited to use these tools!
Connor
2024-07-12 13:33:14 +0000 UTCI also forgot to mention the underground houses... 😱...like we can make our own little shire full of hobbit homes! I swear to you, Paralives is the real reason I look forward to Fridays. 😂
BreakingGaia
2024-07-12 13:32:37 +0000 UTCThe 3D grass and flowers is AMAZING!! I am always just so blown away at the work you guys do 😍
Gracie Wolford
2024-07-12 13:30:57 +0000 UTCWOOWW!! That grass and flowers are gorgeous!!!! I can't wait to make a little hobbit house in a wild flower meadow!
Janie Tellier
2024-07-12 13:30:07 +0000 UTCThis has got to be my favorite update ever! This is the sims 3 I wanted! I also love that 3d objects can be attached to the terrain tools. I'd love for random rocks and boulders to be placed. You can even have a bench spawn every now and again. The uses for this tool are vast! This is also the tool I wanted in animal crossing. You guys rock! I'm rooting for Paralives! I think people are going to be so pleasantly surprised and impressed by what you all have created!
BreakingGaia
2024-07-12 13:28:56 +0000 UTCWill our paras eventually be able to cut the grass?
Ruth Cross
2024-07-12 13:28:37 +0000 UTCThat would be awesome!
Plutonian Ambassador to Earth
2024-07-12 13:28:19 +0000 UTCTHIS IS AMAZING!! The 3D elements of the terrain is really spectacular, can't wait to play with it!!
Millena Xavier
2024-07-12 13:27:49 +0000 UTCThis looks really good!! I love the grass :) Curious if there will be opacity or strength settings the blue out the edges on the non-3D terrain paints?
Dixie
2024-07-12 13:27:21 +0000 UTCso exited
Neele Neele
2024-07-12 13:27:11 +0000 UTCI'm excited!!!!! Eeeeeeee
Plutonian Ambassador to Earth
2024-07-12 13:26:59 +0000 UTCIt looks soo good. The sculpting tool error is what happens when I try to use the landscaping tools in cities skylines lol.
Maxayn Henderson
2024-07-12 13:25:23 +0000 UTCI can see myself in the future making asmr videos with Paralives 😂
ღPark Nikkiღ
2024-07-12 13:24:33 +0000 UTCI can create a witch/healer's hut on top of a hilly meadow. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Plutonian Ambassador to Earth
2024-07-12 13:23:45 +0000 UTC3D terrain painting is genuinely a game-changer, this is dope
ThatOneCamel
2024-07-12 13:23:40 +0000 UTCBeautiful 😍 ! This exactly what we need ! It will be a great pleasure to build in Paralives.
Sylvia M
2024-07-12 13:22:52 +0000 UTClooks so incredibly detailed
Cofus
2024-07-12 13:22:48 +0000 UTCThis looks amazing!! Really really nicely done
DoubleC
2024-07-12 13:22:06 +0000 UTCThe sound design is so good!
Renikee
2024-07-12 13:21:43 +0000 UTCOn a similar vein to this: I don't remember if there will be seasons, but if there are, I assume the color of these terrain paints would change with those seasons? ie, grasses turning brown from summer to fall or something.
Toria Stock
2024-07-12 13:21:32 +0000 UTCADDING 3D ELEMENTS TO TERRAIN PAINT IS AN ACTUALLY INSANE NEXT GEN IDEA!! CONGRATS ON PULLING IT OFF!!
boredewil
2024-07-12 13:21:13 +0000 UTCThe way I GASPED at the the 3D grass and flowers. Things are looking amazing. 2025 can't come soon enough 🥰 I NEED to get my hands on this
Sara Rocha
2024-07-12 13:21:00 +0000 UTCoh my god this is the most beautiful thing i've ever seen no joke guys.... you're killing it!!!!! <3 woah....
Daniel A
2024-07-12 13:20:15 +0000 UTCI'm so pleased with the ease of use demonstrated in the video using the terrain tools, and I love the sounds!! Can't wait to begin building in Paralives! Fantastic work and I'm looking forward to more to come! Oh, and the dog bark at the end is perfect! 😄
tey711
2024-07-12 13:19:59 +0000 UTCIt honestly feels like as if we are cutting down grass, that's really satisfying as well
Renikee
2024-07-12 13:19:49 +0000 UTCOh... Oh my god. I:m sorry I know this sounds super dramatic but I swear it is genuine I almost cried when I saw this. The smoothening tool is amazing and something that I will 1000% use. The fact that the terrain paints are 3D is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. I will make wild gardens with beautiful flower lawns and high grass and it will be so pretty. And the variety too! The colors are beautiful and while they are really bright due to the game design they look really natural and not over stimulating to the eye! Showing the little earthy path was the cherry on top. These tools make the environments look beautiful and natural and just so detailed and sculpted! It's absolutely fantastic. You can be so proud of yourself 100% And when I saw the little house that was partly in the earth I visibly gasped. That's something I always wanted to build and I was always upset I couldn't do that. Thank you so much for all this hard work. You guys are the hope and future for this gaming genre in my heart. You're making my childhood dreams come true for real
lias
2024-07-12 13:18:44 +0000 UTCYesssss one of the things i hate about life sim games is having to put grasses on top of terrain paints. You just made me so happy
Tara Holte
2024-07-12 13:18:33 +0000 UTCOh. My. Goodness!! I am obsessed with the terrain tool!! It looks amazing. Seriously great job with this. That 3D painter for grass and wild flowers and my goodness... Is magic.
Madragal
2024-07-12 13:18:31 +0000 UTCThe 3D grass looks amazing! It even moves with the wind! This is such a big milestone guys, I'm sure it was a terrifying job in the programming side. GOOD JOB!
Rodrigo Escribano
2024-07-12 13:18:04 +0000 UTC^_^ Thanks.
Richard rail
2024-07-12 13:17:58 +0000 UTC:D Thank you!
Richard rail
2024-07-12 13:17:31 +0000 UTCTHIS is absolutely amazing! The grass is fantastic! I cant wait for this! Question. Will there be different "terrain" worlds? And will the grass etc be matching that colour (if it changes)
Kiiiwiii
2024-07-12 13:17:18 +0000 UTCThx :). Im happy that you like it!
Richard rail
2024-07-12 13:17:14 +0000 UTCSO RIDICULOUSLY EXCITED FOR BASEMENTS PARTIALLY UNDERGROUND!
Kittle
2024-07-12 13:16:53 +0000 UTCPainting the dirt path through the grass looked so satisfying!! ;0; The UI looks really nice and easy to understand as well, super excited to play this! <3
dinoPharaoh
2024-07-12 13:16:52 +0000 UTCThis is amazing 🤩 i love the 3D textures! Thank you for your hard work guys!
Stephanie Marion
2024-07-12 13:16:37 +0000 UTCThe flowers and grass being actually 3d models is SO GOOD
Guilherme Feijó
2024-07-12 13:15:45 +0000 UTC3D terrain paint??? Tall grass and flowers?! Oh my god, you guys! This is insane! Im so excited!!
Pernille Hjerpseth
2024-07-12 13:15:15 +0000 UTCThat looks so cool! I'm really excited
Ronja
2024-07-12 13:15:01 +0000 UTCEvery thing yall post the more excited I get about this game. 😭🙏 You guys are doing amazing
Lyric
2024-07-12 13:14:56 +0000 UTCI'm crying over how good this is, you guys have down an amazing job! Far better than I expected (and I had high hopes).
AmorFati
2024-07-12 13:13:43 +0000 UTCThis is amazing! The partially underground house is SUPER cool. Nice job team :)
It'sMike64
2024-07-12 13:13:16 +0000 UTC
