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When I started this neighborhood I felt that many Sims 2 neighborhoods wouldn't make sense in the real world. I wanted to make a neighborhood that if it weren't for the Sims 2's graphics, one might think it were a real life small town. For this reason and a few others, my "Zanes Hallow" project was born. This neighborhood was to be the second step (the first was the terrains) in a major neighborhood building project. That was 8 years ago. I was going into my senior year of high school and was oh so naïve! I'm now a working professional with a college degree. Look, I'm embarrassed by how long this took; but we're here. Step 2 complete. Step 3 will probably never happen, but I hope this step was at least worth the sweat and tears I put into this thing.
Note: The photos of this neighborhood were taken from my laptop that runs UC. It does have mods including Gunmod's Radiance Lighting and Clean UI. Please know the neighborhood file you'll be downloading has only been run in the base game.
Anyway........
About This Neighborhood
This neighborhood contains 64 lots. 5 community lots and 59 residential lots spread among 5 unofficially named "neighborhoods" (this is a loose term). All residential lots only contain what you would find in a newly purchased house (light fixtures, plumbing, and kitchen counters/appliances). There are 9 starter homes (under $20k). There are no characters in this neighborhood.
Description Zythia
Once an important lumber town, this small historic town has began to attract interest from outsiders.. will these newcomers respect the small-town feel, or will they alter the community forever?
Yes. These community lots suck if you have the Ultimate Collection or anywhere close to that. I know this. However, please remember that I built these in the BASE GAME. I did have plans to bulldoze all but the public pool and park and replace them with a historic business district. We'll see if I ever do that!
Zaney Fashion
Zaney Fashion is the best place to get the latest and greatest in fasion in Zythia!
Funzville
Once a blighted property, Funzville was the brainchild of the Mayor and Police Department of Zythia to simultaneously raise property taxes and give teenagers a place to go all year round.
Nine Town Groceries
Nine Town Groceries got its name when it opened at nine and closed at nine. Plus it was in a town. The hours may have changed, but the name never has.
Zythia Public Pool
Designed by the same people who designed the Pleasantview Pool, the Zythia Public Pool brings the best to the table for all your public pool needs!
Zythia Community Park
Many say that the Zythia Community Park is the heart of the town. That may be why such a large percentage of the town's taxes go to the upkeep of the place. But hey, at least it's enjoyable, right?
The residential lots are grouped into lightly themed "neighborhoods" The ones closest to the community lots/main intersection are the "original" homes. The nicer offshoot off the main intersection is the "friendly" neighborhood that has larger homes and a colorful vibe. The mirrored offshoot farther from the main group is the "immoral" neighborhood that has larger homes but darker vibe (The original plan was to have an evil witches side and a good witches side hehe). Near the river/lake is the old "Industrial" area where the lumber and other similar goods were prepared and shipped out of town. The last offshoot near the water tower is the newest area (or "modern" neighborhood). I have taken two photos from each group and will show the pictures in the aforementioned order ("Original", "Friendly", "Immoral", "Industrial", and "Modern".)
268 Sicurv Lane
Price: $26,355
Bedrooms: 3
Baths: 3
277 Second Way
Price: $23,280
Bedrooms: 3
Baths: 3
169 Janie Way
Price: $107,566
Bedrooms: 3
Baths: 3.5
Note: Built by MTS User @Jawusa
212 Gute Street
Price: $52,564
Bedrooms: 4
Baths: 2.5
155 Evit Street
Price: $79,075
Bedrooms: 4
Baths: 2.5
172 Vindy Way
Price: $15,997
Bedrooms: 3
Baths: 1
Fun fact: Lightly based on the house I lived in when I started this project, but I didn't build it until at least 5 years after moving out lol.
380 Water Street
Price: $59,431
Bedrooms: 3
Baths: 3
364 Water Street
Price: $32,273
Bedrooms: 1
Baths: 2
308 Two Street
Price: $28,440
Bedrooms: 3
Baths: 3
302 One Street
Price: $15,967
Bedrooms: 2
Baths: 1.5
Recommended Mods
No mods or CC are required to play this neighborhood. This includes camera mods. However, I would recommend one that allows for paning to the edges of the neighborhood. I have one installed but I've had it for a decade or longer and have absolutely no idea where it came from, sorry.
Trim Inaccessible Bushes: Similar to how the Summerdream and Capp lots in Veronaville are technically playable without mods, if you want to keep the shrubs cut on a few of the lots in this neighborhood you'll want this!
Mortage Shrubs: Many of the lots are just over $20k, so I would recommend this for your CAS sims to have additional options in the real estate market.
Known Issues
1. At some point I turned my AnyGameStarter into the German language and it completely wonked out the community lot names and descriptions. After some finagling, running it in basegame looks fine for me. However, when I ran it up on my laptop with UC, the names and descriptions were swapped. I'm not sure when the ability to change lot names started, but hopefully it's available for whomever has this issue. Also, the names and descriptions MTS's "Archive Information" matches the original names and descriptions, so I don't know what's going on with it. If anyone runs the game in non-English and has run into this issue and knows the proper fix to this, please let me know!
2. Certain lots (like 291 Shawt Street, 271 Shawt Street, and 288 Shawt Street) show blank space between the lot edges and neighborhood terrain when you're in lot mode on a different lot. I have no idea the cause of this, and didn't notice it until I was taking pictures on my laptop since basegame doesn't show neighboring properties. So, if you're actually running basegame you don't have to worry about it! Otherwise, if anyone knows a fix to this please let me know! I tried picking up and placing the lots back down and it didn't fix the issue.
Credits:
MTS User Jawusa who built:
169 Janie Way
323 Indunny Street
324 Rocky Street
MTS User triciamanly who built:
188 Wright Way
301 Two Street
Truly thanks to you two. The guilt that came from not uploading the work from these two was one of the only reasons that kept me going.
Obligatory thanks to EAxis and ModTheSims!
Custom Content
The following custom content is included in the downloadable files:
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