Sandy Shores Plus WIP 1.0

INTRODUCTION:
Sandy Shores feels small. And, for me, it's too small to be patrolling there for too long.

After searching and downloading many different Sandy Shores map mods, I wasn't satisfied with any of them. The authors added buildings that seemed quite off: no props, no fences, no cars, or any signs around them; types of buildings that seemed out of place (houses that looked like they were from the GTA3 beta, others very polygonal with walls painted like in The Sims 2, none showing any signs of wear, suddenly expensive houses between shacks and dirt, buildings from another city, etc.). All of this broke my immersion. So, I decided to make my own.

I managed to literally copy the already existing buildings in Sandy Shores and paste them into the many lots available for housing in the town, while also slightly extending the area near the Motel. For now, there are 24 added same-style homes that visually bring more life and density while maintaining immersion.

HOW TO INSTALL:

1. Drop the sandyplus2 folder into (mods/update/x64/dlcpacks)

2. Open/Edit the dlclist.xml file located in:
   (mods/update/update.rpf/common/data/)

   
   Add the following line to the end of the DLC list:

   <Item>dlcpacks:/sandyplus2/</Item>

EXTRA: INCREASE SANDY SHORES POPULATION (PEDS & CARS):
Navigate to:
(mods/update/update.rpf/common/data/levels/gta5/popcycle.dat)

Customize the SANDY_SHORES settings.

If you want to double the population, multiply each value in the columns (#Peds, #Scenario, #Cars, #prkdcrs) by 2.
Each column represents a 2-hour time block (e.g., the first column is 12-2 AM, the second column is 2-4 AM, etc.), covering 24 hours in 12 columns.

Note: Each value represents the percentage drawn from the base population preset in the gameconfig data.

You can use my setup as an example:

K9 SHEPHERD MODEL

You can often see the shepherd model spawning around, if you have this model edited for k9 you can replace the spawn of this model for the whole game in ambientpedmodelsets.

Navigate to mods/update/update.rpf/common/data/ai/ambientpedmodelsets and look for this item and replace the model.

        <Item type="CAmbientModelSet">
            <Name>ANIMAL_DOG_SHEPHERD</Name>
            <Models>
                <Item>
                    <Name>A_C_Rottweiler</Name>
                    <Variations type="NULL"/>
                    <Probability value="1.000000"/>
                </Item>

ISSUES:
Some buildings have low LODs and disappear when viewed from very far away. This will be fixed in the next update.

NEXT STEPS:
Add more buildings other than residences (shops, offices, workshops, amenities, etc.).

Add emissions.
Replace abandoned/ruined buildings with new habitable ones.
Extend the town further west, near the gas station.
Replace/Add more building variety.
Beautify the already added residences.

Optionally add a rework/enhancement to the sheriff station.

Make an installer.