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Cities: Skylines |OT| Not Related to Cities XL.
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Haven't seen it linked to much, but the best video content over the last week has come from A_Spec on the ParadoxInteractive stream. http://www.twitch.tv/paradoxinteractive/profile/past_broadcasts There are three of four long streams there, with the guy chilling with his pretty city, trying some stuff out, answering questions from the chat, and generally being a very charismatic fellow. My easy top pick for some lazy viewing or second screen background content.
He goes into very interesting specifics several times over the course of those videos. This was an interesting section at 2h:46m. I haven't yet seen anyone do a deep dive on the subway system, so it was cool to see him tear his entire metro network out and rebuild it from scratch. If you're interested in severely reducing residential traffic from your roads, give this a watch.
EDIT: sorry, forgot to the add the timestamp
He goes into very interesting specifics several times over the course of those videos. This was an interesting section at 2h:46m. I haven't yet seen anyone do a deep dive on the subway system, so it was cool to see him tear his entire metro network out and rebuild it from scratch. If you're interested in severely reducing residential traffic from your roads, give this a watch.
EDIT: sorry, forgot to the add the timestamp
Can Crusher
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I have the recommended specs. Like, exactly.
VindictiveGnome
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Indulge in the streams. They're good fun and give you a great idea of how the game plays.
The hype is reaching maximum level at this point.
Lion Heart
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I bought SimCity day 1 but honestly my biggest disappointment was the land size. This game seems properly bigger, I just might buy it.
Graphics are pretty dated though.
Graphics are pretty dated though.
Hardware requirements are not in the OT and my PC is 5 years old at this point so no, I'm not kidding.
Unless by kidding you meant that my PC is so ridiculously old by now that it was stupid to expect it to be even able to boot up the game.
PHOENIXZERO
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Seeing people asking about specs made me realize that this OT is missing the minimum and recommended specs.
Windows:
MacOS:
SteamOS/Linux:
Going to be interesting to see how my SLI'd GTX 460s handle this with my OC'd to 4.5Ghz i5 2500k. Someday I'll get around to upgrade my GPU.
Decided to redownload SimCity 2013 for some reason, apparently I played it for only 69 hours and haven't played it since August 2013. That last time was probably to update again and to see what shit was fixed before I gave up on it.
Also, more people should sign up, we got the Zen Garden and the Pond, next is the Cherry Trees... CHERRY TREES!
http://signup.citiesskylines.com/
Oh and my status on GMG is also "No keys available for this game. " I won't get worried until after I get up and check tomorrow morning and probably won't start to be until a couple hours before it'll possibly unlock. People I think need to remember that this game was made by 13 people as opposed to the last SimCity which probably had close to 10 times that many along with a probably budget to match.
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MacOS:
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Going to be interesting to see how my SLI'd GTX 460s handle this with my OC'd to 4.5Ghz i5 2500k. Someday I'll get around to upgrade my GPU.
Decided to redownload SimCity 2013 for some reason, apparently I played it for only 69 hours and haven't played it since August 2013. That last time was probably to update again and to see what shit was fixed before I gave up on it.
Also, more people should sign up, we got the Zen Garden and the Pond, next is the Cherry Trees... CHERRY TREES!
http://signup.citiesskylines.com/
Oh and my status on GMG is also "No keys available for this game. " I won't get worried until after I get up and check tomorrow morning and probably won't start to be until a couple hours before it'll possibly unlock. People I think need to remember that this game was made by 13 people as opposed to the last SimCity which probably had close to 10 times that many along with a probably budget to match.
Thanks. I'll add it when I get home.
Of all the people playing the game, I've been watching Sip's. I know his humor his hit or miss with a lot but I like it. Also he seems to genuinely enjoy city building games.
Sips also discovered a bug that I don't think anyone mentioned yet (?) He created a neighborhood connected only by a one way road so no one could exit. The game didn't warn him or anything and carried on. I'm hoping that they patch a warning symbol or something.
Sips also discovered a bug that I don't think anyone mentioned yet (?) He created a neighborhood connected only by a one way road so no one could exit. The game didn't warn him or anything and carried on. I'm hoping that they patch a warning symbol or something.
2500k and 560 ti/6950 are still respectable specs.
I used a voucher. $24 for the standard version.
Its not working for me which sucks. I tried a few vouchers. Any reason why you think?
thelurkinghorror
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This is not what I call a bug
I have no idea.
I think its cheaper if you buy the game from the Greenman Gaming VIP section, which only requires you having a GMG account and being logged in. The vouchers won't be accepted if you are buying the game with the VIP discount tho, perhaps that's the problem you are running into?
I'm not really sure what the deal with the vouchers is, but just to be sure, you do know that you can get it for ~$22 by popping into the VIP section right? Sorry if I'm misunderstanding what you're really asking about. Just thought I'd point that out in case it's helpful information.
I had no idea
Damn. Oh well, was getting too frustrated with GMG so I went with Steam. Extra $10. Sucks but I'll survive.I had no idea
You ought to be able to get a refund from Steam, if you wanted, since it's just a pre-order still. Though it'd only go back to your steam wallet as far as I know.
didn't work for me either, but it's cheaper on VIP anyway, so w/e
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Skye posted a new video a few hours ago:
Cities: Skylines Asset Editor Builds Part 3 ► Airport Parking ◀ Tutorial / Tips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_9sY2FTdMQ
Cities: Skylines Asset Editor Builds Part 3 ► Airport Parking ◀ Tutorial / Tips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_9sY2FTdMQ
theepicoftyler
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I've seen some pretty tall buildings, but considering how short the space elevator is, I wouldn't expect any Burj Khalifa types.
Kongor's city looks fucking amazing.
I'm sure we'll see the Burj in the steam workshop at some point.
I'm sure we'll see the Burj in the steam workshop at some point.
theepicoftyler
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That's true. I forgot about mods.
I really hope this game gets its roots dug in and we have a super extensive mod community. I'd love to browse a Simtropolis Exchange type for Skylines.
Yeah, I've had his stream up in the background for a while, which is made that question come to mind. He has a really cool city, but it seems to be lacking a specific downtown with some REALLY big buildings. But maybe this is just as tall as the buildings get.
Edit: Also makes me remember the original release of SimCity 4. Before it was patched, the RCI demand was messed up in a way that meant the tallest residential and commercial buildings literally would not be built because they required a higher demand than the game would have.
RandomExpletive
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May our framerates be stable and our graphics settings not TOO low ;D
Hopefully I'll be able to download this before I leave for class, tomorrow's lab is going to be very fun indeed.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/featu...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
game informer has their test chamber video up
game informer has their test chamber video up
Got the Shakes
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2012 rMBP here. Hoping it isn't a total disaster trying to run the game.
Yeah, I agree. It's up to the player to find mistakes that they've made and fix them. That's the whole point of the city-builder, IMO. Otherwise the thing just plays itself.
With Kongor's population he can basically dictate how muh money he makes at any given time through taxes. He just raised all possible taxes to max for a few minutes and ended up getting almost 2 mill a week. He has now lowered them as low as possible in order to unlock a new building so that he can build the hadron collider. He's losing a ton of money because of it but he has plenty to spare right now.
The Real Abed
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(Moved my reply from the old topic)
Apparently banks don't seem to like online game stores. What bank do you have? I used my credit card for this and nothing happened. I even used it again today to pay Mineke $500.
Anyway, I want my code now! Even if I can't buy it I want to add it to my Steam library so it's ready tomorrow. Man, I wish this was releasing at midnight. I will be so mad if the key shows up after it's already available.
I forgot all about modular buildings. That was one feature of SimCity I liked. I wish they'd implement it into Cities: Skylines in some way.
Actually this happened when I bought something from GOG a year ago. It was when I learned that my bank has Twitter powered customer support that actually called ME when they were ready to help instead of requiring me to sit on hold. It was glorious and pain free and I was so glad to be with TD Bank at that moment. I told the girl it was an okay purchase and she reactivated the card for me. I think I made another purchase there afterwards so I guess they added it to a whitelist for me once they were sure it was safe.
Apparently banks don't seem to like online game stores. What bank do you have? I used my credit card for this and nothing happened. I even used it again today to pay Mineke $500.
Anyway, I want my code now! Even if I can't buy it I want to add it to my Steam library so it's ready tomorrow. Man, I wish this was releasing at midnight. I will be so mad if the key shows up after it's already available.
RandomExpletive
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Thats odd, haven't had any trouble with GMG, though I've only used it a handful of times, compared to say, Steam, which continually sets off alarm bells (though usually only when purchases are upwards of 60 or so bucks)
TimeEffect
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I set up my Twitch to stream my PC/Cities Skylines. I'm pretty excited to stream/have the chat help me create a city. When does the game go live again? I'm in EST, did someone say 1 PM?
On a random note, has anybody been following this guy:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMXHiBigfRbunsGLOm0Cpsw
He's been making a Sim City like game ALL BY HIMSELF.
I've been following him for a while, but then Cities Skylines popped up and I forgot about him. But it's pretty crazy that he's been doing this, I hope he's successful too. I figured some of you city building fans would appreciate his videos, since he seems to go into the workings of his game a lot.
On a random note, has anybody been following this guy:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMXHiBigfRbunsGLOm0Cpsw
He's been making a Sim City like game ALL BY HIMSELF.
I've been following him for a while, but then Cities Skylines popped up and I forgot about him. But it's pretty crazy that he's been doing this, I hope he's successful too. I figured some of you city building fans would appreciate his videos, since he seems to go into the workings of his game a lot.
Been following CityBound for a while. It'll be a while before it's in a releasable state though, even if he did pick up an additional member recently. Procedually generated buildings are a good way to get away from many of the problems I have with buildings in city builders, and his road system is amazing.
Same question.
The game runs in borderless windowed, so unless it has a fullscreen mode, SLI isn't going to do much good.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
Besides, this game is more CPU dependent then GPU.
By default? So we won't need the launch parameter -popupwindow to make it run borderless since it's a Unity game. Hopefully the -adapter flag is working as well so it'll launch in my second monitor.
PumpkinSpice
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I think if you want to you can force it to run proper fullscreen with a command line flag but only in DX9 and it apparently has issues with high resolution. Probably something they will fix eventually.
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