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[Jubbly]

basically what he said. your second dam should even produce more electricity now.

Thanks for the help. The first was supposed to generate 1600W, but the one across there is 240

 

[Seventy70]

I keep getting messages that say there are deceased waiting for pickup. I have hospitals an cemeteries built. What do I need to do?

 

[Rentahamster]

So, is there any wat to avoid people parking on some roads?
Actualy, does it even hinder the traffic, or is it only esthetic?

it doesn't necessarilly hinder traffic. They aren't taking up a lane, they're parking on the side of the street. For example, the 2 lane street has only two lanes, and people park on either side, but traffic still has space to go through.

 

[Azar]

Thought you guys might enjoy this: after reviewing Cities: Skylines, our writer decided to create a city with only one home in it, then follow the family that moves into it.

The story ends up being really funny and, ultimately, pretty dark. Great storytelling within the simulation.

 

[Klyka]

it doesn't necessarilly hinder traffic. They aren't taking up a lane, they're parking on the side of the street. For example, the 2 lane street has only two lanes, and people park on either side, but traffic still has space to go through.

if you get roads with trees/grass on the side, people can't park there. only the normal roads have parking spaces which it says in the description.

I keep getting messages that say there are deceased waiting for pickup. I have hospitals an cemeteries built. What do I need to do?

Make sure your hearses from the cemetery can actually get around your city

 

[The Real Abed]

I really really think they need to make it so when you zoom out or in using the scroll wheel it zooms to where your mouse is. It's how all modern mapping tools work today. Why doesn't it work this way? It would make it so much easier to get around the map. Zoom out, move mouse, zoom in, forget about using the camera move keys. Also allow for horizontal scroll wheels to spin the camera as well. Maybe add a modifier key to change the scrolling to tilt instead of zoom. Just more mouse controls.

BTW, is this game even playable on a controller? I could see it being really awkward but would be curious. (I bet it doesn't even have controller support.)

Hmm... I was wondering if an upcoming patch will allow emergency vehicles to cheat when it comes to getting to places... Sometimes the vehicles end up bunching up even if there are open lanes.

Yeah. This is a big big oversight. In the real world emergency vehicles need to get through. Cars move over. Lanes empty up. Sure sometimes traffic still hurts, but there's usually a way through.

But in the game they don't even touch other empty lanes and people don't move out of the way. When a fire truck or ambulance (And please, a hearse since it replaces ambulances for picking up dead bodies) is coming everyone should pull over or slow down to let them through. Let's hope that's planned. Seems like a logical change.

 

[zeroOman]

Page Up

huh?

 

[Rentahamster]

if you get roads with trees/grass on the side, people can't park there. only the normal roads have parking spaces which it says in the description.

From the looks of it, he's only asking about those roads that do allow street parking though

 

[theepicoftyler]

Thought you guys might enjoy this: after reviewing Cities: Skylines, our writer decided to create a city with only one home in it, then follow the family that moves into it.

The story ends up being really funny and, ultimately, pretty dark. Great storytelling within the simulation.

This is amazing.

 

[sestrugen]

Who goes next?

 

[RSTEIN]

huh?

 

[The Real Abed]

huh?

Keys are customizable. Page Up and Page Down by default create bridges, i.e. move pathways and roads up or down. I think there's like 5 levels of height or something.

You can be confused if you're a Mac user since most Mac keyboards these days don't have Page keys, but instead use Fn+arrows for Page/Home/End. (Not that you're necessarily a Mac user) I changed all my keys to suit my own play style on my MacBook.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Who goes next?

Also, reposting since it ended up stuck at the bottom of the last page:

Here's a post someone made asking for help on how to unjam his traffic issue, with before and after gifs:

https://www.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkyl...only_middle_lane_of_six_lane_street_used_bug/

Notice the ones turning to the right, they do so because they need to get in the left lane after the junction. The ones turning left probably need the right lane.

Consider looking at frequent destinations and if there's a bottleneck in your road layout.

So, after changing some one way roads to normal two lane roads around that junction and redesigning the access to my industrial area, it now looks like this:

The road layout in this screenshot shows what caused the problem.

The cars only choose the "turn left" or "turn right" lane, when they plan to make another left or right turn at the very next(!) junction. As you can see, the blue lane is only used, if the car plans to turn left at the very next junction. All other cars choose the middle lane (turn left and turn right) to avoid getting in the turn left or right lane in the next street. This is a game design issue in my opinion. To solve the problem, I changed all one-way roads to normal two-way roads, to make them accessible from both sides.

 

[CarbonFire]

Thanks for the help. The first was supposed to generate 1600W, but the one across there is 240

Just dam it up and keep it shut off. That will force all the water through the bigger dam. Plus you'll get a cool canyon to build stuff in! Which you can flood later for the lulz!

 

[Cute Dragon Here]

Yeah. This is a big big oversight. In the real world emergency vehicles need to get through. Cars move over. Lanes empty up. Sure sometimes traffic still hurts, but there's usually a way through.

But in the game they don't even touch other empty lanes and people don't move out of the way. When a fire truck or ambulance (And please, a hearse since it replaces ambulances for picking up dead bodies) is coming everyone should pull over or slow down to let them through. Let's hope that's planned. Seems like a logical change.

Mmm hmm. It would be really nice if all of the following were implemented:

Emergency vehicles are allowed to take any lane for travelling, even if in the opposite direction.
Emergency vehicles can use any lane while turning.
Emergency vehicles magically turn any traffic lights in its path to green in advance to ensure that the traffic will flow by the time the vehicle gets there.
Emergency vehicles are allowed to make use of the parking space if there is a clear path, even if there are no open lanes.
Active emergency vehicles cause normal traffic to pull over.

And, of course, if all else fails, noclip.

 

[Jisgsaw]

From the looks of it, he's only asking about those roads that do allow street parking though

Yes and no.
I overlooked that raods with trees don't allow parking for some reason... Where do the people park then?

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

It would be nice if there was an ordinance to ban street parking, do Cims still part on the street if they have a driveway?? I haven't paid that close attention. Also been meaning to put in a couple parking lots, should get on that next time.

 

[The Real Abed]

Mmm hmm. It would be really nice if all of the following were implemented:

Emergency vehicles are allowed to take any lane for travelling, even if in the opposite direction.
Emergency vehicles can use any lane while turning.
Emergency vehicles magically turn any traffic lights in its path to green in advance to ensure that the traffic will flow by the time the vehicle gets there.
Emergency vehicles are allowed to make use of the parking space if there is a clear path, even if there are no open lanes.
Active emergency vehicles cause normal traffic to pull over.

And, of course, if all else fails, noclip.

Actually in the real world, emergency vehicles turn all traffic lights to red so everyone stops. But then again in the real world cars also move out of the way too. So yeah, a lot needs to be done. Hopefully they're already working on this. If not someone needs to suggest it.

Also, my zooming complaint. It's really annoying that it doesn't work like every other mapping program and website out there.

 

[Linius]

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask but can my laptop run this game comfortable?

Core i74702MQ // GTX760M // 8GB RAM

 

[TimeEffect]

huh?

Guys, is there any reason why my FPS is so low? I seem to have all the requirements, but it seems my graphics card is like a step lower than what is considered recommended, but is that really the reason? Everything else is perfectly fine and this game doesn't seem graphically demanding

 

[anonymous_abc]

Yea I have one of those I tried my best junctions too. It's a mess. Oh well that's organic growth for you.








So how do you make pretty pictures without the hud then?
Also my city is no longer growing at 55k :/ What to do?

 

[Linearskillz]

Thought you guys might enjoy this: after reviewing Cities: Skylines, our writer decided to create a city with only one home in it, then follow the family that moves into it.

The story ends up being really funny and, ultimately, pretty dark. Great storytelling within the simulation.

Hahaha that was really funny.

 

[CarbonFire]

Guys, is there any reason why my FPS is so low? I seem to have all the requirements, but it seems my graphics card is like a step lower than what is considered recommended, but is that really the reason? Everything else is perfectly fine and this game doesn't seem graphically demanding

What are your specs again?

 

[Rentahamster]

Yes and no.
I overlooked that raods with trees don't allow parking for some reason... Where do the people park then?

Anywhere else. Some buildings have built in parking. Or they take mass transit.

 

[Cute Dragon Here]

Actually in the real world, emergency vehicles turn all traffic lights to red so everyone stops. But then again in the real world cars also move out of the way too. So yeah, a lot needs to be done. Hopefully they're already working on this. If not someone needs to suggest it.

Also, my zooming complaint. It's really annoying that it doesn't work like every other mapping program and website out there.

I suggested turning lights green instead just in case the traffic agents in the simulation is a bit...challenged when it comes to stopping.

If it's possible to model pull-over behaviour, they should turn the lights red - if not, though, green.

(Sometimes the most realistic action doesn't quite work on a simplification.)

 

[kabel]

So how do you make pretty pictures without the hud then?

Click again in the corner to turn it back on.

 

[Kinky John]

So how do you make pretty pictures without the hud then?

Click the camera button at the bottom-right of the screen.

 

[RSTEIN]

Thought you guys might enjoy this: after reviewing Cities: Skylines, our writer decided to create a city with only one home in it, then follow the family that moves into it.

The story ends up being really funny and, ultimately, pretty dark. Great storytelling within the simulation.

Oscar works at the town's incineration plant. That means, essentially, he takes his own garbage to work and sets it on fire.

too funny

 

[CarbonFire]

Click the camera button at the bottom-right of the screen.

You can also bind free cam mode to a key, it's unbound by default.

 

[Cute Dragon Here]

Click the camera button at the bottom-right of the screen.

Oops, misunderstood. Disregard following.

...I've been doing it all wrong! I just PrtSc'd the full screen image...

(That camera button really needs to be replaced. That represents a video camera/camcorder!)

 

[smokeandmirrors]

Farms in this game need to be bigger.

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask but can my laptop run this game comfortable?

Core i74702MQ // GTX760M // 8GB RAM

I don't know much about the gpu but overall you should be pretty good I think.

 

[anonymous_abc]

Click again in the corner to turn it back on.

Click the camera button at the bottom-right of the screen.

Thanks.


One last with hud.


ARRRRRGH
I have dozens of health clinics, hospitals, crematoriums. What is happening? I have lost 5k people in 15 minutes or so.

 

[The Real Abed]

Thought you guys might enjoy this: after reviewing Cities: Skylines, our writer decided to create a city with only one home in it, then follow the family that moves into it.

The story ends up being really funny and, ultimately, pretty dark. Great storytelling within the simulation.

This is the funniest thing.

"Oh God no
He's still alive in there."

"Visiting: Cemetery"

 

[Cute Dragon Here]

Thanks.


One last with hud.


ARRRRRGH
I have dozens of health clinics, hospitals, crematoriums. What is happening? I have lost 5k people in 15 minutes or so.

Are you able to check your traffic data view?

If yes and you see parts in deep red, try zooming in close to see the actual traffic.

If you see emergency vehicles stuck in a single lane, you got hit by a pathfinding shortcoming.

Otherwise, it's the general traffic situation. The game really punishes poor city planning.

(If the dead aren't taken care of within a time period, it spreads sickness and ruins land values, methinks)

 

[Klyka]

Thanks.


One last with hud.


ARRRRRGH
I have dozens of health clinics, hospitals, crematoriums. What is happening? I have lost 5k people in 15 minutes or so.

gonna go ahead and say that your hearses and ambulances can't get through the traffic properly

 

[DrSlek]

In my first game I built my drainage pipe and water pump next to each other.
An hour later my entire city was violently I'll. I'd placed the water pump downstream from the drainage pipe. My city had been drinking raw sewage.

 

[Klyka]

In my first game I built my drainage pipe and water pump next to each other.
An hour later my entire city was violently I'll. I'd placed the water pump downstream from the drainage pipe. My city had been drinking raw sewage.

 

[HelloMeow]

I accidentally placed a water pump next to my drains, thinking it was a drain.

2000 dead.

 

[The Real Abed]

I'm so glad I watched a lot of LPs of this before getting it so I knew about the sewage thing before hand. I never would have thought of that beforehand as I've never played a game that simulated the water like that before.

 

[TemplaerDude]

A little poop in your water helps the immune system, that's what Ma always said!

 

[Cute Dragon Here]

I think the game would be nicer to plan around with if a lot of things aren't locked behind population barriers. It would be really nice if I was able to pull out highways, incinerators, and the like right from the get-go.

 

[Klyka]

I think the game would be nicer to plan around with if a lot of things aren't locked behind population barriers. It would be really nice if I was able to pull out highways, incinerators, and the like right from the get-go.

go into mods, enable the "all unlocked mod". there you go.

 

[kabel]

I think the game would be nicer to plan around with if a lot of things aren't locked behind population barriers. It would be really nice if I was able to pull out highways, incinerators, and the like right from the get-go.

Just enable the already installed "everything unlocked"-mod.

edit: god damn, beaten like a Versus fan

 

[-bakalhau-]

You guys want a challenge?

Sim City Mode: How many sardines can you fit in a 2x2 km tile?

(Image stolen from Reddit)

How is this city 42k only? I'm always exploring Google Maps and cities and then reading their population on Wikipedia, and this is 42k how? The population numbers seem really off to me... On the low side... But this is in nearly every pic I've seen here. Could just be me though...


Edit: I'm playing with the 'everything unlocked' mod too. There was no other possible way for me. I love the freedom of having everything unlocked and planning as I please... this way I'm starting with 750k of money. You guys get 750k as well playing without this mod?

 

[Ainsz]

Is there a reliable way to turn the end of a 2-way street into two parallel 1-way streets without an ugly junction?

Doesn't seem to be without using some kind of roundabout. Hope a mod or patch can make a solution to this.

 

[Grief.exe]

Why is my city losing power all over the place. I am producing twice as much as needed... o.o

If you have a second set of wind turbines off in the distance, you need to physically hook them up tobyour existing powergrid.

The info section will show you producing enough total power, but not enough for each grid.

 

[Bleeether]

The only problem i have constantly is trash. I have i think 3 incinerators now. How do i get the dumps to burn this crap?

 

[Cute Dragon Here]

How is this city 42k only? I'm always exploring Google Maps and cities and then reading their population on Wikipedia, and this is 42k how? The population numbers seem really off to me... On the low side... But this is in nearly every pic I've seen here. Could just be me though...

Agent simulation is expensive, so population counts are intentionally lower than expected. Also a hard limit of 1 million people for the same reason. Might be able to be nodded out.

 

[kabel]

The only problem i have constantly is trash. I have i think 3 incinerators now. How do i get the dumps to burn this crap?

I think you need a population of 16k to unlock it.

 

[bjaelke]

How is this city 42k only? I'm always exploring Google Maps and cities and then reading their population on Wikipedia, and this is 42k how? The population numbers seem really off to me... On the low side... But this is in nearly every pic I've seen here. Could just be me though...

They've purposely lowered the population number to allow for simulation of each individual citizen without pushing hardware requirements through the roof.