Wow...don't have a rift, but man... Let's say I get a HTC Vive / Rift in November...by then there's bound to be tons of high res mods for the citizens, cars, buildings etc when you zoom in, or a way to turn high-res textures on only in first-person. Exploring is going to be awesome indeed.
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Wow...don't have a rift, but man... Let's say I get a HTC Vive / Rift in November...by then there's bound to be tons of high res mods for the citizens, cars, buildings etc when you zoom in, or a way to turn high-res textures on only in first-person. Exploring is going to be awesome indeed.
Dommel
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I will name my first born after you! Thanks to you and hellmonkey, that fixed it
I don't wish to high jack the thread so mods feel free to edit, or send me a message and I will edit after I come home tonight (about 11pm pst). I have tried everything I can find on how to fix black screen issues a list for you enjoyment.
I tried
running vcredist_x64.exe in the game folder
setting custom width/height to -h 400 w-800
verified cache man many times
Started steam in admin mode
disabled steam overlay
Restarted steam
Restarted pc with nothing, but game trying to run
To give an idea of how many times I have tried, I have "played" a total of 96 mins by starting and waiting an average of 3 to 4 minutes on a plain black screen with cursor.
I write this mostly to make myself feel better and be less frustrated with the game not working. The good news is the developers do know about the issue as the have posted something on steam forums on how to fix this issue (does not work for me) so hopefully a patch comes out soon.
I tried
running vcredist_x64.exe in the game folder
setting custom width/height to -h 400 w-800
verified cache man many times
Started steam in admin mode
disabled steam overlay
Restarted steam
Restarted pc with nothing, but game trying to run
To give an idea of how many times I have tried, I have "played" a total of 96 mins by starting and waiting an average of 3 to 4 minutes on a plain black screen with cursor.
I write this mostly to make myself feel better and be less frustrated with the game not working. The good news is the developers do know about the issue as the have posted something on steam forums on how to fix this issue (does not work for me) so hopefully a patch comes out soon.
PleaseBeGentle_
Member
Anyone know if there's any point to making multiple harbors?
Do more boats come when you plop down multiple harbors or will the boats just spread out over them?
Do more boats come when you plop down multiple harbors or will the boats just spread out over them?
Put down a tree and then turn the area into forestry. It creates a LOT of timber lorries though.
EDIT: Welp, my city is turning into a mess. Might make a new one.
finalflame
Banned
Man, that's some deep social commentary right there. Just replace "me" with "humanity".
DrProfBitseys
Neo Member
Has anyone seen a mod to add in some sort of construction grid. As an engineer, I always must be meticulous.
Are some glitched? I think it's the shopping one, it sits at -1. Unless I'm totally misunderstanding how that one unlocks.
This is correct, you have to get to negative money, so -1 Dollar. Shopping as in throwing money out until you have none.
PHOENIXZERO
Member
My city went through a real estate bubble bursting, land value plummeted even though it was still showing up as being highish (guess not good enough for citizens though) and most of my original residential area was abandoned along with some near by commercial and I started losing money as over a third of my population left the city since people were leaving anyway I took the opportunity to do some rezoning and upgrading/tweaking my roads. After I was done it rebounded strongly. I put greater separation between my residential and commercial with a buffer of trees to keep down some of the noise pollution. I also tinkered with my industry, haven't really paid a ton of attention but I think I've lowered traffic a fair bit by moving the train cargo depot further north onto a one way loop off the highway and then back on at the end.
Speaking of industry I think they need to add a high tech level that would attract higher educated people unless that's what happens when industry levels up.
Also, it took me way too long to realize this but, I had put down four landfills to keep up with the trash and eventually an incinerator with each of them because I was thinking trash was going to landfills and then to the incinerator and it still seems they prioritize the landfill so I figured that's how it worked. Well I'm an idiot because I finally actually looked at the trash info for my landfills and incinerators I saw I was misreading the maximum capacity (they need to add commas IMO) and they were all way below it because it was getting divided between like 10 places to dump trash with my four landfills and five or six incinerators I had running. Sooo after realizing this I've been emptying the landfills, I have one left to bulldoze and I'll just be using incinerators exclusively. How long does pollution from landfills stick around? I imagine it works the same way with cemeteries and crematoriums so I'm going to be removing my cemeteries too.
Yeah, it would be nice if there was a tool to just flip a one way road instead of having to redo it, it's a pain sometimes when making a long one with no guide.
Speaking of industry I think they need to add a high tech level that would attract higher educated people unless that's what happens when industry levels up.
Also, it took me way too long to realize this but, I had put down four landfills to keep up with the trash and eventually an incinerator with each of them because I was thinking trash was going to landfills and then to the incinerator and it still seems they prioritize the landfill so I figured that's how it worked. Well I'm an idiot because I finally actually looked at the trash info for my landfills and incinerators I saw I was misreading the maximum capacity (they need to add commas IMO) and they were all way below it because it was getting divided between like 10 places to dump trash with my four landfills and five or six incinerators I had running. Sooo after realizing this I've been emptying the landfills, I have one left to bulldoze and I'll just be using incinerators exclusively. How long does pollution from landfills stick around? I imagine it works the same way with cemeteries and crematoriums so I'm going to be removing my cemeteries too.
Yeah, it would be nice if there was a tool to just flip a one way road instead of having to redo it, it's a pain sometimes when making a long one with no guide.
Lolol, did not think of that. Thanks!
Holy shit it's already 11PM.
So, I rather like my new district (and that Elevated Pedestrian Roundabout from the workshop is really nice).
Spent half an hour trying to fix my traffic in my industrial zone after putting in a cargo train station with somwhat alright results:
What can I do with this industrial zone then? Does the cargo train station has any use if I siimply build offices over there?
(don't enlarge the pictures if you value your eyes; I'm playing on low settings @720p until my new CG arrives)
So, I rather like my new district (and that Elevated Pedestrian Roundabout from the workshop is really nice).
Spent half an hour trying to fix my traffic in my industrial zone after putting in a cargo train station with somwhat alright results:
... only to notice afterwards that the mineral deposit is empty, wich is whythe industry doesn't rebuild (which probably helped my traffic problems more than me playing around with highways and one ways).
What can I do with this industrial zone then? Does the cargo train station has any use if I siimply build offices over there?
(don't enlarge the pictures if you value your eyes; I'm playing on low settings @720p until my new CG arrives)
Is there any way I can remedy these traffic problems or do I need to restart? (first city problems)
It seems to be getting worse, especially on entry from the highway. I've tried buying areas elsewhere to create my own entries and exits from the highway, but they all still seem to pile in from that one on the right.
It seems to be getting worse, especially on entry from the highway. I've tried buying areas elsewhere to create my own entries and exits from the highway, but they all still seem to pile in from that one on the right.
Just choke him in the options. He will still sit right in the friggen middle of the screen, but at least there won't be any more pop ups. It's an acceptable trade off IMHO.
Paradox thread on the topic (note the date)
Also, obligatory
CarbonFire
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Routes have to be complete loops. I believe that icon is showing that route being incomplete.
PHOENIXZERO
Member
Speaking of buses I need to redo my bus lines, they're too big/long with too much over lapping.
bargeparty
Member
So I have to ask the dumb question. The shrubs and stuff don't count to the 250k tree limit, right?
You definitvely have to redo your highway connection, it's too small.
Also, that connection needs direct access to the rest of your city. Right now all your traffic has to go through very small roads, that can't go well.
For the red part on the center of your screen, I'd do a roundabout.
Note however that I'm not necessarly the best person to talk about traffic problems:
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Actually I take back what I said about gaming the crime rate. I need to find the right balance. I have to get them unhappy, but not so unhappy that they all leave.
My crime goes up to 30, but then goes back down because all the buildings go abandoned.
My crime goes up to 30, but then goes back down because all the buildings go abandoned.
TimeEffect
Member
"Some one was also asking about the crime rate. The crime rate is affected not only by police, but also by citizen happiness. Basically the happier citizens are, the less likely they are to turn to crime. So when you try to get a high crime rate, turn off many services to lower land value and lessen available services, so that citizens will be miserable"
From their forum
OverturePT
Member
Goddamn city stalled at around 70k. Sometimes goes below because there are more people dying than being born (and coming into town) but it never goes above. Don't know what to do anymore. ¯\_(ツ
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Went through a rough time changing some of my industry (Oil) but now everything seems fine (income wise). I have a lot of highly educated people and would like to create a little town somewhere to house uneducated people to help with other kind of work but there's simply no demand for housing. Not a single house is built (neither are offices for more educated people).
I guess I'll make a mountain map and make a more rural city now until I want to pick this one up again.
EDIT: Btw, a tree brush mod is here. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=406723376
Seems like there is a limit to how many trees can be placed. :\
_/¯Went through a rough time changing some of my industry (Oil) but now everything seems fine (income wise). I have a lot of highly educated people and would like to create a little town somewhere to house uneducated people to help with other kind of work but there's simply no demand for housing. Not a single house is built (neither are offices for more educated people).
I guess I'll make a mountain map and make a more rural city now until I want to pick this one up again.
EDIT: Btw, a tree brush mod is here. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=406723376
Seems like there is a limit to how many trees can be placed. :\
TimeEffect
Member
Standard has like 5 unique buildings, but isn't that important. I think Nuuvem may still have it for $18 unless that was just for pre launch
Yeah going to redo mine as well, some are just some bad loops rather than solid routes.
Hard to implement a sub line too after you get a nice city going. I'm going to rezone quite a few places.
Oh yeah, one question: can I empty my garbage dumps into my incenarator? If yes, how do I do it?
All my dumps are full, but each one has an incenarator right next to it... In my mind, the garbage dump would have picked up the trash, and the incinerator would have picked up the trash from the dumps to burn it down.
All my dumps are full, but each one has an incenarator right next to it... In my mind, the garbage dump would have picked up the trash, and the incinerator would have picked up the trash from the dumps to burn it down.
Do you have to use a proxy to purchase from there?
Raven77
Member
Any chance we can get an official topic for people to help bring the best Steam Workshop mods to the forefront of gaffers attention and to discuss them, post screens, etc?
Seems like it could be very useful considering the absolute flood of things on the workshop already for this game.
Seems like it could be very useful considering the absolute flood of things on the workshop already for this game.
If you have GMG credit you want to use up it's under $22 from their VIP section. Otherwise, probably Nuuvem if it's still ~$18 as was said.
SomedayTheFire
Member
I would love the ability to just "draw" roads down as opposed to the default way of laying them.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Yeah, something similar to Prison Architect's planning mode would be fantastic. More sim style games need something like that.
CarbonFire
Member
There's an "empty dump" button in the popup when you click each garbage dump. I think the dump has to be "on" to empty out its garbage, and it helps if you've got incinerators nearby to empty things quicker. If you've got a dump that's not full, I think they might default to moving the trash there before the incinerator.
TimeEffect
Member
Yes: Click "Empty" on the landfill (or some option like that).
I did that once, but I noticed only roughly half of the trucks emptying the dumps where going to the incinerator; the others where going to another dump...
So to do what I think would happen, I'd have to constantly micromange them? doesn't sound very thrilling.
Edit: also, I asked in another post: what to do with an industry that depleted the ressources it was standing on? Simply build offices?
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
I saw that too, which is why I was trying to make my citizens unhappy. But they all just left town instead lol.
Deaf Spacker
Memb
That's amazeballs.
OverturePT
Member
Just do it until you have no landfills left. Once emptied, delete them, I only use incinerators.
As for the industry, you can make it a normal goods industry, simply eliminate the specialization for that district. You don't have to delete anything, the buildings will go down automatically once you change the industry type and new ones will begin construction.
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
What the actual fuck
TimeEffect
Member
Don't mean to be a broken record, but my biggest gripe is definitely the difficulty and lack of micromanagement/financial metagame.
Is it easy for mods to make new rules/logic for this game? I know people love to build cities, but I think playing the role of a mayor and doing paperwork is half the fun of a city builder.
Does colossal make DLC that supports new gameplay content like this?
Is it easy for mods to make new rules/logic for this game? I know people love to build cities, but I think playing the role of a mayor and doing paperwork is half the fun of a city builder.
Does colossal make DLC that supports new gameplay content like this?
Ok thanks.
Well, bedtime. Hopefully I'll get my new GPU tommorow, so i can actually see something in the UI (it's incredibly blurry in 720p).
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
You can get a sense of what you can do with mods here:
http://www.skylineswiki.com/Modding_API
There's sections on modifying economy stuff, so I wouldn't be surprised if we see what you're asking for.
As for DLC plans, I wouldn't be surprised if we see major expansion pack type of updates alongside the more minor cosmetic stuff.
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