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Cities: Skylines |OT| Not Related to Cities XL.
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OrlanisWorks
Banned
Two false starts in. I run out of money before everything is up and rolling. X(
Time to start even smaller.
Time to start even smaller.
Its already included in the game as a mod. You just need to turn it on.
A little time laps of my city so far from 8k > 20k > 45k > 65k
Opposite view comparing 20k versus 65k
I really do need to fix that industrial area some time.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Yeah. One inside the other, going in opposite directions.
I actually stuck something on the Workshop to that effect, but it doesn't work with the starting roads because of a spacing issues.
I would love that.
I was doing great, had a population of about 3000 and then suddenly nobody had power. I have 2 power plants and they were out of fuel, but I don't know why or how to fix it. And I'm pretty much broke now, so I'll probably just have to start a new city and use what I've learned to not repeat the same mistakes. This one's layout was a mess anyways. I'm having a hard time planning how to lay roads and zones out without using a grid, and even then it's poorly planned.
It means import trucks couldn't get to the power plants efficiently and timed out before pathing there. Check your road connections to the outside world.
Could I get a visual example? Not entirely sure how it works.
Could I get a visual example? Not entirely sure how it works.
Do it.
That Damn Kid
Member
I've been having issues where oil power plants don't get enough fuel... why is that?
Linearskillz
Member
This game is a time thief. Three days in a row it's kept me up well passed when I should be sleeping. Need lots of caffeine during the day to stay awake at work.
I'm taking my time and really spreading my city across all the different landmasses of the map I picked. I feel like I'm playing really slow compared to a lot of you! I'm only at 40k people after something like 14 hours. My city is more like 3 smaller cities connected by highway and metro systems. I unlocked trains but trying to fit it into an existing road system seems impossible... Kind of wish you started with them or at least unlocked them sooner. Right now I'm only using trains for cargo which actually seems to be saving a huge amount of truck traffic.
Am I correct in understanding that I only need 1 bus depot for the whole city? I've created routes on the other side of the map and other than the initial time it takes for the buses to go from the depot to the route they appear to stay on the route forever. The depot seems to have infinite buses. Not sure how it fits 60 buses in there... Must be a tight fit.
I'm taking my time and really spreading my city across all the different landmasses of the map I picked. I feel like I'm playing really slow compared to a lot of you! I'm only at 40k people after something like 14 hours. My city is more like 3 smaller cities connected by highway and metro systems. I unlocked trains but trying to fit it into an existing road system seems impossible... Kind of wish you started with them or at least unlocked them sooner. Right now I'm only using trains for cargo which actually seems to be saving a huge amount of truck traffic.
Am I correct in understanding that I only need 1 bus depot for the whole city? I've created routes on the other side of the map and other than the initial time it takes for the buses to go from the depot to the route they appear to stay on the route forever. The depot seems to have infinite buses. Not sure how it fits 60 buses in there... Must be a tight fit.
Oh yes, this! This so much!
It'd be so great to be able to have a neat timelapse of how the city grew.
Poodlestrike
Banned
You set up the circles like this:
Then it's just a question of hooking them up to the outside world. For your starting roundabout, attaching it to the outermost ring works fine, but for residential/commercial districts, I've been toying around with having an overpass directly to the center, and a third ring around the outside.
Poodlestrike
Banned
2-ways; sorry, should have specified. That way, cars can transition between the rings at any of the junctions, which cuts down enormously on travel time.
The rings also have to be 2 lanes; or at least, I think they do. The 6 lanes insist on adding traffic lights.
SUPER DESTROYMAN
Member
why is everyone getting sick and dying? there are 3 hospitals nearby?
Are your water pumps sucking up polluted water from your drainage pipes? I made that mistake in my first game.
King Radical
Member
So I have a question that I haven't had time to test yet, maybe someone on GAF will know the answer. I know people can't move in to your city if you completely cut it off from highway connection and such but can they move out? In other words if I get a nice sizable 30,000 person city or something and bulldoze all my roads that connect to the outside highways and my airport and my train stations and shipping lines, can I turn my city into a dystopian hellscape with maximum taxes and minimum services and they wont be able to do anything about it?
well that was an entertaining read! thanks for sharing.
SUPER DESTROYMAN
Member
I was going to say, "no thats not the reason, i hav-"
oh dear god what have i done. I completely forgot I put a new waste facility going upstream into the city.
CarbonFire
Member
Finally, some sort of fix for the terrible antialiasing. Mmmmmm, Supersampling mod.
Dynamic Resolution
I get like 25 fps on at the max resolution ( >4k ) on a 780ti, but boy is it purdy.
Doesn't 100% fix aliasing, but still way, way better than running at native res. The in-game AA really doesn't make any appreciable improvement on the jaggies from what I could tell, so until someone figures out (or CO patches in) some better AA filters, this seems like the best option for those that can run it.
Dynamic Resolution
I get like 25 fps on at the max resolution ( >4k ) on a 780ti, but boy is it purdy.
Doesn't 100% fix aliasing, but still way, way better than running at native res. The in-game AA really doesn't make any appreciable improvement on the jaggies from what I could tell, so until someone figures out (or CO patches in) some better AA filters, this seems like the best option for those that can run it.
They can just hoof it.
Abandonment does not require the residents to physically leave the place I think.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Current city sitting at 123k. Glass and steel as far as the eye can see.
Here's the road network that's feeding my city goods from the industrial complex:
Here's the road network that's feeding my city goods from the industrial complex:
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
More neat screenshots from the Skylines subreddit:
Also, if you click on an abandoned building and mouseover the flashing icon, it will tell you why it shut down:
Also, if you click on an abandoned building and mouseover the flashing icon, it will tell you why it shut down:
Smiles and Cries
Member
I always get a kick out of Giantbomb going into quick looks blind https://youtu.be/IORLeOQQmyU
Jeff is so lost here, it is silly
if I had not been watching streams for a week I would think this game sucks
Jeff is so lost here, it is silly
if I had not been watching streams for a week I would think this game sucks
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Lots of misinformation in that...maybe they started recording the video 15 minutes after he started trying it?
a secret-boss
Banned
saw that QL earlier
is there a good walkthrough of the game. I want to see advance mechanics of the game.
is there a good walkthrough of the game. I want to see advance mechanics of the game.
so it's up to par for GB then
i love those guys, but they are not an information source so much as they are an idea of what someone who hasn't really looked into something will encounter when they boot something up
Smiles and Cries
Member
yeah some games deserve a little research for a QL
I don't like when they just jump in and expect good results
I know they just got back from PAX but it is weird seeming them fail like this
just peeked at Boogie's stream above and he was doing his whiny voice
"I JUST PLACED THE SPINNY THING RIGHT NEXT TO YOU! I DON'T KNOW HOW ELECTRICITY WORKS!" - shuts tab
yeah right now I am looking for a stream or video of a city that has 100k plus to see how the game gets when a city get huge
hhhmmm
Commercial buildings keep getting abandoned because no goods to sell, factories can't get raw materials or sell their goods.
I don't seem to have a particularly bad traffic problem, there are some busy areas, but no significant back ups.
I did have a heavy traffic ban in my downtown area, which I believe initially started the issue, but I removed the ban.
Commercial buildings keep getting abandoned because no goods to sell, factories can't get raw materials or sell their goods.
I don't seem to have a particularly bad traffic problem, there are some busy areas, but no significant back ups.
I did have a heavy traffic ban in my downtown area, which I believe initially started the issue, but I removed the ban.
Heavy traffic ban does not affect the delivery trucks, only the semis.
Not sure why it's abandoning. Maybe try to follow a van to see where they go?
In a rush to dick around, I created a gigantic dam.
Destroyed it, sped time up, let the swell grow, built a dam on that, deleted, let it grow, rinse repeat and realized I could create enormous never ending tsunamis.
Of course this obliterates your town but still.
Just makes me want real disasters for kicks.
Destroyed it, sped time up, let the swell grow, built a dam on that, deleted, let it grow, rinse repeat and realized I could create enormous never ending tsunamis.
Of course this obliterates your town but still.
All in good fun.
Just makes me want real disasters for kicks.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Now do all that but build so much sewage output that the entire river is a polluted mess when you do the tsunami attacks.
I almost nuked my city. That was really bad. Didn't save (well, what could possibly go wrong, right?) and pushed my taxes up to 29% for 2 days to build something. Worst decision ever. Population went down from 60k to under 10k. Took a realtime hour to get back on 45k and another one to get out of my over 3.5 mio debt.
Do Ore/Oil deposits eventually dry up? This used to be a pure blue ore specialization, now it almost looks like fertile land.
Industry seems to have sprung back after I turned off the heavy traffic ban. I was following some of the big trucks. Some seemed to be going to businesses, and the rest to my other industrial area across town.
Industry seems to have sprung back after I turned off the heavy traffic ban. I was following some of the big trucks. Some seemed to be going to businesses, and the rest to my other industrial area across town.
Yes, they do eventually.
Are you pumping up sewage into the water supply? Do you have industry in the middle of your neighbourhoods? Are you incinerating garbage next to some houses?
Are you sure you don't have your sewage going where your water pump is located?
i guess some industry is next to this residential block, but the whole city is sick. :/
and no, water pumps are fine
I think that if you have a part of the residential area getting sick, they begin infecting other parts too, but I'm not sure :/
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