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[DoT2]

Is there any way to get access to preorder items? I missed out!

 

[OchreHand]

I think naming this game "Cities:" was a HUGE mistake. Last night I had some friends over, 2 of them had heard of this game and both said "I would get it but Cities XXL wasn't that great." and they both follow gaming relatively closely.

I really want this game to succeed.

Someone here called it Skylines in Motion. I like that name.
Or just Skylines.

 

[Matt_]

Praise the sun!
only a 1.6gb download too, I thought it was going to be bigger? or will there be an update
only the regular edition preordered, not the digital deluxe

 

[Easy_D]

Just started downloading ! Over an hour early !!!

 

[Basileus777]

Praise the sun!
only a 1.6gb download too, I thought it was going to be bigger? or will there be an update
only the regular edition preordered, not the digital deluxe

The 3Gb is the install size. 1.6 is the full download.

 

[Mad1723]

Praise the sun!
only a 1.6gb download too, I thought it was going to be bigger? or will there be an update
only the regular edition preordered, not the digital deluxe

Nope, seems like that's all there is. Deluxe here and it's not any bigger.

 

[Matty8787]

Anybody able to login to their paradox account on the start screen?

 

[TimeEffect]

Anyone know how to fix a stream issue on OBS where all that is being streamed is the cursor?
Worked fine last night with my other games..

 

[Easy_D]

The 3Gb is the install size. 1.6 is the full download.

Yeah it's unpacking the game as it goes. I wish they'd just let you download stuff unpacked, easier on the HDD while you play other games, but it's nice for people with bandwidth caps I suppose

 

[jamsy]

Anybody able to login to their paradox account on the start screen?

Yup, worked for me. Got some sort of DLC notification when it connected.

 

[xrayregime]

Reposting for those who missed it

Instructions for participants:
I am giving away a Steam key. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire line from the message below containing the game you want to enter for. Confused? Watch this GIF tutorial or ask for help.

ModBot Basics:
- I really appreciate thank you messages, but please send them to me (xrayregime, not ModBot!) via PM instead of in thread.
- Do not trade keys you win off-site to enrich yourself. Don't try to claim games you have no interest in collecting or playing. Don't claim games to give them to friends off-site.
- If the key is already taken you will not receive a reply. Replies may take a minute or two.

Rules for this Giveaway:
- This giveaway is a raffle. The winners will be selected by random draw 3 hours after the draw was created. Any games not claimed after that point will be given away first come first serve.

Cities: Skylines -- MB-3D782FBBE2AF1F7A - Taken by spindoctor. 76 entrants total.

 

[Psykoboy2]

Anyone know how to fix a stream issue on OBS where all that is being streamed is the cursor?
Worked fine last night with my other games..

That happened to me last night. Wasn't sure of the issue and didn't have time to sort it out so I just fired up XSplit.

 

[TimeEffect]

That happened to me last night. Wasn't sure of the issue and didn't have time to sort it out so I just fired up XSplit.

Thanks Psyk. I dont have Xsplit, I guess I need to learn to use it now, darn

 

[moggio]

Anybody able to login to their paradox account on the start screen?

Yes, but only after restarting the game.

 

[Basileus777]

Anybody able to login to their paradox account on the start screen?

It worked fine for me.

 

[freakzilla149]

God, this game looks so good. Why must I like such time sink games. EU4 and Dota 2 are enough to destroy my social life as it is.

 

[Jiraiza]

First impression into the game: This feels super fucking comfy.

 

[Phreaker]

Remotely started my download, yay. It will be there when I get home from work. Might as well pick up food on the way home since there is no time for cooking and stuff.

 

[fantomena]

What do I do witht the serial key Steam gave me?

 

[StayDead]

Much with any city builder I think this is going well? I can never tell when I first start playing haha.

 

[Shaldome]

What do I do witht the serial key Steam gave me?

You can use it to register your game with your Paradox account if you have one. No real benefit there, so you do not have do do anything with it. Just check the box in the window an click it away. If you need it you can get to it later.

 

[Belgorim]

Can I play this without using steam (after download that is)? if so, how?

 

[subrock]

Anyone here playing on Mac? I can't get past the menu screen. Everything renders fine for a second, and then pops to this flat, monotone mess.

 

[anonymous_abc]

Anyone here playing on Mac? I can't get past the menu screen. Everything renders fine for a second, and then pops to this flat, monotone mess.

I have the exact same thing happen



MPBr



Solved:
rightclick -> properties -> enable Steam overlays OFF!

 

[Megasoum]

This has to be a new record... I fucked up my city within 5min haha.

Went a bit to big a bit too fast to the point where I didn't have any money left to put power cables to my industry...or to the sewage building... I think I'll restart that one haha.


Also the game crashed on exit... Not a big deal and might be caused by my weird work pc but anyway.

 

[Dorsal Axe]

I haven't been this excited installing a game for a long time.

 

[subrock]

I have the exact same thing happen

MPBr

Yeah I guess I should mention that I'm on a 15" rMBP too. Also pertinent: core i7 2.3ghz, GT750M, 16 gb ram.

edit: ah nice, just saw your edit, thanks!

 

[Linearskillz]

So far so good. People are hungry for some good city building. I think Paradox has a hit on their hands

Can't wait to play once I get home tonight.

 

[sestrugen]

Traffic is difficult to manage, think ahead, WAY ahead before making decisions.

 

[xBladeM6x]

For anyone using a multi-monitor setup, and can't keep the mouse on one screen when trying to use the edges to move the camera, here's a nifty little lightweight program I
used to fix it.

SwapScreen

 

[Sulla1980]

Downloading now!

Pretty eager to get in, but I do have some work to do. Hmmm

 

[FlyinJ]

So, what is the preferred lot size? 4 squares across? Are people happy if I make it 8 squares across with roads on both sides?

 

[elelunicy]

The game looks pretty rough IMO. A ton of temporal aliasing and very blurry when zooming in. Playing at 4 times my native resolution helps a bit, but still not good enough.

 

[thiscoldblack]

Already installed on Steam. Can't wait to get home from work.

 

[darkness_s]

Answer: it doesn't work with jpgs, only pngs.

You can also use this neat tool to create heighmaps of real world locations.

 

[OverturePT]

Just downloaded it. Can't wait, seems promising.

 

[VindictiveGnome]

I watched so many streams, had so many ideas, then I load up my first city and I have no idea what to do.

 

[Seanspeed]

Ok, my first attempt bombed. I just took too long to build as I was looking around and reading everything. Ended up with negative income pretty quickly and no real way of recovering. Shouldn't be too difficult to avoid that next time by building a bit more.

Runs beautifully so far. I think it looks quite nice. I love all the road options and different methods of zoning. I started out doing it the old SimCity way by dragging blocks, but found the painting tool works a lot better for the most part. Especially with the curved roads.

Loving it.

 

[Chezzymann]

The game looks pretty rough IMO. A ton of temporal aliasing and very blurry when zooming in. Playing at 4 times my native resolution helps a bit, but still not good enough.

If you have an invidia card, couldn't you force anti aliasing through the nvidia control panel? I did that in Minecraft and it made the game go from jaggy as hell to very smooth.

I HATE the depth of field effect when zoomed in. And I hate it even more when I can't disable it. Pathetic.

That's one of my favorite effects in this game, and Sim City 2013. Gives it a really neat visual flare. But yeah they should let you disable it.

 

[Gothos]

I HATE the depth of field effect when zoomed in. And I hate it even more when I can't disable it. Pathetic.

 

[RSTEIN]

Downloaded in less than a minute.

I'M GOING IN

 

[Linearskillz]

I HATE the depth of field effect when zoomed in. And I hate it even more when I can't disable it. Pathetic.

Pretty sure you can disable it... It's listed as "Tilt shift amount" or something in the options screen.

 

[Rad-]

This game runs so smooth on average laptop. Runs much better than Simcity 2013.

 

[louiedog]

 

[Chezzymann]

Any impressions from i3 processor users? Does the game at least run above 20fps most of the time?

 

[FlipCup]

This game runs so smooth on average laptop. Runs much better than Simcity 2013.

Do you think it would run on an SP3. Specs are:

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4300u
Video Card - Intel HD 4400
RAM 4 GB
128GB SSD

 

[Dimentios]

If helpful:

i5 2500k
Geforce 570 GTX
8 GB RAM

max settings

min 50 FPS zoomed out
min 30 FPS zoomed in
(used the paradox city found in the workshop)

Don't know if it will survive 25 Tiles though or a full 9x9 giant city.

 

[That Damn Kid]

holy crap my 2011 Macbook Pro fans went crazy when I loaded a map. Then I noticed my settings were high XD

 

[Stranger In The Alps]

This game runs so smooth on average laptop. Runs much better than Simcity 2013.

I'm having the opposite here.

I'm on an i5-3210M, Radeon 7670m and 8 GB of ram. It ran Simcity 2013 extremely well, but an empty scene with absolutely nothing built is giving me around 10fps here on lowest settings. Only dropping the resolution below 640x480 helps to increase the framerate. I have a feeling something is seriously wrong and I should be getting better performance.

 

[Gothos]

Pretty sure you can disable it... It's listed as "Tilt shift amount" or something in the options screen.

Thank you, sir!

Also, I wish there was Vsync option Tearing in the middle of the screen when scrolling is really annoying. Forcing it in Nvidia panel doesn't work