Cities: Skylines

Been wanting to come back to this, but it just consumes so much time ha! Not a bad thing, just means the game is fantastic, but not a quick jump in and play a bit then bail game... mostly only have time to play thoughs lately, other than Prepar3d of course

 

i forego the achievements and play the game with unlimited cash!

 

Man, Prepar3D... I really want it (version 2, of course), but the price is too damn high! Partly because I would have to rebuy a $70 PMDG 737NGX...
But yeah, I feel ya, C:S can get a bit addictive. I play it a little, then quit. I start thinking about how I can improve my city, make new bus routes/whatever in my head, then load up the game and spend some more time. And so it goes on like that.

Money is easy in this game when played right. Yes, first few hours can be tough, but once your city reaches 10k population, it's a never ending stream of cash. Just make sure you have enough trash and other waste (dead bodies) disposal trucks.
In my case it's not about achievements (don't care about them), but to make it interesting. Tried playing with unlimited money few times, but dropped soon afterwards because I didn't get no real excitement about building a virtual city.

 

And so it grows and grows...



Man, this game is really addictive...

 

So, the unholy construction of Downtown has began, muhahahaha...


Will comect a few more roads and then start the settling process.

 

Looks fantastic, you inspire me every time to load this game back up! I'm going to load Loggins Int into my FMC....

 

I redid the whole thing, looks less exciting now, but more space for buildings and train/bus terminal I have in mind...
Still, I might come back to this design, because I just like how it looks .

Oh, be ready to fly into...DANGER ZONE!

 

Well, post pics of the current version, and I'll be waiting for the SID/STAR to load up ha....

Curious, are the official DLC's worth buying? Starting play back up again, wondering if I should start with the new stuff or just the original.

 

No SID/STAR, only vectors from ATC. Oh, and it's a captain's approach, because you know...DANGER ZONE!

Ehmmm, not really, no. You get a handful of new services and trams. Unless you really need those (for mods or just want to support the devs), you can actually skip them altogether, because some of the stuff is included into free updates (i.e. day/night cycle).

 

Well, the current version is the same as in one of the screenshots above. A bit updated, but pretty much still the same:


This is the version I played around a bit with, but ultimately found it to be rather boring, though more space to build stuff:


I really want to build a bus/train hub, but I don't see it fitting it either of those designs. Thought about building it elsewhere, but everything is pretty much cramped as it is. Maybe it is time for me to activate 25 tile mod...


I may move it a bit and leave it near airport. Make a highway from Downtown and maybe Kenny Loggins Int (if I will manage to find a place for some roads).
Apart from that, haven't played it much lately, been busy with ROTTR and now The Division...

 

Traffic in this game is killing me...

 

I feel that traffic is basically the highlight of the game.

AI agents still need to be smarter at driving though.

 

I mean, my city planning wasn't perfect in early stages of city building, but that still doesn't mean they have to take a turn on the first exit...
Tried Traffic++ V2, didn't like it. Traffic actually got worse, and I started having stutters (prolly big CPU load).

 

Traffic can be a hassle but I enjoy the problem solving element of it. I'm on my forth major city and am still discovering little tricks to make traffic flow well.

 

So happy that I don't work for Tfl.. Traffic planning in London is absurdly difficult..

 

Still not very good, but I'll take it!

Looks like that one roundabout there is useless. I may delete it or make it smaller.

And my Central Train Station project is underway.

 

So, I think I'll drop an update on my city.
Since I'm more or less finished with it (except for some small changes here and there, and Downtown zoning), I finally decided to start developing public transport. Metro is first:


Yeah, I have no idea what I'm doing. So far I have only 5 circle lines and a couple of additional lines. But that was enough to raise city demand for commercial and industry, and my income almost tripled. At least now I know that my two mil investment into this project will pay off. Hopefully traffic will be better as well.

And something for giggles:


Seriously I don't even know if they should have bothered putting out this fire...

 

I bought Cities Skylines and I agree that it makes the last 2 versions of Sim City look like a joke, but I don't play it as much as I thought I would because I can't get use to the crazy mouse controls for rotating and zooming in and out.... Sim City had that better....

 

Strange, seems to work fine for me. Have you tried changing mouse sensitivity? There are also keyboard camera controls, could give them a try.
Also, what mouse do you use?

 

Right now I use a Logitech M325 with my laptop, I also have a full size Logitech MX darkfield mouse, I don't think its the mouse, It has to be my settings in the game maybe. I really wish it was easier to move around.

I am use to the scroll button for zooming an

d the click left button and drag for rotating left right, up and down. it was so simple. I can't do that in Skylines.

 

You asked for this, people...

 

aka Michael Bay mod.

 

Not enough US flags...

 

Cities Skylines is now $7.49 on Steam. Great bargain for anyone looking for a good city building sim. I'm sure killkenny1 can tell you all about it.

 

Indeed. Buy it. Buy it NOAH!