Cities: Skylines

The empty parts is due to the fact that they haven't got much interest yet. I also currently saved it (so I can destroy the "town" again without having to redo the town).

I also had a issue with the coastal neighborhood getting flooded (which made me have to alter the terrain and get vacuum trucks to absorb the water), but by the time I saved the game, the problem was finally solved.

 

Huh, I’ve also get a section of road in my city that occasionally gets flooded, but most of the time it’s at least 10 meters above sea level

 

My road was unfortunately coastal, and the terrain was close to water level.

Again, atleast the problem is no longer relevant.

 

Current city that I am working on. Aiming to make it more cycle and pedestrian focused, with a strong bus system using dedicated bus roads to avoid traffic. As well as this I am also trying to make it somewhat mixed zoning, including education status.

I run with quite a few mods, mostly to stop the game from preventing me from doing stuff.

 

Is it set in Europe?

 

I guess? Since American cities often conform to a grid layout.

However, it could really be anywhere. Cities skylines doesn't really offer the tools required to do European cities.

So long story short, I'm not aiming for any sort of national theme, just trying to build a good liveable city.

 

There is a official European map theme though.

 

Sure, but it makes more or less no difference. European architecture looks nothing like Cities Skylines' "European" theme. In addition to that Cities skylines without mods doesn't provide the tools to create a European style city. And even with mods its a struggle. In addition to this, with modern buildings, there really isn't much difference, a glass tower is a glass tower, regardless of location.

As far as the games themes are concerned I have a mod that grants me access to all buildings from both themes.

Apparently the map is a European theme map, but I actually had no idea before checking just now, since as mentioned above, it makes no difference to how the game plays for me.

 

I guess the architecture is supposed to be kinda generic.

Also, I'm currently waiting for a tsunami to hit the GTA map (most popular savegame yet).

 

To be perfectly honest with you, I'd say Cities: Skylines has more of an European theme than it does an American one. I guess because the people behind it, Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive, are from Finland and Sweden respectively.

If you want it to truly feel more American or any other country, you need to get mods.

 

My biggest problem with the game is its total inability to do farm land. Cities XL paved the way on how this should be done, in this specific respect Cities Skylines felt like a backwards step. Of course there is far more to a city building game than that, which Cities Skylines did improve upon.

However I don't think the city building genre has reached where I would like it to be yet. Since Cities Skylines is still inherently grid based, I think I would much rather see something vector based, where plots can be any size and buildings are generated to fit into the plots. Preferably with roads being able to adjust their width based upon space, allowing a 2 lane road to squeeze through a tight gap with car waiting in turn on either side to pass through.

But I can dream I guess

 

Atleast it's better than what SimCity 2013 came out to be. It has such a big modding community (even bigger than Beam, that's for sure) and it doesn't forcefully rely on online servers.

Also, if you want to change building sizes, there is a asset editor FYI.
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I'm back messing around with Mallence.

 

When I say any size, I mean any size

There is an obscure little City Builder from way way back in 2010 called "Synekism". Its not a game, more a tech demo, and not an advanced one at that. But it shows what I meant.

Typically in a big city, the buildings are designed to fit into their plots. Similar to the Flatiron building in New York.

Obviously the above "game" doesn't account for buildings having plaza's/trees/parking or even traffic. As I said, its super simple. But its a good demo of where I think the future of city building games should be headed. Since in a small residential area square houses can be placed within plots of any shape, whereas in a city buildings can be shaped around the plots.

 

Anyways, what upgrades should I do with Mallence?

Maybe I should start trying to make traffic less heavy?

 

A closer look at the mountain city:

And I realised today that my traffic flow is better than when this valley had 30K people. Lol

 

Any suggestions for my town? (Already added another piece of town).
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My first rocket (Codename: Maluch) is ready for launch!
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Some buildings look European.

Others look foreign (or a bit out-of-place).

 

I added 2 districts (of existing parts of the city):

• North Mallence (1/2 of the meat of the city)
  
• Produce Area (industrial area)

 

District update!

1. Mallence's Industrial Area (size upgrade and renamed)
2. North Mallence (still growing)
3. South Mallence (newly introduced!)

 

Created a new Commercial centre with some offices mixed in.

 

I see you got the European district theme mod.