Kaedal Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Yesterday, the first expansion pack, After Dark, landed for Colossal Order's Cities: Skylines. It adds new services, specialisations as well as a day and night cycle(I believe this is to be added in the patch/already has been?) Anyone picked the expansion up yet? Thoughts? Scenic screenshots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidy Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 i haven't played the expansion content, but the free stuff they added in (like the day/night cycle) is pretty great, it's making everything a whole lot more attractive, i'm gonna pick it up at some point though and make a city based on los angeles, i thinkit's been a while since i built a city based on a real one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaedal Posted September 26, 2015 Author Share Posted September 26, 2015 i haven't played the expansion content, but the free stuff they added in (like the day/night cycle) is pretty great, it's making everything a whole lot more attractive, i'm gonna pick it up at some point though and make a city based on los angeles, i thinkit's been a while since i built a city based on a real oneMy last big city I built ended up having sections that were completely devoid of life due to traffic chaos keeping the ambulances from getting to where they had to be. It was hilarious. How do the cycles work? In terms of time, I mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinare Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 I made the mistake of playing sandbox with unlimited cash monies... Made me bored of the game after only 7 hours. I put the DLC on my wishlist and would like to get it eventually, but it will need to get super duper cheap for me to do so (so next year's Christmas sale, maybe). I do love the idea of a night cycle, it was always odd to me that it didn't have it originally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaedal Posted September 26, 2015 Author Share Posted September 26, 2015 I made the mistake of playing sandbox with unlimited cash monies... Made me bored of the game after only 7 hours. I put the DLC on my wishlist and would like to get it eventually, but it will need to get super duper cheap for me to do so (so next year's Christmas sale, maybe). I do love the idea of a night cycle, it was always odd to me that it didn't have it originally.I believe Colossal took some inspiration from Paradox Interactive's in-house team and went with just the stuff they knew they could manage/was absolutely necessary. That is, they wanted to see what features the community wanted the most after producing a solid game. The night cycle isn't really essential to a good simulation, so it was probably easy to ditch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinharia Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 I built a truely European styled city for the first time in my life. Roads that make sense? Lol not here buddy! We have1: Poor Public Transport2: Poor Road Layout3: We like to commit Social Clensing quite a lot.... ...4: High Taxes for everybody!5: So many districts. This city is run as a City State!6: Why am I allowed to be Mayor? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zytan Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Now let's see, that's where the straight road tool is, time to repress using that thing. Roundabout centre point and lots and lots of wavy roads because reasons 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaedal Posted September 26, 2015 Author Share Posted September 26, 2015 (edited) I built a truely European styled city for the first time in my life. Roads that make sense? Lol not here buddy! We have1: Poor Public Transport2: Poor Road Layout3: We like to commit Social Clensing quite a lot.... ...4: High Taxes for everybody!5: So many districts. This city is run as a City State!6: Why am I allowed to be Mayor?Yep, that does seem like a pretty European city. Got any screenshots? Edited September 26, 2015 by Kaedal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinharia Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 (edited) Yep, that does seem like a pretty European city. Got any screenshots?I haven't taken any yet but I could take some Edit screenies! Edited September 26, 2015 by Kinharia Screenies Uploading! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaedal Posted September 26, 2015 Author Share Posted September 26, 2015 That is a hell of a messy town. Also, are those cliffs? Planning to throw your residents off by creating insanely steep roads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinharia Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Yes that is a very steep cliff, I even named the local area Sunshine Hills also that bay area has been polluted for... too many years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleNeon Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Cool to see there's other peeps here playing Cities: Skylines, finally someone i can ask for tips...So yeah, here's my city Walcheren. The map is a remake of the Dutch province 'Zeeland'. My main issue however.... are boats..... Near the skyscrapers you can 7 boats inside eachother having a metallic titanic adventure... I'm so sorry : / 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zytan Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Bloody hell that looks impressive... I really should work on getting past the initial zone and a bit into zone 2 shithole hurdle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewge Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 I've just started up playing this again. Wish me luck in building the world I have simply named: "Otters" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaedal Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 I've just started up playing this again. Wish me luck in building the world I have simply named: "Otters"I bet you'll do swimmingly, and you'll just be flooded in migrants. Keep them happy, though. You don't want a bunch of salty citizens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazolas Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 I like how I spend half my time in this game trying to figure out how I can direct traffic in a way that doesn't cause TOTAL CHAOS EVERYWHERE! Highways backed up for miles and towns cluttered with trucks delivering goods to the markets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaedal Posted September 29, 2015 Author Share Posted September 29, 2015 I like how I spend half my time in this game trying to figure out how I can direct traffic in a way that doesn't cause TOTAL CHAOS EVERYWHERE! Highways backed up for miles and towns cluttered with trucks delivering goods to the markets.Figure out where traffic is highest and see if you can figure out where it's going. Then lead it away from that point by running a one way road to it. It's not going to work once you get too big, or within the city(unless you fancy evicting a few thousand to put down a new one-way overpass), but it'll work great in the countryside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinharia Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 (unless you fancy evicting a few thousand to put down a new one-way overpass)Social Cleansing! <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidy Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 traffic is by far the hardest part of any city builder, it's the one thing that can kill your perfect city in just a few short momentsbut you can build some really fantastic road systems and still maintain a good look to your city, so long as you do it smart (as in minimal intersections, good and easy access to highways, lots of public transport options etc)plus making use of the mechanics with which you can ban certain vehicles going to certain places is good, like you don't need your delivery trucks going through the part of your city where your offices are - that's best saved for people going to work and back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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