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Cities: Skylines Nintendo Switch Edition | OT | The Road to 100K Pop. Livestream
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Truth. I tweeted at the Two Point Hospital (Theme Hospital spiritual successor) developers doing some shameless Port begging for a Switch Port. Hehe
My current city now at 5,000 citizens:
I wish the capture quality was higher when uploading!
These are fantastic
Ugh I need to have a word with some people on how to get an over 100k population city on PC, my commercial zones all stop receiving imports and goods before then. My train lines all become super saturated, too, so having cargo trains come to my city like clockwork doesn't even help.
Also, for the Switch version, do they have the unlimited money option and everything unlocked options (which were technically pre-installed mods in the PC version)? I only really play with those options on, as I'm usually more interested in building weird train cities than anything else haha.
Also, for the Switch version, do they have the unlimited money option and everything unlocked options (which were technically pre-installed mods in the PC version)? I only really play with those options on, as I'm usually more interested in building weird train cities than anything else haha.
I saw options for both at the start. I did not personally choose them since I'm new to the game and they sound like cheats, but they're there! Enjoying the game so far, btw, glad I took the plunge.
Yes, I feel like unlimited/unlocked options are tools aimed for building known cities, and things like that. To me, the fun of the game is to deal with the limited resources, and make your city thrive anyway.
Was going to wait for a sale, but totally caved and bought it.
Just played around for a little bit so far, but it is bringing on some serious nostalgia for me because Sim City on the SNES was one of my favourite games ever.
Really enjoying what I've played so far.
Just played around for a little bit so far, but it is bringing on some serious nostalgia for me because Sim City on the SNES was one of my favourite games ever.
Really enjoying what I've played so far.
I distinctly remember some people in the Direct thread wishing for this very game to come out on Switch and and many others laughing at the idea because "Lol that CPU can't take it". Until it comes out and has no cut features.
Maybe DF would have some interest in this, who knows.
What I want is the Natural Disasters expansion to come, I wanna have fun with meteors and tsunamis.
Nice shots! Top tip for anyone who didn't realise: pressing the minus button hides the UI for the purposes of getting clean shots.
OK noob question: I unlocked some transit options like cycle lanes, but I fail to see how I could now integrate them into my roads without bulldozing swathes of buildings. Am I supposed to plan "next time" and build roads with gaps on them or something? Or just start adding these things to new sections of my city, along with stuff like tram lines if I go for that?
I hope someone answers this because this always rubs me the wrong way with city builders.
What's the best way to plan ifrastructure in the city? My city is growing (at 12 000 currently), and I need to replace some older, smaller roads with new, bigger ones. I thought I could demolish them and easily replace them, but it's really hard to create the same exact straight line. What happens is that the buildings on both sides of the new road gets demolished, because the road isn't a perfect fit.
Thanks! All I needed to know to justify buying the Switch version now.
I'm honestly not too fond of the natural disasters expansion. To be fair, I never played with disasters in in Sim City either, but in Skylines, even if you disable disasters, pretty much every small fire by a forest is going to turn into a gigantic forest fire lol. And the fire watch towers don't alert me about the fire either (I guess since that kind of fire isn't technically an in-game disaster unlike the "Forest Fire" disaster), so what usually happens is I play the game for a while, suddenly notice a couple of firetrucks wailing down the road, I zoom out, then am greeted to about 1/4 of my land on fire haha.
It seems like the only options are the ones you have IRL, destroy/rebuild or plan ahead. Another options is to have bike lanes using a different route, useful for example as direct links between work/schools and the living areas. (You should be able to build bridges/tunnels for the bike lanes.)
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Here is a stream with a decently large city. Judge for yourself.
Oh, I'm sure I can deal with that if it means I can create crazy disasters :)
My city is now 17,000 strong. Due to some bad strategy on my part which I have yet to figure out I have abandoned buildings constantly popping up all over the city. (Any advice on this would be appreciated by the way!)
I'm constantly zooming in to the closest level to demolish them, then zooming out to get a whole city view, then zooming back in to a different part of the city when the next abandoned building icon pops up - which is basically immediately lol. In other words some pretty graphically demanding gameplay, possibly making for an interesting performance benchmark.
Spent over an hour just doing this and even then performance is pretty good! A skip or stutter lasting less than a second will occur once every few minutes. Barely impacts gameplay as far as I'm concerned.
Edit: after reading other's impressions this could just be the game auto saving!
I'm constantly zooming in to the closest level to demolish them, then zooming out to get a whole city view, then zooming back in to a different part of the city when the next abandoned building icon pops up - which is basically immediately lol. In other words some pretty graphically demanding gameplay, possibly making for an interesting performance benchmark.
Spent over an hour just doing this and even then performance is pretty good! A skip or stutter lasting less than a second will occur once every few minutes. Barely impacts gameplay as far as I'm concerned.
Edit: after reading other's impressions this could just be the game auto saving!
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Many roads can be upgraded a few times before having to demolish stuff. Bike lanes, however, require more space and you either need to plan for it or demolish some stuff.
Reached around 6000 population. Making good profit already and now in the proces of getting busses and trams. Its kind of weird to setup up bus lines. Cant seem to connect them the way I want to and I have no active busses meaning Im doing sometjing wrong.
Overall the performance has been smooth and Im really digging the game. This is Sim City in all its glory. Only thing missing is natural disasters but Im sure that will come soon enough.
Game is already charting in the top 10 by the way. There's a good market for these kind of games on Switch.
Overall the performance has been smooth and Im really digging the game. This is Sim City in all its glory. Only thing missing is natural disasters but Im sure that will come soon enough.
Game is already charting in the top 10 by the way. There's a good market for these kind of games on Switch.
This thread convinced me. Definitely seems like a game I will sink a lot of time into in handheld mode. Is it always so 'free' or does it give you objectives?
This might be a stupid question, but you do have a bus depot that can reach the stops, right? Check to see what bus funding is like, you can pour more money in for more buses, iirc.
Man, I actually wouldn't mind if they included a Sim City mode with super simple graphics lol.
Anyway, the thing about upgraded roads, eventually they'll end up rezoning/resizing stuff you've got next to it depending on how wide it is. If it's a ploppable like a police station, you'll have to manually move it because roads don't demo things like that iirc (don't remember if it just destroys it, or doesn't allow you to upgrade that particular part of the road).
Anyway, the thing about upgraded roads, eventually they'll end up rezoning/resizing stuff you've got next to it depending on how wide it is. If it's a ploppable like a police station, you'll have to manually move it because roads don't demo things like that iirc (don't remember if it just destroys it, or doesn't allow you to upgrade that particular part of the road).
Sure. Its very easy to get into and it has a good tutorlial mode. Just focus on making profit initially. Dont build too much stuff you dont need. Once your in the plus, you have plenty of time to figure out how to expand your city.
If you pkay in the default mode, you work towards "achievements" (which is how big population the city is), which then enables more stuff (like a "level up"). No more objectives than that AFAIK.
I think it's the best one to start with, considering I suck hard at these games and still enjoy it.
Use the upgrade road option. If you have small roads you want to make the four-lane type, select that bigger road type; hold Y and the use the stick to select Upgrade. Now when you highlight an old small road, you'll be shown the cost to upgrade and any demolition of zones that will occur. Do this along the sections to follow the exact same road path.
I'd say so, it really eases you in.
I did restart about 4 times until I had an initial plan I like. Also, electricity is kind of weird in this game. I thought I had to put wires everywhere, but as soon as buildings are near each other, they will share current.
So I'm stuck at 2500 and I'm losing money fast! I've taken two loans and still run out of money. I raised taxes to about 18 percent and people started leaving.
Not sure what to do.
Not sure what to do.
It's probably just a bad install, but you could these things before you delete/redownload the game:
1. Reboot the Switch and start the game
2. Delete your user data for the game and start the game
If none of these works, archive the game and redownload from the eShop.
Hard to say, could be any number of things, depending on what you've got built. Raising taxes is risky since it might not cover the cost of the population drop. Try cutting spending on public services, see what you can get away with.
2500 people? You're still VERY early. You probably built too many unnecessary things. I know I went all in on the high density houses and had to demolish them because I couldn't keep up with their needs. Take your time! It's a chill game not a race :)
Lower some services budget in the budget screen, also, raise the taxes a bit.
Also look on that budget screen what is costing you so much.
Like others have said, check your services. You plop a school down, but the coverage (?) Doesn't need to be 100%, as your town is small. Same applies for PD, FD, Hospitals, etc.
Could do the same with water and electricity too. Just gradually raise them as your population grows or it has to reach farther out.
My city on PC with over 200k pop had an oversize busses mod applied. Going back to the base game does change things.
I also had incinerators that could handle a lot more garbage. As well as the 25 tile unlock mod.
There's a lot of little things I downloaded over time that made a huge city like that possible. Will be interesting to see how big I can get my city without all the crutches.
I also had incinerators that could handle a lot more garbage. As well as the 25 tile unlock mod.
There's a lot of little things I downloaded over time that made a huge city like that possible. Will be interesting to see how big I can get my city without all the crutches.
In addition to the services, use Information and parse through all the different area. How is happiness, pollution, traffic, education, etc? That would probably give you additional clues.
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Now that you've mentioned it, I have played the PC game with so many mods, I am thinking the Nintendo Switch edition is like a completely different game.
I do think Switch game and the PC game in general should have more scenario maps or objectives like RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 on PC.
Yea these are included! You can enable them at any time!
I've learned to not get to attached to any part of your city. It's ok to bulldoze city blocks and old areas to make room for new features and the betterment of your city!
For instance:
This was the first area that I built of my city. I wasn't thinking when planning the roads from the highway. Traffic is steadily backing up and no one can enter the city fast. I have to wait until the land full is empty so that I can build a new highway to ease the burden of traffic. While that happens, my economy is being cripple due to the traffic! If I don't bulldoze those buildings, and move the landfill, my city will steadily fail. I've tried to help out by upgrading the roads to avenues, but it doesn't really help. That little street is a bottleneck right now. This could have all been avoided if I planned the city better, though.
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Yes, indeed, it was one of those early hurdles when I found out my road layouts were causing troubles, and I have to gradually acclimate my mindset so I can redesign them better.
After Dark, the first expansion was a game changer. It made sKYLINES everything I wanted a city builder to be. The day/night cycle looks so awesome
Having played around with the building editor on Cities Skylines on PC, I can all the buildings are there and the important detailing like the Clinic signs, the Red Cross are kept. At night, the lighting nodes are surprisingly kept intact. I haven't noticed any buildings where lightning off different, so if there are any its just a little nip and tuck. On taller buildings, all the lighting are there. The floodlights, the red blinking lights of the tall towers that positively lights up a commercial district are all there.
The props are all there as well, albiet at lower detail model. Love the detailing of the tables and chairs on the rooftops.
Where they make cuts are in smaller details. Signage like the Octopus, and the coffee bean sign are all low-detail models even when up close. And the aforementioned props are lower detail. The port on Switch continue to impress.