Category: Cities Skylines

Lessons for Auckland Ctd – Proof is in the Pudding: From Motorway to a Place People Love. #CitiesSkylines

Part Three - The Urban Form Established   Where a motorway once was is now a thriving urban area that connects the City Centre up to the main urban area in San Solaria City. Putting down some side streets, a lane way or five, building the tram line and placing down some Government buildings marked … Continue reading Lessons for Auckland Ctd – Proof is in the Pudding: From Motorway to a Place People Love. #CitiesSkylines →

From the BIG DIG to New Urban Spaces. Stitching Up Two Urban Areas #CitiesSkylines

Part Two - reconnect the urban areas   A recap from Part One - Bury the Motorway: Motorways, great for moving cars and trucks but boy do they take up land and create large severance in the urban form. In San Solaria City the Great Solarian Coastal Motorway was a 6-lane highway that ran east-west … Continue reading From the BIG DIG to New Urban Spaces. Stitching Up Two Urban Areas #CitiesSkylines →

BIG DIG – TRANSFORM SAN SOLARIA #CitiesSkylines

Part one - bury the motorway   Motorways, great for moving cars and trucks but boy do they take up land and create large severance in the urban form. In San Solaria City the Great Solarian Coastal Motorway was a 6-lane highway that ran east-west along the Solarian Coast connecting the city up to the … Continue reading BIG DIG – TRANSFORM SAN SOLARIA #CitiesSkylines →

#CitiesSkylines Greens Cities Out. City Going Green

San Solaria goes green   The latest DLC for Cities Skylines came out earlier this week with the theme about being Green.   From Paradox: Green Cities 1.9.0 Patch Notes 20 OCTOBER - THELETTERZ Good day to you all! Here are the patch notes for the 1.9 patch coming today along with the Green Cities Expansion! … Continue reading #CitiesSkylines Greens Cities Out. City Going Green →

#CitiesSkylines Night Shots an Art of Beauty

San Solaria at night   Night shots of your Cities Skylines cities I find are a work of art and beauty. Just something about night time over a humming city that gives emphasis that your City is alive. San Solaria is a 24 hour city with activity always happening whether it be the industrial complexes, … Continue reading #CitiesSkylines Night Shots an Art of Beauty →

Set Phasers to Smite! #CitiesSkylines

Weather proves to be an ass   Only one problem living in a California type environment, when the storms roll in they roll in! The recent storm is San Solarian City decided to cause all sorts of havoc for the City as these snaps would show:   The resulting plantation fire kept the fleet of … Continue reading Set Phasers to Smite! #CitiesSkylines →

Amenities and Residential Development. What Goes Missing When Planning?

A question often asked   A question often asked in the real world as well as Cities Skylines: How to upscale your residential area - that is how to trigger intensification or how to get a new residential area started. This is a crossover post with my Talking Southern Auckland blog on amenities and residential … Continue reading Amenities and Residential Development. What Goes Missing When Planning? →

All Aboard! Taking Layton City Metro Line 2. #CitiesSkylines

Taking a trip around the flag City   Layton City is still my only City that used heavy rail as part of the commuter transit system. All my other cities either use a combination of subway and elevated light rail, trams and/or busses with heavy rail relegated to inter-city movements.   Consequently there are four … Continue reading All Aboard! Taking Layton City Metro Line 2. #CitiesSkylines →

Layton City is Back #CitiesSkylines

Flagship City has returned   The release of the Mass Transit DLC caused a few hiccups for my establish Cities in Cities Skylines. While I got San Solarian City fixed up quickly my flagship Layton City was more troublesome.   The problem was two-fold: Old subway stations needed replacing An array issue meant the game … Continue reading Layton City is Back #CitiesSkylines →