Establishing the latest Cities Skylines 2 city! Time to get this blog going again, with the regular updates via my YouTube channel on how my Cities Skylines 2 cities start and evolve. Introducing my fourth Cities Skylines 2 city: Manukau Ranges. This city is built using the Volchoria Map from @paradoxinteractive Mods: Volchoria Map Each … Continue reading Manukau Ranges. A #CitiesSkylines2 Story. Part 1.x
In "Pacifica City," a Cities Skylines 1 series, the creator returns to the game due to uncertainties about DLC releases. Using the Vanilla Coast map, the city is built with Left Hand Traffic, Real Time Mod, TM:PE, Transport Lines Manager, and more. Despite technical issues, the creator embarks on the city-building journey. Watch the series at the provided link.
Some 700 photos - and been slacking off a bit Some 700 photos between March and now means I have been slacking off a bit with updates to my cities here. I won't share all 700 in this post as that is picture OVERLOAD for anyone. So over the next few posts I will be … Continue reading Catching up with Manukau #CitiesSkylines #UrbanGeography
Maps, Big Data and pictures - how to make the City flow When your City surges from 109,000 to 133,000 in two days of game play (basically the equivalent of Auckland's growth from 2010 until 2019 (today)) you need to have your wits about you to keep the City functioning and flowing. How do you … Continue reading Manukau Continues to Grow, Using the Toolkit to Make the City Function #CitiesSkylines
Finally the cruise boats arrive I have been a bit busy on the Urban Geography in real life side of the ledger meaning not much time with Cities Skylines at the moment. However, I have managed to squeeze a few hours in there and there and have continued to work on the Downtown … Continue reading Some Random Happenings in #CitiesSkylines oh and CRUISE SHIPS
Could Cities Skylines transit network redesign offer hints for Auckland's poor accessibility to transit? Yesterday a paper was released by MRCageny on accessibility to transit and basically how Auckland's accessibility let alone equity to transit sucked. The paper can be found in the Tweet below and I'll write on this more extensively next month … Continue reading Redesigning the Transit Network #CitiesSkylines Style. Lessons for Auckland
New Green policy continues I speak Green in Twitter I follow Green on #CitiesSkylines. As shown in San Solaria Leads the Way in Low Carbon Future San Solaria gets 95% of its power from green sources while 1/3 of the Districts are 'Green' Districts and several more following E-cars for residents. The last week I have … Continue reading San Solaria Going Green Continues #CitiesSkylines
Final Part of the Series (Part 6) in Lessons for Auckland In my ALL ABOARD. Light Rail Moving You Around. Lessons for Auckland post I had mentioned the two types of tram systems I run: Four new tram lines were built with two connecting to the wider city and two travelling within the area forming a … Continue reading Trans City vs Local District Transit. #CitiesSkylines Lessons for Auckland
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
Flagship returns After some teeth gnashing and a reset my flagship City has returned. Find out tomorrow in Ben's Cities!
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