We stripped the assets, we streamlined the mods, we did the spatial planning and away we go 2020 is well and truly here as are the streams (Sunday, Monday and Fridays) on all things Cities Skylines. I also marked 2020 by doing a bit of a clean out of the game in regards to assets … Continue reading 2020 = New #CitiesSkylines City!
Changes to Stream times Happy New Year and Decade everyone. How was everyone's break and Decade 3 of the 21st Century kicks off. Last night I held my first stream for 2020 in which I again managed to set a portion of my City on fire (meaning I need more fire choppers). Also trying to … Continue reading Happy New Year/Decade, Changes to Stream Times and First Stream of the Decade!
Day 1 and already having to adjust bus frequencies After some glitches with Twitch I finally got streaming and recording. In the stream I noticed a sea of people heading to a bus station even though it has just opened 5 hours earlier. A highlight from today's stream with PEOPLE USING TRANSIT - GO FIGURE: … Continue reading WHOA – PEOPLE USING TRANSIT – WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT SO WHEN ACTUAL DECENT FREQUENCIES ARE PROVIDED! #CitiesSkylines Highlight
We also reach Auckland Transport how to build a 24/7 transit system Last night I ran the second test Twitch stream of Cities Skylines and Grand Manukau/Layton City. The focus was the Zones around the main City Centre as I prepare to bring the game off Pause and get the simulator going again. We managed … Continue reading MARCH OF THE ZONES! We get ready to hit PLAY with Grand Manukau/Layton Cities #CitiesSkylines
Testing, testing 123 I have set my Twitch Account up and the first test was complete. Still somethings to work through like the mic vs the background music but otherwise most of the Gremlins are sorted. The test stream at 45mins long https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHS8s3kYcVw These streams will be unscripted but I will follow a basic order … Continue reading #CitiesSkylines Test Streams. Catch me Fridays and Mondays
Putting Urban Geography to the test I have finally started building the Manukau City Centre which will become the main of the two City Centres in Grand Manukau/Layton Cities. For more we delve into this week's video: https://youtu.be/HhItaLgWTgs We a start building a City Centre Next week we will look at the first of the … Continue reading Putting Urban Geography to the test in: Building a City Centre TAKES TIME – LOTS OF TIME. #CitiesSkylines
Using Urban Islands to balance a City Last week I talked about the three Urban Geographic concepts I use in City building that can be translated out into real life Cities. They were: Planning and City BuildingExpansionConsolidation You can read up more on that here: Expanding the City while Riding the Metro. #CitiesSkylines Urban Islands … Continue reading #CitiesSkylines , Urban Islands and Urban Geographies. Stitching it all together!
Urban Development in full flight in Grand Manukau/Layton Cities After some path finding issues with the transit system and realising you can not start a Metro Line at a "deactivated" station (a station that has been built but not online to receive passengers) I got some good old fashioned urban development underway in Grand Manukau/Layton … Continue reading Expanding the City while Riding the Metro. #CitiesSkylines
Building of the Downtown and East End After the issues with the Mods things got back on track. So here we are with this week's stream a tad late - but it is here. This week I focus on building the Downtown, the East End, and the first ever Metro line for Grand Manukau/Layton Cities. … Continue reading #CitiesSkylines City Building. The Subway is Fixed in Grand Manukau/Layton Cities
Subway Fixed. Should be running tonight UPDATE: The conflicting Mod that was causing issues with the subway system has been disabled. This allows me to start building the subway system for Grand Manukau/Layton Cities. The rest of the videos should be up tonight. Not everything goes to plan when recording your weekly video or when … Continue reading UPDATE: We Apologise for the Interruptions. The Subway System Broke (now fixed)
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