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
Lets deep dive this as the planners say The latest DLC for Cities Skylines comes out on October 23 (October 24 for New Zealand and Australia - time zones) and it focuses on industry. It also focuses on toll roads too so what is this new DLC? Let's go to resident Cities Skylines player Biffa … Continue reading Biffa Takes a Look at the #CitiesSkylines Industry DLC. Also TOLL ROADS
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!
Managing that flow So you have built this wonderful large city but you wonder why your traffic is a bit shit in places. 72% traffic flow is not bad but not flash either given it sits in the 'condition yellow' segment. This means rather than a City-wide failure in your traffic (Auckland) there are … Continue reading #CitiesSkylines Traffic Routes Map Management. Help?
San Solaria uncovered If you have the Transport Line Manager Mod you are able to produce Metro-type transit maps of your City. At the moment it only covers Metro, heavy rail, tram and ferries but it looks pretty good for a product only in Alpha-testing. I got a transit map set up for … Continue reading #CitiesSkylines Transit Maps
How does Layton City look in Maps mode Seeing your Cities Skyline cities as "photographs" is one thing, seeing your city in Google Maps mode is something else. Periodically I will run the Cimotographier mod that generates the maps for Layton City - both as an overview and close-up renders. The overview render … Continue reading Layton City Map Renderings Ctd
How would Layton City look on Open Street Maps? One of the mods (Cimtographer) allows you to "print" a, Open Street Map of your cities on Cities Skylines. This is an overview of Layton City in map form: One has to remember the City is still expanding so roads and rail lines that go … Continue reading Open Street Maps on #CitiesSkylines
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