A look at Planning, Cities Skylines and how via Mixed Reality I work with both (in game play) I have started a series via Twitch which will be uploaded to my YouTube channel on Planning with Cities Skylines. It is a six-part series look at the more advanced mechanics of Transport Planning in the game … Continue reading Tutorial and AMA’s on Planning with #CitiesSkylines. Part 1 of 6: The Overview
All mods well all but one work, dabbling in first airport build So the Airport DLC was released earlier in the week and yes I decided to get it. Ironically Neo South Auckland had land set aside for such an airport before the DLC came out. What was not known is the dynamics needed for … Continue reading Airport DLC a Go, First Airport built for Neo South Auckland #CitiesSkylines
Dropping down to First Person Mode to ride the transit system One thing I think I like to pride myself on in my 6 years building Mixed Reality cities in Cities Skylines is the diverse and comprehensive transit systems that support the spatial form of any given city. From first house going in to fully … Continue reading Touring Neo South Auckland Part 1 of 3 #citiesskylines
Going to try BRT's again After a break I am slowing getting back into streaming and creating Cities Skylines content using Neo South Auckland as my current example. I usually upload both the RAW version for those wanting the entire run through of a city building session, as well as snippets highlighting specific elements like … Continue reading Long (Raw) Playthrough of Neo South Auckland, Establish Bus Rapid Transit Infrastructure to Support Riccarton Centre. #CitiesSkylines
Divided Highways and Toll Plazas - all about adding the scenes From time to time I like to add scenes to my Mixed Reality city creations in Cities Skylines. A scene is a focal point of a City you can go back to when either demonstrating something or just want somewhere to go when not … Continue reading Adding Scenes both Quick and Comprehensive in #CitiesSkylines
Settling the infrastructure down, going through what Road Hierarchies mean (full play through) In Day 2 of recreating South Auckland as part of a Mixed Reality build in Cities skylines I go through the motions of laying down the core transport infrastructure. This is a full run through, I will have separate posts covering the … Continue reading Day 2 Recreating South Auckland (Mixed Reality) in #CitiesSkylines (all about the Infrastructure)
Using Mixed Reality to build South Auckland as it might have been After giving my second ever only Winter map a go (Antarctica City) I went back over to my stock standard Temperate Maps reopening Vanilla Coast to have another crack it (the first had to stop as the Industries DLC had come out when … Continue reading New Map, New City, Day 1: Building South Auckland in #CitiesSkylines #MixedReality
Fine tuning the city to avoid massive rebuilds and expensive motorways Once you have settled into the basic mechanics of Cities Skylines with a functioning transport system, the zones nicely laid out and the civic infrastructure all working does the fun really begin. Fun what fun? As the city gets larger it gets more complex … Continue reading Tactical Urbanism, Traffic/Transit Checks/Fixes in #CitiesSkylines (Moderate-Advanced Modded Playthrough)
Got to move and house those Cims Another day and more work to do in the Grand City of Solaria. Recently I did a podcast on Micro Districts and the Soviet Union (see: Micro Districts, the Soviet Union and Modern City Planning). In the most recent streams of Cities Skylines I put the Micro District theory … Continue reading One Metro + One Micro District = Another Day in #CitiesSkylines (Grand City of Solaria)
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
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