Cities Skylines, but there's NO WATER...

We're back in Cities Skylines (City Skyline) engineering a way to survive in the desert with no water. I had to recreate the new phenomenon of exploiting the oil beneath the ground to pay for the upkeep of my city!
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[@Dispariabooks]

The one rule for moving into town is that you need to come with a full bladder, otherwise the entire balance is thrown off.

[@acters124]

people will be importing drinks, alcoholic and non-alcoholic, into the city which should slowly fill the poo reservoir.

[@Francisco1234Cruz]

Naw man, bring an extra gallon to refill yourself.

[@user-ky7zp8jo1w]

Yeah

[@CARTER_PLAY]

Yeah lol

[@bubbatools6701]

I mean it isn't that unusual, needing to use the restroom after a long road trip or flight

[@Episodesgaming]

This is the most efficient sewage usage I've ever seen, 0 waste.

[@TheArchitectOfDreams]

Actually, he's not utilizing air pollution. That can be reused into clean air.

[@vukkumsp]

Funny thing is People started pooping without water to start with 😂

[@ethaniel_tweedy]

0% waste using 100% waste 🤯

[@Lord_common_sense]

@@vukkumsp dieareha 💀

[@MattJDylan]

Like that futurama quote about doing robot with used aluminum cans, and cans with old robot 🤔

[@bellsTheorem1138]

I love how you casually didn't disgus the shape of your second reservoir.

[@3173_Delta]

It is a really strong shape 💪

[@davidmatthews5761]

It's the cock and balls reservoir

[@jaycelauni9542]

@@3173_Delta a penis

[@Potato-ko3oc]

@@3173_Delta pinus and bals >>> triangles

[@teambellavsteamalice]

I wondered why an engineer wouldn't apply basic common sense and place all recyclers in series, parallel is so inefficient. But I guess the sheik's bureau of aesthetics wanted an ehh.. artistic shape.

[@Noel201199]

Hey Matt, small hint: Use the Eco Water Treatment Plant from the Green Cities DLC instead of the Water Drain Pipe. They treat the water before releasing them into the environment. Therefore the released water is much cleaner and you need fewer Floating Garbage Collectors to make your water drinkable. Overall this should save you a lot of money because garbage collectors are very expensive to operate, but the water treatment plants are only marginally more expensive than the drain pipes. Additionally, I think an engineer's paradise such as your cities should have as much amazing engineering as possible, and the water treatment engineering bits have been neglected by all of your cities so far. Dumping your waste untreated into the environment is for architects only.

[@mgunter]

Then the Eden project makes it 0 waste.

[@Jim-Bagel]

DLC is cheating

[@jmazurek5523]

speaking of cheating with DLC if you have sunset harbour you can use the algae filtration district policy on your pumps and intakes to make your sewage pretty much drinkable

[@torinnbalasar6774]

@@Jim-Bagel if dlc is cheating, then what do you call the use of Industries?

[@WowCreativeUsername]

@@Jim-Bagel Console commands is cheating. Mods can sometimes be cheating. Using official content is not cheating.

[@YoungGandalf2325]

It's good to know that if you are dying of dehydration in the desert, you can always use your poo as an endless supply of water.

[@TrolledBy]

But only if you have $50k for a water treatment plant and $1k a week for upkeep, not to even mention finding someone in the desert to sell you one. Or, you can Bear Grylls it and just drink your own piss straight from the source.

[@dijosto]

Sewage isn't just poo ;P

[@mr.jglokta191]

Normal people: it's called "People" and "Population" Matt: No it's "Poople" and "Poopulation"

[@mr.jglokta191]

69 likes! Nice! 😁

[@JohnCooper-gm6mn]

It's time for Economics 101 with Matt... *Disclaimer: Do not use RCE as a reliable source of how to structure a city wide, oil based economy, or you may end up creating a dystopian hell-scape.*

[@tyrannicaljj6542]

Understood.

[@cesarpalmos8235]

I agree to the terms, now when do we learn about the efficient engineering?

[@JohnCooper-gm6mn]

@@monad_tcp Take your pseudo-political hot take to a thread that cares to listen to your drivel and stop cluttering up mine.

[@JohnCooper-gm6mn]

@@monad_tcp Oh my word, what a funny little clown you are. 🤣 🤡🤣🤡🤣 My comment is about how Matt was creating a dystopian hell-scape *in the game* . 🙄 You know, killing all his population off by pumping raw sewage into their homes, how he let the pollution levels get out of control and how he managed to keep running out of funds and jacking up his tax rate. A humorous comment about the contents of the video... the *gaming* video that we all just enjoyed watching. A point everyone other than you seems to have been able to pick up on. So again, please, pretty please, with sugar and icing and a little tiny cherry on top; take your unsolicited, ill informed, angry at the world because you feel inadequate, pseudo-political, ice cold, hot take elsewhere and let the rest of the thread have a laugh. Perhaps you should try shoving it up your backside, that way it can be closer to your head. 🤷🏻‍♂️ (Edit: Luiz appears to either not have the fortitude to keep their comments up, is having them deleted because they were offensive, or actually took my advice and decided to repost them in their butt. Either way, I'm taking the W on this one. 🤪)

[@monad_tcp]

@@JohnCooper-gm6mn I'm deleting it because you are right, It was fun seeing you get so triggered by a joke. Man, did you get offended by it, I'm laughing here.

[@jsnsk101]

Which came first? The water or the sewage? One of Philosophy's great questions.

[@xb70valkyriech]

As someone who grew up in Arizona I can say this video is 100% accurate

[@dannypipewrench533]

YEP! Nice to see a fellow XB-70 fan from Arizona.

[@bustahoneynut9873]

Ayeee arizona gang

[@TheMooProphet]

I notice that in the view from Casa de Matt, the financial district buildings hide the chemical wasteland of your industrial district.

[@theRealJimothy]

Matt really just embraced his inner gold-digging industrialist

[@alirezajb3329]

More like oil-rigging

[@Davros-vi4qg]

Hot, sunny, no water, sounds like yer typical festival😃

[@pheonix4383]

Sounds like the average day in Texas

[@garfs_lawyer]

@@pheonix4383 only Texas? 💀

[@highoncatnip_]

@@pheonix4383 i haven’t had problems, then again i’ve only been here 7 months

[@UnnLykley]

the festivals we run have lots of water at least

[@GojiMet86]

There's no water? That's my architect landlord every other day.

[@IzzetNilson]

i live in an oil town thats in a desert and i 1000x% love that it feels like we're being called out, with the whole skyscrapers out in the middle of nowhere to the flip flop of our local economy being basically solely reliant on how well oil sells. Not quite there on the whole drinking our own literal poop yet, though some might say they think otherwise. Love your vids!

[@stylesrj]

Ah gotta love it when in Cities Skylines you set up a specific industry in a specific zone and the game is like "Hey we didn't get the raw materials for a second! Import it in!" Because I love it when my lumber industry imports lumber despite setting it up in a forest with plenty of lumber according to the location... :D

[@severusslim7448]

For some reason I don't fully comprehend, this was one of the most relaxing and fulfilling episodes you ever put out.

[@ChartreuseDan]

So much better seeing you play with gameplay demands

[@Richav93]

As a petroleum engineer I absolutely love seeing all them pumpjacks and rigs, its beautiful.

[@drewwilliams1337]

"Building a city in the middle of the desert that has no natural resources like water that you need is bloomin' expensive" Me who lives in Arizona: 👀 I'm pretty sure you just built Phoenix in 21 minutes.

[@dannypipewrench533]

Meanwhile, just 40 to 50 miles to the west Buckeye, Tonopah, Wintersburg, and Arlington are sitting on an enormous aquifer. Actually, most of Arizona has ground water, the places I mentioned are just odd in the fact that they do not really rely on the Colorado River.

[@sylpisophia5612]

20:15 RCE: The arch, the lovely symbol of Engineering... you mean, Architecture? 🤣🤣

[@dakota2550]

as a former Land Surveyor, I'm always amazed by drainage engineering. So, I've always thoroughly enjoyed your content. Keep it up.

[@user-vo9wd6tx6c]

>no water >lots of oil >desert >dysfunctional sewer system >high density skyrises So basically Dubai.

[@alberto6169]

3:38 Ah yes clean energy winds turbines who's only purpose is to power oil pumps. Truly glorious

[@Miles_paulino]

It’s crazy how accurate the process of industrialization in the desert is in the game to real life (that is ignoring all the crazy prices of technology in the game of course)

[@AnthonyMackONE]

Could you make this into an ongoing series?

[@PayMeToThrow]

"Oh look a tower" - Looking at the Space Needle

[@LegoDork]

Through the St. Louis Arch, you unworldly knob.

[@macko4l]

I Finally finished Binge Watching every City Skyline Video you have posted. Please post more of these!!

[@michaeld8304]

"OMG it's huge. I forgot how big they were. We want to shove it in that end I believe." 😂 nice one 🤣

[@andreascoolet]

"no one have complained about the water in ages" 2 secends later 18 people have asked for water🤣

[@sheffplaysgames]

Would love to see RCE take a crack at Oxygen Not Included, given his interest in converting poo water to clean water. Also a great game for clever engineering solutions.

[@3173_Delta]

It is a little more demanding in planning ahead and not goofing around but yeah!

[@selius9228]

Matt is officially an architect

[@PanzerFalcon2232]

Dry, sandy and no water? Sounds like the UK in summer

[@jerbar1280]

So what Matt teaches us about sewage treatment is, fill a hole in the earth with poo water, flick out the turds, pump it back into people's homes, which makes more poo water.

[@C-mz1bl]

The Stillsuit is necessary to survive the harsh Arrakis weather while you're mining spice. It uses the body's moisture to rehydrate the wearer.

[@ignemuton5500]

This is one of the best depictions of issues with desert mega cities

[@thesneakinmonkey]

Send in the beavers!

[@ethaniel_tweedy]

Engitopia, the city hydrated by the tears of architects

[@davidedwards1705]

18:28 I see what you did there, very cheeky. Love it. Got you a Sub, Like and Ringing of the Bell.

[@connorgrant5908]

Matt you’ve inspired me to become an architect because being an engineer means that you have to do too much work

[@nickmanwebb14]

I always thought City Skylines was a hyper realilistic game until it said oil field workers needed to have an education 😆

[@anthonynorman7545]

Hahaha!!! Too true!

[@florianrotter-lebeau9798]

Wouldn't mind seeing you continue on this map.

[@Genesis8934]

Even more hubris than dredging up oil in a desert would be to turn it into a farming capital. :) (See the Colorado River basin and the Sonoran Desert for a real life example...)

[@furlupendicott1203]

If you are going to build in the desert, you need casinos.

[@sasmidraegoon4086]

I got a traffic questions and a bridge question! There is a overpass in the US where our traffic changes from driving on the right to driving on the left. Why would you do this when controlling traffic and is it called something specific? The GPS coordinates are 38.817969, -77.640031 and it's route 15 that does it. It's been driving me crazy trying to figure out why they do this. My bridge question is, how do you feel about the US having one of the London Bridges from 1800's? Any plans to check it out? The bridge is the one over Lake Havasu in the US.

[@OCinneide]

A youtuber did a video on it. It stops crashes by making it that cars don't end up having a four+ choice intersection.

[@Janiire.]

I believe it’s called a diamond interjection or something like that(the diamond but I’m sure about)

[@JBRam2002]

It's called a Diverging Diamond Interchange. It's useful because all turns no longer cross over traffic, and it reduces the number of traffic lights down to just two junctions. It's significantly safer when designed properly.

[@godlyfrog]

The intersection is called a "diverging diamond". If you've been watching RCE for a while, he creates one and describes why it's used in one of his videos in the "Freeways" series.

[@QemeH]

@@JBRam2002 It is significantly safer *FOR CARS* - is an important caveat to add to that. So they are great for grade-seperated interchanges of high-capacity roads that are not at all planned for walking and/or biking. They are NOT recommended AT ALL for streets (and no, I won't talk about these god-aweful "stroad" monsters the US has).

[@beans766]

"Opression makes the world go round"

[@bradShank]

" 'oppression office' we're in the desert 💀

[@turneroneal]

😂Matt-“I’m not going to dig down I’m going to dig up “😂

[@multigameswithryan9215]

RCE just made a perfect example of a desert city. On the outside there is such advanced skyscrapers but on the inside the basics of life are missed for example Dubai doesn't have working sewage. This city doesn't have good roads

[@theLOSTranger234]

I would like to revisit this city again in the near future

[@SerbLawyer92]

I wish I am engineer like you, but instead I am just a lawyer 😔 Lawyers are architects 😪

[@backupplan6058]

Lawyers don’t don’t design cases, they build cases for their clients. You are the engineers of the court. Pure evil engineers but engineers nonetheless.

[@sylpisophia5612]

aww... don't be sad, I loved the netflix show "Suits" 🤣 Lawyers are such bad ass, at least Harvey is 🤣

[@MrNote-lz7lh]

Is it true you dress up in a red devil costume and fight crime as a hobby?

[@user-hi4bi2zv1w]

Architects sit their and doodle on a piece of paper and then say it’s sufficient for the engineer to figure out get rid of the middle man and just leave us with engineers

[@Alphadragon1979]

You should do a series for Prehistoric Kingdom, it'd be awesome to see you engineer some of the stuff on there!

[@AstoriaGaming]

Please make this a series! so fun

[@bradShank]

Bro really tried to use 'poo-lution' instead of 'sew-lution' which actually rhymes 😭

[@ledtakeover7145]

I really like this concept. Please keep up this series.

[@Anti-Furry-Soldier-1291]

The Burj Khalifa is truly a feat if engineering, built on sandstone and on massive pillars, incredible height, everything bout it is amazing

[@corey1605]

Love your daily content!!!!

[@sergeyk9060]

Jesus could turn water into wine. Engineers can turn poo into water.

[@Mr_laugh_out_loud]

You live in a city:😊 It’s got gravel roads:😀 The water is made from poo:🥲 The city is bankrupt:😕 Your in the desert:😞 The city is made from rce:💀

[@drepeyderpey]

the ad was for the ninja drink machine before a video with no water 💀💀💀

[@velarswood]

I think I'm a architect secretly. I want to make a giant solar power array that's set up in space that's pretty much giant sails and they are in geosynchronous orbit and tethered to the ground with power cable. Plus since it's in space cables to keep the form so no heavy bulky wieghts...weights.... except for the tons of sails and cables

[@youknowwhat3563]

Thank you so much I've been bord lookin for something to watch for 2 hours

[@SquirrelArmyStudios2015]

Video starts, hang on is Matt actually making a serious Cities video. 2:50 in. Nope of course not. Laughter ensues. Quick double take a few minutes later as the engineering actually makes sense. Nicely done, might try this in my own city.

[@lonergothonline]

so funy thing about cities skylines, if you start with everything unlocked, you don't have a city full of people that can pay for the things that get unlocked... and when you add people to your city, they demand things like police, fire service, garbage collection exetera, right? well if you DIDNOT unlock everything, then the game disables the people's desire for fire service, police service, garbage colelction AND other stuff. because the developers of the game decided that it made more sense to limit what you have to juggle at the start of a game, at least until you unlock some milestones, like getting your city to a larger sized population. so using the 'unlock everything from the start' option, makes the game fundamentally HARDER(, but not impossible). If you want to try this challenge again, try it without unlock-everything. another little fact, the cars, trucks and everything, need turn around spots in your roads, otherwise they'd proceed to the end of the road regardless of where they want to actually go. this is fairly unrealistic behavior so most people don't think to deal with it or work around it, but you have to actually include like intersections and stuff so that they don't just generate out of thin air, and proceed to go the wrong direction for the destination they have in mind for AGES before eventually turning around and going the correct way. this also affects the walkers. because they have the same a.i. so you counter-intuitively need turn around spots, like intersections, for paths. and oh yeah, not every road has a path for them to walk on, and some things might not be valid turn-arounds, so you'd have to actually watch the path to see if it gets used.

[@hkjd21]

the highlight of my day!!!

[@danser_theplayer01]

Some deserts stay quite cold from undergrond rivers, or sea fog, or different sand material. One desert in usa or mexico is made of gypsum.

[@LegoDork]

Antarctica is mostly desert.

[@danser_theplayer01]

@@LegoDork true. But the context is about sand desert.

[@T-posing_MONKEY]

Aha i knew it from the beginning that you were going to turn that sewage push into clean fresh drinking water

[@roland2852]

At this point I think there's an addiction to "efficient" shapes

[@sheonagh]

We love you RCE

[@michaelg7022]

Love it. Thanks!

[@georger9842]

id happily wtch a series of this!

[@dudeguyduder3787]

Bro the second pump is a masterpiece both efficiency and design

[@calex9398]

Is that donkey Kong tropical freeze music in the background lol

[@furryStartwigzJR]

I think It is

[@SG-dj6vp]

Such a beautiful and artistic design he made for water treatment 18:28 its a piece of art

[@pixelnobs]

The beginning part sounds like an intro to a documentary

[@BLKBRDSR71]

People: makes poop Poop: turned into water Water: used for bathing, drinking, washing clothes, etc... My mind: I'm out.

[@giodelacruz9437]

Matt misses the challenge of drought from timberborn so much that he's put it in city skylines.

[@MaximusMuleti]

It really is amazing how many different uses oil has, plastics, medicines, energy

[@purpleparadise2001]

As a petroleum engineer, seeing a rig producing Oil is 😂😂. Oh game!!

[@ShowXTech]

I don't get why he doesn't use the actual 'Water treatment plant', a water tower or a rewservoir could also help.

[@Snowwie88]

Matt, next time to get more money into the system let ALL your people WALK through a few parks before reaching the Oil industry. Also use WAREHOUSES for better and faster export of your oil production. Maybe you can make a POOP basin ONLY, and use fire helicopters to put out a (constant) fire you create in a pit where you also have the regular water pumps. Makes you wonder if that scooped up poop will still be poop if dropped from those helicopters. 🙂 Don't forget to 'credit' me for giving you this idea lol... :P :D

[@crazymoffo]

trying to fool us with a timberborner episode! im onto you!!!

[@LLP3342-cp4yx]

5:18 is crazy

[@simonlees2848]

The large roundabout with cars driving both ways is far more impressive then the water

[@shaunonlyplaysyt9879]

Matt: Drink more water so we can recycle it into sewage and blah blah blah! Also Matt: Save your water we don’t have enough! Still Matt: Drink more water for more sewage! The citizens: bruh

[@ForgottenTypo]

"Instead of digging down, I'm going to dig up." -RCE 2023

[@Salt_Master_Queue]

0:08 Let's hope Matt doesn't become Darth Architecture.

[@simruizhiryanacis1827]

I love your cities skylines series RCE

[@EucalyptusDrops]

"Instead if digging down, I'll dig up!" -Real Civil Engineer

[@hans-kopeyy1294]

Timberborn: Too much Water City Skylines: No water

[@pepijnPendragonFan]

ok so i know this probably won't get any response, but i've been slightly obsessed with the little choir piece at the end of the video here (i know RCE uses it a lot, but this is a pretty clear example). i've sort of figured out what the notes/chords are, i just can't place whether or not i've heard it before... does anyone maybe have an idea what it's from/who it's by??

[@hendrikwiersma8131]

Let's gooo!!!

[@Benjaminruwoldtgametoplayv]

14:37 I liked it when he did this.

[@CountDigression]

I'm so happy to see RCE struggle with money after all the modded episodes

[@humanfromthesolarsystempla3143]

cant wait for dhar man to come with this intro "This town uses poop, as their water"

[@TechBaffle]

16:51 Lmao dammit architects 😂 They're too busy trying to make the oil rig look pretty instead

[@c1h2r3i4s56987]

18:29 wow that is a cocky, water treatment plan.

[@elkyt358]

Very cool. We need a series, WE NEED A SERIES!

[@ArinJager1]

LOL! "feats of engineering" he says... doesn't he know, that these terrible _things_ are pure architecture?

[@kom4096]

Rce makes just over 1k per week Rce: this is increadable!