Cities Skylines - Fluxburgh [PART 27] "Hickory Ridge Marketplace"

[@BeardedZee]

A tunnel through the mountains of Hickory Ridge would be awesome.

[@ChalkyWilston]

BeardedZee Still rendering 1080p most likely

[@BeardedZee]

Chalky Wilston Yea, forgot about that, 1080p now.

[@johnnydog6091]

And under the river, from th Main City.

[@CamKehler]

BeardedZee Prob woulda solved the traffic "problems" too

[@johnnydog6091]

*the

[@LaurieC]

That was very painful to watch!! All the heavy traffic was due to so much high density commercial being zoned with nothing but road to get their goods. Big areas of high density commercial need easy access to Train or Harbor or both. Without either everything had to come via road. What small amount of Residential you had zoned, probably only 5% compared to the Commercial, had no public transport so had to use their cars further adding to the transport chaos. You also zoned some farms in the same area and they had to then freight their produce, again via road through the Commercial area, to your industrial area for processing before shipping to the Commercial areas. Zoning so much commercial on the top of the ridge was crazy when all you had were long windy small roads, especially the very slow dirt roads for trucks to navigate in order to deliver goods. Plus buildings being abandoned because of no power while so much time spent with the cosmetics, placing hedges and planting trees. Sorry, but not one of your better episodes.

[@BeorEviols]

I really hope you will do a city tour video one day. From the few first person videos you did, I can see that your city looks absolutely fantastical on ground level.

[@Zemnmez]

Such an epic map honestly, amazing series. Haven't watched a 'let's play' of this kind in years but I'm happy every time I see a new episode. I've learned a ton about building in cities: skylines.

[@MDMAmazing1992]

I think the high density in hickory Ridge is a bit of a overkill , they attract alot of tourist and shoppers

[@M477EH]

Metro and transit will definitely help ease some of the incoming traffic. Another possible method is to have a cargo line with its own entrance to the commercial district, however there isn't really much room for that, and might look unsightly.

[@ErikHuizinga]

Matt McFadyen indeed. Those massive commercial areas are a bad idea. You wouldn't find those in a relatively small town, so move them to main Fluxburgh or the islands past pollution point. These massive malls on the mountain are ridiculous. Also, build public transport. And you seriously need a tunnel to route traffic from the highway/main avenue on one side of the ridge quickly to the other side, instead of letting them take the dirt roads over the ridge, which causes backups on the side roads of the main avenue and then on the main avenue/highway itself. And then there are those seagulls. They spawn when you built those hedges, a few gulls every hedge. This episode was a bad one, because little happened and a lot of problems were not solved or even created... Please fix public transport, rethink road access between all districts, delete those hedges and other small things creating birds and move the malls to a place where you'd expect them... And don't forget to connect those few missing electricity, ***** !

[@llamasaylol]

Is probably best to change some of that high density commercial to residential in Hickory Ridge, it will reduce some of that traffic. Also can you put something in between the two sections that aren't connected, like a stadium, just seems a bit odd having two sections so close without any connections.

[@ham2645]

You should use the tunnels somewhere, maybe to go under Hickory Ridge?

[@chickennn7830]

He says "go away, I'm sleeping" even though he doesn't sleep

[@johnnydog6091]

MAKE A TUNNEL TROUGH THE MONTAIN!!

[@veroishable2]

***** He means the ridge!

[@johnnydog6091]

Ridge, i think it would look cool. And its the closest thing to a montain, so i call it a montain:)

[@johnnydog6091]

But it is a ridge of course

[@blackmonkey2013]

You should add some public transportation to hickory ridge. That might solve some of the traffic problems.

[@RAZBRY]

FLUX. Read the pier walkway asset page. You need to use the TERRAFORM TOOL to raise the land in the water, place the pier then lower the land again so it's over water.

[@SbgamingTv]

Ejraaa Yep, the terraform tool is absolutely essential if you want to use the walkways and piers properly. Also, I'd check the walkways that Hawk has done based on the model that the original asset creator created for more variety. The downside is that it'll require more custom props to be downloaded...

[@johndotto2773]

Use tunnels to connect the Airport to the Island Resort! Cars and public transit won't have to go through a whole city just to get to the Airport from the Island!! And also do the same with train tunnels!

[@lennartfaber9558]

your level of detail you put into this city is awesome!

[@tnbison]

Glad you got your temp problems fixed.

[@PlaylistChanal]

what two parts on one day O_O thats nice thanks bro!!

[@travissutton3458]

Man your frame rate is awesome for a city that size, I have a city almost the same size and unless I have everything on low the traffic stutters and lags like crazy, very nice to see it working so smoothly, looks great.

[@kyle5598]

Flux, you should make the town all the way in the back (the one that's mostly commercial) its own district and name it Bridgewater! Just a suggestion....love your videos!

[@cameronicheddarcheese]

Quote of the day "Ahh that's nice, I like that. Yeah I like that!"

[@avishapiro9128]

you should have a tunnel that goes under hickory ridge and connects your farmland to your new commercial center

[@mayorlondon]

Darn... Looks like I've finally caught up with this series and now I'll have to wait. :) love your designs bro!

[@Neceros]

I don't find it difficult to delete or place underground roads. If you click a road to delete, and hold the button down, you can just drag and it only deletes roads.

[@antivorg1239]

Holy crap another video already? Awsome!

[@luismartins3379]

All you had to do was place a heavy traffic ban on the avenue and that would force all the trucks going to the commercial go trough the highway...

[@dasanan3356]

I think you can put heavy traffic ban in hickary ridge and force all heavy commercial and farm traffic to take outer highway because i like the previous avenue better for ridge.

[@vanhalenmaster1]

You made the traffic far worse. There was no problem to begin with

[@Fluxtrance]

vanhalenmaster1 It wasn't entirely visible during the small portion of the video prior to me deleting it, but I had been battling with it for an hour or so. It was backed up all the way down the freeway ramp and onto the highway - Anytime a light changes in sync with cars piling from the exit ramp, lines form as long as the avenue itself. While right now, the town itself isn't handling the traffic very well, the new solution will definitely force traffic to the interchanges on both sides, and ensure use of the highways. Don't worry, when I swap the zones for less commercial and re-apply roads in that area (lower side of Hickory Ridge), the traffic will flow much more smoothly.

[@MrKillerthriller1]

***** #TrustTheMaker

[@mdogg95]

***** Using timed traffic lights (Traffic Manager) on intersections close to freeway interchanges 100% fixes this issue. Give the big avenues 3:1 priority, or something of that nature, on green light time, and you will have no more issues. You could do the same for all of those lights in the downtown area so the main avenue gets most green light time, and traffic will move a lot better.

[@pegasus4781]

***** I think what is happening is people are using the new interchange you made to get to Yankville rather than their dedicated interchange. The dedicated Yankville interchange does not actually connect to a 'dedicated map route' i (The highway to enter the world) it connects to the Spaghetti Expressway so the bridge interchange makes it faster to reach Yankville

[@mnm5165]

***** your series has gone to shit

[@TEHGJPTDDDO]

Suggestion: To help make the incoming traffic on the interstate lower, build a large bridge that enters in Yankville County and merges with the main road in Hickory Ridge. It would lower the stress on the interstate, as I think a lot of the issues are involved with cars needing to go the long way around Hickory Ridge.

[@Frapigecko]

you are the best cities skylines builder who does lets plays. :)

[@professorthree]

You're using those walkways wrong. They were designed to be used in conjunction with the terraforming tool to allow you to create and remove land in order to place them down and make them look neatened up by removing the land around them. The idea is that you get a quayside dock look. (Stone walls along the waterside.) You should check out the instructional video that the mod author included on the steam workshop page.

[@ewanhaywood4210]

Y is this series so good. Gj flux can't wait for the theme park

[@JelaniWood]

Not a water tower but a TV/Radio Tower up top. Also could add some pedestrian paths connecting the now separated halves maybe.

[@jolt9001]

16:30 "this interchange seems to be working pretty well so far..." Well obviously. It's a Stack Interchange; one of the most efficient interchange layouts you can make.

[@SuperRandomdudeXD]

Might be a little late to suggest, but in Hickory Meadows, near the Bus Terminal, connect them with paths? Then the public are more likely to use the high capacity transit hub! Then there wouldn't be much need for Bus 'Routes' In Hickory meadows, also perhaps get some train links to hickory ridge, then customers for the commercial use them, and whats happened with all the car parks? :O

[@ry4nwo0t]

Your problem with traffic is freight - so build a freight terminal from goods to commercial to ease load on roads. Awesome city.

[@crispinbacon2913]

Hey, Flux! you should download a custom radio tower to put on the top of the mountain.

[@lukaswendt9042]

Atleast make a pedestrian walkway between the two new parts! I dont agree with the split but great work anyway, really enjoy this series!! :)

[@chrispeterson8300]

Holy crap those seagulls lol. There goin ham!

[@knockshinnoch1950]

Fascinating series. Before demolishing the avenue why didn't you add a bus route or subway line to help relieve traffic congestion? I keep repeating myself- you really should build a few roundabouts to keep traffic flowing smoothly- a cheaper more elegant and functional solution than complex convoluted interchanges! I really want to connect the road again on the riverbank at Hickory Ridge- it just looks silly and impractical at the moment to travel all the way out by the highway to access the town. The observatory asset would've looked amazing up on Hickory Ridge. Can't believe you placed Jardinland Garden Centre twice up on Hickory Ridge- crazy! I'm addicted, is there a helpline number?

[@variedgamer9498]

You should've kept the Ferris wheel. It could've been like a "town fair" sort of theme.

[@ktaylorjackson]

yo Flux I'm loving Fluxburge because I like how you develop it and make it beautiful

[@garshne]

I feel like that city area of Hickory Ridge is too over crowded and might benefit from having a bit less high density and a bit more low density

[@DubSs0N1xxX]

Love the intro dude simple and just awesome

[@dance1211rec]

I wish this game had toll booths like simcity 4. They were awesome at reducing traffic and getting money.

[@ProJC]

Man upgrades his house 23:24. Then Fluxtrance puts a park on his house! XD

[@quantum5226]

Always very inspirational! =)

[@pybridkacey1254]

A tunnel under the mountain would be epic

[@bzo101strain_bzo4]

Hey flux how's it going. I've been a sub since 3k I just wanted to let you know to keep up the good work thx for the awesome vids

[@Iimgreat123]

Please name the intersection near hickory meadows the "golf club" btw really lovin the series! Keep it up 👍

[@mikoltitawanno7567]

great job love the series

[@oddarneespehaug3089]

***** you should try making a theme park in a future episode

[@benireland6]

TUNNELS!!!!

[@smovies9270]

NIGHTTIME! LIGHTS! TAXIS! BIKES! COMMERCIAL SPECIALISATION! NEW AIRPORTS AND DOCKS!

[@Tha1337er]

You're supposed to terraform around the piers to make them go over water.

[@Pocolas]

I've watched 23 episodes over the last 6 days. Still going!

[@Pocolas]

***** damn

[@NickShoust]

Im pretty sure the dirt road along the edge of the map was causing a lot of traffic problems due to it being a short cut

[@chloecutie21]

I like the beginning

[@sAviOr1291]

Cool AS always!!

[@TheZexionify]

It could be cool if you avoid using tunnels except to "reclaim" land by relocating your Highways underground!

[@joshuaadams4027]

The traffic is far worse because of the high density commercial so change some into residential

[@Mrhomelessbunny]

There was no problem to begin with. God forbid theres some cars on the road..

[@BæzĂ809]

There is no need for you to have that many commercial zone and high rise in that small part of the town. Plus just having one entrance and exit. It is overpopulated.

[@minimuffingaming4770]

I'd buy a flux t-shirt that says "just add trees"

[@nachtmann101]

Traffic++ would be perfect for you!!!

[@OrlovKruskayev]

And no one told you that the guitar interchange where supposedly no one turns left had literally everyone turning left.

[@louisevison9706]

you are so good at this game. i which i had a good computer

[@MrC00lbeans]

zones lots of high density, then wonders why Hickory Ridge is so densely populated - oh Flux, you.

[@999is666upsidedown]

The seagulls aren't even annoying ._.

[@AxisGaming]

Awesome! :D

[@LordXyroz]

Started a new city, made some decent progress, game crashes and BOOM! Back to square 1. Need to add the auto-save mod...

[@abhishekgurram1]

There is so much traffic because you have only shops in that area and residents are coming there to shop. Change some of the shops to housing area.

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

What's that little building you said was like a greenhouse? It looks nice so i want to get it.

[@sweezenortinox3202]

New video yeahhhhhhhh!

[@x22780]

you really do need the terraforming tool!

[@Karsteski]

what's the mod that Flux uses to get those service details on industries/offices etc?

[@NaturesAquascapes]

Use mini round abouts on dead ends that you create!

[@Cracktune]

how do you update the ambiguous icons for the dl'd addons?

[@vincentprieur12]

There is a mod that removes almost every seagull in your city, you should go check that up!

[@Jeffreyd337]

The marketplace has a seagull infestation.

[@rileytherandom]

Isn't there a way to ban heavy traffic? I'm not exactly sure how or if it would've worked with this.

[@mikoltitawanno7567]

27 parts watcht in 1 time and still going for the record

[@Arttuww]

Hey, do you intend to upload this city on Steam Workshop at some point? I would reaally really love exploring it myself:)

[@Fluxtrance]

Aatha Yep! I'll be uploading it when it's all finished.

[@rileytherandom]

what would have happened if you made it a one way out to the other interchange?

[@zorgain6101]

The roads on the mountain look to steep.

[@manmanman5371]

Yayyyyy!!!!

[@chloecutie21]

Now this is the fifth and fainal part no siercly !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@seanwest3774]

You didn't need rip up the road, just add no heavy traffic policy to the road.

[@Fluxtrance]

Sean West That just bans "heavy" traffic, so tankers and delivery trucks. It doesn't actually solve traffic problems.

[@seanwest3774]

oh, ok.

[@adayforgotten]

+Fluxtrance I know this is super late to the game, but I just watched this episode and can't help but feeling a well placed Old Town policy would have stopped traffic from using the avenue as a through-road. Breaking it in half within the neighborhood on the other hand felt really unrealistic.

[@Onyxx98]

Hey Flux can you maybe put your modlist in the description in future episodes i want only know the mods

[@TheQuinnpowell]

Put a metro in the town you are having traffic problems in and that will fix every thing

[@tristanblikman]

Lol I think you’re average traffic flow is something like 85% in my city it once was 5%

[@CoolbubLiveries]

one-way inbound to town on one side outbound to highway on another.

[@samv418]

***** love your city. One observation thought, I think you're going OTT on the trees to the point where you have no parks in the city - just forests :) if you look at aerial shots of real city parks, the trees are pretty sparse with lots of grass.

[@xdarkknessplays1665]

Build the stuff in the little island over there

[@theMEGAketchUPs]

tunnel through the mountain

[@Mrmythologie]

you like follow cars and like show the whole citty by following cars ? would be fun to be on street level so you can realy apreciate the scale ? love youre vids keep them coming !!!

[@cup_and_cone]

These last few episodes are like watching a plane crash in slow motion. Seems like backward progress to try and make an aesthetic looking rural suburban ridge, that doesn't even look aesthetically pleasing to begin with.

[@TheDarkFireBlazes]

You should get the terraforming mod

[@lechowsky_2835]

Dude, why dont you use tunnels?

[@michaelsworld8537]

There is no use for him to build them, YET

[@knicksxiv]

how do you guys keep playing after watching flux? i basically quit cities once i started watching this guy because i get frustrated knowing what my cities could be, and end up looking like poop

[@adayforgotten]

+knicksxiv This is me. I played like 30 hours the first week I bought it, but then after watching Flux play a few hours, I was just feeling inadequate... Though I have to say, I think an Old Town policy would have been better and more realistic than physically splitting the avenue in Hickory Ridge.

[@jamessharp1365]

Why aren't you doing rct3 videos anymore?

[@YodaSW2]

***** After this series, could you do another without unlimited money?

[@Picsou313]

Please name your second roundabout the galaxy!

[@user-zj8jn3hs6f]

Replace your offices! You need far more people working in production to sustain your commercial.