Cities: Skylines - How to Start Your City - UPDATED FOR 2017

[@ImperialJedi]

Hey guys! I've just started a new series on making some fun intersections without mods - kzbin.info/www/bejne/onqyeKJqo56qrrc

[@TheBaconbush]

Just bought this game. You are a legend full of knowledge :-)

[@JangoDeLego]

ImperialJedi I play on PS4 :(

[@danieljannusch9057]

Please make a video reenacting "Leonardo Watch" from "Blood Blockade Battlefront" xD

[@wombattenhoopen4082]

G'day your knowledge of the game unparalleled but as I have just bought the game the first road you place and immediately delete could you please explain that is done because I tried to do this several times without success. In fact my roads seem to go on for miles and I don't know how stop except to quit the game and start again

[@FussyPickles]

Hey, just wanted to say thanks for the vid and give some feedback if you do another - for beginner's, be careful when switching between something super basic and something that requires experience (example, you give a good beginner tip to zoom out to look at where everything is to 'plan for the future' and a beginner would not know how to do that last part - not a big deal but it's something that contradicts/defeats the purpose of the tip since a beginner like myself really has no idea what to look for when zooming out etc.

[@onose10000]

Watch 500 lets plays, download 1000 different mods and assets, start up a map, be overwhelmed, close game, watch another 500 lets plays.

[@arthurutb5615]

exactly the same with me but when I bought the game and opened it, my game froze because my laptop is too weak to run it.. :((

[@jeneralgod]

Mapuia Pachuau when i started the game, i literally just design my own roads then highlight ALL of the zones, eventually there was too many traffic congestions hahahaha

[@wretchedslippage3255]

thats been my life for like a month.. but ive got the hang of it now.. i have one really good city based on a strict grid network.. another semi successful one just randomly going.. but i love this guys videos.. so many neat tricks and shit.

[@qwertyuiop-xg7rg]

i watched this and i made hell itself and it was profitable for a while

[@AcornSmokes420]

Mapuia Pachuau I door that all the time and I watch conflictnerd mostly lol

[@slipknot5905]

Thank you so much. I struggle with the first move with the highway ramps

[@benmc9233]

James Ondari me too

[@FlyingThunder]

Screw you, i brought my current city to 40k people with decent traffic and now i want to start a new city because your cities give me do many ideas xD

[@Lololsans]

Laurens Peschko lmfao

[@AcornSmokes420]

Laurens Peschko unlike conflictnerd he does a battery method every time ;) This guy does something new and makes me want to restart a city and try again =)

[@johnnyboy3476]

Jesus Christ teach me your ways of traffic control. I have 20k and my traffic is screaming for air. I mean, its actually in one road only. Though, Im not tripping if it isnt affecting my emergencies services

[@vdracula]

Use pedestrian paths, place roundabouts, place industry near (safe distance) from the residential zones so people can walk to work. Carefull with big industrial areas, place cargo train station there, and exits to high-ways.

[@sexyallen101]

I've never played a game that was so enjoyable to start over lol

[@mrgreen2258]

My building skill is at a corrupt African warlord compared to you..

[@ImperialJedi]

+Mr Green haha that got a good laugh out of me

[@ninazawadi7616]

Yesssss😂😂😂

[@stephenbruce5431]

😂😂😂

[@obidamnkenobi]

Mine too. Except a blind, arthritic African warlord.

[@HawkinaBox]

I can't even correctly start out

[@ImperialJedi]

Hey guys - sorry for the delay in getting the second episode out, just swamped with work IRL. I'll try and get it out for tomorrow :)

[@SamWilsdon]

you are like the Bob Ross of Cities skylines

[@gamervidsyolo8474]

ImperialJedi. I need help ever time i reach 2020 i start losing money then i go into minis money then my people leave then i have to restart

[@ebraheemsbeiti7795]

It didn’t help me change the direction

[@hugejackedman7423]

abe sbeiti road upgrade tool and right click on the roads you want to change.

[@ebraheemsbeiti7795]

Oliver Corfield it didn’t work for me it said not on this type of road and I tried all of the roads

[@Zarosian_Ice]

What I find very useful is starting of with dirt roads, they're insanely cheap and insanely good for layouts, when you have a 2 unit gab between roads the dirt road fits exactly in the middle of the 2 roads, so if you lay a road that sticks out about 5-6 units and then add a small section of wider road at the end and then delete the dirt you get the exact middle (: Also, 3x3 with a dirt road gives you a 45% angle pretty neat :D

[@chercheciel]

Man this is just perfect : a friend of mine just purchased the game, he instantly loved your videos, but still wanted more details about starting a city. You read his mind ! I'm linking this to him right now !

[@radred609]

6:00 good hint to force the houses to zone smaller without having the roads quite so close together is to build the roads at a normal 8 square distance (or 9 square distance) and then run a pedestrian path lengthwise through the middle, and then a few short ones crossing that. Helps to increase pedestrian counts (i.e. fewer cars on the road, and more people using public transport) and helps to keep the intersections a little further apart to help what traffic does exist move more smoothly. The paths can also link with the paths already built into the parks that you lay in. (although most of the default parks are going to be far to big. so feel to change some roads into culdesacs to allow the larger parks to fit. (it also gives a realistic way to break up the boring grid patterns, without making it completely spaghetti.) :)

[@ShaudaySmith]

It's unusually fun to watch you play because you are so slow and methodical about your construction, and yet you're casual too. Plus your presentation voice is chill and soothing. It's a good youtube video voice. A lot youtubers are either monotone weirdos, or wanna game show hosts. Makes me wish i wasn't at work so i could start a new city and model after your non-grid system..

[@Mishona17]

Holy shit, the right click to change the one-way road thing. THIS CHANGES. EVERYTHING. Great video, thumbs up

[@Y.M...]

I looked for tutorials to help me improve traffic flow, but now I just forgot about that while enjoying the video like a Bob Ross episode. You're a good speaker!

[@TacoDale]

The original "how to" was the whole reason I felt confident enough to even start playing this game. Now my current city is reaching 160,000 and so much fun to play. Thanks for all you do Will.

[@shequan6843]

Great little vid. I'm impressed with how much the game has evolved in terms of road guides, intersection controls, etc since your original starter city guides. I'm inspired to come back and play some more!

[@ThrashNeon]

@ImperialJedi New users may be frustrated trying to figure out 00:19 "I've switched Regal Hills to the Boreal theme". As far as I'm aware, they'll need the Environment Changer (+ Improved Theme Selection ) mod in order to do this for themselves. You can't switch base map themes in vanilla. steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=611254368 Keep up the great work!

[@lootcorp]

This saved me a lot of trouble - thank you!

[@Gilbey95]

Just started watching your older series and this was the most pleasant surprise! Keep them coming, and a g'day from Australia!

[@G-flo]

Man, where have you been all this time. I've been struggling almost every single time I start out on road layouts. Saw too many similar videos and none of them have helped as much as this video. Thanks a lot man.

[@eternalpixie2466]

A little tip when splitting a large road into two with regards to good lane use, place your large road eight units back and your smaller roads four units apart, then use free form mode and link to end of smaller roads curving them one at a time into the large road. Swap the direction of the one way which would be wrong. Doing this changes the arrows from left (or right) turn into straight arrows which makes the vehicles continue to use both lanes, when it's a turn arrow they will swap to the inside lane and cause traffic to sometimes back up. Another great vid by the way, :) and I do intend to watch you stream live one day since I've watch you from your very beginnings in your other life ;)

[@anthony_guerra179]

These guides help sooo much when I get stumped in this game, thank you so much for explaining it and drawing the layout out!

[@Gunngirl]

ImperialJedi, I can't tell you how many times I have watched these videos of yours. I just got this game a few weeks ago, never knew it existed. I'm on a Mac so gaming is not our strong suit, but my computer actually didn't implode trying to run this---at least not yet. But I have been watching you for help almost 24/7 since I started playing, lol. I have you playing while I play, I pause the videos and recreate a lot of your roads. Just want to say your videos are MUCH appreciated. Great commentary and tips. Thank you.

[@tedng4772]

its weird but watching you build roads is lowering my stress. Thanks so much.

[@ImperialJedi]

Drop a like if this was helpful! Happy building!

[@neil_murphy1989]

ImperialJedi I have yet to watch one of your videos and not learn something new

[@ImperialJedi]

That honestly makes me happy to hear!

[@neil_murphy1989]

ImperialJedi so the other city is going to be on the back burner I assume? I'm actually kinda excited to build with you and try to learn more I've been struggling with managing traffic and goods.

[@TheCoolMhs]

ImperialJedi I've been watching your videos for a long time and I have to say, you have the best Cities: Skylines videos on KZbin. Your voice and tone, unlike many others, is very calm and soothing. Keep it up! I would suggest that you design your thumbnails in a better, minimalist way.

[@dareolusola896]

ImperialJedi I Really am into this video, it helps in the basics of starting a new city in city skylines, thanks for making this video ☺

[@collinsavage6296]

I like how this guy says how far they are going out by with the roads because it is extremely helpful

[@scj6693]

You should pin this on the Skylines subreddit or at least make a post. There’s always a ton of people asking how to start their cities there.

[@ImperialJedi]

+Nobienify I'm actually one of the mods over there so I don't want to self promote - but totally feel free to post it yourself :)

[@scj6693]

I know that you're one of the mods, :D. I see you giving people tips and stuff all the time. I just figured you'd want to upload this. I don't know if I will, though.

[@jeneralgod]

Nobienify i dont see how people should be asking on how to start their own cities. It's helpful, except, it's a sandbox game, you can design your city to fit your personal needs, everything you need is in the game, you just need to know how to use it :)

[@EMTinVA]

Best video I've come across yet. Really appreciate the calm, thoughtful insight on road building. I learned a few things that where driving me crazy.

[@xShadyHadesx]

I have been searching for a new way to start a city. This just made me start using the four lane streets early which will help sooooo much. I always get to a point where I feel stagnant and I think this will help me grow. Sadly I’m on Xbox so I can’t use the workshop upload, but thanks for explaining it all out well. I was able to build along with you!

[@rv7591]

Your voice is so soothing. I watch your videos to help me fall asleep at night

[@Stevesrssrssrs]

That roundabout is pretty cool, I probably would've never thought about that!

[@KhaosT100]

even though I do not play this on the PC, I play on the Xbox One. I follow along with what you're showing and it's really helping

[@OBDamned]

Another great video, very helpful and easy to understand. You take things slow and inform us on the things we need when starting out. Looking forward to another amazing series by you imperialjedi.

[@NeatoFox]

Thanks a TON for this. Just picked up this game for the PS4 and you saved me such a massive headache. Great starting guide!

[@sirrliv]

Finally got around to checking out this tutorial and I quite like it. Starting a new city has always been hard for me, and hopefully this will be very useful when I next give it a try. One thing I've picked up from another tutorial that I want to run by you as an idea: Spacing roads 9 spaces apart (1 beyond the guide line) thus leaving a 1-space gap between zone-able spaces, which are 4 squares deep. This way, I can build pedestrian paths between the backsides of buildings, allowing greater freedom of movement for people and bikes without needing cars. Periodic crosspaths linking up to streets can help, especially at intersections with crosswalks, but it's not entirely necessary. Also optional is the apparently popular trend among modders of building elevated pedestrian paths. While these do look cool and allow paths to cross over roads via bridges (which can be very useful in high-traffic areas where you don't want cars being stopped by pedestrians), I've found that ground level paths can work just as well, especially in residential areas. Also, for those willing to brave the Workshop, look up various avenue/boulevard parks that have built-in pedestrian paths. These have proven wonderfully successful in my cities for separating the noise of main feeder roads from residential housing while also boosting building ratings and allowing that freedom of pedestrian movement. Best of all is if you can put them behind low-density commercial buildings built along said feeder road, adding that benefit of local shopping to the list of advantages. I now almost always build my residential districts with this plan in mind: paths between houses, avenue parks separating houses from shops and big roads, shops along main roads at the borders of residential neighborhoods.

[@SamBur]

Hmm, very interesting sir...

[@_ch1pset]

Sam Bur maybe you could review the city after it's done :p I'm sure jedi would appreciate a good critique. Especially from someone of your expertise.

[@ImperialJedi]

+Sam Bur oh hey I know you! Thanks for watching - hope I didn't facepalm too many times for you!! :)

[@SamBur]

ImperialJedi don't worry. All good :)

[@ImperialJedi]

Phew!

[@megavonminion2297]

Oh, I just recently noticed Sam knows ImperialJedi after suggesting contacting him for some rework on built cities. The world is soo small!

[@serpyllum]

This was exceptionally clear and thorough and didn't waste my time. You have a pleasant voice. Thank you so much!

[@jerrodlewis6790]

Hey I missed you too! Thanks for coming back! Hope you enjoyed making the YT content.

[@peppersaber]

I can't believe this video came out almost 4 years ago now.

[@chiviamp2878]

The first time I played this 3 years ago I was looking at your guide. Picked up the game again the other day due to steam sale and you upload an updated one lol

[@Hannodb1961]

For all the wonders that is Cities:Skylines, small towns do not generally connect with massive two lanes highways. Getting a town started in this context always gives me "writers block", so it's always nice to see how other people does it.

[@vastapthy]

As a new player this is the most helpful tutorial I have found, and your voice is so calming and nice. Thank you so much

[@a.cortez2481]

Hell yeah a new starter town :D Followed all your other videos, looking forward for another one. Basically you got me to installing the game again and start creating. keep it coming bro, awesome work ! Thanks

[@Gaming101withMrBerger]

Nice vid, man! I just bought this game a couple nights ago. Was an avid simcity 2013 player back then, so I’ve been hyped to get back into a city builder again. Solid examples and tips!

[@JayMinus]

Your videos all remind me of The Joy of Painting

[@hazzyavery7152]

Jay Minus how does city building remind you of Bob Ross?

[@jesusnthedaisychain]

Fantastic! I was thinking the same thing. The way he talks is very Rossian. "We're just gonna put a happy little industrial zone in right here."

[@undead890]

Except there are mistakes and no happy accidents

[@Knilf]

These videos are always fun to watch, even if I never can reach the level of functionality that your cities have. But a funny thing happened to me another day, while I was building island-based city, like in Batman Arkham Knight, which I appropriately named Gotham. I landscaped a small island at the bay between two major islands, just have a place to put the statue of liberty. But accidentally it was at middle of the route where cruise ships travel. So whenever cruise ship arrives to harbor, it will travel across the little island that is on its path :)

[@plebangel]

I have been enjoying the no mods series. I'm looking forward to what you do with this city.

[@NorthstriderGaming]

Oh boy, I never knew about the traffic light and stop sign options. This will solve alot of problems for me... thx dude

[@meganikun645]

So helpful! I couldn't figure out how to get water and power until I saw this.

[@TrueRennard]

I've been playing the game for a few years now and I didn't know some of the stuff you've told here. Goog work!

[@Sleepless2night]

So happy that you started a new series for new players! Thank you !

[@DrScorcho]

This helped out a lot with making my first successful city. I played blind with my first 3 cities and they all went to hell. Started up my next one on a different map that what you used in this guide but followed the road set up. Just you mentioning to keep an eye on the green, blue, yellow bars for the city's need of residential, commercial and industry buildings helped out a lot. I still need to work on my traffic management though since my city has gotten bigger but I really only made one way to get to any part of the city. With the city getting larger too I started running out of raw materials for industry, so I need to start expanding into new territory I think. I basically stayed in my one square of territory until I couldn't fit anything else into it. I'm about 8 hours into this city now and it has stayed profitable and never went into the negatives. Still a lot of other stuff I need to get right but trying to figure out a lot of management stuff on my own and it's mostly working out for now. Thanks for the guide, it helped a lot! P.S. has anyone ever told you you kind of sound like Criken?

[@krebward]

Thanks. Really helped me get started. Watched the first 7 and came back to the start when I started building.

[@samgotts6934]

great to see another well informed video on starting cities jedi. awesome tips for new and old players alike. cant wait to see more.

[@s.phipps2734]

Thank you so much for this! My husband and I just started playing and your videos have been a huge help!

[@cheekybum1513]

4:14 I’ve been playing this game for 4 years and I had no idea you could do that

[@ka6091]

thanks buddy I was so overwhelmed by this game at first but this tutorial is really helpful

[@bladesin2448]

I went by this because i was having issues getting my city up and going thanks lots for the video it helped tremendously

[@FeliciaWilliams1908]

Great video. I just got the game and how to start laying down roads had me struggling.

[@jbouchard1944]

Your vids help me so much! i had not played in years and all the new content was very intimidating. I love the intersection tool, had no idea that it existed.

[@ajwas8565]

Was looking for something just like this. I just bought cities skylines and you are the first to use a highway that utilizes exits.

[@ethanburdin]

Thanks so much Will for this new series! I kinda got lost in the old one to be honest.

[@Nalopotato]

There were some really good tips for newbie in here, as far as controls and UI goes - thanks!

[@Lithrus_]

Your road layout is so beautiful when i make roads it looks like a mondrian

[@KyleMalcolm24]

Thank you for this video. It is very very helpful cause I used to make a square with commercial on the outside and residential on the inside. Then build another square for industrial and it looked really ugly. Now I'm making my cities more connected because of this!

[@GavinSteiner]

Really like where this series is going! Thanks!

[@marcuspmedeiros]

Just bought the game on the steam sale, wish i watched this guide earlier, you're very good, thanks for the tips

[@jeebs621]

I started with the sand box just seeing what I could do, I got the feel for the game and it’s pretty fun. Thanks for the video man!

[@mins332]

Why not just use a roundabout in the beginning? It will give a lot more options in the future and gives a constant stream flow.

[@thaloniel533]

I kinda understand the "I am a painter and I still watch this" comments under bob ross videos now. Great job!

[@caitlyn2580]

Thank you so much for this video! It's extremely helpful to a new player who's bad at planning roads.

[@nickymelwani7616]

Dude l'm new to this game. Love the way you explained and presented this video. Precise and to the point and your voice sounds super friendly. Definitely easy to listen to. Keep up the good work!

[@spacenut37]

Always with the early bridges! Once I graduate from vanilla into modded building, I'm going to try to replicate small town America, which almost never has bridges except for crossing highways, rails, and rivers.

[@yoyehh]

Just started playing the game. That roundabout and that one intersection instead of one..just awesome ^^

[@ME3fan]

I'm new to this game and terrible at just about everything. I'm not sure if you play this game anymore but you make it look so easy! I'll try and follow some of your basic building principles next time. Great videos 👍

[@spath2143]

Wow cool! That little round-a-bout trick is super awesome, thanks!

[@brettdomenick]

This helps so much as far as road building. I'm playing on xbox... So don't have quite the same control, but it's better than what I was doing.

[@Soarific]

This will help me a lot when I play my new purchase of Cities Skylines! Watching a lot of videos first :) Love how informative you are and your accent, very nice, subscribed!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

fantastic guide 👍😀

[@ImperialJedi]

+Biffa: Strategy, Survival & Indie Games thanks Biffa! That means a lot

[@mehmeh1852]

Biffa: Strategy, Survival & Indie Games Bifa!!!!

[@pjmackey373]

Biffa Plays Indie Games Biffa!!!!

[@BeakliniL]

I've been playing SimCity since SimCity 2000 and I've always been intrested in this sort of game. I've been thinking of buying this game for a very long time, so when I stumbled opon this video, I decided to buy it at last! Loving this content! Keep it Up

[@robbleeker4777]

Hi.. I just started a new game and trying out something you have been doing in this game... Going from 2 smaller roads to one large road.... NOW... I was using a ONE WAY road... Something I did noticed.. In order to get the direction you want to the traffic to drive (arrows).... When you change the starting point of that road, the direction is changing accordingly.. This could save you from having to adjust/upgrade the road later... Ex. You want the traffic to drive from left to right... When you build the ONE WAY road from left to right, the direction is already correct. Same goes from right to left... When you build your road from right to left, the arrows already point in the correct direction

[@adamtaylor8566]

This helped a lot because I love the game but I didn’t k ow how to play and I would always just loose money, so this helped a lot thanks

[@EpicFatLip]

Thanks for this video @ImperialJedi! But why don't you do a whole series again? I love watching your love for your city grow as it expands.

[@transastra]

this is such a good video, it was relaxing and non stressful to watch and listen too, and i definitely understand the game better. thank you so much!

[@ItzMisterBlitzer]

This explains alot, in my PS4 save i made a small town with it only reaching one milestone before the tax got screwed up and everybody got sick

[@tedski69]

How nice it is to see someone actually playing the game without unlimited cash. Some think they are the bees knees because they can build a massive city without worrying about money. :o

[@mephInc]

This makes me want to go back to playing vanilla and just enjoy the game. I've found that now that I'm loaded with mods and assets that I spend waaayy too much time detailing and worrying about perfecting everything. While it's still enjoyable, it just isn't the same as when I first started playing.

[@mauro71404]

I was watching your new player guide series, , just started a new city. thanks for the vid

[@Johnny5530]

I have more than 200 hrs in this game but holy molly, this was pretty helpful. Really. Thanks!

[@JediOfTheRepublic]

I like my women like I like my cities, curvy and dense.

[@Kiy86]

Thank you! I always have trouble with the first junction and end up using the default roundabout.

[@KuroiYuki88]

I just started playing and ugh my urge for symmetrical roads is killing me! Still learning how to plan but man my city is such a mess even without traffic problems LOL so this is amazing guidelines for a newbie like me.

[@Culler94]

You have such a happy voice that makes me feel loved lol

[@mythicaldust8670]

Real cities have curves, right?

[@dylanwalker7674]

yes but as you can see with the eyes you were given, this is a video game

[@0v3r666]

Pugggames lmao

[@sniper-nh2xq]

Mythical Dust y

[@memes4life273]

yes but some cities don't

[@elberniesanders4043]

D-MMA jokes have punchlines

[@randybutternubs4423]

very informative and helped a lot. total newb at the game. just picked it up today. moving a little fast when it came to the utilities. wasnt sure if i needed the pipes within the city as well or just to connect straight to the output.

[@viktorg6823]

Extremely helpful guide and lots of pro tips to really help the beginners! Great work!

[@djrakman3909]

hey imperial. I seen you use this before, is great for starting. lately i been using something very similar (which you inspired me to do) except i raise the main strip so that it makes infrastructure easier later on. costs alot of money at the start but well rewarding.

[@jovinjoelian8973]

it's so enjoyable to see you playing this one, a lot of useful information!

[@Carolinamoonbeam66]

I immediately liked this vid before watching as it was made on my birthday! :D

[@admireruk]

Great ideas for first start. Never have a problem with the game. Only with it looking good lol.

[@llevets]

Hey, great to see you updating this for all the marvelous new features. I learned the game by watching your original series, it was awesome! Thank you for the time and energy you put into sharing your knowledge with people on here. Are you using Discord yet? All the best from Montreal!

[@walkedale1986]

Dude you are awesome! Just started this game as I got it on steam sale and this video has helped me so much.

[@_BangDroid_]

We don't make mistakes. We just have happy accidents.

[@BiasedGamerV]

Bob Ross?

[@jacoblees312]

Biased Gamer no dead pool get it right lemayo