Road Builder is One of Cities Skylines 2's Best Mods!

[@CityPlannerPlays]

TDW worked on this project in collaboration with Trejak and Bad Peanut. If you'd like to support them, you can do so here: ► TDW: buymeacoffee.com/tdwsvillage ► Trejak: ko-fi.com/trejak As a reminder, this mod will be released on August 9th!

[@BritproGamer]

Finally we can have railways with attached dirt roads for maintenance.

[@mikeymikerules]

Please support them! This is revaluationary

[@hopelessdecoy]

A good birthday present for me!

[@seanbaran5695]

Awesome video. Between your video and Codiak’s twitch streams with TDW and Badpeanut I seriously look forward to this mod’s release!!!!

[@haewymetal]

Thoughts on making a video of the most essential (and perhaps some honorable mentions) mods that work with the latest update? Many of the most on paradox mods are outdated or broken and paradox doesnt seem interested in letting people know which ones are and many mod pages have no comment sections so you cant even know.

[@LeoSportGame]

finally we dont need 1 billion road assets

[@tiborsipos1174]

1 million asset creator feels redundand now XD

[@tanel20]

It creates 1 billion road assets

[@lilylute1248]

It's wonderful. I fucking HATED sifting through all the different assets just to get some simple stuff.

[@maksim1415]

​@@tanel20i think the thing is that you usually don't use most of the assets from mods and install them just for few roads, so you need to scroll many unnecessary roads But now you can create few that you will definitely use

[@seriphyn8935]

I'm hoping it'll eventually be integrated into the base game, with credit given to TDW in some form. The less we have to rely on mods, custom assets, etc., the better! Got myself PTSD from the 10,000 asset dive for C:S1 lol

[@RMJ1984]

Seriously, if the game developers are smart, they will offer to buy this mod from the creators. This is so well done, probably the most well done user friendly mod ive seen. So slip them a fat pile of cash and offer to hire them as well. This mod being in the base game, would be a win for everyone. We had some amazing road tools before in city builders, but this hands down blows them all out of the water and it's not even done yet.

[@Xiyng]

The average player probably doesn't want this kind of complexity (it seems quite intuitive, but it probably looks quite complex to most players), and as you can see from the video, the mod has issues (at least with wide roads), and CO would have to find ways to find ways to fix those issues (if you sell something, higher quality is expected of it). I'd 100% love for this to make its way into the game and think it should be a real consideration, but this is probably not even nearly suitable to put in the base game as-is, even with some finishing touches.

[@RMJ1984]

@@Xiyng You could easily make it a toogle under setting. Advanced road control on / off, it doesnt have to replace the current, as we see with the mod.

[@Xiyng]

Yes, that's a part of what makes this not suitable for putting in the base game as-is. That said, I don't imagine CO would be happy with such a solution, so they'd probably try to look for a solution that integrates better in the game, which is even more work (because frankly that's the right approach for most things you want to put in a game). And some of those quirks visible in the video might not be something a modder can easily fix, so that's even more work.

[@Swarm509]

@@Xiyng I expect the base game will get more complex as time goes on though, they did that with CS1 to the point where it was suggested to new players to ignore some DLC as is could get overwhelming. I could see a version of this being added, but much closer to what we have now with basic selectable options instead of this full editor. This is a perfect example of why we have mods, if someone wants the complexity they can find it and try it.

[@toddblankenship7164]

why would they waste money when they can just sit back and the modders do the work?

[@unclemikeyplays]

Here's one of the big takeaways, I think: assuming that the Road Builder Mod is ONLY creating new roads from the pieces available and not actually changing any other underlying code...this always would have worked. Colossal Order have done something almost 100% right, because all these modular pieces were just waiting for ways to put them together without needing a separate mod for each road type, and they all just work when you build the networks. We've spent a lot of time criticizing CO the last 9 months since launch. But this? They got this right, and if they didn't include the actual road-builder capability in the base game, they made it possible for one to work!

[@LadyLucyna]

CO got a lot right with the game, they did say the main focus was on future-proofing and enabling modders wherever they can. I've been saying since day 1, the game has massive potential, but CO seemingly spent so much time on the underlying systems that they then couldn't finish the game itself before the launch.

[@TypicxlSortOfOdd]

They couldn't even implement stop signs, yield signs, or stopping for oncoming traffic properly - we don't even talk about lane switching; if this was base and they allowed this to be manipulated in such a way, they could have given us the best road tools ever but they didn't.

[@BluegrassGeek]

@@TypicxlSortOfOdd I'm certain we'll get all that and more over time. They just bit off a bit more than they could chew with the launch date.

[@Nixy23]

My main take-away here is that C.O. is making a game for the masses. I do not think for even a moment that this functionality is wanted by most casual players. They will get overwhelmed and never touch it. That's not something a company can afford to spend its development budget on just for a few crazy people / planners / engineers that like to go for realism.

[@deltak5457]

@@Nixy23 That's correct to some extend - one has to keep in mind that the audience for the game is pretty diverse in age, interests and hardware. If you add in all micro management aspects possible menus will get cluttered, tutorials won't find any end and some people which will just casually play will just quit. The most important point however is that the developers support modding to build upon the games foundations and that the game itself is designed from 0 to support such things. The mod previewed is only possible because CO decided to create networks lane based and not segment based like in C:S1 (which they could also have avoided and for most players it still would be fine). As the base is pretty flexible it's possible to extend and alter the gameplay into any direction using mods to make it your own game/simulator.

[@needsmoredrums]

As an armchair urban planner, this gave me goosebumps. Being a Chicago native, I've always tried to build the rail between the highway in all of my builds, and this will make it so much easier. Such a ground-breaking mod -- literally removes the need for custom road assets since you can make basically anything you want! The UI is so easy, and it looks like everything just works! Not to mention, Paradox built the game in a way to make mods like this possible, so props to them, too. I can't wait to add this to my new build, perfect timing! Thanks for the great overview as always, and I can't wait to give this one a try.

[@erikaverink8418]

Now i can finally think , how i want my roads to look like, bus/tramlines in the middle, custom made pedestrian roads. Just get a custom basic set to start with. Now i need bikes and bike lanes (i am dutch). They had a rough start, but like i said from the beginning the bones of the game are good.

[@asneakyninja1_]

After watching this I really cannot WAIT to get my hands on using this. The economy 2.0 patch and the detailer patch already somewhat reignited my want to play this game, and this mod has been turning it into a massive campfire. I can see so much potential and plans with this, such as compact diverging diamonds, two lane avenues, of course most of the roads you made in this video, and even some more asymmetrical roads that I've been needing for some intersections for a while now.

[@George_Rakkas]

If this mod doesn't rewrite code then this just goes to show how good cities 2 is made code wise to allow something like this to exist. This wouldn't even be possible as a dlc in a normal game, but we got it as a free mod which is insane

[@nasty9305]

Absolutley this! Deliberate or not, CS2 seems to have extremley well moddable code and the fact that it seems that way makes me insanely happy. This mod within a less than a year shows how much this game WILL grow. I think CS2's potential isnt hypothetical anymore. At this point its a fact that this game will eclips CS1 sooner or later.

[@dakrisis]

One factor that plays into this is the open nature of the engine they used: Unity. It's not easy to learn, but it does have an opinionated way of organizing code and swapping stuff in and out. By not choosing to build their own custom engine, more people are able to get into the code quickly and start modding instead of hacking their way towards what they want to accomplish.

[@Swarm509]

The official asset tools have not even been released. Maybe this guy had seen them or had access to the beta tools but very possible he made this work without them. Once those official asset tools drop I expect to see some really crazy stuff with a few months.... or even weeks. Hell they already have some modders working with the beta tools to have stuff ready at its launch.

[@ThylineTheGay]

@@dakrisis eh that would depend on how a custom engine is done some games (factorio, vintage story) implement the base game as essentially a mod, making modding very good as mods can add things in the same way the game does

[@dakrisis]

@@ThylineTheGay sure, but a custom engine does require learning a bit about the environment you're working in and it might not be familiar right off the bat. Games built with Unity don't have that problem, provided they adhered to Unity best practices. It also makes creating documentation for modding interfaces less difficult, which both methods should at least provide, but rarely do.

[@joshuagaude6084]

So in theory we can have street running trains (train tracks in the middle of the street). It would be cool to have something similar to La Grange, KY. Where freight trains roll down Main Street. Can add to the history of the town being a railroad town, or indicating that the railroad has long since been established before roads were paved.

[@maidenminnesota1]

I've seen videos of that, and it's just wild to me!

[@BluegrassGeek]

There's similar tracks down the main street in Frankfort, KY. This mod will be absolutely great for that kind of build.

[@tpottrell]

Small world, I was in the US from the UK in April for the Eclipse and our hosts took us through La Grange. A huge cargo/freight train came trundling through just as we were leaving the restaurant, so [bleeping] loud, but was great to see :)

[@theevilmoppet]

There's also the Metra (Chicago's regional rail) South Shore Line. This mod really is great for building Chicago, since it gives you both highway median rail and street running rail.

[@Spyro5500]

Like in GTA 5, there is a train in the middle of a street

[@andr3wb3n]

23:07 Imagine walking on the sidewalk all distracted when suddenly a train runs you over lmao! Loving this mod already! :D

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Oops, haha

[@zeroibis]

One thing I can see being needed thanks to the power of this mod is crosswalk control. For example lets say you want to have a crosswalk only to the tram island from the tram side of the road only but not have the crosswalk extend to the other side of the road. I think all the amazing roads that this mod is going to allow is going to necessitate finer control over crosswalks. Also agree on the assets part specifically things like being able to have grass under the tram tacks would be amazing.

[@EndoScorpion]

This is an absolute game-changer and should be in the base game! They would still have a bunch of standard roads so people didn't need to get this in-depth if they didn't want to, but having this for people who really want to dive deep into customising and detailing is amazing and doesn't require CO to add new road types/combos in the future. I just wish plots could have this sort of flexibility and were more procedurally generated - such as generating a hedgerow or fence around the edge of a plots boundary and spawning house/garage/ garden furniture depending on size and level, etc.

[@rosaria8384]

I love how this mod is basically Network Extensions but a DIY version that allows for more modularity.

[@SaikouENT]

Excited to experiment with this. First thing to make is a residential road that I’m sure plenty of people are used to. The alley upgraded with side walks, no parking and no traffic lines.

[@youtubeman1999]

This. It's crazy how these weren't implemented in the base game.

[@thebrandontalk]

This in literally a game-changer ! Such tools allow us to play with different urban layouts, which makes cities much more realistic. I wanted to create a more walkable city, but just didn't like the fact that we only had one pedestrian road, which is so wide. Thank you !

[@Lunar-AnViFox]

So... did CS2 just became the best city builder in gaming history with this? i think it did

[@michaellaporte4951]

It still can't handle elevation differences or non 90 degree angles very well.

[@KaitouKaiju]

​@@michaellaporte4951Sure but what's better

[@AdamBurianek92]

Road Builder in CS1 was great, but you had to create your desired road in external app first, then you needed to go to Asset Editor and load it there and after this whole process you could use your roads in game. CS2's solution is much, much better in my humble opinion. Great job, TWD and team. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@maidenminnesota1]

I love listening to the absolute delight in Phil's voice as he's using this. He's like a kid in a candy store! 😂

[@stanjuice]

2:45 what a legend! You’re the real MVP, Phil👏🏻

[@alexandercunha8364]

He is the GOAT for sharing his resources with others.

[@rooley123]

you call it ugly all the time, i call this a work of art. the power to build outside of any wonders of legalisation of possibilities making public transport the power house its always wanted to be

[@fontoteca319]

When you said "and now, I'm going to mirror this", I thought, adding to the UI a "mirror button" to automatically apply the same settings to the opposite direction, would be another cherry on top of this amazing mod. Congrats to the mod makers!

[@Pat_Playz]

Train tracks on a road?! I want CS2 and this mod more than ever, I've always wanted to recreate something like La Grange, Kentucky where there are tracks going down the middle of Main Street in their historic downtown

[@angelx9724]

I honestly think this is the most industry changing mod in city building in general. Finally. Finally. Everything as it should be. Brings a sense of calm to my mind to think about.

[@SparkyTheSKUM]

Bruh, that road tool is amaze-balls... Once again, CPP throwing out the KNOWLEDGE!!!!!!!!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@PatilG654]

How you commented on video 9 hours ago?? The video was uploaded just 1 hour ago..😮

[@Vlamyncksken]

@@SparkyTheSKUM "amaze-balls" 😬

[@horus6915]

@@PatilG654 "Premium" membership

[@SparkyTheSKUM]

@@PatilG654 If you're a subscriber you get most content a day early... Support your favorite creators and get perks!

[@userreview2806]

This is what I was hoping for when I heard "customisable roads" in the Cities 2 release trailers. Great work guys!

[@psloate]

I found Phil's maniacal laughter as he released years of pent-up anarchy usage quite healing.

[@SparkyTheSKUM]

Very cool that you share the tunes, knowledge and good vibes man! Love the channel!

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Thank you so much, Sparky!!

[@mdhazeldine]

Totally nuts! I love it. Imagine when we have bikes too. Looking forward to making some crazy Dutch style streets with: bike, road, tram, tram, road, bike lanes or seperated bike roads. Perhaps we can now also do really narrow European style old alleyways and pedestrian city centres. So cool!

[@briball423]

I am not the best player and only dabble in this game but this genuinely made me pumped to play. I need to play this mod as soon as I have free time. Great video as always. Love your support and recognition of the mod developers.

[@SirMaxeN]

Looks great, sometimes in Poland there are such a wide roads, like | sidewalk | street | street | street | trees | sidewalk + (even trams sometimes) | trees | street | street | street | sidewalk | cant wait to make those ultra wide mainstreets

[@SpiceCh]

Went to read up on the Master Planned Music thing and I have to say, that's an extremely classy thing to do for other content creators. Also roads like these are a dream come true. I live in a city with great tram and bus networks and being able to integrate lines into the normal roads would absolutely be necessary to faithfully recreate a lot of existing cities.

[@ChannelSho]

His reaction towards the end about how much power this mod gives someone was wholesomely precious.

[@offside8170]

Was already hyped for this mod but seeing it put into action like that, I cannot wait to be able to use it. Great work from TDW

[@mmoran0032]

Honestly, getting trees and grass on pedestrian roads would've been my first go. This is so cool though!

[@simonwahlstrom1296]

Nice showcase of a really promising mod! Also source for some funny tragedies where people are lining up on the middle of the railway just to get run over at 23:10, but as you said, alpha stuff :D

[@enlightenedgaming8997]

Very fond of your channel that I just recently found. Real Civil Engineer came up in my feed for some silly city skylines game play. But the amount of detail he goes into when designing highways, road hierarchys and junctions has become so addicting to me that I actually bought the game. And ive never been in to simulation games. However I find myself now designing awesome intricate highway systems. And completely suck and doing anything else in the game. I love your passion for “pretending” pretending soil is moved here to there. That one detail of how you pretend where you move soil is so wholesome and actually makes me think about just how much planning and engineering goes into the most simplest of every day functions like our roads. Thank you for being you. I look forward to watching more of your content

[@benjaminbauer6301]

I usually don't get excited easily, but this time, I burst into tears 😢❤😊 Thia mod is outstanding, amazing, and xxxx (English doesn't have proper adjectives to describe that at all!) Also, a huuuuuuge thanks for the good work CO put in the game in the first place. Yes, the launch was disastrous, but the really made the game future proof and amazing under the hood. If they hadn't done this, this mod wouldn't even be possible ❤ That mod itself could be considered as a DLC and would be worth it!!! I am going to buy TDW a coffee worth like a proper DLC. He really deserves it! ❤

[@ashtuatara]

This is awesome!! Very excited for what this could do after we finally get bikes in the game!!

[@arthurl5280]

Again the modders show how amazing they are - brilliant stuff!

[@illuminaut]

My favorite mod in CS1 was Network Extensions, but it quickly became obvious that it would never be able to deliver all the specific variations people were asking for (not to mention the other issues with cities forever having to rely on a mod that would eventually get out of sync with the base game). This takes this concept to whole other level AND it's only using base assets to do it, so should be future proof.

[@College-Builder]

This is awesome! Will love working with some different pedestrian configurations and some unique boulevards. Thanks for the overview!!

[@thegreatdodo5092]

Interestingly, not many people knew about the mod for CS1. I joined the Discord when it had only a few hundred members, and I chatted quite a bit with TDW back then. I could never have dreamed of what this mad lad would go on to achieve in CS2. I said it back then, and I'll say it again: this mod is the single most influential one since tools like "Move It" and "Surface Painter." It's simple, but incredibly powerful for both basic detailing and super niche, complex solutions. In my opinion, TDW deserves to be crowned a -king- mayor!

[@tdwsvillage2161]

❤❤

[@dg3red36]

I thought cs1 had it where you make the roads before hand?

[@tdwsvillage2161]

@@dg3red36 that was the case yes, now it's in real-time

[@lwood9210]

You are the first person I have seen to actually explain the settings for road building. Makes me even more excited to try out this mod. I have some ideas already.

[@bigpopakap]

23:15 three innocent pedestrians and one dog murdered by insane road design ⚰️💀

[@lordlubu3029]

Oh I cannot wait to see you use this in your builds!

[@brucenguyen6554]

Finally something that won't make me tear my hair out! I use Autocad, Streetmix and Synchro as a fresh outta college traffic engineer and this is something I look forward to using in my CS2 sessions.

[@jamieallan2859]

That 1U pedestrian road was the first thing I thought of when you started playing with the boulevard. Very excited to start using this in my builds 😁

[@louispetitjean1652]

This is so cool! The next step would be a similar tool to manage intersections. Once bikes are added, I doubt the base game will be able to cleanly handle complex multi-modal intersections. Also, Dutch style intersections and roundabouts are a dream.

[@Abingdale]

FINALLY got my VB merch! Right before I watched this video and got to try the discount code 😅 oh well. Thank you, Phil!

[@MehOnCommenting]

I remember before CS2 came out there was a creator that went to work at CO and there was something that came out about road building looking like this mod. I was SO EXCITED for that and CS2's potential. Huge disappointment that roads aren't done this way in the base game. This game has so much potential and modders are taking it to the next level. I hope CO brings a lot of these essential mods into the base game and compensates the modders for their work like with the content creator packs.

[@hazonku]

This is literally game changing!!! No more wondering if the road asset pack you just downloaded will work with the one you're already using. No page after page of road assets other than the ones you created. This is AMAZING!!! Good work TDW!!!

[@thatplayathough8101]

This is crazy, in 2-3 years when this mod is deep into its life and it's super fleshed out, i can easily see this mod being a must have. As of right now I already think its gonna be a game changer, my only question is how it'd work when elevated, when an elevated item like a lightrail/subway is above it etc, and its stability with other mods. I'm also curious if you could say for example sink the train line beside the highway where it's not quite a tunnel but deeper than the road to be able to maintain safe passage over top. Make this mod have official support ASAP.

[@ImRivendill]

Thanks for the very informative video! I saw a clip of the mod being launched and the UI looked a bit confusing to me, but now that I understand it I also believe this is the biggest game changer for the game. I remember in CS1 downloading over 30 types of roads, now I just need 1 mod and the power is in my own hands!

[@Lumpy-Fx]

I mean PLEASE can we have Manor lords type zoning one day?! omg I hate how if you don't build a perfect grid there will always be gaps in-between lots

[@hitechredneck6366]

Your Chicago test was one of the first things that popped into mind. For example, on the Dan Ryan and the Ike, the roads pass over the at-grade rail, so that would simplify your handoff to the rail station. Here in Houston, there are commuter trains sharing vehicle travel lanes downtown and through the Texas Medical Center, and on Post Oak Blvd in Uptown, there's a BRT with bendy-busses going down the center of the boulevard. The BRT has some of its own unique signaling along with the commuter trains. On the Hardy Toll Road, there are dual and triple freight rail lines running right down the middle of the toll road just like with Chicago's commuter rail. And like Chicago, the toll road will cross over the at-grade rail lines. It would be interesting to see if this mod could combine with a traffic light mod that would allow you to set separate signaling for each transportation type. Nice mod and demo!

[@AyyyGabagool]

Yep, this mod is a game changer. Completely revolutionizes the means of putting cities together in this game. Roads are one of the most fundamental aspects of planning communities and by removing almost every limit, cities are going to start looking a LOT different in this game pretty soon. Two key takeaways I had from this mod: 1. The modding potential of this game far exceeds cities skylines if we are getting something like this in YEAR 1 of the release. 2. There is something concerning about CO's development studio if a single modder on unpaid time was able to create this in such short order when the actual devs shipped the second game with so little that there are even stuff missing from the first game. I'm obviously not surprised, considering how the launch of this game went, more broadly. But it really makes me wonder exactly what it is that is holding CO back. I don't think it's a lack of passion or desire from the dev team, I would hope. Is it a lack of funding? Do they just not have enough developers on the team? Don't they have Paradox as a publisher? Surely they gave CO a big enough investment to rapidly expand the team due to the success of the first game to make 2 even bigger and better, right? We aren't ever going to get answers to these questions, but one thing is for sure, be it lack of competent leadership, lack of developers, or lack of funding, CO is currently banking HARD on mods just like this one to completely transform this game into a finished, refined product.

[@ThaJay]

A lot of the work CO has done is on the architecture level, making a backbone that is ready for the next generation. This mod even being possible now is a sign of them doing it right. That work takes many hundreds or thousands of hours to get right without any visible improvements. They want to make everything we want possible, while still keeping the vanilla game accessible to casual players. That's why the game does not ship with things like this.

[@AyyyGabagool]

@@ThaJay I get it. I really, really do. Game development, especially for simulation games, is incredibly difficult. But my friend, you are kidding yourself if you believe that CO couldn't have put out a more finished and refined product with a solid publisher like Paradox and many years of development. It's not like they made the launch version of CS2 in 12 months on a skeleton crew. This game was not sold as a "buy now, get content later" Early Access title. This was a fully fledged, major release. To put things into perspective, and I know many people have already forgotten, but this game was supposed to come out in 2020. Yes I know, that sounds crazy. but it's true. If this game came out half -baked in 2023, what could it have possibly looked like back in 2020? Was it even more than a sandbox at that point? What caused the devs to completely miss the mark by 3 whole years? Well the truth is that these are all obvious signs of deficiencies in the development team, which goes back to my previous comment. There was something seriously wrong with the CO team back then, be it incompetent leadership, improperly scaled dev team, improper use of funds, ect, and I'm willing to bet not much has changed since then. Even if the desire and drive to make the best city builder possible is in the hearts of every CO developer, there is something significant holding them back, and this is inarguable at this point. No matter how you slice it, the story of CS2's development has "troubled" all over it. And comparing the state of the first game's release to this one is no excuse. They were supposed to learn from the mistakes of the CS1 launch, not repeat them with the launch of CS2. But here we are.

[@ThaJay]

@@AyyyGabagool You don't have to tell me they should have released at least a year later. Especially not with that many words. I know, I have over 1000 hours in CS1 and almost 300 hours in CS2. Please don't trauma dump on strangers on the internet. Most of us realize they have a shitty publisher and a mediocre pr team. Doesn't change the fact they CHOOSE to rely on mods for advanced / power user features like they always have. The backbone is here. Stop playing until next year if you want polished. They have my money already so might as well enjoy what I have. This mod is the game changer I have been waiting for for years. Now I can finally implement the correct junctions everywhere in my city instead of going for creative but imperfect solutions.

[@AyyyGabagool]

@@ThaJay Well I'm not really sure why you even replied to my comment in the first place then if we were in agreement already. My biggest takeaway was that CO, for better or worse, is banking on mods to finish their game. My point is that they have demonstrated that they have no interest in finishing it themselves any time soon.(Which SHOULD very much be a cause for concern). As to a casual player myself, the stuff that is missing, broken, or poorly implemented are still beyond disappointing. I don't even plan on using this mod, but even a fraction of the customization this mod offers in the base game would be amazing. Do not get it twisted, catering your game towards a casual playerbase is NO excuse for pawning off incomplete projects as a full game with the promise of it being better at some unknown future date.

[@ThaJay]

@@AyyyGabagool I replied because I disagree in multiple ways. Don't twist my words. Again, if you want polish wait until next year. I will stop relying now. The discussion is not progressing.

[@Hoodat_Whatzit]

Here I am trying to follow along with UBG to get at least ONE playthrough with Vanilla and you're tempting me with mods again. I love your excitement! It's contagious. I always get ideas for my own builds watching your videos.

[@LadyLucyna]

Something you didn't mention that makes this mod even better - it will be compatible with custom road assets, so if you want nicer textures than the default ones, the mod will still work the same once those are available.

[@WeGoToMars]

This mod will be for CS2 what Move it was for CS1. Huge props to the creators; I'm amazed that they could make it work so well!

[@The8347135]

This is the kinda stuff I assumed C:S2 would come with from the start. Glad to see the modding community saving this game

[@zarblitz]

I'm glad it's finally happened. Years ago I thought that roads should be essentially just a path, and edge connecting two nodes in a network and on that edge you can place whatever lane types you want. The toolbox in CSL shouldn't be lanes, lanes which can be configured (which direction, parking, bikes, buses, tram tracks, no heavy traffic, etc. - want a road where each lane alternates directions? knock yourself out) Then at nodes it uses some best-guess algorithm to automatically join up lanes in the intersection or allow you to do it yourself. Nothing new or crazy even at the time, but glad to finally see something like it.

[@unclemikeyplays]

16:01 The minute you said "train in the middle" I thought, "Chicago!"

[@stevenwilson67]

I haven't been to Chicago. But my hometown Perth Australia has the metro rail down the centre of our main highway. So I love this. And I grew up thinking this was a completely common and normal thing.

[@imo098765]

and then I thought "another cold night in Chicago 🎵"

[@maidenminnesota1]

Same! I said to myself, "I've seen that. In Chicago."

[@sal-the-man]

I-290! I remember driving down and seeing it

[@TomBruhh]

I thought Los Santos lol

[@cwburns32]

Love the Chicago shout out!! I was just on the El earlier today! Appreciate all the incredible content you so graciously provide us - keep on keeping on!

[@huskerpower02]

Seeing a mod like this really makes you wonder what CO and Paradox were doing for all those years while CS:2 was in development.

[@roadtrain_]

Making the code robust enough to allow for this.

[@KaitouKaiju]

Do you think this kind of modularity happens by accident?

[@Shwafta]

This is what I was asking for a few weeks back!! I posted on the forum talking about modular roads where instead of the weird hard-coded roads they release, just have a modular road where you can choose what lane everything goes. I'm SUPER stoked to have this soon!!!

[@quinten2451]

W mod. Why do game company's sell their games for like 50 buck each, when they dont heve features like this in to the vanilla game?

[@VinceP1974]

Hmmmm... maybe because a smallish team can't do 160 things simultaneously. They designed the game so that people can hook into it to provide the functionality. So you use it or you don't. What's so hard about that concept?

[@simongeard4824]

@@VinceP1974 Exactly... the number of modders is *much* higher than the number of people employed by a typical game developer. And many of the latter *are* modders... quite a few notable CS:1 modders ended up getting jobs out of it.

[@KaitouKaiju]

Making a game as polished and functional as even CS2 with all its flaws, complete with extensibility for mods like this, is a lot of work on its own. Too many people think something is easy just because they can't see the part that isn't user facing.

[@prorussianman]

THIS IS INSANE!!! Changes the whole game, you're going to have like 20 episodes now realizing the vision of Magnolia County with this tool!!!

[@paulborst5801]

I’ve been waiting for one the content creators to pick this up and really put it through its paces!

[@TheDrew2022]

@23:05 Love that you can do that with train tracks as there's a lot of places across the USA where a railway line runs right down the middle of the road. Speed limited but the ability to simulate that in our city builds is kinda cool.

[@GuySilva-rk2fe]

I can't wait to try this one... One thing i noticed though, was that when you finished the train track, on the crossroads near the station you placed, there was one of those moving road gates (i dont really know how you call it, but its a barrier that goes up and down to allow passage or block it), that strangely was set on the first lane or the road, where it makes no sense at all. I guess its either because is still a work in progress, or maybe you needed to tweak it a little more ;) You can see it at 22:46 on the video.

[@Subreon]

this is an absolute game changer. the complete and total on the fly creativity you can squeeze in that only works in one space is now possible without flooding your pc and game with a million road assets with very limited use cases and needing the search mod just to find them. now you can just make them as you need them, and with none of the extra nonsense they include in them, like side parking. holy crap this is GLORIOUS

[@coach.pattie]

This is SO EXCITING!! It would be cool if CO would add certain mods under official support. That way it wouldn’t break every update lol

[@macaidwin]

What an amazing tool!! I saw the preview, but is is even better😍. Better in functionality as well graphical. I love this!

[@belevagor]

When you swapped the tram direction on that one segment, it made me realize you could use this to make a super easy diverging diamond interchange.

[@SoDakJason]

This will be even better than it already is once bikes are in the game, and you can use this mod to build protected bike lanes.

[@riq_ceo]

This mod makes me very happy for many reasons but mainly because I’ve always had a vision for what an ideal public rail system would look like and this gives me the opportunity to build it in the sim.

[@armedbobery4879]

For the dedicated tram tracks alone this mod is perfect

[@TheQarnage]

Super impressed and super inspired by the mod, and I'm very glad you're sharing this, best kind of video!

[@Lannachi]

I've wanted this for years and this is so much better than I ever hoped for. I'm so excited for this mod.

[@BossMan-yu1og]

@22:06 That giggle! He's like a kid in a candy store! Love it!

[@MartinAusBerlin]

15:30 Grass under the tram tacks would be more realistic! You can find it in many european cities that way. BTW: The mod is amazing!

[@DrKat213]

Wow! This is an exciting mod. Thank you for making such a clear video illustrating how to use it!

[@SwedePlaysGames]

This mod is absolutely insane. This also opens up for a lot more real world city reproductions, since they usually have weird road configs.

[@brittanyvancamp9396]

I would love to see the ability to add concrete barriers as one of the "shoulder" lanes. I don't mean sound barrier walls like we have in other areas of the game, but those concrete barriers that you see during road construction. It'd add a level of realism to the visual representation of roads, especially the highways. Traffic cones would be another fun cosmetic addition so you could make it look like a traffic lane is blocked for construction. Not sure that anyone else would want to have this, but I kind of like the idea of my sims having to live through the same urban hellscapes as I do in real life.

[@AuricomSystems]

This is an absolutely astonishing mod. I'm blown away by it from a purely technical standpoint, quite aside from the fact it's got so much potential to improve the game.

[@RealSoloWing]

I'm six minutes in and this is so interesting I have to pause it, get some coffe and stop everything just to enjoy the vid

[@Gigex91]

Okay is freakin awesome. And that we can have these types of mods shows, that the devs really thought of this.

[@oliversdouglas]

Huge credit to this dev, this is such a cool mod and it’s so well made. 100% worthy of prime time and needs to be in the game

[@danyg4063]

This plugin is - and I cannot stress this enough - SICK. I might even go so far as to call it wizard.

[@paulwest3905]

Thanks for this Phil, crazy how such a controversial start for CS2 is blooming into something special. Keep at it brother, mad respect for what you do for the community! I sent 5 coffees TDW's way for his outstanding work. Can't wait to see how it matures.

[@Xiyng]

I'm actually quite impressed by the road thumbnails generated by the mod.

[@DanielSmith-DannieD]

Holy cow! TDW&Crew have given us an absolute game changer! This is incredible.

[@Kaeridan]

Everything about this looks top notch, down to the interface details. I'm looking forward to playing with it this weekend. These Modders just made a game changer IMO.

[@theCitiesGuy]

A lovely mod to start up my new city with. Everything I've made up until now has just been boring 'let's plays'. I'm still not very creative, but I hope with the vastly flatter terrain of my own custom map, I'll be able to make something people might want to watch, including my 4 subs that I've acquired since November '23. Anyway, thank you TDW for your awesome contribution, and to you CPP for the demonstration.

[@CBGBBB]

Thanks TDW! I love your mods, make CS2 even better that I hoped for

[@HeruKane]

OMG on this! Like this si perfect. I had always thought it would be cool to be able to design like a super 'here is everything in theory' type road and with this tool you can. Super wide sidewalks, tree lanes, bike lanes, bus/taxi lane, tree lane, main road, center lane, and then on repeat. So much potential! Especially if you add main road, green space, monorail line, green space, main road, etc. So much potential. This is brilliant. I wonder what sort of 'futuristic' utopia-style road systems you can build using this tool. hehe

[@anders95]

Huge possibilities with this one. I'm starting to feel like CS2 has a bright future despite the catastrophic launch lol.

[@abdulrahmanbahobeshi7933]

This is beyond expectation! Really amazing! Only one thing missing pavement and tree diversity for us to change to tiles, bricks and lots of other variations

[@ashbridgeindustries380]

I've been waiting for a mod like this since the first Cities: Skylines. The possibilites this opens up are incredible. I've recently been working on recreating my home town but there is *so much more* variety in road layout than even a heavily modded game can offer. This will be an absolute game-changer.

[@ash36230]

This is an amazing mod concept, exactly what i would've loved to see in CS2. Complete flexibililty of roads. Hopefully CO finds a way to bring it into the vanilla game

[@codythompson9552]

OMGLOG. I've been wanting a mod (or city builder) exactly like this, but I couldn't imagine the UI. This is beautiful!