Improved Intersections, Realistic Highways - Cities: Skylines Node Controller Mod

[@Akruas]

Made a mistake, it works for railways and monorails, but it does not work for network walls, fences, etc. EDIT: Works for everything now.

[@geebsterman2881]

Does anyone know why I don't have the remove crosswalks option. I have the most recent nood controler

[@Akruas]

@@geebsterman2881 steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1934023593

[@geebsterman2881]

@@Akruas wow wee you replied. Thank you, thank you. You're the best. I didn't even know it's a separate mode.

[@furinick]

I hope the man that made this mode has a fulfilling life, he really deserves it

[@vicforas]

Cities should be an open source game. the community has already modified this game so much that Paradox / Colossal does not need to do anything else (after all, every time they decide to change something it ends up stopping us from playing for two weeks until all mods are updated). One thing I noticed that you can do with the Node Controller is the possibility to make lane transitions smoother. I haven't tested it on customs roads like CSUR, but in the vanillas it worked perfectly. Cars don't chance lanes in a horrible way anymore, at leats at points that I determine. This makes the game much more real. Thanks for this tutorial, friend!

[@Akruas]

It probably won't work with CSUR as they don't have the intersection models that can be smoothened. I tried it on nodeless railways and it just pushes the segments away.

[@hsezekielpark]

This mod makes so many previous highway mods and attempts at realistic highways obsolete !

[@kumaashiato]

Oh yeah. I love this mod.

[@degreatal]

can it compete with csur? i like csur but it's too complicated. I don't use it anymore

[@kumaashiato]

@@degreatal CSUR ...for me its too complicated. :(

[@degreatal]

@@kumaashiato yeah but I'm gonna wait till this mod stable and also the other mods that required to support this mod (like crossing) which are still in beta. I don't want to crash my city save game.

[@7249xxl]

@@degreatal csur and this are 2 different items. I use both and will never look back.

[@grzegorzwasaznik1634]

this is almost tmpe level game changer.

[@ElsenCheung]

or even Move it level game changer?

[@user-wq9mw2xz3j]

nah, not close to either move it and especially not tm:pe, but definetly a great addition. Closer to mods like PLT or maybe even comparable to Fine road tool/anarchy

[@LeeHawkinsPhoto]

I think this mod will become essential to me now...once I saw the smooth intersections I almost cried! This is really going to change the game (and make me fix all my freeway junctions 🤦🏻‍♂️) but it will look SO REAL afterwards! This game is like model railroading-except nearly contained in nifty little boxes we call computers!

[@ikkeheltvanlig]

I get a feeling I gotta check out tmpe

[@grzegorzwasaznik1634]

@@user-wq9mw2xz3j i disagree with move it and tmpe u can do things which u cant do with vanilla game without exploiting mechanic (u need dead end one way roads to make interchanges merge in reasonable way) move it allows you to stack diffrent buildings in the same place (besides all conviniences) all things plt does u can plt does u can do by hand it requires a lot of effort but so does recreating mona lisa in paint). technically u could edit roads so they have nodes behave the way u want but it would force you to make new road for each interchange which would take ages, way more time than just placing trees relatively evenly spaced or in circle.

[@foodforthegods]

This mod is one of those things where I will never be able to properly make my friends - gamers or otherwise - unterstand how freakin' rad it is. This is *insane*.

[@goldenhate6649]

the level of knowledge of the game systems to make it work is astounding, if only there were better looking roads highways that werent weird systems than network extensions and didnt replace vanilla roads

[@IceSpoon]

After 4 years of playing this game, I understand how gamechanging some of these things are. I want to share it all across my social media, but my friends won't have any clue why this is so impressive :c

[@mvenusaur01]

Game changing mod for detailing roads. I like to work with vanilla as much as possible. So with mods that change the parameters of the vanilla assets, it makes a whole difference when it comes to detailing. Thank you for explaining the functions of this mod. I will download this mod as soon as I can. No more messing with move it as much to get smooth curves on intersections.

[@PCthesecond]

Haven’t played Skyline in year. These kind of things make me realise i need to get bk on it

[@elfoxini]

Same :D

[@LenhaRDT0130]

same haha

[@Krzys_D]

the biggest problem in City Skylines has been fixed @ 17:56

[@hao21291]

And flat junction too

[@RealestUrbanism]

Can't wait to remove all the custom roads in my asset folder that are just vanilla roads with the right lane added or deleted

[@howdlej123]

Honestly I've been looking for a way to do this for years where I don't have to sit an manually drag out junction 100 different ways til it finally looks ok and then spend hours placing decals. I tried CSUR for a while but that mod is a headache. The pieces just don't work with vanilla one way roads well at all and it's an utter headache trying to navigate the UI achieve anything I spend as much time trying to figure out what road I need with their convoluted system and lack of support for left-hand drive previews I might as well stick to the original method. As much as I appreciate the effort of the other modders, Mods like the ones shown in this video are what I love about the community. Simple, elegant solutions that work with the vanilla assets without extremely complicated UI and don't require complex dedicated websites explaining every aspect of the mod.

[@SaifTutorials]

OMG this looks so realistic, i have watched some videos of yours ( Aurelia City ) You're best in building realistic City❤

[@derblaue]

Move It, TMPE, Node Contorller, Intersection Marking Tool. The holy quatinity of Cities: Skylines mods. Thank you for showing me this gem of a mod.

[@the_persuader509]

Thanks for this video. I could not figure out how to use the node controller at all. Clear, concise instructions and examples! It's really making a huge difference in my cities.

[@manukja]

Omg, this couple of mods fixed the most lacking functionalities of the game IMO! Why didn't I know them before, I NEED 'EM!! Thank you so much for the videos! And thanks to the authors of the mods, I can't test those yet, but they'll definitely change my game experience!

[@alohatigers1199]

The game released in 2015. The game OVERACHIEVED. No one expect this game to blow up. Of course it’s easy to say these things. It took the community 5 years of mods to make this game better so you can’t expect the devs 5 years ago to predict this outcome. Now, it’s been 5 years and we can see what people want. I’m sure people enabled at least 60+ mods so it means adding in 60+ features. Assets goes, I don’t believe the devs are that creative to sculpt good looking buildings and you can’t blame them. The engine of this game already hits it’s peak, we need a better engine. This game poorly optimized. It’s no surprise of the Next Gen Console releasing, this is an opportunity for Colossal Order to make a C:S2. It would be good business if the devs pull a 2k and make it so that if you already buy C:S, you get the C:S2 for free on Next Gen. All the DLC, 60+ added features, etc. will be there. This is a big “What If”.

[@manukja]

@@alohatigers1199 That's a good explanation. Indeed C:S went popular because of the complete failure of EA's SimCity (mandatory connection, integrated ads and limited sized cities).

[@Cane306]

This combination of this two mods is real gamechanger!

[@Jay-vp3kk]

There's been some big game changers in CS history, I remember when traffic manager, prop line tool, move it came out. They all completely changed the game and what was possible. This seems like another together with the intersection marking tool.

[@therocinante3443]

I never heard of your channel until 20 minutes ago but I'm VERY happy I saw this. Dude this is amazing.

[@newjerseymountain]

Holy shit, this changes everything. This fixes so many damn annoyances with the road system when trying to make realistic intersections and interchanges. Game changer!!

[@johnterpack3940]

I've now had time to play with this mod since first watching this video. Yeah, this is an absolutely essential tool for anyone with a road fetish. I cannot believe how good vanilla roads can look now.

[@jamesyang420]

Gosh I've been looking for these solutions for years! Thank you so much for sharing this mod with us! I'm gonna restart my project with this powerful mod!

[@SchmiddiJR]

This is a mod i`ve waited for since 2015. Thanks for the tutorial and the info this even exists!

[@LeeHawkinsPhoto]

I have to try this! This mod might actually get me to build roundabouts 😳 my number one reason for not was just that making them work realistically was suuuuuch a headache...this makes it way easier! I need to play around with this though, and see if I can create a modern roundabout with it-because those are the only kinds they build here in the States (new at least). Thanks for making this!

[@Ink_25]

I hope it will make me able to create dutch-type roundabouts, or at least normal german ones. I'm sooo gonna try this out, absolutely hyped :D

[@McWrisk]

These two mods make cities skylines finally fixed C:S for me! Amazing work by all!

[@thedeadcannotdie]

The mod that lets you make T H I C C interections for T H I C C vehicles. great tutorial as always :D Edit: ok no joke I'm sold. This mod is probably up there with TMPE and move it as the most important mod.

[@CityScapesYT]

Cheez Akruas, thank you so much for this other awesome tutorial! I’ve never heard of this mod, it makes the asset editor totally obsolet for me. Thanks again!

[@Grumpy_old_Boot]

Loving this mod ! Also, a really good showcase of it. 😁 Thank you.

[@ryanmcdonald7622]

you have to be one of the best teachers. You sound very approachable Thanks!

[@CyanideCarrot]

Smooth sloped intersections? I'm sold.

[@hsezekielpark]

Wow such a simple and powerful mod!

[@maciejtorbicz4086]

I think I hear so much happines in your voice... Not suprsied tbh. Also awensome video (as always)

[@PatrickKirkOKC]

I was giving up a little on Cities: Skylines because of the exact issues this mod fixes. I'll be diving back in over the weekend.

[@fadlinugraha347]

This is why Cities Skylines will still be relevant in years ahead! Unlike SimCity, the guys working for Cities Skylines understand the power of modding communities can rope in coming and returning customers.

[@RealestUrbanism]

@@fadlinugraha347 CS devs have delegated too much work to modders. Churning out content DLC after content DLC while essential functionality is left to 3rd party addons. I suppose its better than not having these functions at all, but I would really like for TM:PE etc to be available as official DLC and not break with every forced steam update

[@ahmedkhalid1584]

The best toturial maker in all of youtube I wish you continue making such videos more and more

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

It's not a funny to see things in the early days of their existence, but it's always good to know where you came from

[@czerskip]

With Network Skins 2, you can also remove the wires and add them manually to be perfectly aligned with the tracks.

[@kunstschutze]

intersection marking tool and node controller are saving the day

[@saranshdeshmukh3611]

wow! you explained it perfectly... wonder why so fewer likes I loved it!

[@Schmissgesicht]

20:41 "wow, this looks nice" - "its just a normal looking roundabout" - lol not compared to my savefiles :)

[@johnvance882]

I'm so excited to finally be able to make realistic intersections, but without using complicated decals. All my roads are about to look a ton better in my saves haha.

[@globul3410]

I love your videos and thank you for creating them for us!

[@Spido68_the_spectator]

This is the kind of mod no one knew the game desperately needed

[@MrCasquenoir]

Best tutorial i’ve seen for this. Thanks

[@rococobasilisk6718]

This thing made me back to C:S. Have finished subscribing to all the mods and assets, hope it will run this time.

[@Fertt0]

WOW. Such a COOL mod!!!

[@kumaashiato]

Very mighty tool....thank you. :)

[@dvoo7149]

Just awesome! This makes Cities Skylines better then its coming successor. Now i only need multiplayer and no game limits. :D

[@johnterpack3940]

This is the tool I've been waiting for.

[@VoxPopuli666]

Finally! That's what I've been looking for, for a long time

[@Violant3]

this mod is really powerful, can't wait to try it out, might just build a new city just to start using this right away instead of fixing my existing roads lol

[@AbdicateDotNet]

Awesome work!! Thanks for taking the time to make it! ❤❤❤🧡🧡🧡

[@firmi_2119]

This is absolutely god-level thank you

[@skinniestfatman5641]

This is a powerful mod, such a game changer

[@zilfondel]

All the highways in my state have banked curves so that mod looks awesome.

[@sarkconrack]

Thank you one more time Akruas. Learned many things from you.

[@Shane-kd5lo]

The flat junctions are insane, such an improvement over vanilla, and something that had been bothering me forever

[@IngoGarza]

This is revolutionary! Do the cars actually follow the roads when they are bent and does it look natural (in regards to realistic bends, not over the top ones)?

[@luspuz2188]

Yep they do

[@panzer2181]

Wow why didn't I know about this! Thank you for the information!

[@Dave-xc7cj]

Thanks for such a good tutorial, greatly appreciated.

[@babo2303]

This is great! Thanks for the clear explanation!

[@adamvalt6609]

this mod is better than all the DLCs

[@trock7542]

Sooo many essential mods for this game

[@RealestUrbanism]

cant wait to spend days making the perfect city with these mods, just to have everything break with the next update!

[@vomm]

very nice, thanks for the tutorial / showcase .. very professionell, right on the point.

[@RichAntDav]

Great tutorial on a really useful mod, thanks.

[@JakkeJakobsen]

Love this, finally something as gamechanging like TMPE and MOM

[@AlbreoX]

Flat junction!! I'm sold.

[@desto13c]

O M G! Totally start new city with this mod!

[@jayzo]

I wanted a mod that could offset the roads to handle the highways but this is does the job perfectly.

[@MephistoDerPudel]

The most incredible thing of this mod is, that - afaik - only makes things accessible which were in the game anyway. There's someone at colossal order, who programmed a road system capable of all this stuff and yet, they never let the playerbase use it ... until now.

[@czerskip]

That's because the mod gives you god powers over almost all network settings, and with such power, it's easy to break things, making a kinds of glitches that the vanilla game shouldn't do (hence all the pillar or angle limitations in the vanilla hame that multiple anarchy mods unlocked before).

[@HélegornPL]

Such a great tutorial. Thanks a lot :)

[@sarreqteryx]

the tram wires at junctions were definitely an afterthought. a real overhead tram wire would be pulled by guy wires from each of the corners into a proper curve

Brother you're awesome keep up the great work!!! You got yourself a sub sir.

[@Billy-bd2oe]

This is what I have been waiting for, this was the reason I uninstalled CS's... I guess now I can start playing again, finally realistic on and off ramps for the highways =)

[@philsspace69]

Great tool, great tutorial!

[@LeMoutonVoyageur]

Thank you very much for this tuto ! :)

[@junkus64]

hello i a from slovakia thanks to you i know this kind of cities skylines videos

[@LapLandSystem]

Could you do a must have modlist?

[@patlp3044]

Wow. Your life wont be the same with this mod.

[@nanjing78654]

Wait, so with the flat junction part, i remember shuto expressway being rly troublesome because of how you had to put the nodes at the same heights to make a normal looking highway lane. Will this make expressways way easier to slope now? Also i use the csur mod, is it possible to edit the nodes on csur?

[@czerskip]

Yes, the problem of flat nodes at junctions is solved with Node Controller, and it does work for all networks, not just roads.

[@Schmissgesicht]

finally no more flat junctions!!!!! omg, those screwed up all my efforts!

[@dxelson]

This is a game changer, you had to do this manually on asset creator

[@alexkaralis1154]

I ve never been so happy

[@chrguenther83]

Oh wow, hat a game changer. Thanks for your tutorial. It is perfekt.

[@sidtrooper]

Are you going to make a space agency thingy area in aurelia?

[@alcebe]

Awesome. Downloading right now. Could you also tell me what are those roads you are showing during the video? Those that say "3L", "2L" and so. Thank you so much for this reveal!

[@Akruas]

steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=1219936022

[@MrCalland]

Wow this is amazing

[@Ink_25]

Another one of those mods that should actually be vanilla content imho (although it's probably too complicated to use for beginners, probably should be toggable in an "advanced users" menu)

[@vantre007]

Great run through! Just a comment: the jut outs at intersections is there to deliberately make turning entering a round about or to do same-side turns difficult so drivers will drive with caution. These built out curbs are becoming more and more standard and I wish I could find a way to make mine bigger to be more realistic. Anyway... great video. Thank you!

[@eXcalibre_]

Nodes were my worst enemy; now they’re my closest friend because I have complete control over them :-)

[@Akruas]

Exactly

[@karsnoordhuis4351]

Omg, those banked curves are exactly what i need for my highway interchange. The normal turns just look so odd

[@marissavanhelsing7309]

OMG this mod is so useful

[@ikey07ch]

This is game changer!

[@otsolattu]

This is so cool but could you make a tutorial about using the shuto expressways? I've watched your Aurelia series and I'm wondering how on earth you make so smooth interchanges with them.

[@StallTV]

Great tutorial !

[@iceheadd]

that roundabout looks sexy I am sold holy shit

[@b00marrows]

Damn this mod is cool...Could this mod be expanded on to make a "fully modular" road? Like adding bike lanes, bus lanes, tree lines and such? holy damn that would be amazing

[@Akruas]

It handles intersections (nodes) only right now, but yeah something like this + the marking tool for segments as well would be huge.

[@matthewparker9276]

This is big. I have to try this out.

[@Opisek]

You're giving me a difficult choice between using csur and sticking to vanilla roads + this mod.

[@paix2669]

I thought I only knew this things !!! You have to keep your secretes!!!

[@johndalenino]

wow wow wow..... my mind is blown

[@luspuz2188]

How do you get that nice darker asphalt color?

[@SONNENKVLT]

It must be either Network Skins 2 mod or a custom theme.

[@pdelmo79]

Thanks needed this