My PERFECT DOWNTOWN Island in Cities Skylines II

A beautiful, non-grid based, town is what end up building in my first project in Cities Skylines II.
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[@mrmajkl2]

Your creativity with zoning is stunning. The best looking city I've seen in CSII so far. Beautiful and realistic.

[@CosmicFurFace]

Regarding your difficulty with the train track (around 2:06), I recommend (passed from others) the "complex curve" (s-curve) tool, just to the right of the one you use. For two roads on-end but not aligned: Click 1st road, click in middle, click on 2nd road. (...If you haven't heard that one by this time...:-) Lets you draw out the final curve, as you wished to when you attached.

[@SanctumGamer]

I'm definitely gonna have to be sitting with the game to try out the tips. But will definitely give it a shot and see if it helps with my rails pain! Thanks.

[@bencom01]

you have nowhere near enough parking spaces, the moment you plop one down, every car in the area is rushing there :'D

[@SanctumGamer]

Meanwhile parking info view says I have enough 🤷‍♂️

[@bencom01]

@@SanctumGamer maybe the statistics show it globally, but in the high density area it was pretty clear that cars swarmed each parking plot you put down immediately like ants. Wouldn't be surprised if the statistics were bugged like most everything else in the game too. I heard some built in parking lots are unusable as well. And c:s2 no longer have pocket cars so cities need a lot more parking now.

[@updy]

This series too is turning out super well! Great stuff as always!

[@SanctumGamer]

Thanks a ton!

[@ZackyVillain]

You can just draw a parallel underground power line, that is a lot cheaper than running long distance high voltage lines to a substation far away. If the city is super big, you may want more power sources from different directions of the city.

[@SanctumGamer]

Thanks for the tips 👍

[@ZackyVillain]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@SanctumGamer Capacity is 100mw for low voltage power line and 400mw for high voltage power line. You need enough connections down the line though. My plants are just half tile away on the hill or across river from the city grids, so parallel lines work for me. I sell abundant power to outside connection, so it is also not a problem to have abundant production by having sources from different directions. I haven’t test it out. But in theory, nuclear power plant or hydro power plant need two high voltage lines by default.

[@ZackyVillain]

@@SanctumGamer Also, game allows building any outside connection as long as you own the tiles lead to the edge of the map. You may like that if you haven’t decided on the location and type of power plants. A outside water connection can be built by the way.

[@adeptgaming101]

This city looks great! It fits perfectly around the shape of the island, really great job! 😁

[@SanctumGamer]

Thank you! 😄

[@Shlam26]

"Welcome back to shattered islands" 😂

[@SanctumGamer]

😂

[@dalton-at-work]

this game looks fantastic - as long as you want to build a northeast or midwest American downtown!

[@ShaunWilliams]

Great build series. I am loving it. Jsut wanted to let you know that in the cinematics I noticed that the roundabout with the squigly road entering, may have a traffic light on it.

[@SanctumGamer]

You are right about the traffic light. Was debating whether to remove it or not and decided to differ it for later. Later still hasn't come clearly 😅

[@tigonologdring9189]

Not sure why you hate winter so much, I love the snow shots! Anyway, to speed through it, go into the cinematic mode and ramp the simulation speed up to 8x instead of 3x in regular gameplay. (or use the developerMode switch to access the same thing from the devUI functions) Love that the last vid was called breaking the grid for the city and then that start of this one has the off-grid broken up! Made me chuckle a lot that one.

[@SanctumGamer]

The contrast in what is done I think adds spice 😆 I've tested out the 8x speed thing in Photo Mode but I don't notice a difference. I used it the last time I skipped through winter and didn't use this time round. In both cases, I waited the same amount of real world time for winter to pass.

[@tigonologdring9189]

@@SanctumGamer Fair enough, haven't actually timed things myself, just saw it was there. I know there's a speed setting in the devUI that changes the sim speed as well but there's also a time-of-year changer, if you're _really_ unhappy about the snow. ;o)

[@Qualiall1]

yeah the parking lots are not optimized for left handed traffic I believe-which makes the cars going in and out sometimes get in the way of each other-so keep that in mind too (and I could be wrong about it!) - For us right hand traffic folk, one way streets is a better way-don't know if that translates the same in LHT, but something to keep an eye on at least, if it causes a big deal down the line

[@tigonologdring9189]

Yep, the car parks for left-side driving are fubar just now (the ins-and-outs stay as they are and don't change like the network lanes do).

[@SanctumGamer]

Thanks for the tips. Will test that out when I get a chance 👍

[@xavestudio4623]

i think a tram track will make the large roundabout more engaging! great build again!

[@SanctumGamer]

Noted. Coming up.

[@christoffer1973]

Great video serie. Do you have park maintenance building? Great city. Maybe have more graveyard,/crematory

[@SanctumGamer]

Not yet, but will be plopping it down soon, together with another cemetary.

[@Akasiktorn]

Beautiful city! Great video by the way

[@SanctumGamer]

Thanks!

[@rickymillerii]

Wow, that is a really beautiful city, so realistic.

[@SanctumGamer]

Thank you so much!

[@0429hoye]

My new favourite skylines creator.

[@0429hoye]

You should put the new statue landmark in the middle of that circle round about thing in your city center. Could be a cool spot for it?

[@SanctumGamer]

Will check it out and see how the fit looks 👍

[@Starmanw422007]

Good evening, Sanctum Gamer, from allenstown, NH. Northeast, USA

[@SanctumGamer]

Good day from Jozi, South Africa 👋

[@destoc5661]

Try toggle OFF all snapping when building complex intersection.

[@SanctumGamer]

👍

[@LasseMagnussen]

It was nice and non-grid based as the description said, until this video which just broke it.

[@SanctumGamer]

Gotta keep spicing things up 🤣

[@MrWick-zf9ux]

Savegame please 😊

[@vinhphutran2697]

Can we have this save game file ?

[@SanctumGamer]

I share the save with my Patrons and KZbin members as a way to say thanks to them for the financial support they show me.

[@vinhphutran2697]

@@SanctumGamer how I can get the save ?

[@SanctumGamer]

You can get it by becoming a patron or joining my KZbin membership on the Sanctum Supporter tier 👍

[@bryce4293]

What are you going to name the downtown

[@0429hoye]

I just name mine Downtown 😂

[@SanctumGamer]

Not sure. Maybe I'll get name suggestions from the community.

[@chris4afk]

Which map is this?

[@SanctumGamer]

Lakeland

[@matthew178]

The practice of deleting the oblique highways and rebuilding them into grids is disappointing. The city has become a checkerboard again. I think this has lost a lot of beauty. The staggered terrain can give a city a lot of shape, but unfortunately we don’t have that in the city center. So enriching the shape of the road network can make the city look more attractive.

[@stummelschwanzzwergtyrann]

This depends on what you like. I'm fine with grinds and I think the downtown looks more realistic now.

[@SanctumGamer]

Thanks for your thoughts and I appreciate the input 👍

[@Gigi-xr3qs]

Why does a city that small have high-rise skyscrapers? This game's simulation is way off.

[@KaluVal]

what is the name of the map

[@SanctumGamer]

Lakeland

[@JayEllul]

USE THE FREEFORM TOOL MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

[@JayEllul]

So painafull watching yoou struggle with the rail lines lol

[@yamikanimwanza6130]

Why do almost all of you streamers ive seen not ever really put low rent housing when zoning

[@stummelschwanzzwergtyrann]

Because it's difficult to keep them alive. They get abandoned very often.

[@SanctumGamer]

Yup, they just get abandoned. But I'm currently experimenting with them for the next video so we'll see how it goes.

[@BIX-18827DCM]

It doesnt resonate with my eyes lol

[@SanctumGamer]

😆