Can a POONAMI destroy an entire city in Cities Skylines?

We're back in Cities Skylines (City Skyline) engineering a way to bust or accept various popular city building myths in Cities Skylines. Today we see whether you can use buildings as dams, whether a meteor will stop the mega tsunami, where fire helicopters use up water and more!!
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[@iliketrains3546]

Here's an actual myth: Matt fixes Atlantis and builds railways in Engitopia

[@eyespyyourspy1328]

Matt makes a functional beautiful City with no Strong Areas. The Myth the Legend

[@Blushdow7]

Matt builds regular efficient road with making a roller coaster

[@rsa3142]

lmaooo

[@liamswan1351]

Myth busters say myth busted

[@julian75411]

Here's another myth I hope to be confirmed or busted or maybe an experiment on its own The strongest shape is infact NOT the strongest shape

[@beyond_thebest965]

The helicopters going to pick up the sewage totally got me

[@Wakapat_YT]

Lol

[@BahamutEx]

the moment he said they need sewage still I was like "what if we used sewage to put out forest fires?" x)

[@Thekeyboardcatirl]

I haven’t laughed that hard in awhile holy fuck

[@OverlordRazor]

Doubly emotionally painful, not only did your poonami destroy Engitopia, but Architect Hill was kept safe at the same time.

[@RH-uc4sd]

The helicopters headed dutifully to the sewage pit to put the fire out got me😂

[@josh8956]

You can change the intensity of the disasters from 1-10 with the slider on the left

[@pingydingy]

rce looking at this comment:😤😡😡YOU CAN WHAT😡😡

[@mrichar9]

Turn it up to 11

[@uncrunch398]

@@mrichar9 Can we do that by hacking a text file?

[@germyforev4495]

I was sure the water was going to just pass through the buildings tbh, I always had the sense the water just phased through them while dealing damaged, pretty shocked.

[@takumi2023]

only when the water level is low does it phase through building.

[@epicmanpog7846]

I'm pretty sure it's because he used landmark or special buildings, (can't remember what they are called) the buildings built by zoning font block any water

[@879PC]

I think it only deals damage if it surpasses the height of the roof of the building.

[@rickswordfire4774]

17:58 You can destroy Engitopia, but you cannot destroy the engineering spirit.

[@coreytaggart128]

He freed the architects there is a risk to that now.

[@shadyone6620]

Inland sewage treatment plant: *exists* RCE: *uses a sinkhole disaster to create poop pond*

[@natmarelnam4871]

tbf the inland plant is a mod. Might as well try to keep these as vanilla as possible or you're just doing random stuff for no reason.

[@dbclass4075]

@@natmarelnam4871 Not really. Inland treatment plants are part of the Sunset Harbor expansion pack.

[@pseudocoder78]

I love how he's been playing Cities Skylines for so long and had no idea there was any other sewage disposal option other than sewer pipes 🤣

[@Doc_Hawk]

Or that vacuum service exists instead of a thousand mega pumps lol

[@LQC2556]

The water source was probably still there when he did the evaporation check... Evaporation is actually quite fast in thin bodies of water like that.

[@UV_Lightning]

Yep

[@butterfox863]

yeah but not in city skylines

[@crazyguys7923]

I just gotta know.. when Matt went back to check for evaporation, he removed the water sources after he reloaded the map right?

[@danielvanced5526]

No, I'm pretty sure he didn't, evaporation is definitely a thing.

[@takumi2023]

@@danielvanced5526 agreed. he wold know if he played the game properly and messed with water regularly

[@matisowagm]

Of course he didn't

[@YesmynameisBob]

Pretty sure you're right and he forgot to remove the water sources, yeah

[@celeste9958]

😩

[@kingarthur83rd]

17:01 "atleast it looks like half empty, or at least a third empty" Matt. what are you doing - "atleast it looks like half empty, or at least a turd empty" a seriously missed opportunity

[@durka69420]

10:32 ''Let's start another forest fire'' Australia: ._.

[@daniel1998729]

You better watch out You better not cry You better not pout I'm telling you why Poonami is coming to town🚽

[@iliketrains3546]

He sees you when you're sleeping

[@GuillaumePerronNantel]

Taco Bell be like 😂

[@daniel1998729]

@@iliketrains3546 He flush you when you're awake

[@MrVaNiLlApHaNtAsY]

I think with the tsunami one, if the meteors struck underwater in front of the tsunami, the water displacement could effect the wave

[@Mesra73]

RTGame would be so proud of the poonami

[@LadyMapi]

I think the reason that they used the sewage pond as their water source was because that just happened to be the closest source of water to the fire.

[@Donkey114]

People: being thrown into the air with poo water rce: *chuckles*

[@AverageAsbestosConsumer]

did you remove the water sources when you reloaded the map? im pretty sure the water was going down a little before you added the helecopters

[@paraspanta]

"The poo is coming out the hole" -RCE 16:30

[@ducknorris233]

MyWife- what are you watching? Me- seeing if fire helicopters use up water MyWife- can hear her eyes rolling

[@GuagoFruit]

Eyes begin rolling so fast they emit an audible frequency

[@Void7002.]

@@GuagoFruit eyes begin rolling so fast she turns into a helicopter

[@snakerattleroll6678]

8:45 Depending on how much poo is in there, it's actually pretty smart using Non-Potable Water to put out fires. Though I think after a certain concentration it's only going ot make the fire work.

[@kismetsoul4593]

The Poonami section literally had me laughing out loud. As someone who suffers from constant depression I sincerely thank you sir for the well needed laughs.

[@TAKE_BACK_BRITAIN]

No one asked

[@wojtekpolska1013]

13:11 thats because after you reloaded the map, the water source came back, and you didnt delete it. if you deleted the water source, the lake definitely would've dried up even without helicopters. the game 100% has evaporation mechanics, but only if there is no water source

[@Lorentari]

When you re-read the title because you read "Can a PUNANI destroy an entire city in Cities Skylines?" the first time

[@ghosttwo2]

Water does evaporate, I've seen it many times. When you 'reloaded', you probably forgot to delete the water sources.

[@theGhostWolfe]

Can confirm. I tried to make an artificial pond by landscaping a hole and filling it using a water outlet pipe. I had to keep turning the water on and off because my pond kept drying up. Similar thing in the Island Hopping scenario, floodwaters trapped on the land always dried up.

[@amppari_234]

Fun fact: Most bridges in real life are made so they can be destroyed easily, so if a war breakes out, enemies advancing ik can be slowed down, or even stopped.

[@CRneu]

Bridges are also just easy to destroy. It's a road suspended in the air. It doesn't want to do that.

[@guus19900]

They're made to be easy to destroy as a side-effect of being made as cheaply as possible. As the saying goes, 'anyone can build a bridge. It takes an engineer to build a bridge that's barely standing.'

[@provi_2244]

Day 67 asking RCE to make a KSP video (maybe a Collab with Matt Lowne)

[@NoobHuman]

I second this

[@ethanochs1570]

That would be hilarious with Matt lowne’s vast experience to RCE who has barely made it to orbit

[@After_All_Is_Said]

Make this happen please universe!!!!

[@albc3132]

I second that

[@albc3132]

Also I am pretty sure I saw you yesterday

[@zerrierslizer1]

"And meanwhile, the River has been replaced with Poo." Real Civil Engineer- 15th of October, 2022. now THAT is art!

[@Kj_Gamer2614]

Matt didn’t remove the water sources, because evaporation absolutely exists. Try making a man made lake using water outlets and you have to constantly have a couple on it the lake dries up

[@black97_0]

Imagine working in that office building "Oh yeah we're having a meeting on the 10th floor." "Which side?" "The left side of the building. Room 10B. The one where windows look into the giant wall of water."

[@HarryBalzak]

Did Matt delete the water source blocks when he reloaded the map to test for evaporation?

[@thecausalgamer7916]

Cars don’t drink water Radiator: am i a joke to you!?

[@crazymaster0058]

I truly do love waking up in the morning and watching a real civil engineer video always brighten my day

[@mysteryman7877]

Matt, the game outright tells you that evaporation does happen. Did you forget to remove the water sources again?

[@CouldBeChara]

Myth : You are cannot make a functional city using just architecture. Its just not efficient enough.

[@billybifocals]

I started chuckling when the helicopters were pretty much spraying diarrhoea on the burning trees 😂

[@earljohnson2676]

Your killing me dude this is like the 5 tsunami vid I watched of yours and there fun to watch love it I’m hooked

[@DougvonSohsten]

That "hehe... plop..." at 01:09 made my inner 5th grader so happy...

[@alexlongstaff2885]

16:01 “just walking along the ‘normal’ street” -RCE

[@markwright3161]

17:59 That's just the efficiency of a land ruled by engineers, no politicians posing for photos with a shovel pre-cleanup, and no architects taking months to provoke a unicorn to vomit on the basic function the buildings need to facilitate :)

[@owleyed5038]

Sewege is actually flammable if dry. so imagine they spread sewage and a few days later similar incident occurs, now it's gonna burn even worse.

[@Zoontii]

okay i need to comment now sir Mr Enigeneer sir. I am procrastinating for like 3 days straight now watching all your videos. i NEVER EVER got in touch with cities skylines before. and now that i tried to ACTUALLY WORK i looked up "painting water with acrylic paint" .... the results were very disapointing but whats more crazy is THAT I GOT THIS VIDEO RECOMMENDED!!!! SO LET'S WATCH ANOTHER 20 MINS VIDEO AND WASTE MY TIME WITH YOUR WAY TO FUNNY STUFF!! OH! MY! GOD!

[@donson24td]

You can turn your disasters up to a scale of 10 ATM you have is on 5.5, the slider is to the left of your HUD

[@ledumpsterfire6474]

"That's a car! Cars don't drink water!" I mean.. they have a coolant system, and hypothetically you could use water in it, AND hypothetically if you have a leak you would need to keep refilling it so.. cars COULD sort of drink water in a sense, right? Lmao

[@Doc_Hawk]

Evaporation is absolutely a thing, the game actually states it when you have flooded buildings. 2 methods of removing ground water is the vacuum service or Evaporation over time

[@xolotlnephthys]

because of natural water drainage and water spawners, it's going to be impossible to see if fire helicopters make a dent in it

[@lexilunke525]

Wow what a great video! Nobody has ever done this before. This guy is such a trailblazer. I bet all your 5 year old fans really enjoyed this.

[@Madfish77]

Lol I got an ad for private sewage systems at 16:36 😂😂

[@tireddoggamingtales2091]

And here I thought there was no fate worse than death, but apparently getting swept away by a tsunami completely made out of fecal matter has just made me rethink that.

[@MrSnowMen]

poop rivers for the win

[@davidayos6702]

8:49 Fighting fires with Piss and feces turned into a combined spray, oh those unfortunate people who potentially in the vicinity, oh the potential sewage potentially going on the planes window edit: this feature of using sewage water as their primary source must have been added for laughs

[@killerbee.13]

I don't know if it's a feature, they probably just don't look at the pollution value of the water they take and grab the one that makes for the shortest trip

[@lewof5639]

13:25 I rlly hope that was a reference “that’s not a cow, that’s a 2001 Ford Focus”

[@kevinmclaughlin3088]

Review of the city: Pros: Recycling encourages, lots of infastructure improvements, efficient roads, ferry rides for beautiful view of the city, lack of architects ruining our lives Cons: Regular poonamis

[@artur6912]

The weirdest thing about this whole video is the fact that the term "poonami" actually exists in the game, because one of my university grants was used to establish what causes them.

[@bridgercudmore2965]

I like how all the architects servived 😂

[@AUSPetrol]

Here's another myth: that sewer outlets output their full rated amount of sewerage when placed regardless of whether there's enough demand.... I'm pretty sure Matt had to expand the poo reservoir because he just added too many unnecessary sewerage outlets....

[@MaD0MaT]

Water evaporates in this game when there is no water source. Faster than your helicopters would sip it out.

[@monsterno.definablenever.3484]

You've evidently never seen The Poopcano Incident of Mount Mama

[@burnsiet]

13:27 "Cars don't drink water" Clearly you never met the first 2-3 shitboxes I owned!

[@isimiel3405]

The poocano may have not destroyed engitopia but it sure destroyed your CPU

[@Tom-ahawk]

I've been waiting for this one.... I knew it was coming :D

[@Halopowner]

Evaporation does exist...During my Adventures in White Valley series I try to make a lake that constantly evaporates and I must refill.

[@hanscoelmont6383]

17:10 just blame it on the architects

[@MrSimpsondennis]

Myth: Fire Helicopters can't work if there is no surface water.

[@thegreatengineerkhan4422]

You have again made my day. Danku wel

[@jtcustomknives]

Only a true engineer would refer to people as debris in a poop tsunami.

[@ratedRblazin420]

Too many British city building content creators are OBSESSED with poop. It's totally sus

[@brunal1443]

can a bunch of sinkholes on the shore stop a tsunami? (I should be studying about management of food and drinking services but instead I'm watching a guy make a poopnami on a virtual city. Nice! )

[@vedranb87]

Lol! Putting out forest fires with sewege - so adding fertilizer to boost forest regeneration! :D Brilliant!!!

[@samcooke7924]

The only reason that the poonami destroyed houses is because it was an engineers poo and was structurally integrital.

[@piotrk1584]

Myth: RCE got demonetized because of the knobs

[@FoxDog1080]

6:57 Testing for water usage requires water to be used up, not freely provided Unfortunately the game doesn't understand that

[@DoggoWaffle]

Did you make sure to remove the water source when you tested if there was evaporation???

[@sr.bombardeado8903]

13:35 you forgot to delete the water source, helicopters do not drain water and yes there is a natural draining system.

[@fintux]

I love the humor on this channel!

[@R3M5v2]

13:10 you didn't remove the water source 🤣

[@anatol2709]

that was a real poocalypse, nice work RCE!

[@yodazdavinci6524]

Imagine your day being ruined, your house just burned down, you think to yourself it can't get any worse than this and then some random helicopter dumps sewage all over you and your dog

[@siriusa5298]

its currently flooding in Australia where I live... sort of. so my town is slightly higher so we are currently an island almost with no way to go to and from other towns and everything in the shops was already being inflated but now we cant get more stock in. just thought id share lol.

[@CurseOrGame]

Myth recommendation, can u use giant building (like the ones on the dam) using anarchy to stop a mega tsunami

[@davidhansson4399]

If the helikopters use Walter. Can you then stop a tsunami with the roflkopters ?

[@dragomirstefan9799]

helicopters dont use water, it just evaporates

[@retrythime2631]

Can you please make some infra space videos? It’s my favorite series

[@Rymatt_]

Dumb myth: *completely* flood engitopia with poo water

[@FoxDog1080]

You can see in closeup shots in the tsunami videos that unique buildings block water

[@CrimsonSoldat1311]

Matt "Cars don't drink water" Me: me who remembers that radiators exist: visible confusion

[@dominicbrunsmeier]

Emotional damage from poopy forest fire exceeded physical.

[@user-zz9qg4bu4u]

you should name this as a mythbusting and make it a series/playlist

[@blayral]

not only you can extinguish a fire with sewage but the trees grow back faster !

[@TheNipSnipper]

Evaporation is literally a thing in this game lmao. before you even had helis taking water you didnt notice the level of that lake had dropped by a bit

[@hansrojas9487]

Can a water recycling based city be built? I mean, delete all water sources, make a city, collect pure poop in a lake, clean said poop, and use that purified water as the city water source?

[@LadyLexyStarwatcher]

Evaporation is a mechanic in this game. You can actually design drying systems using shallow water. One day to deal with raw sewage early game.

[@creepersrock24gaming]

If you do another myth video for city skylines you should try to stop a tsunami with the buildings that you created a dam with.

[@ByzantineDarkwraith]

As is tradition, RCE forgets the difference between confirming and busting a myth when he confirms that he cannot make a city that isn’t all knobs and then says the myth is busted…

[@pinthunters9961]

8:40 rofl.... that was brilliant...

[@atmosphere2068]

for myth 2 or 3, the metoer strike would cause more tsunamis as it pushes water as it enters the sea

[@nonexistant2k3]

Will the game allow you to build an actual tunnel? Not the pre made ones?

[@abootz2480]

is it me or spamming meteors looks like a artillery barrage

[@BarkyTron]

there is evaporation in cities skylines and helicopters dont use water