I built a LAKE using SKYSCRAPERS in Cities Skylines!

We're back in Cities Skylines (City Skyline) engineering a way to bust or accept various city building myths in Cities Skylines. But we created a 40 story lake out of skyscrapers in Cities Skylines! Oh and sorry @CityPlannerPlays I guess...!
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[@UserMatt21]

A lake using skyscrapers? What a whole new level of _-architecture-_ *engineering* you got here

[@highoncatnip_]

*_you have become the very thing you swore to destroy_*

[@scottishduck88]

Maybe he can fix his poocano problem by making a ring of skyscrapers on top for the architects to live in and watch their internal view turn to shit

[@TheMooProphet]

Archineering?

[@graham1034]

@@TheMooProphet you don't cross the streams!

[@HighExplosiveOP]

Actually , it is made so skyscrapers can harvest rainwater

[@Sneka97]

The tornado bunny hop was definitely unexpected and absolutely hilarious lol

[@NoahGooder]

I honestly thought it was a photoshopped for a bit until I remembered that the game isnt a realistic physics simulation

[@pbsixgun6]

It happened in a previous video but apparently nobody remembered but me. lol

[@nekotten]

The tornado *what*

[@upgradedtitanspeakerthing]

The tornado *what*

[@captaindelta43]

A lake using skyscrapers That's the most architect idea an engineer has ever executed

[@polygondwanaland8390]

At what point does a water column in the center of a skyscraper stop being an aquarium and start being a lake?

[@thespudlord686]

@@polygondwanaland8390 At the point where Matt does it

[@triggamusician]

@@polygondwanaland8390 You should ask the people of Berlin

[@electricheisenberg5723]

@@polygondwanaland8390 I don’t think it ever does, it’s just a lagoon tank

[@GipsyDangerfan]

@@polygondwanaland8390 Ask Dexter.

[@CityPlannerPlays]

You know, planners live in that uncomfortable place between architects and engineers... I think you can see it a bit in Verde Beach, haha! Great video! Loved seeing that myth of the cownato tested in VB!!

[@mystishio]

Love your videos, man! Currently catching up on Verde Beach and loving it! 😄👍

[@CityPlannerPlays]

@@mystishio Thank you so much! Glad you're enjoying them!

[@williansouza8724]

gotta fix that lump in the railway, phil! not the height of realism, to be honest.

[@jaimeromero84]

It would be so cool if you guys could make a collaboration! We would all love it! And Phil, after seeing your city in this video I am going to catch up on Verde Beach and take it where I left it some months ago! Your videos are awesome!

[@Breetai_SDF-1]

I was hoping you'd watch this Phill 😀

[@AlexZSteinlauf]

tbh would love to see a Cities: Skylines collab with RCE and City Planner Plays. Would be great to hear his thoughts on your efficient city design.

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

I see a Cities Planners Plays’ comment right under yours.

[@danser_theplayer01]

His sheer anger at architects set the building on fire.

[@tigrecito48]

have you ever tried to make a meteor hit the dam? would it break the dam and cause a tsunami of water to destroy the city?

[@appuchia]

And a meteor to the skyscraper lake?

[@wdiedtl]

dams can be destroyed, there will being a wave and an influx of water. also a crator

[@tigrecito48]

@@wdiedtl will it destroy the entire dam or just the bit the meteor hits?

[@steffanshurkin1123]

There's actually a preset disaster scenario based on this in the Scenarios tab in-game. Yes, it destroys the dam, and your city. The scenario is quite difficult to beat.

[@rogeliocano9536]

@@tigrecito48 I’ve tried it before and I targeted the area that sucks in the water. It destroyed that area, but the rest of the dam was intact.

[@Davros-vi4qg]

Oh, a use for skyscrapers other than human warehousing 😂

[@jacksonstarky8288]

Not sure what was stranger... the tornado hopping over the wall, or the blimp going underwater. I really don't understand why the game would require the latter, so I'll call the blimp the stranger of the two.

[@jacksonstarky8288]

The strangest, though, was definitely the pigs and cows being sucked up by the tornado. LOL

[@aaronbates4848]

@@jacksonstarky8288 The question is, does the tornado put the cows and pigs back down? 🤔

[@DatGuy_83]

RCE and CPP the crossover of the ages

[@TerryTags]

It truly is the team-up we need, but not the team-up we deserve (because we probably don't deserve a team-up that amazing). I wonder if both of their mothers are named "Martha?"

[@matthewcharles9813]

Cpp?

[@DatGuy_83]

@@matthewcharles9813 City Planner Plays

[@DanielHatchman]

Not exactly sure why but my brain read that as CCP, as in Chinese Comunist Party. And I thought; weird request but sure. hahaha 🤦‍♀️

[@RaphaelAlejandro]

It would be cool if you reviewed Verde Beach from an engineer's perspective, maybe even vice-versa, Phil can review your lovely city too.

[@troodoniverse]

It is a good idea

[@AStone_79]

The crossover between you and CPP isn’t what I was planning today but I’m happy about it

[@PolishCat-Mapping]

Matt, at 10:00 you need to turn off the traffic delete in tmpe traffic mod

[@avex13]

Or remove the signs forcing the cars to turn

[@G3N3515DM]

@@avex13 hilarious!

[@ciaran2679]

Disabling despawning won't stop despawning if a vehicle's destination is no longer reachable

[@radiation3041]

The cars will still delete if they can't reach their destination

[@PolishCat-Mapping]

@@ciaran2679 oh, so do what @Alejandro Suárez Mascareñdo says

[@Rob_Enhoud]

Myth: You can fix the Poocano by removing water spawners from the map.

[@mrtbts]

im pretty sure it won’t work cus it’s constantly producing water from sewage

[@drekfletch]

Or setting a water spawner to a lower level, so it becomes a water despawner. Will it despawn poo water, or only regular water?

[@mrtbts]

@@drekfletch if it despawn only regular water he could put those water purifier thingy

[@jordani_war]

I'm sure CPP will see what have you done to his build. He will not forget it.

[@TerryTags]

we can only hope... lol

[@thegamercomposer]

"Everyone wants a Sea-View" followed by "Spillage" is the most accurate transition of issues from Architects to Engineers. lol

[@realtracosplay]

For a moment I wasn’t expecting the tornado to pick up the cows. But once the pigs started going I lost it and laughed so hard

[@gemika2751]

CPP and RCE - the crossover we never knew we needed

[@tiepido]

Before the tornado, there was a man... a man crossing the cow field... He has some secrets for sure!

[@julian75411]

Remember that one scene from the movie "twister" there's your cow nado. Also I agree with using the ps5 building to expand the capacity on the poocano

[@rpgaholic8202]

I don't know... maybe the building lake would be a great place to show off your engineering prowess by making sure that 1, the "windows" are strong enough to keep the water in, 2, that you have enough oxygenation of the water to keep the plants and sealife alive. I'm pretty sure there'd be enough people who wouldn't mind living in an aquarium, especially young children.

[@RandomYoutube.Enjoyer]

8 months and 2 likes D:

[@rpgaholic8202]

@@RandomKZbin.Enjoyer I know I'm a nobody who gets few, if any, likes. No need to rub it in my face.

[@sinteleon]

Yes, so long as you actually properly maintain it...

[@nameless5413]

tornado cows sounds like decent burger joint. and i love cows too! especially in between bread with their best mates the piggies. Jesting aside, like majority of domesticated animals cows are fantastic companions (if you do not try to poke them to make them mad like toreadors) they seem to be very keen on getting scratched if you are near smaller farms because farmers there tend to be more attentive to their smaller heards - giving the cows much higher chance of thinking humans are nice.

[@arnejakobsen3296]

Matt: builds nothing but fever dreams in City Skylines Also Matt: Visits someones build and right away starts roasting it

[@Kain_Hywind]

Looking forward to @CityPlannerPlays, reaction to this, I think is his all vanilla and DLC build. You noticing all those lumps and bumps are going to get to him. He has a problem as he states "letting perfect be the enemy of good". We will have to see if we can get him to name a bridge after RCE in one of his builds and you can have a bridge review of it.

[@CoryLykins]

Love the Cities:Skyline and Timberborn videos especially! Thanks for a new one!

[@xtradense6229]

Nothing slaps more than getting a cup of tea with biscuits and watching a RCE Cities Skylines video😂

[@cullenwingler]

Part Blimp, part submarine = amazing feat of engineering.

[@tylerbeaumont]

I think the way blimps work is there a little bit of geometry underneath them (most likely a very skinny and tall cube), and that dictates how high they are above the ground. If they go over a bit of higher ground, the cube will collide with the landscape, and the blimp will raise, and if it flies over a low bit, the cube will fall at a set speed until it collides with the ground. So the blimp can’t collide with the ground, because you can’t have overhangs in your level geometry. This would also explain why blimps can collide with some get things, such as other blimps and buildings, since this invisible cube can’t collide with those.

[@thejeqff]

I’d love to see an RCE / CPP crossover. Feels like a Yin and Yang face off that would be epic.

[@thomziq]

Summon @CityPlannerPlays ! This is a colab we need!!!!!!!

[@astron800]

Children still drive cars. I’ve seen it myself! Little bob decided he wanted to go to Disney world in my city. IN A VAN!? HE OWNED IT! So yes, children can drive.

[@LeglessWonder]

Myth: Architects can design and build things that aren’t dumb, but are actually well *engineered*

[@mattk2740]

Myth busted

[@thespudlord686]

This is Matt slowly turning into an architect

[@hanzzel6086]

Slowly?

[@Crackability]

14:05 The least engineered pool in Engitopia

[@zifendel2675]

Matt, please, I beg you, find out if a collab of some kind with City Planner Plays would be viable. I know it can’t always be done for various reasons, but the interaction between two real professionals in a city builder of some kind would be amazing

[@JustLoco100]

YES MORE CITIES SKYLINES PLEASE

[@moisesreyes3800]

Not the collab I was expecting but happy it finally happened

[@Blaster_Unity_UB]

Another day, another episode of watching my favourite engineer!

[@robertmclean6629]

I love the city skylines myth vids!!! I wish there was more!

[@robertjohnson7877]

The school you can't walk to is my junior high school. It was out in the at the border of the town where it was nothing but farms. I never understood why the JHS wasn't in town.

[@Shinare73]

I love it when a video literally makes me laugh out loud!

[@zaroes]

The lake skyscraper reminds me of a dream I one time had about a tall bridge that was all european style housing but really tall and it forked into 2 bridges with a giant swimming pool in it

[@mccards]

Concerning the Lake Buildings. Be very interesting to use a river to feed the catch and not an independent water source?! Engineering challenge - How to fill, maintain max cap, and have a run off for the Building Bath Lake without a water source in the middle? Expert level - the water is cleaned water from PooCano.

[@ArceusReborn-yf8tl]

The theater has a MAGNIFICENT design. Roofs atop more roofs just makes sense.

[@HaloJumper7]

9:56 missed opportunity for Drive Forever sigma song with black and white filter as a meme.

[@joshmartinez7233]

When Matt said “gonna get your moneys worth because this is two myths in one” my first thought was “haha I don’t pay to watch this, you’re silly Matt.” Then I remembered I’m a patreon haha

[@RealCivilEngineerGaming]

😂

[@femboy_moment14]

Time to watch another amazing video, thank you Matt.

[@OddlySpecificGaming]

Putting a lake in a circular skyscraper is peak architect

[@cataphoes26]

omg i would love to see more with verde beach!! my two fav cities skylines players lol

[@williamalexander7481]

I was really hoping for the cows to fly up with a tornado. It was beautiful.

[@KajtekBeary]

you can disable personal cars in the district either by using trafiic menager mod or by new district type from plazas and promenades dlc

[@daltonbaker8441]

I think the driving forever on a circle road may of worked if you deleted the right had turn lane, I feel that is what caused the cars to despawn due to no road path to continue.

[@noterix1164]

I was not expecting you to mention City Planner Plays !! you and him are two of my favorite channels

[@bishopsknifetrick]

"Cow." "Another cow." "Actually, I think that was the same one." That line from Twister has lived in my head rent free since the 90's

[@Shit_I_Missed.]

1:38 "City copter one, reporting heavy traffic."

[@lukearts2954]

The multi-level aquarium inside the building: "that's something an architect would do". Actually, that's something an architect DID do! Or have you forgotten about the hotel fish tank disaster in Berlin just a little while ago? hahaha! It was designed like an architect and failed like an architect too...

[@bocard80]

Hey I recently found your videos and I am addicted I have been on a binge watch this week I really enjoy your city skylines content. Btw for your sky City If you don't want cars driven. Go into city regulation and make it bike only city. Ban all cars😅 😅

[@R9Blox]

4:04 bro knew what he was doing 💀

[@robbiemer8178]

Excellent educational video. As usual. Thanks! I am just slightly sad that we didn't get to see if the pigs and cows get turned into rain as the tornado subsides. :D

[@helenslibrary]

Love the visit to Verde Beach!!

[@drizzle8309]

"Cars will drive forever on a looping road." They probably would with TM:PE, which that person might have been using.

[@maikeldekwant]

You have to make an intro for this series! Like: in the world we live in, with so much misinformation (spread by arcitects) we need to know: is it true or false? approved or busted? Lets call, the engimythbusters!

[@4rkang31]

Crossover??? CPP is an awesome creator. You should check out an up to date version of Verde Beach, Matt

[@combatfox7009]

Imagine you're living in a nice city that feels like a big roundabout (RCE designed) and it has the name of "Testibal Street". One day, you ended up using Google Map out of curiosity on the city arrangement and you see *this*

[@nemohimself2580]

"Gonna keep an eye on this elementary school" Matt, you're going on a list. And this list includes architects.

[@tills.1695]

For your first myth, you could try to set the skyscraperdam on fire

[@Itsjustbeans_]

I get blasted and watch these videos and have the time of my life, cheers mate.

[@AndereRickert]

14:40 Loving the background song. WTF1 meme review background song. Just as Matt (also haha) and Daniel left wtf1 and it will never be the same.

[@jakeplayz4148]

You have the best videos keep the good work up

[@simruizhiryanacis1827]

I love your cities skylines series RCE

[@OpalShade]

From what I remember, elementary schools are the only ones that don't generate traffic - children just teleport to them. I could be mistaken, but not even the distance matters. Students even outside of its range will use it if it has vacant slots. That being said, pretty sure high schools and universities to generate traffic - so repeat the myth with those

[@HATECELL]

A PS5-Tower ring with a poop lake sounds like a great idea if you need more living space for architects. Just imagine what happens when one of the opens the wrong window

[@shufflecat3334]

RCE: "You can make a lake out of buildings" Me: "oooh! That would be really cool if in the middle it had an aquari-" RCE: "And freaking architects would love this" Me: "Yeah, totally lame, who would do something like that? Not me...."

[@onemanzu]

Dang, that’s an old version of CPP’s city, lol.

[@tarrantwolf]

A double roof allowing for airflow between the 2 roofs thus cooling the structure naturally. Sounds like something an engineer wouldn't understand.

[@Arbol-kx5oc]

Hello Matt, I have another interesting myth for Myth Busting. I've found that in cities' skylines, ferries can drive through a steep canal (with a gradient of about 45 degrees). So Im questioning whether is it possible that ships can drive vertically. In Addition I really like this idea to use Skyscrapers for building a pool. This could be the biggest fish tank the world has ever seen!

[@belzeref8324]

"I feel like this i something that architects would actually do. Everyone wants a sea view, now you can have a sea view" As a student of architecture, yes, yes that is what I was thinking when you did that.

[@BliggityBlaine]

LMFAO 🤣 the part at the end made me laugh out loud. Dude I really love your content.bive been watching every day for about a year and it's my favorite. You got me into this game and Timberborn that's when I started watching. You've inspired me to buy my own gaming PC! I used to have one as a teenager and as soon as I can afford it I'm going to invest in another. Thank you so much I love your content

[@mel0dicHarp]

Poocano: short term, turn off extra sewage outlets. Your population died off a ton so you don’t need that many, which will temporarily stop the overflow. Long term, you’ll need a second outlet to the poocano in case you ever need to turn the other outlets back on

[@FoxDog1080]

Wheneve you think something is architecture, think of the engineering that went into it

[@pardn]

Buildings blocking water would open up to some cool workshop items like maybe the Oosterschelderkering or some insane sci-fi level dams and dikes.

[@horseluver8739]

Not the cow’s little leggies moving as they’re being picked up. Lol

[@FoxDog1080]

Vehicles and people will continue to move normally on their path but if their path is changed they'll just disappear because the original road is gone

[@untine11]

The pigs and cows was hilarious and also, I think a little part of my soul died at the same time.

[@apolloj23]

The camera angle of the trams...oh man, I laughed so hard.

[@captainsnekk]

fun test: see what the maximal amount of vechiles you can have in a map/city

[@user-zj7xs3ez9b]

yes pls

[@tomasbotka561]

somwhere around 200000 , after that game just starts to delete vehicles/residents(pedestrians) for performance reasons , becouse simulation cant handle more than that. P.S. those cities with way bigger population are usually made with infinite demand mod.

[@Blaze6108]

@@tomasbotka561 Yeah, this is notorious for breaking very large cities. After you have enough actors (which includes everything that moves, such as vehicles and people) the game will refuse to spawn any more, so it won't spawn vital city services such as garbage or police.

[@dycedargselderbrother5353]

A few things, if no one has mentioned them yet. As you've discovered, students teleport to schools. This will be the case even if the school is isolated on a piece of road that doesn't connect to anything else. You've also discovered that the game's matchmaking algorithm leaves much to be desired. Rather than considering distance, CSL just draws upon an available resource, so that's why fire trucks come across town and the nearby station is inactive. There are multiple mods that address this deficiency in similar yet competing ways. Vehicles disappear as soon as their path breaks.

[@Potatoincanada201Unknow-bv1yy]

The last myth though. Just imagine just watching a tornado from your bunker and then a cow smashes right into your bunker 😢

[@aidenburgess217]

"Architects would actually do this" i dunno mat, id pay some big dosh to live in what's essentially a sea aquarium.

[@Expertato555]

Make the skyscrapers hotels, and fill the lake with tropical fish, and a reef. Now that’s a perfect hotel idea.

[@jocelbarrett5005]

Many, many people: pigs can’t fly!? Real Civil Engineer: Y E S T H E Y C A N, with engineering, everything is possible

[@RMJ1984]

2:26 wtf, that was hilarious.

[@phyynix2709]

I did not now how much i needed this video until i saw it😀

[@fakiAZer]

Have a nice vid everyone !

[@OdysZeusMLBB]

I’m laughing so hard at tornado wall 😂 didn’t expect to see that

[@ChrisBakerkewlaidkiddd]

Wow...was catching up on the myth busting series and was like....Hey! That's Verde Bea...oooooohhhhhhhhh

[@bohs2000]

ooh, new myth. you can use timed traffic lights to prevent a bus depot from dumping dozens of new buses all in one go. Only allow 3 seconds of exits every 3 minutes?

[@JustJanitor]

These videos are always fun.

[@pythonboi5816]

16:50 living in San Francisco be like

[@alberto.mascetti]

so, tornadoes can make pig fly... bonus mith confirmed, good job, also, that will be rough for nobility