Solve Moon Traffic on MOON Colony with a Moonorail! (Cities Skylines Challenge)

[@kalebmartin7208]

I'd suggest calling it "TranquiliTea City" after the Sea of Tranquility, where Apollo 11 put the first humans on the Moon.

[@teekayfourtwoone4686]

4:42 Low power was due to low temperature (electric heat kicked in) which immediately climbed as you noticed the problem. The only "distance thing" is when there is not enough power supply, the furthest out places lose power. (Same applies with water and sewage. Insufficient of either results in problems furthest from the source.)

[@TuomasLeone]

I think a monorail station right next to the space elevator would help out since that thing brings in so many people. AS for a name, how about LunaTea City?

[@UMTWPP]

very nice suggestions :) that brings me to... Luna Tea-Station ... a bit more 'spacy' maybe :D ?

[@_araminta_]

Love this series! Wouldn't it be obvious to have self-sufficient buildings on the moon?

[@s.scottstaten1852]

In my experience, Hight Tech Housing pays for itself in increased land value. Because of that I never make it a district policy, I set it up city wide. For a Lunar city, High Tech Housing makes a lot of sense, I think you should do it.

[@selinagomezvselizabhetgill7711]

conect the oudside conections to the city. thus fix the conection underground

[@Daxtoe]

A cool look would be those vertical farms and the dome farm (Forgot the name). If my memory serves me right, they came with the High-Tech Buildings content creator pack

[@trainboy5829]

Eden project?

[@christianhohenstein1422]

@@trainboy5829 No, I think they were under the park section. Not unique buildings. They are called Vertical Farm and Biodome Would definitely fit better the space dog parks :D

[@mattheweble5550]

Instead of planes on the moon, is there an asset for shuttles that you can swap them out with?

[@leclark5067]

Or unlock the chirp-x launch site only?

[@jamesjenkins1258]

Search steam workshop for "Space Shuttle Discovery"

[@waitening]

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[@jamesxba1477]

Biffa is not using mods, so he can’t use an asset.

[@pilzf84]

already made the name suggestion in the other episode: Lunatea(ik). For the monorail there really should be a station by the elevator. I would recommend two lines: one going from the first cut through to the oil industry and the other from the 2nd cut through via the elevator and generic industry to the ore industry. Having two stations on the main road close to each junction would help people switch lines.

[@robarmstrong1929]

Bit cliche but you can name the districts after famous astronauts. Definitely name a mountain range after Tim Peaks!? If you do a theme park name it after Sally Ride!

[@rb8607]

23:00 Biffa it's temperature which is causing power fluctuations.. whenever power goes down temperature was lower.. it was around 10.. Next time whenever power requirement increases just have a look at temp

[@Corvid-]

Yup. Distance is irrelevant so long as everything is connected to the grid.

[@isabel8045]

Biffa I think you can have pets on the moon. In the past space agencies have sent animals to space. Also please add an area named after the clangers

[@Azreal20]

Has anyone told Biffa to take a look at "Quad's" futuristic buildings? They would look rather well in this moon/space setting.

[@marcusdirk]

Yes, you're always so serious. It's nice to have a series with a bit less gravity.

[@mowana1232]

I am playing along on hard mode with disasters on. I am enjoying it quite a lot, since for the first time making money and keeping industries and goods in sync is quite the challenge. I used an octagon grid (similar to the Mars scenario), which keeps traffic moving along nicely. The Hightech Buildings DLC has parks and unique buildings, which fit the scheme quite well. I also installed a heating grid to avoid spikes in electricity usage when temperatures are low. Enjoying your series very much!

[@jsal92]

If the turbines are turning on the moon, then you'd also have bikers, there's air to breathe :P

[@MadeInFranceASMR]

32:20 Should have kept that as a landing station for the Alien Rock from New Tealand 😂

[@waitening]

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[@khagemann7462]

Wait, you watch Biffa too???! This is just tea-riffc!

[@StoicDig]

“Moonorail” Brilliant!

[@oakdog7285]

This is really late, and I checked to see if anyone else commented this, but I don't see it, so here goes: You can't have geothermal power on the moon because there is no heated core from which to draw the "thermal". Definitely would need to be something else. Love this and New Tealand, keep up the great work Biffa!!

[@tigonologdring9189]

"Don't need to worry about the noise since there's no atmosphere." Then proceeds to activate _Lightning_ _Rods_ for those pesky thunderstorms! Love it! One day Biffa will actually zone with forethought... for the roads that is, of course there's plenty of other thought gone into things. Don't think I've seen a Biffa-build that didn't have the almost catchphrase "Sorry!" as freshly painted and furnished houses meet the Vogon Constructor Fleet! Oh, given that this _a_ moon and not necessarily _the_ moon: you could name it *Charon* (a moon of Pluto) Just a shame that there's no cargo monorail.

[@tigonologdring9189]

@@I_Stalker Hadn't noticed that! Will keep a look out for Earthrise. Thanks for the heads-up.

[@temporalnix2936]

After watching the previous episode, I decided to try this out for myself. All I can say is monorails are a godsend and have helped so much. (have yet to watch this episode)

[@GBLecci]

"A little bit of a booboo" I feel like sometimes Biffa is actually talking to us thinking we are his sons and daughters, hahahahaha Let's conquer the moon Biffa!

[@Qeztotz]

Two suggestions for you biffa; You've done yourself no favours by disabling the ore factory as that was one of the few things keeping your generic industry running. Industry needs special goods from import or processed resources and randomly chooses what it needs, at the moment your industry is barely holding on with recycling alone but keeping your metal and new petroleum plant running helps immensely with taking up the considerable slack. Second, take a look at the self sufficient residential specialisation from green cities, the buildings in it look more appropriate for a moon colony and will also reduce your power consumption later on.

[@stevengalloway8052]

"To the moon, Alice!" "But Biffa's up there, building his city!" "Well, let him move aside, and you can join him!" 😆

[@SledgeOfHouseHammer]

The whole thing is surreal with trees and wind turbines on the moon. I can't suspend my disbelief enough for this 🤯

[@Soutar3DG]

Imagine there's a giant bubble over the entire map, allowing for atmosphere to exist etc

[@DMZ_5]

Geothermal power on the moon, think about that for a sec

[@jamesjenkins1258]

You can try clicking on the draw districts button, then click the residential tab on the right and add "self sufficient" to the hosing district as well. I'm playing this map too but with mods, There is a functional space shuttle that acts just like a medium jet plane for the airports in the workshop, but you need to use advanced vehicle manager to only let it spawn. kinda cool watching shuttles fly in and fly out of my airport. As always, thanks for the wonderful content

[@ChinaMo]

At 11:00 - I love the tree colors too! Feels very lunar. Also, at 18:00 - am so relieved you saw that about the main roads!

[@redmangc]

A couple things with this series, you should call your Money "Mooney" and you need to set up harpoon fishing fast. "We're whalers on the moon, and we carry our harpoons"

[@SynSpiderz]

Given the little water though, there likely ain't no whales so all you can do is tell tall tales and sing your whaling tune

[@AndrewMartinIsHere]

Encourage biking on the moon? Hmm... not sure your residents would understand the gravity of the situation.

[@sannidhyabalkote9536]

Nice one 😂😂

[@wolodymyr_novak]

Great video! As for the mods you may need to make the city more realistic, there is the "MARS Geodesic Dome Props" mod, which adds just a giant glass dome! I think its size will be enough to cover most of the residential area in this city. Also, the author of this mod has made another useful mod "MARS Surface Passageway Road", which adds a road that looks like a tunnel placed on the surface. This is great for road connection between domes.

[@dannybaker8273]

Pretty sure hi-tech housing is just a policy change and doesnt make houses respawn (that is the self sufficient building theme). also a play on sea of TranquiliTea, and finally for the future, i gotta say Mooniversity. love the ep, this series is a nice alternative.

[@PerfectAlibi1]

A cargo space(air)port will be very good for both import and export of goods ^^

[@FelipeFV91]

34:00 I for one can’t think of a better place for recreational use than the moon. One might even say that it’s as high as you can get!

[@GamerKei]

Loving this series and this city! Got some name suggestions for you to. For the city itself what about Celesteal Way? Since you're on the moon. For the ore area: ARP Origin Ore - standing for Alien Rock Park Origin Ore since the rocks came from the moon lol. For the monorail- Hugo There Station after our favorite friend Hugo for all his hard work.

[@ihti20]

Hey, Biffa, have you noticed temperature on the Moon? It goes from -100 to +100°C, pretty realistic

[@Tim_van_de_Leur]

Well spotted, might be a good reason to add the thermal pipes for heat.

[@ihti20]

@@automation7295 I just wanted Biffa to look at the thermometer and realize where power issues come from: they need heating. Weather conditions literally correspond to those on the Moon.

[@samd7541]

I think he will hit 600k this year Good job biffa nice vid

[@acps110]

This is great series on the moon! When re-doing your power lines, you can hit page up to go up and over the moonorail tracks.

[@MobiusOne1005]

Per your newly created Moonorail line, there isn't an easy way for the people to get from the "right" side of the city to the "left" side of the city because the line goes all the way up to the industry stop before coming back. I would recommend a residential line that goes between the 4 residential stops, and then an industrial line that runs between the industry stop and the 2 residential stops that are nearest the main road.

[@pa_jean]

If the colony is under a dome, I would imagine the buildings would be very tall since real estate would be at a premium. Would definitely farm with green houses.

[@x4mm4x]

Solar updraft woould be more "realistick" since moon is just a cold rock and non fluidy form a geothermal energy. Also you can try build detached circle with a point of interest in the middle like districts and connect them with underground metro tunnels.

[@mizzfit02]

Biffa.... you were all about the symmetry, then you muck it up at 13:05. You're too far to the right. You found it. YES!!! It was making me twich.

[@squallloire]

Thank you. I know it's silly but that was driving me absolutely mad too. Glad he spotted it eventually.

[@str1ke6450]

Name Idea: Astrotea City

[@daecatt]

It would be nice if this really stood out as a moon build with custom textures for the dirt roads and dirt paths, and maybe even a more distinct asphalt color. I think "Theme Mixer" can achieve the first, and "Road Options (Road Color Changer++)" can do the rest, but I don't know for sure.

[@diogomenezes299]

Let's see Paul Allen's solution on the Moon Traffic with a Moonorail.

[@Esenfur]

35:54- "no noise on the moon" - but factor noise to consider population, Plus in last episode, this creation is in a dome, so there is no vacuum and there would be noise as the particles settled for soundwaves.

[@michelanvalo]

Biffa, there's some base pink and purple low lying bushes that when mixed together looked like the kind of plants you'd see on the moon. The tall purple trees you used on your mini parks have this annoying thing where the leaves disappear and they look like dead trees until you zoom in. The two bush variants don't do this. I've been using them in my version of this challenge and they look great.

[@blakemiddleton1049]

You can eventually use a cargo airport to sell goods to other planets and solar systems The shuttles will be able to come and go with goods of all kinds.

[@FARBerserker]

Monorail should connect the Industries to the living Quarters. Maybe do a loop of Monorail around the living quarters and then have a few spurs going out to the industry areas?

[@louisc3270]

A Surviving Mar's space elevator would be perfect to export things on the Moon!

[@TheTechCguy]

I never like placing residential and commercial next to industrial too close like that. The key to that is placing it near the zones close enough so that the commute is short, but far enough so that air pollution from the factories don't reach the homes and businesses. Cornerstone tip since the SimCity days!

[@charlie2116]

This map is incredible! Might be interesting to think of each square as a dome, and build with that in mind. Connecting them through infrastructure, but as separate entities. 🤔 Was thinking that if you put in toll booths by the entrance roads, and whack the prices up. It'd discourage regular traffic, but for exporting goods, it might act as driving it do an underground loading station of the space elevator/rocket.

[@bobblebardsley]

Sat here with my cup of Yorkshire Tea feeling lost and unmotivated... wonder if there's anything new on KZbin to watch... AW YEA IT'S BIFFA TIME!! I needed this so much today 🤪

[@robertocrr]

Name of the city is: Tanquilitea See

[@peskygardengnome1021]

Another Wonderful Biffa Adventure.. Love it

[@SoDakJason]

Biffa: "Screw City Planner Play's rules about water pipes under the roads! We're on the moon!" Me: "Oh god, this is like when mom and dad are fighting."

[@TangerineUnicornDesign]

This city is begging for some downloaded assets that are a bit more futuristic than the vanilla ones. I love the grid though, it's the most interesting grid I've seen in a while. I envisage the moon people just slapping down a bunch of pre-built modules in various configurations every time a new lot of residents came up the space elevator. Monorail should be the only public transport too until you can build a spaceport.

[@nikolaimikuszeit3204]

I am really wondering what type of space-dino got turned into that oil.

[@john_kamau]

Hope you see this video and continue with the series 🥺☺️ Likes 4 the moon colony

[@genesisviper1159]

You should build a highway around the outside of your 'dome' (crater) your city is in as a way to quickly get to important areas as you grow

[@circuitgamer7759]

Challenge idea - Trains and metro only (maybe some roads just to be able to place things, but everything else is trains). No clue if this would be possible in this game, but if it would be I think it could be neat.

[@JoranTheMan123]

Would be cool if the monorail could go faster would look more futeristic. Also Biffa you could use the trains as hyperloops! maybe there's somthing in the workshop for that!

[@luigi0137]

Later on in this series it would be awesome to change the planes to a sort of Spaceshuttle.

[@trixilux]

Love this! Please keep it going. Moonorail is a great name - although, another line could be called 'Luna-rail'

[@maidenminnesota1]

Need an atmosphere in order to support any sort of aircraft that isn't rocket propelled. Also, the moon would be cold when it's dark, so you'll need heating. Yes, the moon rotates on an axis, but it does it so slowly we don't notice it, hence we think there's one light and one dark side of the moon, when that isn't true.

[@Paintedyams]

The pink trees keep dying XD Edit: I love the monorail! When you switch to high tech housing, you should do it in smaller districts, so that not everyone has to move out at once :)

[@yellowbird8690]

The "Moonorail" should be blue as in Blue Moon. Also, run it all the way to the oil drilling area for the workers. Sadly, since you don't the First Person Camera Mod in, you won't be able to recreate the classic scenes from the 70s Sci-Fi movies: where the main character is travelling in the futuristic high speed monorail, looking out the window at the view of the futuristic city.

[@hkitservices]

When you finished to copy your design (house + commercial) you place the 2 roads up (copy of the one going to the space station), but you misplaced them. They are not centered to the commercial area as the first section

[@hkitservices]

you correct it a couple minutes later .... was too quick !

[@magickush5741]

I would love to see you play MMORPG Tycoon 2! Think that you could design an amazing rpg

[@ewenlau727]

People in the city: Great! We just camed here! Moon is awesome. Biffa: *deletes a bunch of houses for the moonorail* People in the city: Really?

[@RoefLaser]

Este comentario es para que Biffa Plays Indies Games siga siendo recomendado por KZbin

[@rikuurufu5534]

On the moon, there's absolutely nothing stopping you from biking in your space suit.

[@metallurgymike1568]

Love the expansion moontage music at 12:19!

[@RhodriLloydEvans]

Bicycling on the moon is the name of my new Prog Rock album.

[@propdynamic4069]

A cool name would be Meteaor City!

[@robertcherman]

It would be cool to see an airport with spaceship assets instead of airplanes.

[@SkyBlaZer168]

airtport cargo as space cargo planes.

[@LimbieV]

Moonlong tea could be a cool name for the city :)

[@richkh]

Name suggestion: Luna-Tea-c City

[@coldoe8889]

Me yelling at the screen when biffa starts placing the upgraded roads in the wrong spot in the second stage. Also me. Sigh of relief when the problem is fixed

[@viciousweather]

University definitely needs to be named "The Lunarversitea"

[@alysepayne270]

Name suggestion for the city- 'Tea Minus'. As it's like what they say during a space launch.

[@Bystander333]

The Chirpx launch sites are a good resource sink, they need lots of oil and ores before launching. They could be your main export link.

[@PerfectAlibi1]

More like Airports, now spaceports on the moon, would be THE main link between Moon and Earth.

[@WillyLangley]

Nice Video!

[@dfol_irl8049]

How about calling the city "Tranquili-tea Base" after the moon-landing site in 1969. 🌕

[@robertkeogh6043]

More Blighty please Biffa!

[@ashullu]

if you are going to use mods with this i think you should use bob to change all the trees. i think using some of the really colorful trees instead of the normal green ones could give the whole city a unique vibe!

[@amydacosta28]

Biffa: Why is that traffic stopping? Me: You have the stop sign off. If you take it off at the industry entrance on the overalabout they shall get out quicker. ^__^.

[@otizings]

You could add a moonorail station behind the new university!

[@howlettfang242]

Moon base name: Teatin Moon Base, Residential area: Teatin Valley. Both are a play off the word Titan

[@LarrySkylines]

Awww man, the video ended just as the moonorail was about to make that 90 degree turn 🙁 I was waiting for that.....

[@hendrikverhelst446]

I think you should zone the generic industry as a ore type (on the old school way) and make sure there is no ore beneath them and you will end up with factories that need ore as raw material and make generic goods

[@zachvanwey3419]

Cool name would be Sea of TranquiliTea or Tea of TranquiliTea as it was the first place mankind landed on the moon

[@elekimage2520]

I think you could download some space related assets from the workshop, and make a space TEAirport maybe :)

[@airtc777]

17:51 check temperature!! 83 Celsius. It’s a hell colony!))) 18:52 95.2 😳😳😱

[@raistlin8648]

keep people coming in from the space elevator, but make Cargo planes assets a transporter shuttle. I know your doing this in vanilla. But an asset skin at least helps with immersion. Maybe something to think about as your Moonbase gets bigger 🤔

[@CJLloyd]

Loving this, Biffa! Thanks!

[@RealCyclops]

Monorails... pffffft, they are over-rated. Just ask Springfield, Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook!!! LOL "I give you the Springfield Monorail! I've sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook, and, by gum, it put them on the map! Well, sir, there's nothin' on Earth like a genuine bona-fide electrified six-car monorail!" - Lyle Lanley (The Simpsons)

[@kelsean6088]

You need a farm, that should have been the first industry you built

[@jameszd4470]

Me: No Biffa! Those top roads are in the wrong place Biffa 10 min later: Oh! I know what I've done! Me: Thank goodness... Biffa: I've put these blocks in the wrong place! Me: Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! Biffa: Oh wait! No I've put these top roads in the wrong place Me: Thank goodness.... I'll be able to sleep tonight :P

[@alexbuley531]

You should add planes but see if there is a way to turn them into spaceships so they can be freight spaceships, rather than freight planes