Taking Medium Density to an Exciting New Level in Cities Skylines 2!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

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[@corbinplayzroblox9760]

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[@DrakeGamer85]

OMG! When I made that name suggestion, I never expected so many Likes for it - so much so, I said to myself "If Biffa picks that name, it would make my day!" 😆

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thanks for the idea! I liked it! :-)

[@bensmith6004]

Congrats 🎊

[@justinbutler117]

Did you get your chicken dinner

[@jld4063]

Day made! 🎉

[@tigonologdring9189]

Love that apartment complex! But the big question is: did Biffa remember to actually hook the bus line back into the new/replacement bus stop? All your major janks? Perma-Anarchy... mostly anyway. Treat it like antibiotics: use it when you need it and only then, and you'll save on the painkillers for those headaches!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thanks and I did! ;-)

[@JayWalker]

@10:37 i did the boring thing and counted the car parking spaces, its more than 100 :D

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thank you lol

[@Trifler500]

Fun fact: The inventor of the skyscraper intended it to actually increase green space by being used the way you made that apartment complex, but sadly that's not how people used it.

[@EdwardM-t8p]

LeCorbusier had the same idea with his Radiant City scheme: he said 12% of the land will be built up on and 88% shall be free, for parks, recreation and conservation. It didn't work out that way! 😭😭😭

[@MrMoodymaniac]

Of course, the first SKYSCRAPER was the 9 story "Insulae" style buildings, built in Rome 12BC. Lotsa green space intended then.

[@tauforlife]

There isn't an "inventor" of the skyscraper..

[@Trifler500]

@@tauforlife I've can't remember where, but I've read that the skyscrapers was intended to increase green space by going up and maintaining the same density, rather than increasing it. However, according to Wikipedia, the man credited with designing the first skyscraper is apparently William Le Baron Jenney.

[@infiniteVidz]

In sweden they built it this way too :)

[@KTKPRO]

At 27:30: the snapping to the trees is happening due to a new snapping option in the tool bar called "Snap to object surfaces"(or something along those lines). It is the icon that is inbetween the grid icons with an right arrow pointing to a diagonol surface(the hollow square). I was also very anoyyed by this "feature" at first. Hope this helps.

[@brucer2152]

A thing you hear every kid says to his mom or dad..."Mommy! Mommy! I wanna go to Crematorium park!!!"

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

They're usually dying to go .... 😅😬

[@EdwardM-t8p]

​@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines Some dark humor... "Mommy, Mommy! I don't wanna go to Crematorium Park!" "Shut-up and put your other foot in the coffin!"

[@SnyperMK2000JclL]

Places trash bins that require a special garbage truck to lift up and dump to empty... Also places fences with a person sized gap at the end thus making it impossible for said trash bins to be emptied... XD

[@MrMalu01]

40:19 Concrete + summer time = oven everywhere 😢 please more parks, trees 🌴 and grass ❤

[@kevinwolfenden4685]

This video seems to be a marker to you getting back to your old self. Thanks.

[@JWUniverse]

As of this Build I have been a Channel Member for a Full Year and 3 Days… crazy how time flies… Nice upgrading! 😊

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

That is fantastic, thankyou so much and happy anniversary!

[@JWUniverse]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines You're welcome 😁 and Thank you

[@DieselBlade93]

Quite wild to spend 20 minutes detailing an apartment building but each to their own. You do always build very beautiful cities. I really enjoy city building / management / simulation games but I am not very creative

[@mateuszkunda9400]

Love the Biffa and CPP posters on the building's wall

[@GamerBadger82]

As all these mods come out, C:S2 is slowly becoming a game I want to play again! ❤

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

I agree 👍

[@Stant123]

46:44 You added the stop, but you didn't move the bus route to the stop. As it is right now, it's just a waypoint.

[@SavageDiffguy]

I just wanted to comment i know its been 3 months since the upload but I was coming back and watching them again to get an idea on bus and mass transit thats in these episodes. But if you happen to see this you can always toggle the white background by hitting you info shortcut or hitting the I in the top left corner. it gets rid of the whiteout effect.

[@inyobill]

14:37: The cemeteries (upgrades) also add entertainment. Makes sense to me. Something to keep in mind when deciding on death care options. I usually go for the crematoriums.

[@davehollowell2104]

You need some charge points for your EV parking spaces.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Good call!

[@stxejn]

17:00 use the eye dropper tool to the left next to find it/move it then click on the building. That'll copy it. I use it on signature buildings as the game only lets you place one so that helps if you wanna do a row of condos or something.

[@rajvinjamuri7]

That cluster of apartment block homes seems a bit dystopian. Would love a more walkable neighborhood vibe with lots of green space access

[@SaintDahl]

Hey Biffa At 11:30 you get a crash and talk about MoveIt and the zoning tool. If you click any building or asset first then click MoveIT the game will crash. If you click MoveIT and then the building/asset no crash.

[@heavyarms55]

I'm gonna be that guy again and ask, why the hell do we need a mod to control zoning when right before CS2 came out, they added that to vanilla CS1 in a FREE update?! Same company!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

same company, different game 🙄

[@Daniele858585]

I miss the traffic fixes on big cities like in cs1 :(

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

I'll get back to them in CS2 as well, now more fun mods are comin out :-)

[@Daniele858585]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines Gooood!

[@HTadd1ct]

It's the reason I watched this guy!

[@DrakeGamer85]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines Looking forward to some great Lane Mathematics!

[@Myricaulus]

@@DrakeGamer85 Hugo here and Hugo there

[@japes7]

Here's what I'm thinking: use invisible pedestrian bath behind those tree planters and benches (in front of the apartments) so that it looks like people walk on a extended sidewalk. Also use the surfaces to connect the high school and college back sides. Then maybe an invisible path could create a connection between the two?

[@MaydayAggro]

I'm sure the patients at the hospital are quite satisfied that there is a crematorium across the street.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

😬

[@simongeard4824]

It's about providing motivation.

[@CivilDesigner81]

Great video love the detailing. Only concern would be at the bins surrounded by a fence would be difficult for a truck to pick up the trash

[@carriegarrisonvos4433]

I like all the new decals and such! Looks appropriate having graffiti on garage doors!! Moving along nicely 🤩

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thanks! 😊

[@NATM462]

You should get a macro pad for all the shortcuts, a stream deck can also have custom commands for any program and has a visual element to it.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

I do have one, but I was hoping I could use my spare mouse button for it :-)

[@ma-eu-ch8944]

Idea👍🏿: It would be a good idea if at most three episodes from now you build the first small skyscraper that has been bought by a rich person to build offices and stuff there.

[@tankfrank35]

I also walked into the issue the busses are to big for a turn in the one direction buslane, I sorted that to connect them with a small bend road instead of connecting straight roads with a sharp angle

[@ProfessorWaifu]

@35:00 Imagine being in the buildings and just open your window to talk to your neighbor.

[@restcure]

As a nod to real life, a path between the high school and college would be nice; as a high school student, I'd be kinda miffed at having to go all the way 'round all those trees when I'm late for an extension class - those schedules can be quite tight.

[@pintokitkat]

27:25 I don't think that road junction is legitimate. I think it's another cocked up one. If you look at the shape of the pedestrian crossing before you connect the road, it isn't straight, which i think might be an indicator that the road is screwed up there. Any connecting is going to fail and usually causes the road to look wrong. Here it looks almost right, but not exactly, which is why the buses 'didn't get the memo'.

[@stevengalloway8052]

Only Biffa could be given a "crash course" on Move It in CS2... 😏😆

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

:P

[@captainrobots1]

Fun fact July 17, 1902, is when air conditioning was invented but became popular in the 1950s after WW2. We had ww1 the great depression at least in the usa then ww2 that's why it became popular so almost 50 years after it was invented.

[@plip13]

Nice serie of building, you can call it the Horseshoe. 😅 And, if you copy and paste, we could call the area "The Royal Forge"!

[@mastersuntzu]

I love watching you create! Very entertaining and fun to watch! Something I don't understand, as someone who grew up in stairwell living, how do they figure the realistic population in the buildings? The first area you built where you locked the housing, has 6 floors on either side of the stairwell. This would mean there should be 4 people per floor, per side as an average. That would be 24 people per building. Now looking at the buildings, you can see they are actually quadrant. Meaning there should be 4 ppl per floor, per quadrant as an average. So in that instance it would be 96 people per building. And that doesn't include the brick colored buildings with 7 floors. Those would be some luxurious apartments if each family had an entire floor to themselves! Cheers!

[@B.Evil.C]

The apartment blocks are highly likely to have underground parking so not so visible and a shared garden in the middle. If the is any space.

[@TaliyahMC]

Lol, I think you may have re-blocked your expansion for your clinic again with a bus stop...also before you go to far consider the schools need expansion space too, I think....love the detailing!

[@kalzafar]

@biffa that sort of apartment complex usually has parks in it with a comunal pool and kids play area

[@V8HiluxZX6R]

44:08 looks good, but those bins are never fitting through those entrance ways... the binmen/trash collectors are not gonna be happy 😁

[@robertjb001]

10:38 : It is over 100 (11 x 11) closer corner with space for ♿ or🔌

[@_cimone]

Bro loves car parks!! I built a city in skylines 2 with 600,000 population and zero car parks 😂 nobody seemed to mind haha.. But I LOVE how yours look and I must say I’m enjoying watching you build your city better than I enjoyed building mine! Your attention to detail is crazy. Looking forward to more episodes 😊😊

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thankyou ☺️

[@mysteriousways5741]

To get rid of the white screen, when you have your tool selected, click the X in the top left corner. Sometimes you need to close the panel on the left, sometimes you need to click the X ABOVE the panel (currently hiding between mod buttons). 😎

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

I use a mod called toggle overlay now, much easier 👍

[@kevinstovall1646]

If you ever do another Americanized Tea town with Burg; you could do PittsTeaBurg

[@BurningHorizons]

2u 4-lane road would be a nice simple base game freebie

[@bmendez3782]

You know with paths now connecting with apartment buildings along with roads you you could say that now would be easy to put housing projects the right spot like in real life.

[@jabcmw1]

Those fences will prevent garbage trucks from dumping the bins. Need a gate on each side

[@bobbyc3666]

Soooooo.... much want copy/paste!!!!!!!! Use your power biffa

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

I'm hoping!

[@infiniteVidz]

you should do more traffic separation for walking people!

[@oldhog2090]

Biffa I think the bus stop didn't automatically put the stop back. Don't you have to 'drag' the line onto the stop so it does a little indent? And when you added the little path, did you remove the entire stop?

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

It's working ok, no worries :-)

[@aitcheymoo]

I know it looks pretty but that path to the school would be absolutely terrifying to walk down. Huge trees closely planted, I'd be scared of being jumped!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

😬

[@EdwardM-t8p]

Hugo There: Points out world's traffic problems for Biffa to fix. Biffa: Starts by fixing traffic problems in the United States and only makes them worse because of induced traffic, and rage quits. EDIT: That urban apartment block looks like tenements in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx in New York City and usually they don't have parking lots in back, usually there's just a vacant lot with weed trees ("volunteers").

[@Marcelxv]

What setting or mod is used to change the opacity of the zoning? I'd rather have clear zones like this rather than the white boxes that hid everything beneath it.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Toggle overlay 👍

[@waterboy1303]

Love the implementation of the South London vibes 👏

[@slytaz3]

Oops Biffa forgot to connect the route to the new stop. Please fix the trash bin area... it is getting quite pungent behind the pretty fences.🤣🤣

[@aliertocarlos75]

😂 I always select MoveIt with fear! It often makes the game crash.

[@doberandkats]

Just my two cents here but... 1) the trash bins behind fences. Can trash trucks actually get to them? and 2) you added bus stops to the business area but didn't run any to the housing areas. Maybe add a stop or 3 so the people in the houses can get to the shops that are complaining about lack of customers?

[@slimgoodman]

i like your cs/2 content.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Glad to hear, thanks! :-)

[@hoser193]

Biffa You need toupdate your traffic manager and get the traffic mod. Together they work like TMPE President edition. Never mind I posted before the video was finished.😂🤣

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

😅

[@ojakuls]

keep a check on Anarchy.. you leave it on for most times that may be creating isssuueess.

[@norbertlepsik]

my issue that anarchy mod is not appearing ingame, though other mods are working perfectly. I'm subscribed for all the dependencies, but anarchy mod and better buldozer are the two mods that is not working for me :(

[@Denisexo_]

Your video really hyped me to start with the game again. It chrashed over 20 times and I’m deeply disappointed. I love the game so much, but that really takes out all the fun. Anyone else experiencing this issue?

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

If you're using mods, you need to check them out carefully. If not then I'm not sure. I rarely have crashes, that one in the video was solved with a move it update.

[@AdamHinckley]

34:35 you got a hedge in the path

[@slosubies4845]

Those large dumpsters will need truck access. The fences look good, but not practical for emptying the bins.

[@Slickslot]

11:15 🤣.

[@lypp5044]

I don't think, there will be a lot of people using the bus to travel from work to the clinic. Maybe you should rather connect the industrial area directly with the households. Further I would have made a seperate line for schoolbusses, that serve all three schools.

[@jimhearsonwriter]

When you switch to the NA bus stop in the turning loop at the end, did you reconnect the bus route to it? It looked like all the buses were just going past it.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

I have now! :-)

[@dashboardfairy]

Pls add bus stop to the mid density complex!

[@inyobill]

Of course, the lane control that was part of the Traffic Light mod has been removed in favor of the new Traffic Mod. BTW, got my game back up. Deinstalled, deleted ALL CS II directories I could find, and reinstalled.

[@dannydietzel9743]

To create a note on the road you dont need to build nee roads in your existing just pic any road from the menu an do a double tap on the existing road a you will see a little change an get a note

[@verement1]

Hi Biffa! Very long time watcher first time commenter. I have loved your videos on Skylines (1) and loving the new content. I have held off for quite a while getting CS2, mainly because of the various issues it has had from the begining. My question is that now things seem to have gained momentum and are improving do you now think that it is worth getting?

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thankyou and welcome to the comments section. It's hard to say whether you should get it, but personally I'm enjoying it much more with the addition of the detailing and other mods 👍

[@robinlith6357]

No way that parkinglot in the middle of the flats will have enough space for every household!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

And that's how parking lots in these sorts of places usual work, believe me 😅

[@restcure]

There are garages on the street side.

[@japes7]

They have underground garages in those buildings too.

[@restcure]

@@japes7 As part of the CS2 asset?

[@drjonritz]

Drinking Tea, Breaking Bus lines

[@justkorhei]

Yep, that apartment complex is definetly a gang territory xd

[@bbbenj]

Nice build, thanks 👍

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

No problem 👍

[@Ανδρέας-ΓεώργιοςΣκίννερ]

God I wish I could afford a system that could run this game and recreate my home town

[@College-Builder]

So excited to see you back with CS2!! Please do more!! ❤

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Indeed :-)

[@schubertadam]

I pre-purchased the game and played it when it first came out... came here to find out if its playable yet.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Yes

[@maartena]

Was this video made a few weeks ago? The lane direction tool was removed from the Traffic Lights mod because the Traffic mod was released...... Edit: And then I got to 20 minutes in, and explained.... indeed, part of the video is older! :D Now you have the traffic mod and extra detailing! Never mind I said anything, watch the WHOLE video before commenting! :D

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Don't worry, you wont be the only one! 😂

[@andywest1788]

Amazing detailing!!!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thank you very much! ☺️

[@fubar4fun]

Wish I could keep CS2 running for more than 5 minutes at a time. Lots of people experiencing same but not reporting other than going back to CS1. Is it a RTX graphics card issue? Is it my i9 processor (heard there's problems with games)? Nowhere near using 70% of free non-OS RAM so that's not an issue... Wish I knew because I'd love to play it again.

[@fubar4fun]

P.S. NO ERROR MESSAGES EITHER!!! Not on screen, game logs, Windows logs NOTHING!!! Just like what happens at 11:17

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

That was a mod problem with move it, as explained in the video. So something that can be fixed. 1) dont use move it or 2) get the pre-release version that works better :-)

[@petermcinnes6987]

It's not burg, it's burra. As in Edinburgh, Bamburgh.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Nope I made the city so I pronounce it how I like 😅

[@petermcinnes6987]

You can take the boy out of London ...

[@restcure]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines After playing all that Manor Lords, I'm surprised you didn't pronounce it "Brewburgage"

[@ryancomfy]

Thanks Biffa, great video :)

[@andrewjohnson6162]

Why not place a few bus stops in the residential area, two at the college and one more at the high school

[@ellnic]

Great episode, Love the city name. Any date on the next UK build episode?

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Yes tomorrow :-)

[@ellnic]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines Sweet, Thank you!

[@MrWiffit]

Hopefully, you didn't want any space to upgrade the high-school or college

[@HorrorEpic86]

row of trees in front of the crem need attention

[@ericwemmer402]

MoveIt crashes on me almost 100% of the time if I have another tool or something open when I press "M" to activate MoveIt. I no make sure to clear all tools before opening the MoveIt tool and haven't had a crash in several hours of gameplay. I don't know if it is the MoveIt mod specifically that causes the crashes.

[@wajidali8234]

Please turn on the natural disasters to have more fun with them.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

I don't enjoy them tbh, and there's only tornado.. Once I've seen it and cleared up the damage I didn't want to do it again 👍

[@greenkingdog]

you should have called the bins garbage because they are

[@norbertlepsik]

I thought to have a fresh start to the game, completely uninstalling and deleting everything, and starting from 0. After I re-subscribed to some of my favourites mods, I was disappointed to see, that two crucial mods are not appearing ingame (although the game states that all of my mods are loaded successfully) These mods are the following: - anarchy mod - better buldozer - find it (although I don't find it currently utterly useful or needed) (every mod has it's dependencies downloaded) Does anyone else having similar difficulties? I have no error message or anything that could help. I've seen another discussion where players said to load the game 2-4x times and then the mods will appear. Well some mods are there since the first try, others don't want to load. :( Thanks for your help in advance!

[@AdamHinckley]

did i miss an episode of you building this place? i thought you just used this one as a temporary one for the mod update thing the other week and what happened to the series that you was doing few months back?

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

We had to start again when all the mods moved to PDX mods, thisis episode 2. The first one was titled something like I started a brrand new city. You can't miss it ;-)

[@AdamHinckley]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines I had a look earlier but I couldn't find it, the only one was the CS1 series, *edit* I managed to find it, I couldn't remember it

[@ninjathedeadguy2655]

First and hi!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Indeed and hi to you too! 🙂

[@dannydietzel9743]

Not enough costumers means the cost for the things they can buy are too expensive. Maybe the importcost are to high for the industry because of too long Import ways or too less industry that can Produce for commerial. Its just a Economy Problem that you need to Balance a bit😅

[@Desbiensjoel]

Isn't it 😎😎

[@TheJacobs150]

Yeah Cities Skylines 2 back to life! 🥹

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Indeed 😊

[@anzeplantan5216]

Did they fix the game already or are there still a lot of bugs and things that don't work

[@bobbyc3666]

Mostly fixed... ?!?

[@gauravyadav8937]

Lant not flattened bcoz of road already sunk

[@trainformerd4134]

Biffa pronounce the city name wrong This Burg not burgh e.g Hamburg and Edinburgh, so New Brewburgh will have ending of Edinburgh 😅

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Erm....it's my city so surely I know how to prronounce it correctly? (pushes glasses up nose) ;-)

[@Paul_Inman]

Is Cities Skylines 2 playable now? I didn't buy it last year after seeing how bad it was at release and then you also raised it in a video. I would like to upgrade from the original game to the new one though