The Grand Square, Luxury Shops and Hotel - Cities: Skylines - Altengrad #39

[@metalliann7900]

Altengrad - one of those series where I just hit the thumbs up before even starting the video.

[@KapeluszNik121]

so true

[@flameoguy]

One strategy I found for making outlying towns and villages easily is by starting with the roads going out of town. Look at where the city streets converge onto roads, and then build those roads through the lowlands to the edge of the map. Wherever it seems natural, add routes that connect these roads into the city to one another, perhaps bypassing the city entirely. These country roads (and railroads) should diverge as you get farther from the city. Then start building your towns. Large towns are usually found at important crossroads, and should get bigger as you get closer to the city. You only need about four or five of them on an entire map to get the point across. If you find making towns to be boring, try making them distinct. One could have an old castle or medieval manor. Another could be a railway depot or a minor port. To fill the gaps between the important towns, add villages and hamlets. Don't waste too much time on these. They can be as simple as a few buildings along a road, with a single shop and a small inn. You can use villages for your remaining minor crossroads, or simply have them connected to the road by rural lanes. You might need a lot of them depending on the amount of habitable land, but they should only take about a minute or so to make each. In my personal opinion, its really important that you don't skip the step of adding towns and villages to the city. The place where the city fades into the countryside can be the most interesting, and as people begin to rely on cars in the later 20th century they will play a major role in urban development. Towns close to the city get absorbed into the urban fabric, while towns outside of the city become minor highway exits on the way into the capital. Its always interesting seeing buildings in a suburban area that used to belong to an independent community.

[@mimikal7548]

Yes

[@patrickprechtl3313]

I would really celebrate it if you uploaded this masterpiece in the workshop when your series ends.

[@ander4163]

my PC could not survive it hahaha

[@HAVVKZ]

He has all his mods and assets saved locally, many of them are not in the workshop, so that won't happen unfortunately :/

[@patrickprechtl3313]

@@HAVVKZ Not an insurmountable hurdle.

[@Karlschubo]

If you want to fill in the outskirts fast release a map with different regions and make a community event out of it. You can import different larger structures via Move it! from other maps. Maybe take some inspriation from 2$20, he did this previously

[@mimikal7548]

Yes!

[@sekritdokumint9326]

One problem i have with Cities Skylines and all city building games in general is that they dont feel like cities. They are just grids and random buildings on them, they dont look real, they look like a game. Meanwhile here what you have done is creating a real living city that looks and feels like one. You are doing a great job! Keep on going no matter what

[@skagenrora1236]

Remember to put in more churches and schools. This is my favourite cities skylines series!

[@bazylfox1]

I started to learn procedural objects because of this series. Watched every episode couple of times to follow your moves in PO.

[@Phineas_Freak]

I can just imagine diplomats, politicians, tycoons and aristocrats stayed in the Grand Hotel right next to the gouvernement and ministry buildings. Your city is so inspiring!

[@pearlorions]

Altengrad is imo one of the highest quality c:s projects by far, the amount of thought put into it really makes it easy to do worldbuilding. I remember some guy even planned on making a story set in Altengrad lmao. Really hope the series continues!

[@ScotlandTom]

I find it legitimately hilarious how you casually undid hours of my work on this map towards the end there 🤣 This is easily my favorite Skylines series to watch. Seeing Altengrad grow has been awesome.

[@PopkaAkula]

in reference to what you were saying around 1:30, maybe Altengrad could be the old capital of the country?

[@FunkyPidzyn]

Well... Altengrad in real life could have... approximately ... 200/300 tousand inchabitants before war? 🤔 those times, buildings were densely occupied...🤔 for me, theory that Altengrad is a capital city, could work ;)

[@paulangecarnot]

or the capital of a federated state ? like Munich in bavaria or Graz in styria ?

[@danielchera9214]

@@paulangecarnot that is how I imagined it. An old city with historical importance that is now one of the larger population centers in a region where it is the administrative capital

[@paulangecarnot]

@@danielchera9214 yeah it's totally believable :)

[@MrR4nD0mDUd3]

I love love love this city, and I’m super addicted to the intersection marking tool, id love to see more use of that

[@koen2715]

Every time I see a new upload I drop everything, close the curtains, switch off the lights so it's completely dark, and start watching it like a movie cause I love this series. I love Altengrad, I love Aurelia. I just love cities and everything you can do with them. You've now made almost 40 Altengrad episodes and over 80 Aurelia episodes and still you manage to come up with original ideas which are super interesting and keep me hyped for the upcoming videos. I really love seeing the two completely different cities grow. You are doing a great job and you have a lot of creativity and positivity. Keep up the good vibes, and thank you :)

[@pearlorions]

The amount of time and effort put into this city, only to cover like 1/10th of the map really puts into perspective how massive cities skylines maps really are.

[@marcp7689]

If you want to do some quick but nice looking fields, I would recommend using some Bush lines as hedges between fields, and filling the fields wirh resorce brush and surface painter, and finally put some trees in some of the corners of the fields.

[@Akruas]

That's exactly what I used.

[@joaoroque5333]

That shot of the parlament building has so many budapest vibes :)

[@ZGreenGaming]

Logo looks nice!The font idea is really cool!

[@CityScapesYT]

Carching up with the series, getting more beautiful with every episode!

[@ZGreenGaming]

Stairs look beautiful!

[@POTKC]

Will Altengrad have an airport? The 30s would be a perfect time to start with a really basic one, but if not, the 40s are ideal too - think a military airbase built during the war and then converted into a civilian airport right after the war ends… In any case, loving this series, keep it up! 👍🏻

[@Akruas]

I'm not planning an airport.

[@POTKC]

@@Akruas oh, I’m sorry to hear that. The one you built for Aurelia was fantastic so I was looking forward to seeing how you’d do a more retro-style one. Regardless though, this series is super good…as others have commented, you’ve done a fantastic job of creating a city that genuinely looks REAL! It’s super impressive and I’m really looking forward to the next episode 🙂

[@Kleavers]

Procedural objects is just such an insanely powerful tool. It basically allows you to build...everything.

[@orioni]

Love this series. For the parks: could you try some different trees? The should be tall at the top (for shade) and open at the bottom (for looking at people). The pine trees you sometimes use have the exact effect. It helps to imagine this from an eye-level perspective. Also: people like to sit next to fountains, so some fountains would be nice. The business and industrial areas can use more seating areas for workers enjoying their lunch outside.

[@molybdane7240]

Looks it all adds up nicely. If you make more villages in the future, make sure you add vegetable gardens to each house. That way, you can tripple or quadruple the space each little house takes up.

[@ziegenlord5395]

24:00 you could actually keep the small remains of the old river there, they look epic and have some similarity to the old paths of the rhine in southwest germany

[@Akruas]

I already built farmlands all over that area.

[@PauxloE]

If Altengrad is in a country like Germany or Switzerland with a federal structure, it might be the capital of one of the federal states, hosting its parliament. Some of the state capitals in Germany are not very big cities. (E.g. Schwerin has just 95k inhabitants, which is likely less than what Altengrad will grow to.) (This is just as an argument why there might be a parliament in a more modern part of the city. If you go more back into history, you of course have even smaller states with their own capitals, but that would then have the parliament more in an older part of the city. Of course you could also go to very small countries like Liechtenstein (Vaduz has ~ 6k inhabitants).)

[@jimdotcom1972]

progress on the city is so good.

[@MrJosep212]

I love this series! Keep it coming!

[@CakeboyRiP]

Nice build today 👍🏻

[@reichtangleanschluss509]

I been always thinking that Altengrad is small country around the size of Luxembourg somewhere between Austria and Czechia.

[@joaquincimas1707]

You need some bigger industrial parks, just only with a coal plant and some car/engine factory you could create a zone who could created jobs for a lt of people. PD: You need some slums/old semi abandoned houses who looks like the first place a family who have just come to the city from the countryside will live on. That will add historical realistic in a Europea city in the industrial era.

[@alexandrutonita736]

It could be like Versailles (to Paris), den Haag (to Amsterdam) or Weimar (to Berlin). Close to the biggest and most important city in the nation, but a separate capital for prestige or some strategic reason. It could also be like Washington DC (NY and LA), Brussel (Paris and Berlin) or Canberra (Sidney and Melbourne). Although not important, it is the capital because choosing one of the two major cities would anger the population of the other region.

[@Akruas]

True, could be.

[@anthonybateman7527]

Looks great busy, every village has small church.

[@antaryjczyk]

WOW...THIS IS AMAZING!!! Great job ;) Who else want to see Altengrad at night hahahahaha

[@balindurin]

This hotel building is inspired by Hotel Bristol, most famous hotel in Warsaw, Poland

[@victoranselmo9307]

Please, what is the name of this asset that you use at 7:22 to level ground? I'm looking for something just like that.

[@Akruas]

steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=1480409620

[@vilamnoye5739]

Hello, may I know the name of the hotel assets at 00:54? I can't find it using "hotel" key words in workshop.

[@Akruas]

steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2166408594

[@samborpuskas]

Great video as always, just wanted to ask about the Prudential asset again, do you think it fits in?

[@ComradeMeow]

I may be wrong, but that hotel building isn't from Warsaw. Its from Romania and its called the Capșa (pronounced ”Capsha”) Hotel.

[@schnitzel6852]

as a european, you should add more churches, usually smaller ones sprinkled throughout the city

[@DerFeedsan]

babe wake up new altengrad dropped

[@Yaratoma]

Love this series

[@timin1258]

Great video!

[@bartomiejwalich6108]

I was waiting for Altengrad !!

[@LucaFuchs2]

1:14 4:05 what is this huge blue blob?

[@lagritsalammas]

Great job as always! Have you got any plans to include a few cemeteries within the city limits?

[@Akruas]

Just built one today.

[@wertherland]

what are all those modules for procedural objects? This build is so incredible!

[@acematthewocampo2181]

Altengrad. Oh how i missed you

[@MrLynx777]

Very nice , love the place

[@AllenorLP]

Hey Akruas, great work! I wanted to remind you to fill in a few schools!

[@jakubcesarzdakos5442]

It's a bit a shame that you haven't put any early skyscrapers in the centre. Anyway, a great episode on a great channel!

[@Akruas]

Maybe I will, not in the centre though.

[@Sir_Sheikhs_Pears]

AKRUAS Y O U A R E A T O T A L G E N I U S ! ! ! ! ! I just read your last tweet! It cannot be true (but it is). THX

[@sebsonkebson1757]

if this city was in real life i would go there

[@tomaszkrawczyk9344]

Maybe metro?

[@mmich4600]

If we're in the 1930s, i wonder if there will be any references to the Second World War? Maybe some destroyed neighborhoods of the city? Any military fortifications? I think it would be something that would add a lot of climate to this beautiful city

[@Bokser242]

3:28 hotel Bristol :D

[@xMarra14x]

Will you build some housing estates (sídliště - I know you understand :D ) on the edges like soviets does in some more modern ages?

[@Akruas]

Yes, in the appropriate decades.

[@mattymickgary1452]

Sanctum Gamer is doing a farming community themed built if useful for tips

[@PauxloE]

27:50 The tram has doors on both ends, but people are jumping out of the window in the middle (and entering there too). Is this a bug in the asset, or is this something which can't be configured as part of the asset-creation?

[@Akruas]

No clue.

[@andrescardona3507]

Excellent

[@enriqueganter641]

Hi Akuras! Why is the back of the screen blue while you build?

[@Akruas]

Spoiler box since I built it on stream live.

[@enriqueganter641]

@@Akruas Thanks for the quick answer!!!

[@DerFeedsan]

what LUT are you using?

[@Akruas]

Relight Average

[@FunkyPidzyn]

I’ve just came up with an idea, how to make farms looking better. Its a matter of colour. lets assume that there is a middle of september, trees are still green but every field has been just plought... so, mabe swaping textures from green palette into brown one will make proper efect? 🤔🤔

[@davidbuhren6055]

Nice!!!

[@Dejroslaw2448]

24:6 Greenpeace hates You

[@Hobbyrepubliken]

Nice

[@duloo97]

It looks from the sky like the Belgrade capital of Serbia 1/1

[@falcaoo17]

So niceeeeee

[@kensh851]

Yummy