This Build Will Change the Way You Think About Cities Skylines 2! | MC #13

[@mathieuroy2600]

Hey Phil! I see you are using a lot of low commercial of lower sizes, which all have some parking lots built in, after a lot of trial and error, here are a few I found (which might require a bit of wack-a-mole) Width x Depth 4x6 NA low commercial - Has a nice gas pump AND station combo but requires a lot of wack-a-mole as a few restaurant-looking ones are in the same footprint 5x5 NA low commercial - Has a REALLY NICE strip-mall looking building without any parking. They look great next to eachother for a shopping area surrounding a parking lot! 5x5 EU low commercial - Has a decently looking building for a road corner. 4x6 EU low commercial - Has a decent warehouse-ish building with loading docks on its side There are also a few wider but shallow buildings which are decent, like 6x3, 5x3, 6x4. Overall, I've found while I hate anything 4x4 or under, as soon as you hit 5 or 6 in a direction, they actually look much better and most of them don't have awkward parking on the asset! Hope this helps!

[@CaesarRoyale]

Nice info, will be saving this for myself to use. Thanks!

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Pinning this for visibility, since it has the potential to help a lot of people out! Thank you for the tips!

[@jplayscities]

Hey Phil! Just an fyi regarding the Add Object menu from the dev mode - if you just press the same button that you used to open in, it will hide the menu, then you can use the same button again to open it. That avoids the issue of closing the menu with the 'X' and not being able to use it again. Hope that makes sense! For everyone else reading this comment, please give it an upvote 👍 so we can help save Phil from having to save and reload his game every time he wants to use the Add Object menu 😅

[@RepoGuy513]

Got on here to say the same thing.

[@hugo_bear219]

Was going to say the same too. Found that out by accident, after closing it far too many times 🤣

[@xarkkal7662]

We all just want to help save Phil's, and anyone in this community's, sanity! 😂

[@skippymcgroyne]

@@xarkkal7662 Ah, alas, too late for me :)

[@charlesingram9471]

same as everyone else, i also was going to add this lol

[@brianatkinson1398]

As I watched the episode with my daughter (8 years. Old), she looked at me and said, “Dad, you know what he should do… he should make a college there.” let's just say that your city planning is rubbing off on my kid and I love it!

[@NathanGWood]

I'm super excited for when my own kid is old enough to watch with me, for exactly this reason!

[@ekw77]

When my 4 yo daughter catches me playing CS2, she says, "Dada, can I watch you play your city game?" She makes me let her pick out a house that can be hers and we rename it as her house in the game. 😁

[@chrischarman8707]

Sure she didn’t say “let’s add some more parking daddy!”

[@ekw77]

Ha. Yeah, I'm sure, but I often also have to name one of the cars as her car, too. Then when she sees me playing a week later and the car that was parked in front of her house has moved, we get to pick out another to relabel as hers. There are probably ten cars running around my city labeled as her car. 😂

[@benverhaegen9006]

Make sure to tell her how many people love this comment, because I'm pretty sure that means all of us are as proud of her as you are! ❤

[@n0niz]

Hi CPP! Just wanna say thank you for inspiring me to be a Planner! Just landed my first Planning job after 2 years of studying! Please never stop posting, you’re a great inspiration! 😊

[@Someone36991]

What did you have to study?

[@dangerousham3519]

🥳 Congratulations! You are also an inspiration for the future generations of soon to be city planners.

[@NoDecaf7]

​@@Someone36991 Heya! A tip for you, I Google searched "city planning" followed by a local university. Give it a shot for schools in your area! It might be called something different, like Regional Planning.

[@jamespierce8169]

congrats!! best of luck 🫶

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Thank you so much for the kind words!! And good luck on the new gig and way to work towards positive change in your community!

[@katyuuki2261]

Hey Phil, wastewater lab technician here. If you can, you should add fencing around the wastewater facility. They are very dangerous places and keeping people out of them is just as beneficial to public safety as much as the treatment of the waste.

[@minotaursgamezone]

Unfortunately you can’t add fences in CS2

[@Einulf_]

Not trying to be a contrarian, I believe what you say is true! But I can go up to around and touch the building of my local wastewater building. Should I file a complaint? Or are there newer building designs that allow for it to be just another building in town?

[@dome_DBS]

​@@minotaursgamezone you can with the devmode menu, sesrch for 'fencepiece', there are some industrial, resident and farm style ones. Then if you use the line tool there is a specifical button that alloud you to pu fences as you did in cs1. Oh, and there are also hedges, safety barrier and concrete barrier that you can use as well, just tipe this names in the dev mode menu and you'll finde it

[@joeleao073]

@katyuuki I agree! I'm a project manager for the sewage department of my city, all our buildings above and below ground are fenced! Just because I'm curious. Do you guys release the treated water back into streams and rivers or as drinking water? We do not pump water back as drinking water, since it does not reach the standard for drinking after treatment. This bothers me in the game!

[@katyuuki2261]

We discharge into a receiving river. we'd have to have a much better treatment process if we were to send back to drinking water. @@joeleao073

[@ibrayuri8386]

phill, phill don't connect the stadium to the port road!!! you already have an old bridge from moving the highway so connect it immediately between the highschool and the Stadium.

[@jonblair5470]

You saying to remove the pedestrian bridge and put in a regular road bridge? Then remove the connection at the port?

[@jonblair5470]

I think he did it,l because in his opinion only students will be using it except on game days, and on those days they can enter from the port side vs through the high school. But he doesn’t like cul-de-sacs so maybe he’ll just convert the pedestrian bridge to a road and keep both. But it is a very short cul-de-sac so it’s not unreasonable. Idk, we’ll see if it’s addressed in future episodes.

[@joeschmoe0216]

Yepp, came here to say this, watching him build that pedestrian bridge killed me lol

[@simongeard4824]

@@jonblair5470 Yes, because in the story, there was already a road bridge there - and they're unlikely to scrap a perfectly good bridge and build a new pedestrian one. Though my own expectation would be that they'd build the port road to prevent traffic running through the school, and preserve the old road bridge as a pedestrian-only road.

[@KaiTigre]

Yeah I feel like families would feel weird about driving through an industrial area to get to the stadium.

[@briansorensen1104]

🚢. Directions to the stadium: down the hill, through the industrial park, across 4 sets of tracks, past the sewage treatment plant on the right, and back up the hill… 😂. Maybe replace the pedestrian bridge with a road crossing and sidewalks.

[@masonmoyer8345]

I got legitimately upset when he put a pedestrian bridge from the high school to their own stadium and forced people to drive through the port lol. Palpably angry.

[@SineN0mine3]

​@@masonmoyer8345maybe people would just park at the school, where they've already had to build parking for all the student's families and then take the bridge over. I mean they won't in game, but I don't think it's unreasonable to expect the access to the stadium to be via the school only. Emergency vehicles could probably use the pedestrian bridge if they needed fast access.

[@Zynccs]

Great work and I really love the series! As for the surface painter in regards to the greener kind of grass, I personally feel like you should keep it to main parks and such, as this would imply that there's a greenkepper working there and therefore for me it doesn't make sence in other places other then that. :)

[@29Swordmaster]

Searched for this comment before adding my own. Covering a whole neighborhood with it doesn't seem right. There would definitely be unkempt spaces throughout the neighborhood.

[@nandhuprabu38]

Also agree with this!

[@RampantFirefly]

Absolutely agree. The brighter and manicured grass looks really out of place where it just kinda ends near the cliff, and it makes the neighbourhood look odd. Just parks would make those stand out more.

[@simongeard4824]

Yeah, it looks like the kind of surface you'd see on a golf or bowling green... not just mown grass, but a high-maintenance manicured piece of lawn.

[@CityPlannerPlays]

I think you're spot on! WIll get that fixed!

[@adamdownie]

30:00 is the most American thing I've ever seen

[@khuo0219]

I don't think the strip malls will have that much traffic to warrant a car park in front of every store. but it is obvious that Americans have not desire to walk.

[@TrevorD19]

The parking or destroying buildings

[@khuo0219]

@@TrevorD19 no one beats the Chinese at destroying buildings

[@TrevorD19]

@@khuo0219 hahahaha

[@yeeteevee]

@@TrevorD19 Why not both?

[@mwhttp_warrior]

I find it strange the High School doesn't have road access to its own stadium. If a student gets injured, service vehicles would have to drive through the harbor which is the only road access. You could have repurposed the old highway bridge into a pedestrian road instead of building that arched pedestrian bridge which would give utility vehicles access while dissuading regular traffic. Loved the episode though, the whole build is looking amazing!

[@simongeard4824]

Yes, putting a "pedestrian only" sign (and maybe a vehicle gate) on the old bridge is much more realistic than going to the expense of scrapping it and designing and building a dedicated footbridge. The latter would only happen if the bridge were unsafe...

[@CityPlannerPlays]

You're right about that. Mulligan time! @@simongeard4824

[@simongeard4824]

@@CityPlannerPlays One of my favourite local bridges is down on what used to be industrial land at the local port... a lifting bridge that connected two areas of the waterfront for both trucks and rail. These days, the industry is long gone... the bridge is now pedestrian only, serving as a major link between what are now two major hospitality areas. Sadly, it doesn't move anymore. It was an ingeniously simple mechanism - just a well-balanced counterweight and a tiny motor - and I remember being captivated by it as a child. There's no need for a lifting bridge there nowadays, it being too small for most of the modern boats to fit through, but I do with they could keep it in working order.

[@SineN0mine3]

While the game doesn't currently allow for it, in real life emergency vehicles would be allowed to use pedestrian facilities for quick access to the scene. Provided of course that the bridge is suitable to handle the weight.

[@tovedetered]

24:30 I love that you have added the extra mods. You can also use the quay walls as railings for the kids to protect them from the, VERY, steep hills

[@jaredb8495]

I do this for my paths climbing the sides of steep hills, also as guard rails for roads along steep drops, leading up to bridges and such

[@TrevorD19]

I'm not worried about children. I'm worried about erosion and flooding. Look up Kankakee river.

[@noahkohn9350]

Surely someone other than me has already noticed that you have misspelled “Charity” in the comments. 🪑

[@DM-fe2bc]

@@noahkohn9350 I *have* noticed... and don't call me Shirley.

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Great idea!! I need to go back to that road in the industrial area and add some rails, too! Good looking out!

[@kloeybells3725]

Phil that's so many lights in the city park!! I would delete every second light and stagger each side of the path, that would look more realistic. Great episode!!

[@VaingloriousGaming]

I agree. I thought maybe he was trying to make a tiny airport there for a while...

[@CityPlannerPlays]

@@VaingloriousGaming

[@CityPlannerPlays]

You're right about that! Will get that fixed! Good idea!

[@VaingloriousGaming]

@@CityPlannerPlays

[@skippymcgroyne]

Some suggestions to replace the "spray" nomenclature: "Manifest some trees", Materialize some trees", "Transplant some trees"(to keep the eco police happy :) ); and my personal favorite: "PHIL in some trees"! Also as a suggestion for the newly re-added old cliff, a fence mode row of bushes along the back of the houses might save a kid or two from a scrapped knee :)

[@allenmaudiln]

Squirt some trees

[@jeremyroither4360]

I love “Manifest some trees” - sounds like you’re holding a seance to conjure some trees into being 😂😂😂

[@davidroddini1512]

I love the phrase Phil in some trees 😂❤

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Haha, I do like Manifest... sounds powerful! Phil in isn't bad though, either, haha!

[@cooperjay4823]

At least in QLD Australia when old stretches of track got decommissioned most of it wasn't ripped out until the private land owners did it. Old industrial areas sometimes have rails to nowhere, so you could keep the rails at the back of the buildings but just cut it and remove what the state is actually willing to pay to remove.

[@taviherache5210]

BABE WAKE UP! CPP dropped another video!!!❤

[@Zeigler_]

I'm awake! I'm awake!

[@frankdewilde1055]

You guys are having girlfriends?!

[@andreadmr]

Lol 😂 300 parking lots and 1 bench only, enjoy the view Charity Island! By the way, great episode as always, Phil! And I'm happy you're bringing in all these mods, they make the build more beautiful!

[@NuckElBerg]

I’m more of a vanilla guy (loved every single episode of Verde Beach), so I’d prefer keeping things as mod-free as possible, but I still feel you should do whatever you feel fits the best for the build. :)

[@csus4add9]

+1. Except for things like extend road upgrades which ought to be vanilla anyway.

[@CityPlannerPlays]

I think I may intermittently use these, but I have a sneaking suspicion it's only a matter of time before some of this functionality makes its way into the vanilla game. One reason I think that might be the case - I can boot this up without mods and it looks the same! I'm more of a vanilla fan myself, too, with a few visual enhancements mods, so I feel you completely.

[@Affenbrot918]

I strongly disagree, Vanilla is soooo limited and boring

[@NithinJune]

Cliffside + Dumb Teenagers in high school = bad outcomes

[@Chaosonic]

Paradox needs to watch this series and take notes! Being able to build parks like this and actually have them see use would be amazing.

[@cludecat7072]

I absolutely love how Chairity Island has come together! the start of a port and with it a town and a concerned government negotiating with the privately owned harbor to purchase it is a very fascinating bit of political detail.

[@AtticuscusF1]

Hi Phil, I'd probably consider adding sloped paths from the marina up to the giant quay so people don't have to walk all the way around it to access it. I know this probably isn't that realistic and would be better if we had access to stairs.

[@jerrytg5427]

There’s a few issues that I have with today’s build that I just can’t ignore. It’s quite ridiculous that a student, parent, etc would need to leave the school campus to drive between the highschool and its stadium. A direct road should be connecting the two instead of driving through the harbor where the school traffic may impact the work day of the harbor, etc. Also the marina needs a boat ramp. A couple of other nice add ons would be parking lots for the buildings next to the post office and more dense trees between the highschool and harbor to help with air and noise pollution.

[@davidroddini1512]

I agree, definitely not the hight of realism requiring them to leave the school and drive through a harbor complex to get to the school stadium. 👎

[@mattianoob99]

Or they could just walk there

[@Asteroidaceae]

Even for an artificial beach with imported sand, the beach area isn't looking super convincing to me, I'd make it a longer terrace hugging a lower contour line, separated from the grassy shore by (sorry!) a slight ledge. I'm getting flashbacks to when Weymouth imported hundreds of tons of dredged sand to zhoosh up their seafront for the Olympics, only for an April storm to immediately sweep it out to sea and create a navigation hazard offshore! Speaking of seafront development, call me European but the little commercial strip by the marina would look amazing with some medium-density mixed-use, idk if the lot sizes will be right though, and I'd feel sorry for the folks in the cheap apartments on the retaining wall side. Maybe down the line as the harbour grows and changes, and IDK how realistic it would be for a Superior port, I'll have to look over my old photos from Duluth. Re: "The students won't care about the water treatment plant," I spent some of my teens in the town of Shepton Mallet in Somerset, which was known county-wide as S**t'n'Smellit for the row of water treatment works laid out along the western approach to town. I guarantee it's going to go down in the student mythos as something like Sewerview High, if not among Chairity Bay students then definitely among students from Mineral Hills!

[@melissaharris3389]

Having the stadium right next to the sewage treatment was questionable. All visiting teams and spectators are immediately going to see and smell it during games. Also, having a school zone and playground so close to industrial and sewage treatment might cause (or at least be perceived as) detrimental to children's health. The students might not care, but the staff, faculty, and PTA probably will.

[@asaadmatook6379]

I have a few tips. 1. Add paths to connect the commercial areas with the residential areas so that people can buy. 2. Make the beach area more shallow and gradual (the light blue color of water looks better and more realistic). 3. Add parking space at the marina. 4. Few trees at the empty spaces in the main park. We always struggle to find shaded areas at our newly built park bcz they wanted it to be "open" but our avg annual temp is like 39 c° 😂😂😂

[@dogsoneup]

Definitely needs a parking lot on the marina. Where do people park when they go boating? Next to the food cart lot makes sense for it.

[@jacobfife7273]

Also with the beach, the sand wouldn't really go all the way up to the road. They'd be separated by either pavement or grassy areas, and thats where some changerooms, toilets and seafood shops (fish and chips) would be. Mariner definitely needs parking too, that was my biggest thought watching that. Not sure if theres the right assets in game but if I were Phil, I'd delete a few of those commercial assets until they look like tackle shops and/or seafood resturaunts.

[@giannis8778]

Hey just wanted to say that as they are the breakwaters do a poor job of protecting the marina. Ideally their ends should overlap. So in this instance (as seen at 48:08) you could remove the angled part of the left breakwater and extend the right one so it goes past the left one, leaving one small opening to the left. I hope that makes sense!

[@TrevorD19]

Definitely

[@carolinasanches5039]

Hi Phil! Incredible build, as always! One thing I would consider changing is the road access to the parking lot near the stadium. I undestand prioritizing pedestrian movement, but to me it feels weird that one has to drive through that industrial area in the harbor to reach it, rather than having a direct access via (what I think is) 2nd Street. Cheers from Brazil!!

[@CityPlannerPlays]

[@SirMouse003]

Because you ask, personally I'd love to see you peel it back a bit and stick to vanilla as much as possible, for as long as possible :) I think some of the things like making your life easier with the quays is fine, but something like moving the children care unit that far away from the school, didnt like that too much even though it makes sense realistically speaking. Almost 500 comments so doubt you will even see this but, that's my 2cents personally :) Really liking the series regardless :D

[@wyntoniscringe]

I 100% agree with you.

[@jonblair5470]

lol, 13:30 I love when you go ham and let perfect be the enemy of good.

[@CityPlannerPlays]

[@WadeMcFarland]

Sweet build segment! You mentioned the snow not sticking to dev mode surfaces. I just imagine that football field is heated, or that sidewalk is shovled etc. If you look at the cars driving around town when there is snow the windshields are completely covered with snow. Snow not sticking to some areas is as realistic as people driving around with zero visibility because of the snow on their car windshields. Just my 2 cents worth.

[@iain.sm.c]

I love how Editor Phil roasts Recording Phil haha

[@ExpedientFalcon]

This is impressive. Really giving those Verde Beach vibes with the level of detail.

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Thank you! I think that's honestly what I've been missing. This one felt so good to me!

[@cloudthebus]

49:11 Love this level of detail!! The more detail the better. I also enjoy seeing what mods are out there since I can’t the play the game myself. As a food truck owner, I definitely cringed at the number of trucks you placed in the food truck court. There is likely not enough business there for 14 trucks on a normal day. I could see the marina hosting events that would require that many but 4-6 on a normal day would feel much more reasonable to me. Great video as always, though.

[@natejensen830]

The fans of teams playing Chairity Bay High School would absolutely nickname the wastewater treatment plant adjacent stadium the Toilet Bowl.

[@dragonmiko]

Several things I would add to Charity bay. 1. A walking path through the middle of the strip mall to the higher density homes. 2. A dog park and/or playground by the beach with invisible walking paths through to make some people walk on the beach. 🏖️ 😊

[@OctopolisGaming]

Hey Phill, if you tap "home" to close, you may open and close the add object window multiple times!

[@TrevorD19]

Also, make sure you have signs for no swimming by the stadium. The water will not be safe for swimming. Rip tide and pollution. Also no life guards.

[@JohannHitz]

The forest brush is one of the major tools that I always wished was in CS1 vanilla. Especially for the map creator.

[@JD_Nash]

⚠️PHIL!!! YOU HAVE GAS STATIONS!!! PLEASE JUST GO LOOK IN THE COMMERCIAL AREA!!!

[@johngibbons7724]

I think you should change up the location of that parking lot for the high school. That high school has a capacity of 800 kids not to mention admin. That’s roughly 850-900 people and probably around 75% of them will use that parking lot everyday. That road is way to close to a major intersection and in real life that intersection would be hell to drive through from around about 0700-0900 and 1400-1600 every weekday. Would probably cause lots of students to be late to class in the morning and would probably take the average person at least 30 minutes just to get out of the parking lot after school. Especially with the homes there, having that little cluster of homes being in the same cul-de-sac as the high school parking lot would likely make those residents unhappy

[@superjanitor123]

Just finished binging nicolet bay, Clearwater county and verde beach and it’s great to see how much you’ve improved on the flow of these videos. On the topic of dev tools/mods, you should definitely continue using them, they let you work around the limitations of the game to present the build how you actually want it

[@jtsmac15]

Phil I love the level of detailing and don’t think you should stop doing that! One possible change though! What about having some mixed use buildings in the little harbor you made with all the commercial and offices. It seems like that would be a place for some high class condos or something! Either way great video and loving the story!

[@dandomine]

Just for your information, the smokestack port addition is created the wrong way. You should never have a water cul-de-sac with the flow going into it. It would be a catastrophe if there is a flood. Extra water with nowhere to go other than into your port district. Still, this is just a game. ;) Also, I'm wondrous that Charity Island isn't just a huge factory site. That's usually what happens next to river or sea ports. Huge industries. If the assets were there, I'd do an enormous metals factory with furnaces and pilles of copper, coal and other minerals, creating huge cables for power and rail companies. One day, we'll be able to.

[@Panerakis]

What I loved from your previous builds were a segment where you took comments from viewers and implemented ideas, etc. You also do this now, I just feel less frequently. Thanks for all the awesome content

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Just for you, big one next time!

[@pedrobechelli]

maybe this is a regional thing, but in Brazil we hardly never have parks with tree placements that are so manicured as you do... maybe that's why it seems a bit odd to me! here we try to maintain the native trees, and as a result our parks often look a lot like natural forests. don't get me wrong, your parks look great, but I miss some of that natural feel in them!

[@gmllama]

The high school stadium receiving just a bit of air pollution from the water treatment plant area feels pretty realistic somehow; gov probably isn't going to be ceded the best land area in that deal... I'm getting some pretty decent "Tacoma Aroma" vibes. I love the idea of the school running with this and having some sort of waste-eating bacteria as their mascot. Go Chairity Bay Stinkers!! Big +1 to Marina parking. Also like the idea of finding a way to get a scenic walkway down the quaywall somehow, but I get that may be hard with the current state of mods. As for what mods to use and dev/anarchy vs. vanilla, I personally watch for the story, attempts at realism (love the actual city planning info!), and to get a kick out of comparing someone else's building style to my own. CS1 was all about having a mountain of quality of life mods, I say do what you can to reduce friction and make creating these amazing videos as painless as possible!

[@skylerrockey5656]

I’m not going to lie, this build was alittle weird for me. I have watched you city planner for YEARS! The high school stadium next to a waste water treatment plant like this just doesn’t seem like you! lol. I know we could make the justification that there are trees and such, well it’s above the treatment plant! 🤢 just weird my man, you’re the best at this game. Just thought I would throw my opinion on this one.

[@mallenwho]

Oh my goodness you are full on Robert-Moses-ing Jamila's backstory and I am here for it! I think I would prefer using dev tools sparingly. I liked deploying the green grass for the large parkland, but felt like dragging it across the whole neighbourhood was overkill.

[@djpitcock5634]

hey CPP! I love your videos! I was just wondering - do you have any plans on adding captions (like on KZbin- not edited into the video) to your videos? The autocaption ones get the job done for the most part, but it would be amazing to have accurate ones made by a human, hahaha. Just wondering, since I know this is a huge ask!

[@LastRoseStudios]

All that free parking you added around the 30 minute mark would probably benefit from paths between all that commercial.

[@BrotherSkodidi]

27:33 Hank Ringblom, speaking for the Chairity Bay Cliffs Society was quoted today in the Chairity Bay Crier as saying "It was a hard-fought battle, but the citizens rallied, and the County Planning Commission has seen the light. At last the Superior Bobwhite will have a chance to nest in its natural habitat."

[@danhobson2879]

Don't forget the Charity Island species of puffins. They love those cliffsides.

[@dracula3811]

I tend to lean towards vanilla play because it fosters better game play. However, I value your sanity so I'm all for saving sanity mods. This series is looking to be a worthy successor to Verde Beach. As always, looking forward to the next episode.

[@DarcyAllenStrong]

I think leaving the quay with railing at the bottom of the cliff makes sense to serve as protection from potential falling rocks.

[@MihailBFC]

Jamila is the boss of Magnolia City :))

[@gabrieltellesm]

Hey Phil, to be able to access the object window of DevMode without having to restart the game, just press "home" again, and not click on the "x"

[@therealkillerb7643]

Ah, nothing like building a new high school with a wonderful view of the city septic system, surrounded by trains and highways for that added noise factor that makes learning so much fun. And key walls that border people's back yards, because everyone likes to have strangers walking past their homes, observing everything they do. 😀

[@RenegadeAmish]

Great episode as always Phil! If you’re looking for names for the new high school may I throw “Hilltop High” into the hat? I think since you built it on the top of that hill it would make sense. And maybe their mascot can be the “Hilltop High Mariners” or “Merchant Marines”. Thanks!

[@Focus_Zero]

Loving this. That detailing montage was the best one yet. Always my favorite bit.

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Thank you! Love putting those together! Glad to hear that you're enjoying them!!

[@EdzTech7]

Suggestion: Makes sense to have that road by The high school stadium connect to the highway so parents don’t have to go through the industrial zone to get to their kids football game

[@cynonowo]

nothing better than some cpp to start the morning!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

You can open and closer the Add Object menu with the Home key and it'll always work, just don't close it with the X 👍

[@garyklyce713]

Fan of the detail - now let’s add Anarchy

[@brodymackinnon1989]

I have missed the level of detail you usually put in your builds I'm glad to see it come back! I say keep at it because a lot of these features like props and surfaces should be in the base game!

[@MySonBand]

I'm really glad you took the step of adding these few extra mods & dev tools into this build. This completely levels up the build, really livens it up. So I'm all for it. And you will probably have already read it in other comments, but I gather from Biffa's videos that if you close the dev mode menu by the home button again, rather than closing it with the X, you can open it up again.

[@VaingloriousGaming]

the marina with a steep road leading down to it... actually quite common where I live. We're in the Zig-Zag mountains (not making that up) with man-made lakes. We have a lot of marinas and even smaller boat launch ramps that have incredibly steep roads leading down to them.

[@Sky_Guy]

Personally, I was a big fan of the vanilla-centric process. Most will probably disagree, but I'd really love if the series returned to that; minimal modding, vanilla-restricted detailing, etc.

[@GeorgeSiler]

Put a small playground at the beach, brings in people and gives kids variety in activity.

[@Eazy2506]

Is there a way you can add a Lighthouse for the harbor. I think that would be dope to see from the park. WHAT!!!! No parking by the marina…

[@hello.3471]

Honestly the marina build is easily one of the best in the whole city its such a creative thing to build😭 They need to add boat assets for these kind of things

[@lizzy777]

Whoof... A high school right next to a turd farm. I feel sorry for anyone who has to go there.

[@wecanneverbealone5999]

hey CPP! absolutely loving the build so far, your first episodes on CS2 were how i found your channel and this series in particular is such a showcase for your skills and design sensibilities! something i think might fit well into Magnolia County is a park inspired by Vollrath Park in Sheboygan! it's basically an all grass oval-shaped amphitheater right on Lake Michigan that is home to both graduation ceremonies and a disc golf course. it's actually got an interesting history that you could draw from too - the plot of land was once the site of the secluded mansion of wealthy local industrialist Jacob Vollrath. in 1912 the house caught fire and was destroyed, and the Vollrath family would then turn the land over to the city in memory of Jacob (who had died years before the house burned down). in its early years the park contained a man-made lagoon, as well as a zoo that was founded mostly because people just kept bringing exotic animals to the park for some reason. most people in town don't even know the zoo ever existed! where most people now see just some grassy bowl to hang out in has some hidden layers to it that reflects both the history of the industry which had defined the Sheboygan area and still leaves its legacy throughout the county as well as now-forgotten little oddities i could imagine some elements of this story could find their way into being elements of a beautiful custom park which provides a scenic view of the water, as well as inspiration for fleshing out the region's history and adding some character to the region! if you read this CPP thank you for all the work you put into making these videos, as well as for helping put this homesick cheesehead's soul at ease everytime you pronounce drag with that wonderful long A :)

[@parkerl862]

Hi Phil! I’ve been loving this series so far as it feels almost like this games version of Verde Beach! I personally prefer less use of mods/dev tools as it starts to get too complex for me, but I think you should continue doing what works best and is the most fun for you! Thanks for another great and high quality video!!

[@gilbertdarisse4705]

I hope the developers take note of some of the mods and seriously consider including them in future updates or DLC. Also, enough of the smokestacks in industrial zones! If they were zoned as Heavy Industry, than maybe? But most of our local industries are usually warehouses or small manufacturing facilities around here in Olympia, Washington. We have a few larger Heavy industrial areas south of here, but they tend to kind of be their own thing and far away from most major cities or towns. I wish you could select between Light Industry or Heavy industry. That would really make things more realistic, in my opinion.

[@R1ot_Leo]

hello, i have an idea for roads inspired from sweden where i live, that are a common way of building medium-high traffic roads in a cheaper way than 4-lane roads. We have roads called 2+1 roads, were one way gets 2 lanes and the other have 1 lane, and these continously switch so that cars can pass trucks safely without entering the opposit traffic. some examples are road 34 between Vimmerby going all the way too Motala, and another great example is road 55/56 going between Norrköping and Katrineholm. a very diffrent idea that is cost effective because it doesn't need special service interchanges because slip lanes for left and right turning work fine for these roads. the cons are that traffic sometimes back up behind trucks if the 1-way lane is a bit longer, but the cars get their chance to pass these trucks later on anyway. hope this is interesting :D

[@a2nyo]

The best let's play I watched on CS2. I'm stopping everything to watch the video every time lol

[@MySouLisBlue]

please turn parking fee off near non-commercial buidlngs, people don't want pay parking for 7h+ when they work. maybe that's why those parking are empty (industrial zone etc)

[@mallenwho]

Love that you've preserved the old highway alignment over the railway tracks as a pedestrian bridge, but could we preserve the bridge itself as well? I feel like there would be no point to knock down an over-built and still within its useful life heavy road bridge to replace with a lightweight pedestrian bridge. Could maybe upgrade that pedestrian path with a pedestrian road. It would also provide better emergency access and services access to the stadium.

[@peacefulfungoloid8624]

I hope in some upcoming DLC's for cs2 they could add, community centers, or proper religious buildings. Maybe even some unique housing assets like trailers or tiny homes.

[@joeleao073]

Hi! I work as a project manager for the sanitation department in my city (Europe) I'm unsure about the standards in other countries but here treated sewage water does NOT have the quality to be drinkable water! After the water is treated, it is released back into rivers or streams and not back into drinking water pipes! This bothers me so much in the game!

[@skylinesdrive]

I love the idea of using the cemetery sub buildings as churches. A tip-- if you hit "home" it will close the developer mode object menu and allow you to reopen it with "home." Don't use the x.

[@Grannyok3]

Hey Phil, I think you should call a mulligan on the pedestrian bridge to the stadium, and instead replace it with a 2-lane road and make 2nd street connect all the way through to the stadium. You should also cut off access to the port road from the stadium, making 2nd street the only access point.

[@Franimus]

29:05 I think row homes would make the most sense at the top of the cliff. The height gives people a better view to see over the harbor, and the townhomes optimize the development density without putting too much strain on the cliff wall itself. 30:18 you might really have a slip lane (accessible to/from one direction only) right there to reduce traffic at the main intersection

[@adeleklink1248]

Yeesh some of those rail curves are INSANE! After the derailment in the county I would certainly think that turns like that wouldn´t bet allowed anymore

[@davidcampbell2143]

I noticed you don't focus on trafic flow anymore in CS2. Is there as specific reason for that? Is the information not available, or the simulation bad?

[@joshuapatrick682]

I cannot tell if it's a good thing that state and corporate interests exist so inexorably linked at the highest echelons of society where players on both sides make deals with the money of the public at large on the line funding the benefits of private equity through various means. I don't think corporations were ever meant to have the power and influence they currently possess

[@nicholassmith2838]

Hey Phil. Love this series and love how the city is fleshing out. In case you were not aware, you can create custom parking lots by using the dev menu, there should be an invisable path option, you could also use it to create roads that have parking on the edges of them like you see in some beach towns.

[@thespanishinquisiton8306]

I think you should add a few trees between your gazebo and the industrial area. I imagine people wouldn't like the lookout all that much if they had to constantly listen to the sound of machinery in the background

[@Sam-es2gf]

I love the parks and the detailing but man that stadium placement.. it's so close to the water treatment plant the athletes could point to what they had for dinner last night. Nothing like breathing in shit fumes when you're recovering after a run 😂

[@jdxv134]

23:29 and 52:34 in hs i went to another hs for a track and field event that had a similar sports facility next to a highway just like this, the sound wall is a nice touch but i think a small treeline would be a bit more realistic given the one i was at had simply that and a tall chain-link to separate the highway. personal preference but would like to see it or at least hear your thoughts on thanks

[@TrevorD19]

Please fix the houses on the beach. A Midwest build doesn't have that due to flooding and erosion. Look at the Kankakee river news.

[@paigefoisy5463]

I know this is an old video, but as a Florida resident, that seems like a REALLY small parking lot for the beach. Is it different up north? Also I wonder if there’s a way to make those texture areas fuzzy at the edges instead of solid lines

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Depends on the location, but generally they are much smaller. Beach culture just isn't the same - if anything, it's more of a fishing/boating culture. Our beaches just aren't as nice as yours!

[@testdriver3146]

Those athletes will enjoy the invigorating smell from the water treatment poop ponds along with some factory fumes when they do the track runs.

[@pavlarasg4]

I don't think that a High School and Sports field next to the Water Treatment plant is a good idea! It's got them Smelly Smells.

[@OkenWS]

As a waste water engineer…. That treatment site gives me the heebie jeebies being at sea level. Climate change, storm surge, spring tides you name it and it gets flooded, though this reflects reality - we have as an industry sited far too many critical assets in non resilient, convenient spots!

[@MaartenChristenhusz]

I thoroughly enjoyed all of your CS1 content, Phil but struggled to get into the CS2 content, until now!! Keep up the landscaping, it makes the city feel so much more unique and alive!

[@MySouLisBlue]

your commentary are excellent, your gameplay is excellent, your editing is excellent, a complete skilled youtuber.

[@reilly_sharky_reese]

Yeah the surface painter and devmode just absolutely raise the level of the builds by at least 3-4 levels.

[@JaFupy]

full send the micromanaging and custom everything. keep up the good work phill.

[@hooman73]

Hey Phil. I liked it better when it was more vanilla. But you do what makes you happy.

[@YassTheMach]

Why not add a lighthouse between the marina and the port entrance. Thanks for your amazing content

[@skiprodigy47]

You should make shallow water by the beach as well to get that lighter water texture like you did by the marina