Why This Dam is a Giant Failure

[@Wasbever_14]

We don’t care about if it works, we care abt how good u made it!

[@imperatur]

Aww🥰

[@cloom6865]

That's exactly what i was going to say, amazing build ♥

[@QemeH]

The way I understood it, you need to make the reservoir _before_ the dam almost as deep as the river _after_ the damn. Think of this in terms of actual dams that are build in river valleys: The part upstream doesn't get filled in with soil, it just gets drowned way under water. So the actual floor should be roughly the same height on both sides of the dam, it's just that the water level will fill up the reservoir to the top of the dam over time. And when it's full, THEN you'll produce maximum power output. [Edit: Oh, and you can't put the top of the dam higher than your water source. But I feel like that's obvious...]

[@imperatur]

Okay yeah that makes sense!

[@JouleThief29]

I can't speak for the game, but irl mostly two factors determine the power output of dam: The water flow and the drop height. For reservoir dams the drop height is basically the only thing you can control however (at least in game). Your goal should be to maximize the drop height then, meaning the water level on the reservoir side should be way higher than on the outlet or with other words: The higher the dam the better. The actual depth of the reservoir and the lake/river at the outlet should not matter much as long as it does not obstruct the water flow if I'm thinking correct right now. Feel free to correct me if I got something wrong, I'm no expert on dams 😅

[@QemeH]

@@JouleThief29 Yeah, but the game is wierd that way. It calculates the power generated by the height of the water before the dam (and water flow) - so you need to dig deep and fill up.

[@slavepetrich]

@QemeH That make sense , thought I'm not the dam(n) expert either, but I think widtt of the dam should also affect on the more power output?

[@QemeH]

@@slavepetrich Not really, it seems. Only in the sense that a wider dam gets more water flow (i.e. current) over it's width. But a narrow dam with high flow will yield more energy than a wide dam with mediocre flow. As far as I can tell, the game looks at two things and two things only when generating power in hydro-electric dams (aside from staffing and all this stuff all service buildings have) - and those are: 1) *Height* of water on one side over the other - and height is calculated by the formula [water level] minus [ground level]. So you need one side of the dam to have a big water column (low ground, high water level) and the other one a small water column (low ground, also low water level). This is contrary to actual physics, but it is how the game works. The difference in the height of the water column is what is important. [Hot tip: Just dig a trench where the dam is supposed to go that is slightly deeper than anything around it and THEN place the dam in that trench. You can shape the rest of the reservoir however you see fit, as long as you don't touch the trench.] 2) The *current* (or flow) of the water. This is very difficult to affect and for simplicity sake you should assume it's a god given. (You CAN mess with it by reshaping the river and editing the water source to get it to flow differently, but that messes with the ENTIRE map's water system, so be carefull.)

[@Ennio444]

I'm constantly blown away by how creatively you use assets counterintuitively. Often I try to do what you do and I can never find the right asset... Chapeau to you, man.

[@jimhearsonwriter]

2:16 Be careful, man - City Planner Plays would be a powerful enemy!

[@ejtack]

the dam is nys's biggest electricity producer, providing up to 2.6 million kilowatts of clean electricity. located in lewiston, 4.5 miles downstream from niagara falls, the niagara power project uses a gated tunnel under the city of niagara to divert water from the niagara river into two reservoirs. the overall facility includes two intake structures, two underground conduits and associated pump stations, a forebay, the lewiston reservoir, the lewiston pump generating plant, the robert moses niagara power plant (the inspirational dam), and the niagara switchyard. fun fact: when the niagara plant produced its first power in 1961, it was the largest hydropower facility in the western world. go visit the free visitor's center there (it's cool) ‼️

[@imperatur]

Ohhh wow that’s nice to know☺️

[@StaK_1980]

MAXIMUM disrespect of topography! CPP would be mad. :-)

[@justanotheraccounthere2014]

Power produced is proportional to both the flow rate and height difference between water levels. It does not complain about "low water depth", so you probably already have big enough of a drop in height. You might have the problem of the majority of the water still flowing through its original course instead of the new lake and dam. Try entirely blocking off the river main and see what happens.

[@The_Really_Real_Reality]

Aukarus took inspiration from the exact same dam for one of his Asturias episodes

[@imperatur]

True😁

[@VENTRIXI1]

I am amazed on how realistic it looks! I don't think I will ever be able to recreate that!

[@imperatur]

Thank you:D

[@iftheshroudfits1148]

This series is so awesome. Absolutely love how the city is coming together. Really cool how you can do one tile and then the next time seamlessly integrate it. The Dan mechanic was tough for me as well. It was all about how fast the water flowed it seemed like. When the game first came out I felt like I had to make the damn super long for it to generate a substantial amount of

[@imperatur]

Yeah i think i still have to try to tweak it a little bit so it‘s somewhat useful at all

[@PoplarPonderosa]

I knew that was one of the Niagara Dams from the thumbnail. Well done!

[@JaCrispy3060]

I didn't expect this build at all lol. This build isn't too unrealistic. There are reservoirs that aren't fed naturally by any river. They pump water up into the reservoir at night when total grid energy usage is low and then generate electricity via gravity during the day when grid energy usage is high. Incredible build.

[@imperatur]

Yeah that makes sense but the water can actually flow here naturally:D

[@12OZK12]

Your use of assets is very creative

[@stevelewis7478]

Excellent Dam rework very inspirational, Thanks, Love your channel. As far as a PO mod or something similar "if they would give modders the keys I'm sure they can drive this game" just like they did in CS1.

[@Helioscore1]

People might post that you are mispronuncing Niagara Falls... But your pronunciation is actually closer to the original pronunciation of the native people of area, so whatever. Don't worry about it.

[@trainformerd4134]

Bro put more details than Damns in real life :D

[@christianmix4485]

2:21 Disrespect the topography 😂😂😂😂 Sau lustige folge. Nur der „ok, let‘s go“ meme hat mir gefehlt. 😢 Mal wieder sau schön 😮

[@christianmix4485]

Glaube da musst du den Wasserfluss erhöhen. Den müsstest du langsam steigern können. Einfach die Quelle vergrößern

[@christianmix4485]

Solltest sogar über die Wasserlinie gehen können. Der Ablauf wird nicht angezeigt

[@imperatur]

Danke:D Freut mich!:)

[@Abedd2002]

I think in CS I , the amount of electricity produced by the damn was the height difference between the water levels at top and the bottom of the damn. I don't know if its same in CS 2. Try removing the road under the damn so it can touch the river water. Probably then it will generate energy.

[@SundreamGames]

You are an artist! Looks amazing!

[@imperatur]

I‘m glad to hear that:D

[@ulysseslee9541]

u may need to make a deep Cliff at the up stream 1st, or a canyan and then place the dam with deep cliff don't place the dam at the land and deep the terrain at upsteam reservior zone and u may closed the river flow exit and let the dam as the only way to overflow the water.

[@rafaelfeodoroff4527]

Your work is consistently amazing. Keep it up man

[@Azerkeux]

I have not play C:S2 yet but I remember in the first one I spent a lot of time experimenting with the hydroelectric dams and found that to make the most electricity you need high flow conditions. In one of the overlays you can see arrows denoting flow direction (and rate) and manipulating terrain you can increase the size of those arrows (flow). With some creative floor bedding you can make high flow just about anywhere!

[@JoshGerhards]

Another insane build... Love it!

[@BihaanDash]

The transmission station was amazing!

[@imperatur]

Thank you:)

[@JNicoSR]

Damn, nice dam

[@imperatur]

Thanks:D

[@nexuspolaris9000]

I had some problems with water sources that didnt get a lot of volume to do a waterfall. It could work better with the red water spawn location, that is the one that flows water off, the one you used (blue) is for constant level, ideal for lakes and ponds. Try to change that.

[@nexuspolaris9000]

It could be also the height between the water reservoir and the river (the taller, the more energy)

[@imperatur]

Yeah but i also want to have a lake there

[@meoshi5524]

8:28 flashback from music to pro build his dream city (or dream bay)

[@ytdanytevero]

This reminds me of the accumulation lake right next to Bucharest (Lacul Morii) Build in the 80’s. Amazing piece of work. Would you mind if I’d do a similar series or it’s alright?

[@imperatur]

No go ahead:)

[@ytdanytevero]

@ thank You :)

[@jacobwoods9409]

Wow.. Exceptional work

[@Syn_1]

You should build a nice river walk along the river. I think it would look amazing.

[@imperatur]

Great idea:)

[@ThePolish-GK]

Bro I love your stuff but you should link all of your mods below in the description, by the ways what the. Water drop mod called?

[@timothylang741]

You should do a map tour at 10 tiles.

[@overworlder]

i hate water in cs2. i just got Sea Power and the water in that looks fantastic. It can be done. Timberborn water physics with Sea Power surface graphics.

[@asdf26110]

Make the dam taller, you did a really short dam (The actual dam is short, not the decorative part.) I'm not a master at dams but that's what im guessing

[@Pacey-j7x]

The dam Fotos Perfect to my Physic presentation

[@imperatur]

😂

[@fatcharf2564]

that amazing like a custom modeling, can u list what mod are you using in this gameplay, please ?

[@supermir168]

Will you ever do C:S1 content again?

[@imperatur]

Yes:)

[@imperatur]

Yes:)

[@supermir168]

@@imperatur double yes YAAY 😅

[@manoelweber3677]

I dont find this waterfall in the map, did u created manualy it?

[@AlrizqAthallah]

How many tails are playable in Cities Skyline 2? Are all available tiles playable? or only some?

[@Ondar007]

Dam(n) nice build 😁

[@sciclonic]

Name the dam hammer valley dam in honour of the amazing game infra

[@zackericornblit9457]

What mods do you use?

[@hame3m911]

What's the map theme in the video?

[@sethschaefer5623]

after working with the army corp of engineers, i am surprised anything gets done at all!

[@Pacey-j7x]

I think the Game Need more Building Variation more Transformerstation Powerplant

[@imperatur]

Yeah definitely more powerplants😄

[@kingMT514]

Nothing can go wrong since we have the US Army Corps of Engineers, right? Right?? _The City of New Orleans, Louisiana (circa 2005) would like a word..._

[@pureessenceofgaming1745]

my quick guess is your reservoir is not deep enough to activate it.

[@imperatur]

Could be..

[@BattleCats60]

build a huge central station

[@imperatur]

Yess:)

[@DotADBX]

It's depth and width iirc that matters when building these its super unrealistic and they should change it to number of generators and size of generators as that's how it works in the real world.

[@jdee83]

This feels very Niagara Falls area.

[@silent_r]

Hey, this dam looks really cool. I have an idea what you should build. You should show that this city didn't come out of nowhere. To do this, you should add construction sites where new apartment blocks and investments are being built. There are nice packages of building-themed objects in the Steam Workshop, so you should have a lot to choose from. Thanks to this, the city will look more realistic and it will be visible that it is still developing. I love your videos bro :)

[@gorillaII]

CS2 doesn't have workshop support yet

[@silent_r]

@advocaotiamokaopow Oh, sorry. I probably mixed it up with CS1. But I still stand by my opinion xD

[@HuzaifaShah-bq3zq]

Build Olympic city

[@razernotfound]

We don’t care if it works or not but we wanted some way to burn the tax money after all it is not our money 😂

[@imperatur]

True🙏🏻😊

[@brianmccann-if8gn]

The gates are above the power house

[@timothylang741]

so desperate for your modlist!!!

[@nichole2757]

Love your videos. Hopefully I don’t offend with this comment. Niagara is pronounced like viagra (nye-ag-ra)

[@Pacey-j7x]

Ja das beste in CS1 Dämme

[@tactical1981]

Daaaamn!

[@Retzy69]

This city is like 1000 times to car centric even with a rising population it is to much especially if you build a good quality transit system

[@hawaiianbiceps9784]

great build, but it's pronounced "nye-agra falls"

[@imperatur]

Ohh oops 😁

[@YT_SoulSniper]

I wish I can play it but I play on console😞😞

[@System777]

Is it a dam failure?

[@johanbakonline]

Dayum

[@esbjornmonteliusrisberg6834]

haha, i diden't click on the video first becaus i thougt it was some engenring vidio from real life

[@codythomas1382]

Niagra is pronounced "Nigh-AG-RA"

[@imperatur]

Good to know:)

[@CLeo-ku3lk]

i looks dam(m) fantastic ;)

[@loic.837]

Tschö mit Ö

[@imperatur]

Ciao kakao

[@nicolassilvaa]

First?

[@imperatur]

Yes 🥰

[@JAMac1918]

I will never forgive you for pronouncing it as “Nia-gara” it’s pronounced like “Ny-agra”