Cities Skylines 2 is Official!

[willhub]

I find it hard to differentiate zoning, the colours have never been clear on the ground, when it's snowing can hardly see the grid too.

 

[VincentHanna]

Noticed this is now free on Game pass so have downloaded. Will give it a go this weekend.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

It’s always been on game pass ^^

 

[robj20]

Is this similar to SIM City, I used to enjoy it years ago but the latest SIM City I didn't enjoy that much for some reason.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

Basically, yes.

 

[BUDFORCE]

Been watching infrastructurist on YouTube this morning and particularly this one:

But looks like he is using anarchy, being able to clip buildings, and also plopping buildings and assets, using a surface painter and parking lots.

Pretty cool stuff.

I'm not ready to jump back on yet, I think it needs a bit more time but looking positive.

Saying that if I get a spare few hours at some point I might be tempted to start to terraform a new map, then start to put the major road/rail infrastructure in without actual really building anything as such.

 

[Vimes]

Been watching infrastructurist on YouTube this morning and particularly this one:

But looks like he is using anarchy, being able to clip buildings, and also plopping buildings and assets, using a surface painter and parking lots.

Pretty cool stuff.

I'm not ready to jump back on yet, I think it needs a bit more time but looking positive.

Saying that if I get a spare few hours at some point I might be tempted to start to terraform a new map, then start to put the major road/rail infrastructure in without actual really building anything as such.

That is looking encouraging, lets see how things develop over time.

I'm not sure how some modders might be concerned about this...

I had been following a thread, well constructed, of a veteran player from CS days....

the title and the opening post has been changed several times. He had manged to get to a population of 2 million, then it would level out and not increase. Since the latest patch that has reduced considerably. Whether his thoughts on why this has been done, seems hard coded from following that post, I'm not sure.
Lots of detail and statistics etc within that thread.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Was expecting higher fps on a new start! any big performance hitters to switch off?

 

[willhub]

The game is feeling dirty to me, I keep trying to play it though

 

[Firegod]

I've been giving this a go the last few weeks. Getting on quite well with it and performance seems OK. One thing that is bugging me is the graphics quality. It just seems poor even though everything is running quite high. And the shimmering textures annoys the crap out of me. And a lot of jaggies that I can't seem to get rid of. Anyone else think the graphics are still bugged? Or is it just me lol.

 

[Vimes]

@Firegod Putting aside everything else that is wrong with the game the graphics are a mixed bag for me. I can look at some zoomed in shots and think "wow, that's impressive". Then others are just "meh", maybe more so when zoomed out a little. I am then reminded that it is so similar to that of CS. The grass etc is so........plain.
Even the Nvidia app does not rate my chances with my 4080....

 

[Firegod]

@Vimes managed to suss the jaggies and shimmering. Was the AA. I hadn't gone into advanced. You have to set it to TAA and not Subpixel Morphological AA (Default).

That's helped a load.

Watched a few videos as well and turned off DoF, the Fog and Motion Blur etc. I'm maxed out on settings at 1440p and getting about 40fps. So it is playable at least. Just glad the shimmering flickering is gone.

 

[Vimes]

@Firegod Thanks for that. I will have a go using those. I had kinda accepted that the graphics were just another being bugged, not sure what they advantage by being set the way they are by default.

I have disabled those other settings also, they were all on / highest.

 

[arknor]

The game is feeling dirty to me, I keep trying to play it though

I've kept it installed for ages, along with starfield hoping one day.... there might be a patch to fix them.

Thank god I didn;t buy kerbal 2

 

[DoneADougalOnSofa]

I've kept it installed for ages, along with starfield hoping one day.... there might be a patch to fix them.

Thank god I didn;t buy kerbal 2

Same. It's just sat there, accumulating updates... still playing CS1 daily at the moment, I'll wait for 2 to come good, I reckon it will...

 

[BUDFORCE]

Same. It's just sat there, accumulating updates... still playing CS1 daily at the moment, I'll wait for 2 to come good, I reckon it will...

I still have hope.

I played it about 40 hours or so after released, I didn't think it was that bad at all, just lacking the modding.

 

[Tombstone]

The modding for this is now much more where Cities 1 was at (and in some places better), my current mod list is chockablock

I18n EveryWhere 1.2
ExtraLib 1.0
Asset Packs Manager 1.4.2
ExtraAssetsImporter 1.0
Map Texture Replacer 1.0
Anarchy 1.6.4
Unified Icon Library 1.0.9
Better Bulldozer 1.3
Asset Icon Library 1.0.1
ExtraDetailingTools 1.0
Find It 1.0.3
DependencyPack 2.2.2
[G87] Color Surfaces 1.0
Silence XP 1.0
Bye Bye Homeless 1.0
Water Mirror Surfaces CS2 Water Pack 1.0
Elevated Train Station 1.0
Nicer Brighter Grass Map Theme
Recolor 1.0.2
Crossed Theme Train Variation Asset Pack 1.0
Vanilla Vehicles Remixed 1.0
Small Industrial Firehouse 01 1.0
Corners for row zones 1.0
Vanilla Car Props Asset pack 1.0
More Parks 1.0
More Deathcare 1.0
Row Services Pack 1.0
Extended Tooltip 1.1.2
Extra Networks and Areas 1.2.0
FPS Limiter 0.1.0
Plop the Growables 0.7.0
Tree Controller 1.4.0
Water Features 1.1.4
Magical Garbage Truck 1.0
Coal Truck Resource Piles 1.0
Water Mirror Surfaces Ice Pack 1.0
Water Mirror Surfaces 1.0
Show Text Trends 1.0
Toggle Overlays 1.0.3
Lumina 1.4.0
Skyve [BETA] 0.10.1.0
Doors Decal Pack 01 - Industrial 1.0
Medium Office Zoning 1.0
Gray Stained Surfaces 1.0
More Recycling 1.0
Overground Parking By Dome 1.0
Vehicle Variation Packs 2.0
Stiffer Vehicles 1.0.1
Trash Asset Pack 1.0
Road Markings (Lines & Arrows) Decal Pack 1.0
Extra Team Graffiti 1.0
Grates and Covers Decal Pack 1.0
Mini Elementary School Asset (Upgradable) 1.0
Local Hospital(Upgradable) 1.0
More Education Buildings 1.0
Parking Lots By Dome 1.0
Cities Skylines II Graffiti Decal Pack 1.0
Extra3.0 Graffiti Decal Pack 1.0
EAI - Surfaces Pack 1.0
Cracks and Damage Decal Pack 1.0
Stains and Leakage Decal Pack 1.0
Sea Foam Decal Pack 1.0
Riverbeds Texture Pack 1.0
Golden Sand Beaches Texture Pack 1.0
White Sand Beaches Texture Pack 1.0
Dans Pack (Rural Services Asset Pack) 1.0
Parking 2x2 Extendable 1.0
Traffic 0.1.1
Seaside Serenity Map Theme
VividCities 4k Map Theme
Water Visual Tweaks 1.0
Extended Road Upgrades 1.4.0
Traffic Simulation Adjuster 1.0
Prop Lights Mod 1.0
Home of Chamëleon TBN
Line Tool 0.9.6.
ExtraLandscapingTools 1.0
Move It 0.4.1

Looking forward to this one which comes out next week for roads

 

[b0rn2sk8]

That combined with the economy/simulation patches and bug fixes, it’s a pretty good game now.

 

[jonneymendoza]

That combined with the economy/simulation patches and bug fixes, it’s a pretty good game now.

Really good now?

 

[b0rn2sk8]

It's better than vanilla CS1 if that is what you are asking. Of course there is less overall content but CS1 had 14 expansions or something daft like that.