Cities: Skylines

Scotty123 · 19 Aug 2014 at 13:43

Could this be what the latest Sim City wasn't?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxfeBpagvQw

I was disappointed with Sim City. Too small, usual complaints. I think I played it for a few hours in total.

Scotty123 · 19 Aug 2014 at 15:51

I bought it, but never really played. One of those Steam buys!

Scotty123 · 20 Aug 2014 at 01:02

I wonder if it would spur on Maxis to improve Sim City eg bigger plots. Although probably not.

Scotty123 · 18 Feb 2015 at 19:48

Completely forgot about this, ops. Good thing I remembered just now though!

Some pretty pics in this thread.

Scotty123 · 7 Mar 2015 at 12:13

I caved in with the GMG discount voucher. Bought deluxe.

Was going to wait until reviews were out, because Sim City was a such a let down..but meh.

Scotty123 · 7 Mar 2015 at 12:31

Bought gta 5 along with it at the same time. Damn discounts!

Scotty123 · 7 Mar 2015 at 14:41

Just noticed, will run on Linux too

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Scotty123 · 10 Mar 2015 at 11:58

Just received my GMG email with key.

Scotty123 · 10 Mar 2015 at 12:25

Patience young grasshoppers!

Scotty123 · 10 Mar 2015 at 13:31

Was going to go to work today, but waiting indoors still for a parcel. Now if only I could play it ...

Scotty123 · 10 Mar 2015 at 19:59

Maybe at some point I should make a building for this in Blender (3D modelling software)

, to mod.

Any ideas?

Scotty123 · 10 Mar 2015 at 21:56

I'm one of those ones who builds everything in a grid.. don't hate me!

Scotty123 · 11 Mar 2015 at 21:02

Was just browsing the local files. Two pdfs in there with drawings and screenshots of some of the notable buildings in it.

I fancy making something art-deco in Blender, and importing it

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Scotty123 · 14 Mar 2015 at 01:57

Anyone made their own building yet? I made a simple one, unwrapped the textures, baked the required maps but nothing appears when I select its name in the tool.

It's nothing fancy - just a rectangle - just wanted to test I could get it in.

Apparently all that is required to at least view it is the mesh.

Scotty123 · 14 Mar 2015 at 13:12

Annoying. Seems the 3DS Max imports work okay, but the Blender ones do not. :mad:

Rather use Blender!

Scotty123 · 14 Mar 2015 at 13:40

I got it working. Seems you have to upscale the Blender stuff when you export the FBX file from it. 800 (?!) scale worked for me.

Scotty123 · 14 Mar 2015 at 13:58

I am thinking about making the Shard. Okay not very challenging, but good for a test!

Scotty123 · 16 Mar 2015 at 16:00

Seems a guy who worked for Maxis and the buildings in SimCity, is now designing buildings for this game.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=408683814

Scotty123 · 16 Mar 2015 at 22:13

Just did a quick test for my creation of the Shard at some point in the future

. Just a rough model, no textures.

Scotty123 · 16 Mar 2015 at 22:22

I noticed someone has already made one, but it's dreadful. Just a giant triangle with bad textures.

It's more than just that - there are some bits on the sides to be done, the top needs to have the jagged pieces right.

I've got some ideas as well for the textures to make it look decent. The one already done has no depth to it either.