So, I finally decided to make an thread about this city simulator. As an discussion about this game, I'll mention what I like and dislike about this game: Pros DLC making the game more enjoyable and fun An better simulation game than SimCity 2013 So many mods that also improve the game in various subjects Decent-Good vanilla assets Cons Loading takes longer than SC2013 Crashes plenty of times, especially when multiple mods are in use or under lag Abundance of mods can ruin the game, either by glitching or being unplayable I'd like to see your opinions on this game if you do own this game, or are interested in the game.
Got to agree with you on there. It might be because of how it was above SimCity 2013, which failed to be an superior successor to the previous game. Plus, it's way more open to customization, unlike SC2013.
I like Cities: Skylines, I think it's absolutely great, but it's so fussy about performance. Its loading times are simply the worst. I am going to make sure the next computer I get will be fully capable of running it, along with others like BeamNG. Last I played C:S, I absolutely sucked at it. My first city was Portwood, but I couldn't ever get it up to a high population. I honestly don't know what I was doing wrong. I've made multiple Portwood maps, all of which saw unfavorable results. I think part of my problem is that even though I had a bunch of commercial zones, the town kept somehow draining my funds faster than a Hummer drains gasoline. Got any tips for me next time I play?
I experimented around with taxes, since I tried not to encourage the population into leaving, though I still had a couple of cases where places ended up abandoned.
Response to mods: well duh. Of course lots of mods will do that. As for CS, it's one of the most well made and enjoyable city sim games I've ever played. EA really dropped the ball on their last SC.
Another thing is that whenever I raised taxes, it would get to a point where pretty much the entire town was complaining. So to shut them up, I lowered the taxes. True that, though I like I said, one of its major problems that weighs heavily on it is performance issues. You'd think a game like that wouldn't require such a high end computer.
I know, but the last thing I would want is glitching by mods, or errors caused by them. I do agree that it's well made anyways. --- Post updated --- Even when I have less than 100 mods, it still takes an while to load.
Tbh I expect that something like that would require such a high end computer. You're potentially rendering thousands of buildings at once, as well as simulating vehicles, and people that all need to calculate pathfinding and such. There's lots of things going on in the background.
What I'm really referring to is loading times when you first start a map. I honestly think BeamNG's loading times are less agonizing to sit through. That was the kicker for me. I do believe somebody made a mod that modified the loading times, so I'll definitely see what it'll do next time I run the game. But as for when you're in game, I fully get what you're saying. However, I noticed that a lot of the vanilla assets appear to be very low poly.
Interesting. Though you probably have a computer with better specs. Mine is a little underpowered, but it's been a fighter. Mods could be my issue, but I'm not 100% certain about some of it. Speaking of mods, modders like NNS has inspired me to want to attempt modding C:S in the future.
I'd be interested if somebody tries to make an C:S mod that shares similarities to BeamNG, like an D-Series inspired pickup or an Port-based map.
Funny you should say that. Some mods I'd attempt to do is porting BeamNG cars over, including the Pigeon and T-Series. What I'd probably have to do is strip the cars of almost everything but their bodies, and somehow reduce their polygon numbers. Does Blender do that?
I never used Blender, but @Dummiesman might be able to inform you of so. I'm planning to make my own city soon. Any name suggestions for it? (It's based in Los Angeles) [My city name suggestion would be Los Rjecos]
