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Is there a trick to balance how my industry tries to get to the harbor complex?
It seems like 90% of my trucks hop on the train and clog up the station there while barely any use my freeways
Never forget
>>121428301
There are a number of ways to do it.
The main thing is to provide good access to the highways and have good highway networks that distribute the flow of traffic evenly throughout your city.
I know you guys don't want pol shit in your thread but
My God anyone who is anybody in anno is black brown or a woman. THE FUTURE SO BRIGHT
Is it worth selling anything on the world market? This is one of my least favorite features, why did they think it was a good idea to no longer let you sell stuff to other npcs?
>>121428497
I was making a map and didn't even notie it die.
Tried to get a new one up asap.
>>121428821
ubisoft is obviously part of the kike-faggot agenda out to destroy the white race (the best one) by teaching us dark skin is ok too
>>121428708
What should go on this island?
>>121432342
A giant ferris wheel.
>>121432342
rich people or shipping infrastructure
>>121432342
a van dyke brown prison with some prussian blue watchtowers
>>121428708
woah, did you get that setup from here? i made one just like that and posted it here a few months ago. it's just cool to see someone use my design from awhile ago :D
>>121434185
forgot webbum. although looking at it now it's definitely not the most efficient layout.
>>121433092
I put high density reich people
>>121434185
>>121434490
Yeah, I save most webms/gifs/jpgs that are posted here.
How is this thread dead days after Anno
>>121437368
Because Anno is shit.
Streaman for a couple hours oldshoesbro on Twitch. Sorry for being a faggot and posting about it so much.
is the new anno worth 100 dollarydoos?
>>121437368
It was a massive disappointment for many.
>>121440094
Depends. Would you be ok with an anno that is only about building shit with no need to balance diplomacy and military? The only challenge left in the game is balancing budget because lunar settlements require ridiculous amounts of maintenance. Even so it's easy to overcome because the whole sector is yours so you can just spam the temperate sector full of low-level taxpayers before expanding to the next level. If you just want comfy building then go for it but if you want the whole package of expanding under pressure then better stay away. If in doubt, pirate then buy if you find yourself liking it.
>>121440094
No.
I wouldn't pay more than 40 bucks for such a boring game. Yeah it looks gorgeous, but they have dumbed it down too much.
>>121439532
What LUT are you using that your industrial area is bloody glowing blue like that?
>>121441872
Temperate on a boreal map. It's just the regular smog.
>>121439532
>oldshoesbro
it would be fine if you managed to stream for some time.
>>121444721
Sorry dog, had some work emails come in and had to cut it short.
>>121429837
Obvious bait is obvious. Try harder/10 would not reply again.
>>121440094
Jesus fuck no, I pirated it and I feel like I should be entitled to reimbursement.
>>121429919
smooth
Page 10 already?
>>121450503
Not on my watch!
>>121450637
>those giant bridge constructions
an that's why there are cloverleafs
>>121450784
Cloverleaf is for pussies.
I just wish we had better control over lanes.
>>121451206
but cloverleafs don't sdhit up the city's flair by having fuckhueg bridges.
I gues merican cities don't have flair anyway.
>>121451642
>subjective 'flair' is more important than avoiding traffic jams
>>121451985
yes.
new anno desperately needs scenarios like power games and such, I never understood people who liked playing continuous mode, because frankly after you get the top tier of everything there is no motivation to continue
and this is why scenarios are nice because you are always restarting with new twists
>hiding the loading time behind an epilepsy warning
I'm onto your shit, Ubisoft.
>>121439532
why your city look like 1912 germany senpai?
>>121455329
Because he was streaming.
>>121456230
so he decided to model his city after the shape of pre WW1 Prussia?
>>121456373
Maybe.
>>121450503
wait isn't this in Spain
i feel like I've been there
>>121458451
Thats in Japan
>>121458906
>tfw you will never get to drive on it
why even live?
>>121452848
hopefully mods/dlc/patches will bring in more content
besides all that i still somewhat like the game, but i only just got into arctic, so there is some more content for me to play through, probably will do a second playthrough too, but not more, starting to get stale already
>>121460661
It's good for like one playthrough. Then you realise there's nothing to stop you except for overexpanding your arctic/lunar and going into the red, and your second becomes super easy min/max.
>>121460661
>its the year 2205, I'd be really surprised if by that time they couldnt grow freaking rice wherever the hell they want
>this I somewhat agree with, I liked creating and protecting long routes, but again it can be waved away as "lol future"
>agreed
>previous titles had unlimited resources too, all you had to do was to pay a negligible amount of gold and voila all your mines are restocked
>choosing a faction only appeared in 1 game - anno 2070, so removing that does not really make a game not anno
>research is again a feature that has only been in one title out of what 6? and unfortunately it is confirmed as a DLC
>pollution is once again a feature from 1 title, but yeah having that would be nice
>I like the building movement, casual sure, but whatever
>agreed about combat
>never played multiplayer
>agreed with this too
basically that review is shit because saying that features that only existed in 1 title in the whole franchise somehow define that franchise is ridiculous
according to that anno 1404 is not an anno game, since it does not have research, pollution, choice of factions
dont get me wrong the game is extremely bare-bones and really needs scenarios re-implemented, but that review is simply misleading
>>121461048
i am not saying the game is bad, what i cant understand, why couldn't they take 2070 or 1404, and build on that, to make it 1.5 or 2x better, instead they re-did the whole game, leaving lots of features out
>>121461190
because they intend to sell it as dlc senpai
>>121461190
I think they wanted to try something a bit different this time around. After making almost the same game five times in a row, I can understand why. However the Anno formula actually works every time, even if it's basically a reskin + some new stuff.
I think trying to do something new isn't a bad idea, but this one didn't work out so well. Perhaps they'll have a better idea next time.
>>121461447
if this sells like shit, there probably wont be a next time, lets hope this one won't get like 5 DLC's, instead 1 very big one with lots of features, or 2 tops, and SOON
>>121461539
it probably will given that all the negative reviews on steam
even though at least one of the major complaints is simply not true
>>121461539
Considering the orbital region and the tundra region have already been announced as DLC, I wouldn't expect there to be one big one.
Gentleman, please.
>>121461048
>a misleading game review
color me surprised
>>121461859
what surprised me a bit is that people on both /v/ and steam forums were so convinced that this game is shit that they never even gave it a chance and said false things about it, major complains I saw on v
no storage - actually false there is storage, anyone who is not braindead would have noticed this
I reached the top level execs in 3 hours what a shit game - execs are not the top level and anno 1404 had an achievement for reaching the top level in 1 hour
placement of service buildings no longer matters - false it does, all service buildings generate their resource and the further away a house is from the service building the more resource it consumes so you still have to place them centrally
warehouse placement no longer matters - not true the logistics center work the same way as service buildings do
again, I realise that the game IS FLAWED, but why shit on a game before you even try it properly? think about it, those people wanted to hate it so badly that they just assumed those false points
>>121462309
the fact remains that the game is pretty much shit, like most games after 2007. i don't know why you faggots keep enabling this horse shit.
>>121462931
just because you grew up and no longer enjoy games does not mean that they are shit
not defending anno 2205 mind you, still its stupid to outright lie just to shit on something
>>121462309
>no storage
The storage is really hard to notice, maybe because for like every other game it was in the warehouse but this time they decided to be ebin hipsters and put it elsewhere. The fact that people can actually not notice a storage exists is in itself a very strong point of criticism - why change something that has been here since fucking forever and works just fine?
>I reached the top level execs in 3 hours what a shit game - execs are not the top level and anno 1404 had an achievement for reaching the top level in 1 hour
Except there's literally nothing else to do other than promote pops. Nobody to fight except for joke crisis sectors that RTS scrubs can win by 'select everyone and right click', etc.
>placement of service buildings no longer matters
The biggest problem with this is that it's not explicitly mentioned in the tooltips. If you want to make such a major change at least fucking tell us. I didn't even notice until after a while. I do agree this is an improvement, though they could at least have told us.
>warehouse placement no longer matters - not true the logistics center work the same way as service buildings do
Once again nothing in the tooltips.
>again, I realise that the game IS FLAWED, but why shit on a game before you even try it properly? think about it, those people wanted to hate it so badly that they just assumed those false points
When the game makes changes and doesn't tell you shit it's not your fault for assuming. Update your tooltips or something so people know, this is clearly developers' fault.
>>121463000
they are shit. enjoy companies continuing to shill games diced up and sold as dlc. also day 1 dlc kek.
new anno is awesome but my pc barely handles it on low settings... life is truly suffering..
rip /cbg/ ;_;7
>>121462309
>execs are not top level
they might as well be, the 2 new chains opened are a massive joke
like 10 minutes after getting my first investor they were all 100% happy since it's a matter of plopping down 5 buildings, add some modules and 2 extra trade routes
in the previous games at least you had to concern yourself over fertilities/mine spots and to some degree challenging production chains like pharmaceuticals or bionic suits
>>121467097
the idea of different geographic regions having different economic advantages could be problematic for some users
>>121463000
This has nothing to do with growing up, this has to do with how removing features and challenge from games is the new staple philosophy from game developers. If it was simply outgrowing them, then even old games would stop being fun, and they haven't. And no, it's not nostalgia either. Even picking up old games and franchises I had never played before, they are still so much fun than most newer ones.
hi
>>121467646
but the best game in the anno franchise is the 2 most recent (anno 2070) so at least in this case the trend is simply not there
>>121467682
noone saying hi back?
>>121468659
Shoosh, you.
Can't you see they are talking about the lastest fotm game?
>>121468776
Anno? never interested me really.
>>121468980
Neither, mate.
>>121469057
then let's post cities and resurrect /cbg/.
Newbie here. First base ever. Criticism - Suggestions?
Also having energy problems, 3 sun panels arent enough apparently... What do? Build more?
>>121469178
I just made a new map, so I'll start a new city soon.
Tired from removing all the jaggies so I'll be a bit.
You can have a squiz at the map in the meantime.
>>121450637
shit you not I live close to this area... the high 5 is a neat overpass
Shot in the dark, but for anyone who still plays Simcity 4 are there any mods that allow you to plot tunnels or bridges?
I want to have my roads going under the railway in the pic but the only way is to use the level tool and make a tunnel for each one.
I know that I could do this with NAM, but I really don't like that mod and would rather not use it.
>>121469974
I jelly. I'd love to ride it all night long.
If you know what I mean.
>>121470227
pic related, something like this but for roads and rail
>>121469586
Game?
>>121470429
Rimworld
>>121470227
Those rails doesnt make any sense
>>121471508
Because one station has one rail way and the other has 3
>>121469178
Okay
>>121472047
nice.
>>121471571
I see 3 rails in bothand whats the point of two train stations close to each other?
>>121470391
Youre probably looking at installing NAM for road underpasses under rails without modifying the shit out of your terrain.
>>121469586
good going for first base, actually. what storyteller/difficulty you playing, because that will describe your base a lot .
otherwise the design is actually quite functional, but i would make the craft rooms, storages more accessible instead of building them deep into the hill. just building a room further into the hill will increase the travel time between rooms and that in itself combined with hauling long distanced can prolongue literally everything in the game. give it a lot of supply chain thought, but then again, if youre playing on an easier difficulty, it does not really matter, just make sure there is good accessability for defense and production.
and yes, definetly more needed, not to mention batteries, that need a room for themselves. build windmills as well, youll need any and all power sources.
>>121469586
>>121473996
this worth trying?
>>121474192
depends. what do you expect? what do you want from the game?
finished a new region, gonna go wild on this
ded
general
>>121470227
>I know that I could do this with NAM, but I really don't like that mod and would rather not use it.
>not liking NAM
Why?
>New City
my pride and joy.
So what the fuck did people mean by there was more/lots of content in anno 2205?
There is three production trees, just like anno 2070. 2070 had both starting factions and scientists, then later underwater with DLC. 2205 has base faction, cold people, and moon people.
I think I'm gonna see if Steam will refund this shit.
>>121477976
Meant to put this up. kek
>>121477582
I just found it way too complicated to get transit systems up when the base game made transit so simple. I like spending days building up massive regions and NAM just wasn't fun for me.
>>121478169
Y numero dos
>>121476375
Those mountains look crazy! Looks like it will be nice and cozy to build among them.
>>121478169
Those high-rise look really out of place, but it kinda works.
>>121478378
I like how you are building on the hills.
Dat view.
>>121478243
you really should take a few hours and learn NAM. once proficient you can create beautiful; and realistic looking transit networks.
>>121478169
take out those spooky highrises anon. that district has great potential to be really comfy, and the highrises are clashing with it.
ayyy my city is kinda staying at 26000 citizens and no one asks for more houses, what do?
>>121469178
I wish more people came to this little general, I enjoy talking about cities and I don't know where else to go. I don't want it to be dead by next week
Just started a new city after my last one was decimated by a dirty water catastrophe and went Fallout mode.
>>121479827
It is essentially a heavy city district disguised as a comfy village tho
>>121480357
I'll start posting once I get my city started.
Just laying down roads and rail at the moment.
Rate my tourist drive on a scale of 1 to comfy.
>>121481289
>mixing euro-style buildings and high-rise
pig disgusting
>>121479787
I'd rather not have to start my region all over again, plus NAM overcomplicates something that should be so much simpler. All you should have to do is drag the road, not plop each section separately.
The lighting looks pretty good at night
>>121483004
>maxis highways, airports, and ports are all cringy tho
>>121483779
agree
>>121485775
I always see you post this and I always mean to ask... just how high is that bridge?
>>121450637
I live sorta near to this and I gotta say its really fun to drive through.
>>121486036
I like never play anymore cause busy but I post the same photo to keep the thread alive, it's pretty tall but it goes by a mountain so yea...
this is an old photo so theres more roads but I like the layout.
if you want I can take pics later
>>121486465
That makes two of you.
You both should meet up and go for a drive on it together and discuss interchanges.
id say this is a nice startoff
>>121486629
No worries, mate. I haven't played in weeks either.
Post a shot during the day so I can see how epic the bridge is.
>>121487446
its got some nice views already as well
>>121487446
Looks cozy as fuck.
I want to rub my dick against the mountainside.
>>121439532
Comfiest beaches.
the nights always fabulous
>>121473996
Im playing the "gradually increasing difficulty" girl at Rough difficulty.
What do you think of building into the mountain vs outside?
>>121488392
In that case primarily build into the mountianside, and priorize creating a killbox.
i usually build what i felt like and somewhat thusly adjusted difficulty depending on evniromnet. so easy diff = hard enviro and counterwise.
![1434554683-anno2205-key-art[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/gCnDJKc.jpg "1434554683-anno2205-key-art[1].jpg")
Help me out /cbg/.
I pirated Anno 2205 on a whim since I never really got interested in the series before and the previous installment didn't really do it for me either.
But this one, hell I can't stop playing. I'm really into this game now. If any of you have done something similar, if I buy the game, can i transfer my save easily from pirate to legit?
The game is filled with all that DRM crap so I'm concerned.
>>121490879
Not sure about Anno but most pirated games have the cracker team made it so that the game saves everything on the default location (just like if you purchase the game legit). Again not sure with Anno's case, but likely you will be able to just continue where you left off once you purchase the game and install it.
Just need to worry about the duplicate registry shit for your pirated game vs. legit.
>>121476375
oh my god can you share that map? it looks amazing
>>121487917
They really are. I just wish they were a little brighter so building doesn't come to a stand-still every 10ish minutes,
>>121491925
actually as far as i remember cities xl had light coming up if you selected building tools during night.
guess thats one of the things that helped those sjw cunts optimize performance when they ripped the game
>>121490879
Stop shilling, no one but a Ubidrone likes the new game.
>>121490879
depends on savegame location and format.
anyhow by buying the game youre helping no one
>>121492595
what?
>>121492867
Why not? I liked the decisions they took with the game and I'm enjoying it much more than 2070. I was confused earlier because on /v/ people blatantly lied about features being missing because they were stupid enough not to see them, so when I played it was a very pleasant surprise.
I've been needing a new city builder for a long time now, Skylines didn't do it for me and Sim City is dead.
Seriously, how do I not fuck my traffic in Cities: Skyline?
I can build as many frontage roads and highway exchanges as I want, as soon as a big number of trucks start delivering shit to commercial, everything gets fucked
>>121493578
Play 1404 desu senpai
>>121494050
Maybe after I'm done with 2205.
If 1404 is truly the better game then it will be great regardless of when I play it, but if I jump to it now I may end up spoiling my enjoyment of 2205.
what are the best cities skyline mods
>>121498594
This thing has helped me so, so, so much. I don't know what I would do without it.
>>121498594
>Extra landscaping tools
Terraforming, tree brush etc.
>Unlimited trees mod
More trees
>Airport roads
for building yourself an airport
>Multi-track station enabler
For multi track rail stations
>Network extensions project
More roads like 4 lanes etc
>Crossings
For streets etc
>IPT - improved public transport
Manage trains, busses etc.
>Building themes
Makes it possible to apply building themes to districts.
>Dynaminc resolution
Best way to create a good look
>Automatic bulldoze
removes empty and burned down buildings
>Precision engineering
More infomation are shown like angles when building roads etc.
>No more purple pollution
Changes the color of the grass and water if it is polluted
>Droputs
Not even cim passes school, so you have unskilled worker
>Clouds & fog toggler
Let you remove cloudes, distance fog etc
>All space unlockable
Let you buy all tiles on the map
>Asset vehicle editor
Needed if you want to use custom vehicles
>>121493683
I think this is the #1 guide to follow.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=522776740
>>121501027
That's pretty darn neat.
Also, since After Dark has been out for a good..month and a half now, what's the judgement? Worth 15 bucks or worth a sale. Or not worth a buy at all.
Pic unrelated to skylines, but I recently started playing Banished. Is there a mod that allows you to view your population age distribution, so I can make a rough estimation of how (un)stable a population is in terms of growth/decline
>page 10
My little farm town is doing well so far.
>>121514079
I can't handle farms, they're so needy and always bitching about not having enough workers.
>Anno 2205
>need quantum computers for scientists
>need diamonds for quantum computers
>10k investors needed to make diamond mines
>need bioenhancers for investors
>these are built on the fucking moon
>can't get to moon yet
>>121520869
spam T1/2 houses fucking everywhere
trust me you're gonna need the income
>>121520869
How have you not gotten to the moon yet? all you really need is Super Alloys.
>>121523170
>>121523184
Nevermind, didn't realize I could upgrade the space port. And I've got like 30k of income.
hows latest anno
>>121527424
Bretty good but LOTS of major gameplay changes. Doing quests is also actually important now since you need the quest only resources to not spend a fortune in both money and land on factory buildings.
Someone gimme a name for my corporation in Anno 2205.
>>121523546
You're gonna need it. Moon stuff is crazy expensive. The fucking worker huts are 7500 credits per!
>>121523546
>he thinks 30k is enough
oh you poor fool
>>121532472
>>121529526
Holy fucking shit these power and trade costs. Finally got my investors though so I'm back out of the red. That fucking reactor though.
>>121505660
This is a good list. Only things I would add are;
>Fine Road Heights
>No Pillars
>Remove Seagulls
>Chirpy Exterminator
>Traffic Manager
>Road Color Changer
>>121512274
After Dark is very much worth the money, even if it is just t support the devs. It is the best city builder on the market right now.
Having said that, if you are tight on money, the free AD patch has enough content so save your money.
I haven't played Banished in a long time so I can't help you out there.
Rimworld is pretty hard, harder than DF which with which you can just hid behind walls.
Also makes me want events like solar flares/eclipses in DF.
>>121540448
fuck rimworld
>have to deal with the crashed ship part
>only have 7 colonists, 2 of them die, 2 are injured
>the next day get a raid of ~10 people
i'm playing with cassandra but she doesn't seem to give me a chance to recover after an event
>>121514502
>building schools before 10k pop
>2015
Might as well make a 6 lane city and remove all the traffic lights.
>ywn get comfy on the moon
Just got Banished in a bargain and spent 12 hours on the damn game. Got a list of good mods for it? Also dumping my poorly planned peasant village
>>121553328
nevermind the ugliness of that screenshot, i'm running this on a toaster
>>121553510
>mine right next to the town
baka
>page 10
oh no you don't
>>121559790
>implying page 10 isn't the comfiest
>>121554005
yeah, that was dumb to build houses very close to both the quarry and the mines. I thought i wanted to make houses there so it'll be easier for the miners to go to work a la a mining boomtown but i guess i went overboard with itI built a school beside a cemetery as well
>be me, a new cities skylines player
>lay down roads, looks good
>put down power and water
>no money left to pipe water
>repeat five times
>mfw no loans or anything
Fuck, is it supposed to be this hard to start?
>>121564939
Kids need to learn about death as early as possible.
Especially in such an unforgiving world such as Banished.
>>121566165
Don't put down anything you don't immediately need. Once you've done a few starts you'll get the hang of it.
>>121566165
Just play with infinite money, it's not like cash is actually a challenge after the initial building.
Did anybody try this? Looks like rimworld but looks can be deceiving
Just started a new map.
Looks pretty comfy so far.
>>121569182
question, why are the only walls i can build in rimworld steel? are other ones not in yet?
>>121568503
What gaem?
>>121571146
Your mom.
>>121568503
too much blood for comfiness
>>121491564
sure man, but ive got pirate, and idk any good file sharing without registering and logging in
>>121574494
Just upload the heightmap.
>>121571056
You can build other walls. Click on the wall in the building menu and it should bring up a list of wall types.
Here. have fun, post results.
I'm interested as to what will you do with the mine.
>>121574686
>>121575027
forgot to link post
Post your noodles
>>121575280
That looks great.
Post an overall shot of your city?
bump for anno 2205
>>121575804
Currently planning out a harbor & industrial area expansion on the other side of the river. Island on the right is also going to be filled, but so that a nice beach waterfront remains.
>>121578324
nice, love your technical precision. gives the city nicely natural looks.
post districts and their names. give us lore.
Do people still play Anno 2070 multiplayer? Tempted to re-install it after being pretty disappointed with 2205. (At least I didn't pay full price for it.)
>>121578441
The districts are pretty messy since there are lots of bizarro shaped leisure and hotel districts added to the downtown area. There are some more interesting areas though.
Chasm city should be pretty self explanatory, grown around stacked rails and highways. The sunken railway station in the middle has the highest usage rates in the entire city.
Arborea is the central park area of the city, divided in half by the downtown highway.
If you're looking for some bad time, Brookham is the place. Nested between airport, highways, railways and some light industry, the land value isn't exactly stellar. You only move here if you have to.
>>121575280
>>121578324
>>121580307
How do you get your interchanges to look so precise? Do you just spend hours on each one?
>>121580373
They're prebuilt assets, anon. Just plop them down and connect them up.Hold right click and drag left/right to rotate.
>>121580373
Only prebuilt one is the turbine stack in the middle, only slightly modified: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=527725679
Rest of the interchanges are hand built using precision engineering, fine road heights and coffee.
>>121580307
noice as fuck.
give us some detailed shots of brookham.
also admirable you built this without cheats
>>121581382
Thanks! I've posted some Brookham stuff earlier, but sure. Here's few.
Is Banished worth playing? I was hyped for it for a while but then /v/ kind of shat on it when it was released so I bottled my hype back up and never looked at it again. (I know, I shouldn't let them influence me like that but for some reason my enjoyment of a game just gets ruined if I see people talking smack about it like that.)
>>121581382
>>121581382
Bonus skyline as seen from Brookham
>>121581724
The problem with Banished is that the main challenge of the game is not starving/freezing to death. It's decent fun for a while but then you realise that the game doesn't really have much depth, once the initial starting challenge is over its smooth sailing unless you make serious mistakes. Nobody really has any needs beyond food, firewood and a house. There's some replay value in weird shit like go for the no schools no trade no farms achievements all in one playthrough, mods also add some more replayability but it doesn't last that long. Worth 20 bucks at normal retail price? Probably not. Worth 5 bucks at 75% off now? Probably.
>>121581967
nice, i remember this, the san andreas look.
>>121581695
>>121581798
>>121581967
Looking really good. Very well thought out.
The way the access to services works is fucking stupid.
So, which is better, Anno 1440, 2070, or 2205?
>>121585936
I imagine 2205 will be the best one once it has more content
as it is it's kinda barebones
>>121585936
2070 has better gameplay than 1404 except for the absolutely inexcusable AI which makes SP inferior. 2205 has some nifty changes and good ideas but it's crippled by the fact that the only challenge is in how fucking irritating it is to wait for sectors to load and no amount of DLC jewery will fix this.
tl;dr
2070 MP >1404 >2070 SP >>>>> 2205
Had a game on Ice Sheets in rimworld
>no wood, no crops, no animals
>rolled until i got a researcher and all he studies is hydroponics
>metal abound
>raid a cryptosleep tomb for the nostalgia of disturbing dads before work
>lose a colonist, gain two prisoners
>stick them in the battery room
>they beat the shit out of each other some fifty times
>eventually they both lose arms to seperate cases of infections
>fight until they freeze to death
>it_begins.jpg
>due to nutrient paste, death of comrades, and rocks in their bedrooms, the colonists' moods slowly begin to deteriorate
>colonist A strips herself naked and wanders into a blizzard to die
>colonist B destroys the hydroponics farms just to feel alive
>other recruited prisoners and post-spring-break colonist B eat processed human flesh to avoid starving
>drives them over the edge and they bash each others heads in with clubs
>>121586429
Do people still play MP in 2070? I bought it on release but never played it much because I was really disappointed in how bad the AI was
fug
Old and better OP.
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>>121588892
i need to stop putting on ramps right before off ramps
dont die you useless cunt
idk how to keep this shit alive
everyone post your city and write a story about it, any idea works.
>>121588973
The pastebin page for essential mods has been removed. We should create a new one with
>>121505660
>>121540142
Joystick support when
GTA mod when
>>121592413never
>>121492705
Fuck you I love the new game
>>121597892
Well, I don't.
>>121598596
But that's just like, your opinion man
anno 1404 will forever remain my faovorite tho'
>>121452848
I like them both.
Storymode is fun because you get a nice story and some extra challenges that probably wouldn't be fun all the time but are fun because they fit in with the story.
Endless is fun because, well, it's going to take you a few hours at least just to get to the max level, and then you challenge yourself with making all your chains optimal, or making a huge fleet, or making the biggest city, or building a monument. Whatever you want.
Basically endless I play until I feel I've had enough, which is usually a week or so later.
>>121599151
the problem with new anno is that there is only the endless mode, the way I played anno 1404 and anno 2070 was that I would go play my single endless campaign inbetween scenarious
>>121599151
There's no replay value, that's the problem.
>Anno
>only straight roads
getting there
>>121600386
>youre able to play gta inside your own city
when please
i only wish the industrial zone didnt look so shit up close
So how much ram do you actually need for Anno 2205?
It says it'll run on as little as 4 gigs of ram, but I doubt that given all the map switching you need to do.
Bit worried my meager 6 gigs won't be enough.
Not that I'm actually going to buy it yet; I'm going to wait till the game is 40 bucks, or 50 with the dlc.
>>121601506
Not soon enough
Not sure if this has been posted yet, but the newest patch is going to give us 50% larger zones (or 50% more zones?).
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/building-limits-increased-patch-1-2-2-f2-is-live.890051/
Still no tunnels in the map creator though.
>>121603745
>50% larger
does that mean that theyre just going to increase the zones allowed to buy from 9 to like 15 and people will still mod it up to 25?
brilliant fucking job if so
>>121603745
>still no tunnels in the map creator
literally sudoku
i have so many hype as fuck heightmaps saved that i can't use because no tunnels in the map editor
i mean, fuck
look at this shit
Harbor and industry expansion infrastructure is being laid down and it looks quite OK.
>>121581798
How do you get ur game to look so pretty please explain senpai
>>121603745
I'm dumb, what does Zone limit increased 50% mean
>>121604739
They did a bunch of optimizing to allow more buildings and roads and the like.
So my guess is the zones are just going to get larger in size.
Are there Android games similar to SimCity? Banished? Grand Ages: Rome or Anno 2205? Anno 1404/1503/1602/1701/2070?
Something that comes close to the same kind of complexity, or a straight up port of a game, like OpenTTD, that I already have, but eh, it's not really a CB.
>>121609507
Maybe the amount of zones you can build or assign to residential, industry etc
>>121610069
Townsmen might be something you like. Been a while since I played it but it was a pretty fun game for my phone.
>>121605105
What did you use to build those habor walls? Looks nice.
>>121609287
>>121611476
13760 x 5760 resolution screenshots (resized for posting of course) and sunken wall assets reloaded http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=487703034
>>121614104
>>121614104
That's weird, I tried that whole super resolution then resize thing and it still has jaggies.
Anyone here play The Guild II? I know it's a trade management and not city builder, but it's not popular enough for its own thread.
>>121611214
Those are districts.
>>121615107
Strange. Do you use the built in quad resolution screenshot feature or that dynamic resolution mod? Post an example?
>>121615695
I used the built in one here and down sampled, looks the same
I use the dynamic reso mod for screenshots now and I can post one after this one sec
OH SHIT
YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF THE NEXT C:SL DLC
WHAT ARE YOU ADDING?
>>121615695
and here's the dynamic mod at 250, unplayable of course but nice for screenshots, I still think your looks better.
>>121616448
U-drive it.
>>121616448
dynamic seasons, people will put up lights for xmas, stuff for halloween, thanksgiving will seen an increase in restaurants sales etc
>>121616263
>>121616563
I tried to replicate the situation. Lots of windows and railings at jaggies-prone angles, and used same 1080p resolution as you. Here's the result using the ingame highres screenshot. Downscaled back to 1080p in paint.
Um. There's definitely some difference here. What 3d card you got?
>>121618382
Gtx 960, inb4 meme card
>>121427985
I got cities skyline and I have no idea what I'm doing. Do I draw two road? One road? How close can my industry get before it affects people?
>>121616448
Weather and Seasons would be added. You have to take care of the snow in you city which also slows down you traffic or blocks roads. Also you need more energy for heating and people get more ill. Changing seasons will cause snow to melt and produce masses of water and hot summer will reduce the amount that is available.
Also a more complex industry. Industry has to gather resources like ore and oil. Then it gets refined and they build basic products out of them. Then other factories will build advance stuff like TVs and PCs.
>>121616448
Modern day monuments.
So something massive that takes a long time to build, and when complete completely changes things in your city.
Like for example a large car car manufacturing plant, or some kind of extra fancy skyscraper. Or the Olympics. Stuff like that.
Also extra large buildings of 5*x, 6*x, 7*x, 8*x tiles.
Also also, marketplaces. Special kind of park. Not sure what I'd make it do but it'd have to motivate people to place it in the center of the cities, or even start their cities with one or more.
>>121616448
Cyberpunk styled buildings, can be disabled through the menu. It causes buildings to get really tall, wifi because a service that needs to be taken care of, drones, causes buildings that are built near a highway, freeway or some other road that towers over the building to get built with the road installed into it. Like this.
>>121619515
thats on the workshop...
