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Network Addon Mod (NAM) version 34 has been released for SimCity 4 just one month after the release of NAM 33. http://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/26793-network-addon-mod-for-windows-installer/
A third party patch named SC4Fix has been released for SimCity 4. http://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/30883-sc4fix-third-party-patches-for-sc4/
Colonial Charter: The Forge Awakens (CC v1.6) has been released for Banished. Major features include the ability to build cities on water. http://www.colonialcharter.com/
--- Cities: Skylines ---
>Wiki:
http://www.skylineswiki.com/Cities:_Skylines_Wiki
>Modding guidelines:
http://www.skylineswiki.com/Modding
>Skyline's official site/Paradox (sign up for free Zen Garden and future free items!):
http://signup.citiesskylines.com/
>Heightmap generator
http://terrain.party/
>Custom building competition (Get your votes in now):
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?840333-Custom-Building-Competition&s=911beb05b91e9eaccfaac6c944ca44d8
>After Dark basic mods
http://pastebin.com/HEcKw21a
--- SimCity 4 ---
Contains everything you need for SC4 - getting started guide, modpacks, links to various SC4 communities (with more mods/guides):
http://pastebin.com/Fg9qNhcM
Remember to turn off U-Drive It icons and minimise the game UI when you take a screenshot.
--- Banished ---
>Modding:
http://banishedinfo.com/
does anyone know if there's a cargo train asset that's basically the default one but includes red/green/blue containers since they're shown at the cargo terminal?
>Repost from last thread
Anybody know any good futury-looking skyscrapers/buildings? Trying to build a cool downtown
>>128559265
is that tokyo again?
>>128563249
That's some anon's city from cities xxl
>thread continued
/cbg/ STRONG
Hi /cbg/, here's my latest throwaway city.
is Skylines the best citybuilder out right now?
>>128567483
Cool map. Name?
>>128567679
It's the latest and greatest for sure.
>>128567760
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=595279374
Empire County, it's pretty nice.
>>128567483
Closer in on the CBD.
where should I squirt some oil so I can build a nice industry on it?
I'll post the regular map after
>>128570150
r8 my network
>>128500089
>>128571807
ugh, do you save everything in here?
I'm about to release my modular parks mod:what ya think?
>>128572724
Not everything. That's the skylines folder.
>>128572724
forgot pic
>>128571785
Seems like a solid start. We should get some /cbg/ multiplayer OTTD going at some point.
>>128573087
hey poop dam city
>>128572868
save this one then
> small park by the hills, really liked the yellow light effect of a fire on the cabins
>>128573209
that was cool
probably just bad entrance placement on asset though...
>>128573087
>a solid start
nigga this shit took weeks
pic related is the start
but I agree, we should get an online game going, but I fear OpenTTD might be too slow, even for cbg standards
>>128574253
how is OTTD better than simutrans?
>>128573558
sup
>>128574253
It's actually pretty good for multiplayer, but you do need to be able to devote a decent amount of time to a single session. Worth it though.
>>128573087
>see dam
>hmm why isn't there a cool road across it
>see left side
Oh.
>>128574676
signals
I never could figure out signals in simutrans
>>128574253
>>128574681
Forgot to add this shot of a game I played with /v/ and /vr/ a few years back. We had a few good games, but it sort of just fizzled out after all.
>>128574935
Yeah, it's holding back the brown tide.
>>128573087
How do you have so much dirty industry?
>>128575427
Impressive.
>>128568034
Some more progress.I've been streaming this city being made, twitchtv/oldshoesbro if you'd like to come watch.
looks pretty good for a central park
>>128575523
>How do you have so much dirty industry?
Not sure. There was demand for industry so I zoned accordingly. Goods production is exceeding demand now so a lot of factories are being abandoned. RIP blue collar workers.
>>128574676
no idea, never played simutrans.
OpenTTD is comfy, autistic and bugless enough to keep me interested in it anyway
>>128575978
>>128574993
the signals were pretty good in simutrans
enough to keep me hours figuring out rail designs...
I never got through a long game due to my autism wanting to make custom maps and build the cities myself
>>128576210
i just googled some screens from simutrans
it literally looks like an OpenTTD clone
>>128575523
take it easy on the trees buddy
>>128576459
It's an open source clone of Transport Tycoon, just as OpenTTD is. There were a lot of projects like them in the past, but they've become the two main ones. TTDPatch is also sort of still around, though that's not a clone.
>>128576838
420 TREE LIFE MY DUDE
>>128575960
I just had to get rid of a lot of the original dirty industry as well.
>>128577192
I'll be making more oil industry just to spite you
>tfw your city looks nice but traffic is fucked
How do I make a downtown that isn't gridlocked?
>>128577965
Space out your junctions, build more highway connections, use heavy traffic bans and get the no traffic lights mod.
>>128577965
post your traffic map
the trick to downtown areas is that you don't want people to drive there.
They should be using mass transit either subways and buses or walking
if you have trains they can be piped in from regional cities and then take buses the rest of the way
>flux
>>128578131
>>128578151
first city here, pls no bully
>>128578479
put on a trip, i am gonna bully the shit out of you
>>128578479
You gotta funnel your car traffic better. Think of it like a tree! Big trunk highway, a few large supporting 6 lane branches, some 4 lane branches and a whole fuckload of twig streets. Only have each part connect to one another (twig street shouldn't connect to main 6 lane branches generally).
>>128577497
Good! Oil was a tree once I can't hate.
>>128579273
This is a better picture to illustrate my point I suppose. I don't have any six lanes yet because I don't have the volume but you get the idea.
>>128577151
I thought OpenTTD came directly from TTDPatch
plz can someone develop a mod that pops up a random zone once every so often (maybe once a month) so i have incentive to build non-grid roads plz
thx
best wishes
>>128580506
Seperate projects. TTDPatch is an attempt to add new features to TTD. OpenTTD is an open source clone. That said, the early days of OpenTTD were largely spent trying to catch up to TTDPatch in terms of features. These days OpenTTD is miles ahead because it's not held back by the old engine.
>nearly a year since release and still no actual content for skylines
>>128580630
Close your eyes,
draw random curved roads
Open your eyes and connect them
???
profit
>>128591926
What about the expansion?
post skylines
>>128593329
"""""expansion"""""
>>128595464
>>128591926
what sort of "actual content" would you like to see?
>>128577965
other advices are, but anon, every city center is congested (if it is indeed a city center)
but to complement on answers, don't funnel traffic, always build alternatives, thats why centers are usually grid, always allowing several ways into somewhere when the main way is locked...
>>128596058
not actual anon, but I would to see them fix current asset mess,
> building is only allowed for 1 lvl
> base game buildings are bland
> euro theme, but only for 'high' density
> if you enable base+euro buildings memory ramps up to 6+GB
> few assets for 'tourists' and 'leisure' commerce
> they can't be put together and and have no high or low density difference...
and another point would the very needed
> better public transport management
> hell on hails with trains spawning everywhere nearly empty
>>128597128
Are you high? Am I high? I have no idea what you're trying to say.
The more I play CSL the more I appreciate SC4
SC4 feels like a real city, you have to start with the dirty and cheap power and industry then slowly increase land value and education to move away from dirty industry. In CSL you can just start with clean energy and put your industry right out of the way.
The zones actually felt like they were based on income in SC4, low income houses were small and run down, high income houses were neat and luxurious same with industry and commerce. All the houses in CSL feel exactly the same, bland.
>>128597481
I'm just saying I'm dissatisfied with how they handle zoning and the general configuration for assets...
First there isn't no mid density, so no average 4~8 floors buildings we loved so much on other games.
Even the Euro theme that actually looks pretty good, is only for high density, the result is that you low density neighborhoods looks just as bland as normal, and you can't have sky scrapers while playing on a euro "biome".
Each building asset can only be on a specific level for certain zone, so to have variation they had a lot of bland models, that in the end didn't achieve variation and still took up lot of memory space...( you could for example have a same model that fits more spaces and more levels).
And finally the bad decisions to have 'leisure' and 'tourism' as separate zones, as far as we know commerce is all the same, commerce for leisure, shops, restaurants, hotels, and what have you...
>>128599351
pretty much what this guy also said,
In SC4 you had a hard time getting land value up to get those nice buildings and industry...
In CSL you don't have a separation of wealth, things just level up and get more capacity...
>>128599351
damn anon, now you got me wanting to get SC4 again...
To tell you the truth even Simcity 2013 had better economy than CSL
you need offices for the industry, that needs to produce goods to be sold on commerces... all the while going parallel with resource industry.
Simcity had a good design, but was shat all over due to EA management...
>>128572950
mod uploaded:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=600623895
I like this statue
>>128607013
good job anon.
Anyone want a particular building? I might try making one
How do I make gud modular airports? Pic related is my first attempt, and I'm not happy.
First off, is there any way to make objects snap into the asset's airport roads?
>>128616186
I need a good level 1-2 4x4 office/commercial building that doesn't look like the other ones.
>>128616186
something that fulfills this request
>>128563157
>>128563157
This building from SimCity 3000
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=476362433&searchtext=simcity+3000
>>128617695
Do this one.
>>128599351
Because CSL is nordic while SC is american
>>128574676
Graphics/art
larger mod community
more satisfying economic model IMO
>>128559265
Can we stop posting CitiesXL screenshots as OP? It gives the game a good rep that it doesn't really deserve
>>128572642
Post yfw you realise that SimCity 4 never had Overpass/Underpass/raised road and rail support
>>128578131
Remind me: Does Heavy Traffic ban affect only non-essential trucks? Delivery trucks are still permitted to enter the zone? I think I may be missing a trick with my congested downtown areas...
>>128579273
>Think of it like a tree!
I like to think of it as a nervous system. Great fat bundles of nerves running down the backbones of the the map with strands and fibers splitting and spreading thinner and thinner towards the extremities.
![1444351420553[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/kjdX5RA.png "1444351420553[1].png")
>>128630263
>mfw
>>128560146
>tfw someone saves your webm
>tfw the framerate blows because LOD toggler was On
>>128630624
What if roots and branches and shit are the trees nervous system????? Whoa.
>>128575523
>dirty industry
>not the comfiest zone
>>128567483
That map reminds me of Vice City
New day, new city.
I started with a new city yesterday.
>>128640764
>New day, new city.
man I still haven't reached past 10K population because of this
>>128647024
>128 hours played
>biggest city i've made so far ~70k
kill me
>>128648793
>not recreating your 30k hometown
baka?
>>128648793
>>128 hours played
i meant 182h
>>128648886
that's what i usually try but i somehow always fuck up and give up
>>128648793
I always stall at 25k-30k because I hate spamming high density zones and I ban highrises outside of the the CBD. I only really build for aesthetics now
![1452267973987[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/3A6RZ91.jpg "1452267973987[1].jpg")
>>128571807
>seeing my pictures in there
Don't die on me, faggots.
>>128630263
A SC4 Deluxe with the road building and public transport system of Skylines would be pretty much the perfect city builder.
>>128647024
>>128648793
If you guys are addicted to making new towns, I'm addicted to perfecting my main one. Just yesterday I've passed the 160k mark
>>128658949
I know that feel, senpai
>10
>browse workshop
>no Double R Diner
Open source version of SC3K when? I wanna fucking go back and play it so bad but I cant get it working on windows 8.1
>>128616186
I would really like a go at one better pier/walkway if you're interested
>>128665358
not even the gog version?
just yesterday I've downloaded it due to nostalgic feelings
I think it will run pretty good under wine/linux
>>128666329
There's a gog version? I know they had 2K but did they add 3K?
Just made this one of my new city.
>>128571807
>tfw your pics are posted there.
Proud desu
posting my shitty starting city
>>128669616
Still better, than mine >>128667695
and I already spent around 60 hours with this game.
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already 50 subs, please help out fellow anon and leave a good review if you like
that nostalgia moment....
it seems to have worked wel
>>128653620
>>128668424
Pic related.
>>128669616
my newer shitty city
have any of you guys already done this?
>>128672668
and bonus picture at night
>>128672945
Nice.
innovative design
I really like this one as well
>>128673278
>>128672668
aesthetic city, anon
>>128674546
thanks anon.
Do any of you guys use the realistic pop mod?
> http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=426163185
Anyone knows how to work the 3d models?
>>128676659
>>128678428
>p
kindof
my suburb~
I can't stand the rivers of shit tbqh
>>128679964
that should be fine,
I need to edit this : http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=425072179
The original owner had to use the wall as prop (which has no lod), he asked me to see if I could make the asset from the model.
However the model is kind offset from the origin point, which makes it working in the editor difficult... all it needs to be done is adjust the origin/offset
Anyone else have problems with Traffic President + Sharp Angles? Cars seem to ignore certain junctions and instead cross the city using back streets and side roads rather than my beautiful highways.
Back to Traffic++ for now
>>128679413
I miss my old towns.
>>128684945
Is this really Anno?
How can this be?
>>128689934
Anno 1404, right?
Have you ever saved the game, got ready to do something else, then got distracted and started doing another thing?
>>128689934
yeah, just fyi, this is a npc town, you can't build like that
>>128690595
re worked the river park
>>128690595
dropped
>>128690595
>Have you ever saved the game, got ready to do something else, then got distracted and started doing another thing?
Yes, I meant to expand my downtown highway network and ended up taking videos and screenshots for /cbg/
>>128693352
>>128693352
no I've meant like,
you get ready to close the game, save, and then...
you just get admiring your city and end doing something else besides quitting....
can you tell the difference?
>>128699063
left looks god tier for suburb streetlights
>>128699370
those are all the same street, but left I use the road skin mod to use park lamps as lights..
Looks pretty good really,
just noticed but it seems from the distance the street isn't being illuminated
