Bus to Metro upgrade in a city full of Skyscrapers.

[Empowered One 41]

Does anyone know if there is a way to make all the buildings invisible while still being able to see transit networks?

As the title implies, I have a huge city with alot of $$ and $$$ skyscrapers that desperatly needs an network improvement.

The thing is, I can't see any Busstations. And if I do find 1, I can't demolish it because there is a building in the way.

[psander5 195]

Try this modd. It doesn't get rid of the buildings, but it turns all your transit stations orange in your traffic data view. It might be of some help. It helps me spot patches where there aren't any stops nearby.

[Empowered One 41]

Okay, I have downloaded and tested it.

It seems that even though the busstops are visible, the buildings still block me from demolishing them and I really don't want to destroy the wonderfull growth in my city.

[briantwigley 0]

You must be able to see it if you rotate your screen

[Empowered One 41]

I do see a few of them by rotating but the buildings that surround it 'protect' the bus stops from being demolished and I don't want to tear down my city just to demolish those things.

[psander5 195]

As far as i know there's nothing more that can be done.  I don't normally build too dense so i've not had too many problems with this.  I also use RoadTop Mass Transit in my high density zones.  If you have RTMT you could try dragging the bulldozer from a piece of visible road(has to be straight) to the part of the road that you know the bus stop is on. Then just re-draw the road and plop the RTMT subway.  It's not an ideal solution.  This also depends on how your dense zone looks.  If you've gone for a tightly packed, forest of skyscrapers it might not be practical.

Unfortunately SimCity's  not to great for cities that evolve.  Unless anybody else has any magic solutions, you might just have to take a deep breath and fell some of those 'trees'. 

It's a bit of a cliché, but it's always a good idea to plan ahead and lay the infrastructure before zoning dense.  I'm sure you probably figured that out for yourself though!

If you build smaller CBD/Downtowns, you could always look at building your own 'la Defense' or 'Canary Wharf' on a n old industrial waterfront or near an existing highway.  Just an idea.

I should probably stop trying to dish out too much 'advice' now!

[bob27272 0]

You can always go to that mode that lets you see the zones only

[briantwigley 0]

Thats a good point I didnt think of that!

[doorknob60 11]

Originally posted by: bob27272 You can always go to that mode that lets you see the zones onlyquote>

That's what I do in these situations I don't remember if you can still see bus stops, but if not, I think you can use the demolish tool on where they should be. Again, I'm not positive. I know roads show up though.

[FLZippo 0]

W~Well Im not 100% on this but if you go to the chart thing that will show you like traffic and and Air pollution. I think if you click on the Zones it will take away all the buildings and just leave the zone colors.

[raja_indy14 8]

go to data view and click 'zones', it will show your transit and public buildings, but all the RCI buildings will disappear so you can see what zones you have underneath. this is what i use when i need to see behind RCI buildings...

[psander5 195]

If you go into zone view, you can see where the stations are, but you can't demolish them... I tried it. It behaves as if you're underground. All buildings are untouchable in this view, except the zoned areas that you can de-zone.