Zoning in CXL

[Mallozzi 0]

I've tried to get into CitiesXL method of city building and really do like the emphasis on transportation - but I cant seem to play more then 10 minutes at a time because of the zoning thats required and the time wasted on making sure everything fits.

I honestly feel like if I have no choice but to use the grid system in CitiesXL because of the small maps - I wish I can get away with curvy roads and open spaces but I feel that you get punished by doing so.

How are people dealing with this and building without relying on the 2x6 lot building tool? I'd love to hear suggestions as I feel the only zoning that's trully fun is the farm industry.

[Dale Kent 28]

Quite simply, I'll lay out my avenue structure first, using the curve tool and whatever, then use the freeplace tool to make "estates". I find it comes out nice and natural looking that way.

I don't use the grid tool anymore.

If you're already making non-grid farms, then you're already 90% of the way to using the freeplace tool.  

[Mallozzi 0]

Ok thank you ill try this out - i just feel that creativity is being bashed by the small map size, and in the QnA with the developer they mentioned that larger maps wont be supported

[soltangris 42]

You're the first one complaining of small maps..... For me personally, I've never had any problem concerning map size - in fact, I have trouble filling them. Well, I haven't done a huge city yet, but with the one with 500 000 in it, I haven't filled even 1/4 of the map, and I still have plenty of medium density residential zones.

But yeah - I use almost exclusively the free zoning tool, sinse it allows me to fit all block nicely. If I were you, I'd start experimenting with it and try to squeeze all efficiency it's capable of giving you.

[Cob92 360]

I don't consider the maps to be small. Though they aren't quite as large as RL major cities, they are larger than anything we've had in the SC series.