My Cities: Skylines CJ Scrapbook -- The Night Cometh...

[simfanheatermayor 17]

Love those detail pictures. Gives me ideas for my city. Good job

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schmidtbochum: I only used the Building Themes mod, now for some reason the Building Eyedropper tool is not working. I reckon that is due to the game's recent patch.

mb1.0.2: Thanks, the terraced rows are almost as compact as they are in real life in Britain, although the roads may sometimes be narrower.

Titanicbuff: The map I'm using is one of the new European maps which was part of the large patch and/or free expansion pack.

mutton noir: Actually the town is called Clottley and not Little Britain, I only used Little Britain to give the title some snark. I also agree with your assessment about the new mods which finally break away from American styled towns, at this very moment it is a bright period for British CS players. Furthermore there are more terraced houses coming, more low story flats and apartments of British design will be arriving on the Steam workshop pretty soon.

Cool_Z: Thanks, as for the lack of left hand driving- well it was an oversight on my part. I got a little too excited when it came to deploying the British mods.

Carnivorus: Thanks!

simfanheatermayor: I'm glad you got some ideas.

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Entry 36: The Town of Clottley

So the mods I'm using are as follows:

Building theme mods, control building level up mod and a whole ton of terraced houses! Everything you need is in the following link- https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=452704398. And now for some more W2W loveliness!

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The new European W2W buildings are glorious.

 

To add to the somewhat dreary look I am using the "Muted LUT" color correction mod. It really improves the textures.

 

The new European buildings come with new props and adverts which is nice.

 

The European styled college which came as part of the European expansion pack/update.

 

There are no 4 by 4 W2W corner buildings as of yet so what will happen is either you have a 3 by 3, 3 by 2, 2 by 3 or 2 by 2 corner buildings popping up to fill that space.

 

Looking out to the east of Clottley.

 

Combine W2W European buildings with British terraces and the result is rather pleasant.

 

W2W corner buildings are the best.

 

I will say that CS has surpassed SC4 when it comes to W2W in general, for starters it is so quick to lay down W2W areas and very easy to differentiate them with districts using various theme mods.

 

In the background is CBD which is very much under development. I need to carry out considerable work on padding out the building densities of the surrounding areas.

 

The CBD will look even better when there are medium density buildings between the skyscrapers and the rows of terraces.

 

The graffiti on some of the European buildings is a nice little touch.

 

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Lastly here is a preview of the next area I'll be exploring in Clottley.

 

[Titanicbuff 1,262]

love this- gives me ideas how to do my own game- I just bought it this month and love it so far.

[feyss 1,981]

Well, those british houses looks very good. I like the way you implemented them.

Maybe, the only problem - but this the game's fault, not yours - is that the street are too large. I mean, the streets are two time larger than the houses...

[mb1.0.2 193]

Do you run into the troubles of some of your custom assets popping up in your W2W areas? I'm having that struggle right now...especially once they get past level 2 or 3. This looks great, though. I've been on the fence about the custom theme mod. Have you had any issues with it or any weird incompatibilities? Thanks!

[Carnivorus 19]

Wonderful european city district
W2W is such a nice thing when planning some visually dense areas. Love your layout a lot

[wallacet 336]

That train looks really good the way it runs through that neighborhood

[Jasoncw 11,949]

That this is only a few months into the game is so promising. 

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Titanicbuff: Thank you.

feyss: Thanks, also I agree about the streets being too wide. However the Network Extension mod will eventually have a one-tile wide 2-way road, so that will address this particular problem.

mb1.0.2: I have used the Building Theme mod extensively and I have found no problems with it. Combine it with the Building Level Up Control mod and you can precisely set what theme of buildings will arise and what level of RCI buildings will develop within that district.

Carnivorus: Thanks.

wallacet: Thank you.

Jasoncw:  The building theme mods have expanded plus there are a lot more British buildings available on the Steam workshop- it is a golden time to be a British player of CS.

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Entry 37: Introducing the City of Thornabary

Over the last four days I have been obsessively playing Cities Skylines as I developed the city of Thornabary. Here is the progress I have made so far, also, given the size of Thornabary, there are some detailed areas which I missed out entirely; the city is very complicated. Now enjoy this extra large entry!

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Panning upwards.

 

The full extend of Thornabary.

 

The first bit of Thornabary I developed- west of the city tile.

 

These detached and semi-detached houses were created by Macwelshman and posted on the Steam workshop.

 

One of the original user-made buildings- this fabulous church.

 

Clusters of bamboo.

 

The main train terminal in Thornabary.

 

One fabulous shopping mall- a special reward to unlock.

 

Beautifying the diagonals.

 

Infilling the areas inside of city blocks is very important for realism.

 

Slimer's Park.

 

I am lovin' the cypress trees.

 

The south-eastern part of the CBD.

 

Moving into the heart of the CBD.

 

This, when Thornabary is finished, will be the city centre.

 

I have been working on prettying up the riverside. The idea I stuck with was to create a riverside road lined with trees.

 

I just have to stretch it along several kilometres of river banks...

 

The CBD interchange.

 

Now we are in East Thornabary.

 

Sir__Smeg's Edinburgh row houses.

 

Creating varied rows of W2W complete with different styles and different heights has never been easier. Just combine the Building Themes mod with the Control Building Level Up mod to specify what type, and level, of buildings you want in a district.

 

The M12 interchange.

 

I kept the lane crossings as compact as possible. The tunnels were bypass routes linking to areas beyond the immediate interchange vicinity, their purpose was to ease heavy traffic congestion.

 

Downtown in South Thornabary.

 

Piren's Green.

 

I finally got my mitts on some roundabout filler pieces.

 

Trailer homes. Very much reminiscent of SC4's low wealth stage 1 residential buildings.

 

A small farm nestled between Piren's Green, the highway and an industrial district.

 

This is my first proper farm in CS.

 

Gulatto's neo-eclectic American homes.

 

One final overview of Thornabary. I have barely started on the North side yet there is still much to polish up in the South side.

 

Cool picture #1.

 

Cool picture #2.

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And so one lengthy tour of Thornabary is now over. Now my top three objectives for Thornabary are the following: 1. Polish up the riverside; 2. Expand the CBD northwards and 3. Infill the missing areas of Southern Thornabary. A week from now I will post another update to charter further development.

[boformer 3,169]

Your city should be renamed to "Building Themes Showcase city"

I really like the neo-eclectic district with all those trees, and the farm you made.

It is such a big city! My cities always stay small because I spent so much time on details and road layouts (or train-watching with the first-person cam).

 

[Carnivorus 19]

Very impressive yet again

This is amazing in so many states. Just wow 

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

Very impressive Sir.

[shoko 64]

Nice Town

[sejr99999 8,370]

thank you for this showcase   I'm still not yet committed to this new game but CJs like this are definitely moving me in that direction

[dedgren 830]

Really nice work here.  This is one of those "pack a lunch" CJs- it takes a while for the reader to do it justice.

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boformer: Thank you! I have used so many districts that I hit the maximum limit! Time to more efficiently deploy the districts which have identical options...

carnivorus: I have been putting a lot of work into Thornabary, the new mods and After Dark expansion make this city a pleasure to work with.

Craig-Abcvs: Cheers!

shoko: Thank you.

sejr9999: CS is looking even better now thanks to the After Dark expansion. The night time is really pretty.

dedgren: That's because I packed a whole ton of stuff into Thornabary! Still there is so much more to do to expand Thornabary further.

 

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Entry 38: The Night Cometh...

I have been busy with my teacher training course, but I have Friday evenings and a Saturday free, plus two or three hours every other day. Now when the After Dark update came out I was pretty certain that Thornabary would not load up and if it did the city would be FUBARed. This is not the case. Everything is in place and there are no errors. So what happens to assets, the custom buildings, which have not been updated to have night-lighting? Well they are simply very dark at night!

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And now...

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The next update will happen some time in the Autumn half-term holidays (UK holiday)- late October. As for Thornabary itself, I believe that at my current rate of progress this city will be complete either by, or before, Christmas.

[watercitymadero 805]

CS has one of the best sunsets I seen in a city simulator so far.

[charlesnew 262]

Great city! I love the layout and style you've got 

[MilitantRadical 2,844]

Wow, what a difference night lights make.

[TekindusT 3,809]

You keep being the CS Master, night and day!

I've been all weekend long playing the game, I just can't get enough of seeing my city at night, it is a festival of lights...

[Carnivorus 19]

That is so damn amazing, I can't find words to express what I want to
Impressive is not nearly what comes to my mind when looking at your city! Brilliance everywhere.

[dedgren 830]

A really great CJ just gets better with the new After Dark content.  Nice work! 

[Mymyjp 1,052]

As always LnX, your cities are pure delights! Seems like I am coming back to exciting times! That After Dark expansion seems to have made CS more appealing! Beautiful work as always!

 

[Benedict 3,119]

Better late than never, well done, your CJ was number one on BTT on July 9.

[Vals Loeder 27]

I really enjoyed reading your CJ. For a new player, like me, you have presented some real nice examples what this game is capable of. A true inspirational CJ!