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Koesj - I get them when editing and delete them all if I can, but once in awhile there's no way to delete them. The lines themselves don't show up on the surface nor underground. Ever run into this? Note: This was with a D/L'ed map. I was just trying to clean it up a bit.

The only way I fixed this problem was to delete the line and start over and make 2-3 lines the second time instead of one long one. Sorry about this answer - lol.

I'm running a custom tower setup built for me with 8gb ddr3 (or 5, not sure), a PNY GeForce 750Ti 2gb gddr5 video card and a AMD A4-3400 APU w/ Radeom omboard (disabled). I love C:S, but once my cities get a bit large, they begin to lag a lot. Might be the CPU chip??? Any recommendations?

I leveled a section near my river and then decided to try to run a street along the cliff's edge. Using the slope tool, the zig-zag sttreet tool and a lil' bit of editing, I think it came out pretty nice. The residents took no time at all to fill in at the top. Check it out... Just wondering - What rock mod did you use and where can I locate it?

Okay - I picked up an ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 m/b and an AMD FX 6300 6 Core chip. Plus I also bought a Hyper 212 EVO chip cooler. I hope this solves my problems with lag.

I hope this works okay. The video is actually inside another post here (not in this category). It's a short clip on my "VOLCANO" map. Check it out.

OK...thanks. I'll do a search for the available chips for my m-board and look for a better one.

To All; For Father's Day, my Son, who lives in Japan, wants to know how he can buy me a copy of C:S off of Steam (he has a $$$ account there) and somehow let me D/L it here (USA) for my machine. Is this even possible? Do they have a "gifting" option? Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks!! I already sent him an e-mail with the link on it....

Wondering - I have the original 1.0 version of the game. Before I do any patches, can I jump right to the 1.1.0 version without getting any of the rest? ( I've seen a 1.06, etc.)

FYI - I did a completely separate 4 rail system on one of my maps that works just fine. . 2 are for "local" passenger and industry (1 each)... . and the other 2 are for "external" traffic... (tourists coming & leaving [ 1 rail ] and one for the export/import of manufactured goods [ 1 rail ].) . It takes up a little bit of room, but I packed them (all 4) tight to each other. . aable - Quote - "I think you should be able to set up local cargo connections as well but I haven't tried that and I don't know how useful it would be." Your city should already have many different industries...some create "raw materials" and others create products out of it. Trains will move products back and forth.

I have a custom desktop with an off-brand video card which worked fine until I installed CITIES: SKYLINE. Playing it was like watching a jumpy cartoon. Here's what I did to correct it (...at least on MY machine) : I like playing in Full Screen mode rather than windowed, so I had to do some adjusting. I went into the video settings and lowered them to the lowest resolution it offered and ran the game. It worked nice, but it was hard to read any text. So I went back and changed the settings "up" one notch and tried it again. I repeated this action a few times until it started getting choppy again and went back down a notch and let it run from there. It ended up being a setting somewhere in the lower-third of the graphic selections. Granted, the detail is not as detailed as the top setting, but it displays fine, my FPS is up where I can play with no problems. I can read all the text. My cars, trucks and rail-cars finally flow smooth. Hopefully, this little "trick" can help those out there who just can't afford a $500 video card and 128gb of ram. I'm retired, so the upgrade option isn't an option, at least not for me. It's a simple way to fix the problem, but I'd guess many players just like to run it at the top or near-top of the settings and then complain to anyone who's listening about the screen jumping on them. Comments?

I looked around a lot and found a PNY GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2gb on amazon for around $142. I have yet to install it, but I'm sure it will really help. Thanks guys!!

Surely somebody has developed ploppable water by now (like in SC4). It probably wouldn't look the same as the game's water, but as long as it was close would be all you need.

The following is based only on my gameplay: . I did notice that changing over from both cemeteries and landfills to crematories and incinerators will TAKE TIME. I have removed, or at least disabled, all of my cemeteries and landfills and the city runs fine on their crematories and incinerators. At first only 2 of 7 (example) hearses would go out (same for the garbage trucks), but as the game progressed, the numbers would pick up and take care of everyone. Same as the landfill/incinerator problem. Why it takes a while, I don't know, but it does. . Be a bit careful where you place either (crematories and incinerators) because of the pollution tho'. I like to put each near the outside edge or open areas of the the city a bit, but still close enough so as the garbage trucks/hearses won't have to travel too far. Plus, I try to place them on as close to a fairly large road (...and basically a straight path) from their sources as I can (this also seems to be the same for the Police patrols). . Like someone above stated, DISABLE your cemeteries and landfills slowly until the crematories and incinerators take over completely. I try to leave at least 1 or 2 landfills around, but disabled just in case. Same goes for cemeteries. . Good luck and GOOD GAMING !!

God idea on the Tutorials. Being quite new to the game, I sure would like to see something on the Map Editor itself. There's not much out there yet on this subject. . Personally, here's what I'd like to know a little more about: 1. The correct way of setting up the 4x Airplane routes across the map. Is there a right and wrong way to do it? 2. The correct way to setup the Ship/Boat access routes from the outside edge into your map 3. A demonstration of how you'd setup the rail lines across a bare map 4. ...and how do you setup the Highway systems on a bare map? Any help or hints would be appreciated by, I'm sure, more than just myself. THX....

My comment is this is only a temporary workaround. In short order your city will start growing and soon will become very laggy rather quickly and you'll be back in the same boat. Except you won't be able to lower your settings anymore. You may just have to stick with smaller cities for a while until you can save enough for an upgrade. I wish you good luck. -=Mark=- Mark - I'm already looking into picking up something like a Nividia 660 style card just because of the game for my 'puter. Being retired does put a slight crimp in the finance dept. tho'. I'm not down to either eating or else buying a video card, but it's still a cost I have to figure out if I'd want to endure.

You do know that after clicking on the Starting point of your line and then clicking on any stops you want - You DO have to go back and click on the ORIGINAL stop to complete the line.

I ran into this same problem last night. I tried everything I could think of, but still no trucks. I discovered that since I upgraded the roads to highways where the dumps and incinerators were placed, no more trash trucks. I simply reverted the roads back to 3 lanes (2 way) the trucks came out in-mass. It still took a while to clean up the city, but at least it worked. Check on the type of roads you have the "collection points" on and try to change them to a "lower" type and see if that does it for you.

I just read somewhere on STEAM on how to add thumbnails to your custom assets. Go to steam's forum area and do a search for "thumbnail".

I have some Cargo Trains which stop at the terminal, unload cargo and instead of going around an adequately sized "turn-around", they just run backwards - with the engine at the rear. Normal for everyone? Am I doing something wrong here? BTW - I just love watching the way trains and trucks "Rock & Roll" after coming out of a tight turn - lol

I'm new to Cities (aren't we all?) and was wondering about the Asset Creator section. When it says to "take a picture" of an Asset, there is no other info on how to do it correctly. I've taken 3 shots of the same roundabout I created and it throws errors out the wazoo. I think the big problem is that the pic doesn't show up right away, so you don't know if it "took" or not. Help? ....and - what's with the white "corner piece" in the menus instead of an icon for a custom Asset? Is there a simple way to have an icon shown? Thanks in advance!