RalphaelNinja

Hello everyone! Has it really been almost 10 years since I've been here? So I thought I post up a post to see if anyone is still alive from the old days. In the next few days I am looking into trying out this game cities skyline. Cities Skylines looks like the simcity that we had been waiting for since 2005. With tools for modding, I am already seeing the possibilities like - the mars project - flintstone cities - future cities with floating buildings It will take me a few weeks to get back up to speed, such as polishing up my 3dmax skill set but it definitely looks exciting. Unfortunately I've read that the negative side to cities skylines is that it is not Nvidia 3d Vision compatible, of which I have Let me know if you still remember me and secondly what you think of Cities Skylines

Hello TPB I already feel very guilty as Dirk already talked to me about starting up modding just like the old days. I took a look at the guy working on the solar panels and it looks very involved but very interesting, however I'll wait for CS to give us a better animation hook and I'll see what I can do then; no promises. If I get back into it, I really want something more then just eye candy; like a town clock, or even a large pendulum clock as art piece. Gears that rotates etc. Don't get me wrong, I do love the game and it is definitely what Simcity 2013 should have been but for me it is just a tad late. I'll take a look at it again when we can add animations into the models and someone adds a reversal rotate; and I'll even live with the limited "righclick scroll" mod :-P (I actually have a very nice gaming mouse G700S with programmable buttons) I'm sure it won't be too long from now.

One : Will certainly be possible. I see no reason this couldn't happen. And anyway I don't see why it would be so crucial. Two : Yeah there are a lot of crappy or almost useless mods out there... so this should be an excuse for good modders not to do something useful or beautiful ??? Tss tsssss :kitty: I hate static builds :-p even my Census Repository Facility SC4 mods had sims crowding the front steps so something like a roller coaster build with running roller coasters will be cool, or even a ferris wheel model with a rotating wheel. or how about a building with an outside elevator that you can see going up and down. or how about a plasma globe for electricity generator. Very critical in making a cool working model!!

Well, as much as I love Cities Skylines with its "almost" gorgeous graphics, I'm moving on to GTA 5 which is sitting on my desk waiting to be installed. There are two problems, ok three problems, with City Skylines, One. is that any 3d models will be static with no moving parts. I'm sure this will be fixed with the next version of CS Two. I cannot really see any need for a new modder for CS as it seems that we have over 300,000 mods now and any neat new mods will be lost in the abyss. Three. The reverse rotate and the lack of "rightclick scroll" that allows me to drag out a road, power lines etc, is driving me nuts. Lastly, I am all burnt out on Simcity simulations... (well not totally burnt out as I had a tiny bit of fun with Cities Skylines)... but nevertheless I'm tired of building cities as I've spent about 7 years of my life playing SC4 and modding for it. If EA came out with this version several years ago, along with the ability to import buildings from "The Sims 3" and with similar mouse controls as "The Sims", I might have jumped on the bandwagon. Perhaps after having a grand old time with GTA 5, I might build a few cities again or maybe not. I'll see you perhaps in another ten years or maybe tomorrow :-P

oops my bad, it is hovers. Don't hover over my english as it is autocorrected by my Mac I have had only one hovering ex wife and that was enough and I wouldn't want to try again . Today I am able to enjoy my games, my motorcycle and anything that attracts my attention like GTA 5 for the PC tomorrow. Yes the reverse rotate was the main reason that I never got into SC2013 and it probably be the same reason for giving up cites skylines too. Also for some reason with the ability to mod, the game has lost its appeal. When we had to struggle through SC4 there was excitement when we had a mod that stopped abandonment, now we can modify those values directly. Yes I know we can play the game as it is suppose to or even play it in hard mode but that is like putting 3 oz of gas in your Ferrari just so you can eek out some enjoyment and excitement from city driving at city limit speeds; the excitement is never knowing when you run out of gas. Modding for SC4 was the challenge, now it is just a part of the game for cities skylines. I plunked down the seattle space needle and zoomed in to look at it and since the controls are reversed, I over-panned it one way then I over-panned the other way.... and suddenly I was looking up into the sky, then I said something like F.... then I exited the game and that was this morning... Seriously I am an expert at the controls for "The Sims". I love building buildings that I can rotate around the building zooming here and there without a second thought of how. Now I'm struggling with the controls for Cities Skylines. I cannot even lay down a road and use the right click to scroll along the city. This is the single most important part of the game and it will be the downfall of Cities Skylines.

I found the delete chirper mod as I want its absence entirely I am allergic to things that hoovers around my shoulders or at the top of the screen ; hence I'm a bachelor and will remain so.

wait? sc4 map rotation is backwards? or SC2013?

I got stuck into the sims gaming world for the last 8 years :-P my hand is now "The Sims" muscle trained hand. Yup I have to turn off that damn tutorial :-P and get that mod that deletes the chirper... I've already created a bunch of unlimited mods by simply modifying the values of the schools which makes "liking" this game a no-brainer.

well the "rightclick scrolling" is really only good for a mouse. If you already have your hands on the keyboard and trackpad on a laptop, that is another whole set of ergonomics. The "rightclick scrolling" comes from "The Sims" where I have been playing EA's game for the last 8 years. I am so adept in using the mouse in a 3d environment that I don't even think of how; everything just rotates, zips sideways and zooms in instantaneously without thinking. However when I apply the same motions to SC2013 who are the same people who created the Sims, you would think that the 3d movement would be carried over; instead the middle button is reversed (down is up, up is down, rotate left becomes rotate right). Thus I hated SC2013 and I almost hated Cities Skylines. For me, it needs to be a one handed Mouse movement.

That's probably because you've bought it on Steam. That's how it was for me... Steam automatically registered the serial number from my download. The game has various useful shortcuts which I learnt to use constantly: B - bulldoze on/off space - pause game W,A,S,D - navigate on the map R - tilt the camera to get an orthoimage perfect view from atop (very useful to build perfect road/rail curves) F - tilt the camera down to control elevations of what you work on (very useful to control the height of bridges) 1,2,3 - change speed totally understand - but I think it is a slight design failure where a pop up box hides something and there are many pop up boxes to remind you of things (requiring you close them by clicking on the [x]); annoying, just like the blue bird. Thanks for the shortcuts reminder.

So I've loaded up Cities Skylines and spent the last couple of days playing. Initially I was frustrated with the controls until I discovered the "RightClick Scroll" mod. Then everything fell into place except I still couldn't scroll and zone at the same time. The other initial frustration was, that I couldn't find the bulldozer. It turned out that the bulldozer was underneath the pop up message at the bottom right hand corner that told me to use the serial number when my game ask for it. I left it there instead of "esc-tabbing" because I expected the game to pop up sometime during playing like "Please enter your serial number" and there it would be at the bottom right hand corner of my monitor. The game never asked for the serial number. There is no doubt about it that this is a great game. Problems like missing features are fixed by users and their mods. No more waiting for the game company to fix it. Just like the right button scroll, of which if it wasn't for the mod, I would have given up just like I gave up on SC2013 beta when all the controls felt foreign to me. Now I am just waiting for someone to create a mod to reverse the direction of the rotate and pan of the middle mouse button.