I found your Road Hierarchy video and loved it so much I decided to start from the beginning. I tend to get carried away and overbuild my roads, building my services in inconvenient places, etc. So I find the way you explain things extremely useful and helpful! Thank you!
Welcome to the channel Lemon, good luck with your city! I find the best thing to do is go slow ... take your time and expand slowly! If you aren't sure of something you can make a separate save just in case you need to rewind a little bit :)
On another play through I got hit by two tsunamis back to back ... not fun! In a later episode I initiated a level 10 tsunami in order to go through the recovery process. Welcome to the channel vegas272007!
Hi DUpanda - thanks for leaving a comment, I'm glad you're liking the city! The only thing I have are the DLCs (everything up to Sunset Harbour) and I don't plan on having any mods at the moment. Welcome to the channel!
As of the old words, 'The grass is always greener on the other side', even though city I make looks similar to yours, a small changes you've made makes so much difference from mine! Incredible work and honestly I envy your city designing skills
Thank you C재현, you are too kind! I'm sure your city is amazing! I think the same way when I see a lot of other cities out there that people have created - the Cities: Skylines community has a lot of talented players!
I struggle so much with this game and this video has been so helpful, I found it through Road Hierarchy being recommended. I have literally emulated everything you did on this video to help me learn.Thank you so much!
Hi Templen Armekia - that's awesome, I'm glad my videos have been helpful! My only advice is to take everything slow and try and have at least a little bit of a plan of what you want to do. The good thing is that if something doesn't quite work out you can always make modifications or even delete it if needed. Welcome to the channel!
came from road hierarchy video cuz i didnt know how to do anything with roads in this game, today was my first day playing the game and it was really useful. Also love that you take time to personally reply to every comment using names you really are a great youtuber hope you start growing you really deserve it keep it up!
Thanks PlymouthX, welcome to Cities: Skylines and the channel! I'm glad my videos have been helpful - I hope your city turns out well! One of the biggest mistakes I made early on was rapidly expanding the city. Take your time and try to plan things out a little bit and it will be better for you in the end!
one of the most intelligent city start videos I've seen on youtube (if not the best) easy to update with unlocked roads, also easy to correct if mistakes. just one question, you are losing a lot of usable land the way you zone with spaces in between, I asume it's for pedestrian paths, but I don't really recommend it like that. but I may be wrong, I will go through the entire playlist, awesome video, awesome voice. easy sub
Hey Doc - thank you for taking the time to leave a comment, I appreciate the feedback. Welcome to the channel! I agree and also think I went a little overboard on the pedestrian pathways. The sidewalks are usable and the pathways should be extra/shortcuts in areas without good pathing. I've since reduced the number of pathways in later sections of the city!
Ahaha same here, algorithm got me learning road hierarchy, and now I'm subbed and ready to learn everything I didn't know. Been playing this game blind.
Hello once again! I love the way that you leave much space in between housing for paths, which I recently started doing in my cities after zi did it for one district. As I believe I said, you make it very smoothly and the way that you think is just perfect for building a city.
(Can't edit comment since I'm on browser) One thing that I do a lot in my cities is mark the buildings as historical so they don't change look, and I'll do this when I'm trying to make a district stick out as being a poor or ghetto district, or if I'm trying to make it look like a rich suburban neighborhood; sometimes I'll just do it because the buildings are just as I want them!
Hey again Zkittlez! The pathways help a lot to get citizens around the city - a good pathway network with public transportation can significantly reduce the traffic in the city. The downside to using a grid network is that the building zones are all the same size and a lot of the buildings will look exactly the same once levelled up and it makes the city look a bit boring. I've started using the historical buildings at various building levels recently to try and put some variety in the city. I've had a few requests to talk about my process for zoning so I will be sure include making some of the buildings historical! Thank you for your continued support - I'm glad you like how I've been building the city. I sometimes worry that something I do will ruin the city down the line or not quite work the way I want it to so I've been going extra slow :)
Those pathways do look really nice - especially if you have day/night cycle turned on. The campus pathways have lights that will turn on and give it a nice effect!
Awesome stuff. I'm wondering why you leave 1 block wide gaps between your residential zones at the start? I'd love to hear you explain your approaches a little more in future. Nice content, thanks for making it! :)
Thanks Tommy, great question! These gaps are to accommodate pedestrian pathways. The extra gap allows me to put them in without taking up any of the zoning grid. I may have gone a little overboard but it's very important to have a decent public transportation system (including pathways!) in the city to help control traffic. If possible your citizens will walk or transit to their destination rather than drive which helps relieve traffic in the city. I hope this helps - welcome to the channel!
Really cool video! Bought the game last week and was playing for a while until i realized that i messed up the traffic layout. Your vids are excellent to get into the game.
hey ryan bella, thanks for leaving a comment - I appreciate the feedback! I can't tell you how many cities I built quickly only to have them turn out to be a complete disaster in the end. This one is turning out very well so far by going slow and steady!
Sounds like you're in need of another tile to keep everything separate! If you are able to get the Sunset Harbor DLC the wast transfer and waste processing complexes are awesome!
I would like to tell you a big thank you, I play this game since lot of years and I have learn so many things with you. Especially english is not my langage but I can perfectly understand you. I do really like the pedestrian path very good idea plus the organisation of the city. Good job congrats, pleasure to follow you and discover your videos. Julien
Thank you Julien, I appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment. I'm glad my videos have been helpful for you and I hope they continue to be. Welcome to the channel!
New subscriber here! I love how technical your gameplay is, yet speaks a lot of sense. Seems there will be a lot of bottlenecks that will occur along the way and I'm excited to see how you'd fix them and give some improvements. Saved playlist. Episode-1 let's gooooo
Hey Ladybird178, don't worry - I started many times over as well. Even now I tend to save a temporary version of the city and try something out just to make sure it works before I implement it into the city! :)
Glad to see you don't use curve roads in zoning residential areas. I live in Taiwan, we're highly populated, it's impossible to plan curve roads like the U.S.
I think the grids are the easiest but I'd like to have something that's grid like but not so square if that makes sense! There aren't too many curved roads where I live either
Love your videos, or tutorials as I call them, as they have helped me a ton. I don't get why you don't have more subscribers. I hope you keep making videos.
Hey NumberOnePun, thanks for leaving a comment, I'm glad my videos have been helpful! I appreciate your support - the subscribers are coming in faster than they ever have before, I'm happy for each one! I definitely will have more videos ... maybe not always Cities: Skylines but there will be more, don't worry! Welcome to the channel!
Hey Namo - that's great to hear - I come and go every once and a while too and it's always really fun when I get back into it! The best thing I've learned over the years is to take it slow. I used to just build build build but the city would eventually fail or be not as good as it could be near the end. Have fun! :)
Why no one ever use the premade roundabout? Can use the small one right at the start. Just curious. Also running the water pipes under the roads not only looks nice, but is realistic, as thats what they do in real life as well, can't access them for maintenance if they are under buildings.
Hey Andrew! Good question. I think the roundabout I put in was a little bit larger than the one available at the start. There isn't anything wrong with the prebuilt ones though! I agree, the water pipes underground look a lot better on the streets than having them cross over everything. I don't have the most realistic city but that's one of the things I like to have! Thanks for the comment and welcome to the channel!
Hi Rexy, thank you for your support! The first thing I do is try and pick out a good map - something with decent building area, outside connections, and some natural resources (farming and forestry are the best since they are renewable). Once I have an idea of what map to play I usually go in and enable unlock everything and unlock tiles to look around the map and think about what to do. When I get basic plan I will start again without everything unlocked and go from there! Take everything slowly and build bit by bit. Don't hesitate to make multiple saves to try things out before you implement into the city. It sounds a little tedious but it does work :)
Beneficial! Gaps for pedestrian pathways. Keep industry/commercial away from residential (noise and ground pollution) and have them on roads large enough to support high traffic
Hey Nerijus, that's right, pedestrian paths! There's maybe a little bit more than what is needed but they're all being used to some extent. It helps a lot with traffic - if citizens can walk to their destination they will try to!
Hi jester, nice work, I found you with the video where you explained the Road Hierarchy Tutorial, very clean tutorial, thanks, then i found your siries, nice work and good luck. Which map you use in this series?
Thanks Andrei, I'm glad you're enjoying the series - I appreciate the support! I'm currently playing on Eden Valley map that came with the Green Cities DLC.
Hey CrxzyYT, it sounds like you're leveling up your industry and commercial buildings faster than your citizens can become educated. Your industry and commercial buildings will level up based off of the service coverage they have (police, fire, parks, etc.). Higher level buildings require citizens with more education. These are all really quick and easy to put in since it's just a matter of plopping in a new building. However, your citizens usually need to go through the education system (elementary, high school, and university) before they can work at some of the higher level buildings. This takes time and your city isn't waiting around for them!
I think tutorials are easier to follow if you turn off day/night cycle. Just make it always day...easier to see and maybe EXPLAIN some of the actions you're taking j stead of just doing play-by-play. Keep it up!
Hey again Edmund - thank you for watching another video and leaving some feedback. I had originally wanted to keep it in to have the game as close to what the developers intended as possible. However, you're right and it is much easier for me to show things and for people to see what's going on when it's always day time. In later episodes I no longer have the day night cycle turned on other than for a timelapse in one of the episodes I believe! :)
Hey Runny, one of the sliders is day and the other night. Some services such as public transportation aren't used as much at night since your citizens are sleeping meaning you can reduce the number of vehicles on the road by reducing the budget. I don't tend to differentiate between night and day too much and pretty much just adjust them the same. I hope this answers your question. Welcome to the channel! :)
No hate jus sum criticism lol you should talk more energetic I ain’t sayin go all “yippity dippity” but a lil enthusiasm won’t hurt and you should add sum calm background music other than that really enjoyed watching it boutta binge the rest 😂👍🏼
Hey Rubio ... I appreciate the feedback, no harm done! I noticed it too when I watch the videos. I get nervous when I record (even though I'm not doing it in front of anyone!) so it doesn't always come out as natural as I'd like. I'm working on it! Welcome to the channel :)
had to start again so I can get a basic overview from the start, when you do the road markings for your industry.. I've recreated it on my game, but its 1 tile too long. you do 1240 across and it still leaves a 1 tile gap to the highway, mine doesn't leave that gap... any help?!
Hmm ... are you already using the highway road type? In this video I think I'm still using the 2 lane one way road. Once I upgrade to the highway road I believe it will remove that gap I have there. I hope this helps - let me know if it doesn't and I will take another look!
Hi Vigen! That is very kind of you to say. I spend a little bit of time reading the Cities: Skylines wiki page when I'm going go do a video on a topic or various other Steam community guides created by other more talented players. I also usually try things out a little bit before I record s video to make sure everything works :) My best advice would be to take things slow and plan it out a little bit ... There is no need to build your city as fast as possible. Thanks for leaving a comment - welcome to the channel!
Welcome to the channel Try Remora! I would also suggest you check out T4rget Gaming and City Planner Plays ... both are very good and have series without mods (or very few).
Hey Vegan Punk! As far as I know you can still get it. Updated for Sunset Harbor (steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=576327847) ... I think that's the one you're looking for. I don't use any mods so I'm not 100% certain though.
Hey Jayanna, sorry for the late response ... that's a tough choice! If I had to pick I would go for the Industries DLC over the Mass Transit DLC. I think the Industries gives a bit more gameplay and benefit to the city.
M-Rayan is correct, pedestrian pathways. It's a little bit overboard but helpful to have lots of pathways for your citizens to travel between different streets.
great content BTW! hope you read this, I just got the game and I'm seeing that you have a bunch of stuff that my game doesn’t, like the recycling unit or the diferent roads, is like a different version of what I have. Is there a DLC to get those? or I just need to play the game to unlock those features? Thanks!
Hey Ivan, welcome to Cities: Skylines and the channel - I'm glad you're liking the episodes! I have all of the current DLCs at the moment ... as of episode 1 I may have been missing one or two though. The Recycling Centre is from the Green Cities DLC and unlocked at the Boom Town milestone. The DLCs are usually at a steep discount on the Steam Store a few times a year - and likely other stores as well but I've purchased mine through Steam. If you're looking for a specific feature or building I suggest you check out the wiki page (skylines.paradoxwikis.com/Cities:_Skylines_Wiki) as it tells you which building or feature comes from what DLC. I hope this helps!
Is it worth trying to unlock things like Lazaret Plaza and the Courthouse when the city is still small, or is the growth too delicate to mess with the cims like that in normal progression?
Hey Craig, that's a great question! I can't answer with absolute certainty since I haven't tried to unlock these buildings early on but I would guess that it's possible. It might be a little more difficult early on since you won't have the extra money to use - I can sustain a pretty heavy loss of profit before I would start getting concerned. But it may also be easier given the smaller population and therefore take less time to get to 50% and quicker recovery.
@@jester.Gaming I went ahead and tried-courthouse was pretty easy, I just didn’t build police when it became available and watched my crime rate. I unlocked it before even hitting the population milestone that makes it available! Lazaret was harder in normal progression, I tried cutting sewage but it just gave me death waves. I ended up zoning industrial in the residential section and that worked. Only lost about 200 cims so it didn’t affect my budget too badly!
That's great! I thought it would have been much worse .... even the possibility of a city collapse at such a small population. People will go through a lot before they move out I guess :)
Hello. First of all I want to congratulate you for the channel and for the excellent videos posted. I would like, if possible, to ask a question. In your game, on the left side of the bank balance, there is a thermometer showing the temperature. I wanted to know if it's a mod or a dlc that puts him in the game. Thank you for your attention. God bless you.
Hi Jester, thank you very much for replying to me. Without wanting to abuse your goodwill, I would like to ask you a question. I'm playing on the same map as you and I'm also following your city layout to the letter. It happens that at a given moment the demand for residential subdivisions is only increasing and my city, despite having done the subdivisions like you, subdivisions does not grow, on the contrary, it is only decreasing the number of people. As I said before, I am following the same steps as you and while your city is increasing in population, mine is stagnant and decreases more than it increases. What could possibly be happening? Could you tell me? Thanks again for your patience and your attention.
@@professor_mauricio No problem at all Professor Mauricio! Since you're following the layout very closely I assume you've put in the other zones as well (industrial and commercial) for jobs? Your citizens may also be leaving if there aren't enough services (garbage, education, emergency, etc.) in the city. Unfortunately what the video does not show is some of the time I spent in between (especially early on) just letting the city grow and stabilize. This was one of the downsides to some of the early episodes - I didn't always show every single thing. Once I started seeing that people were following along a lot more is included (or at least talked about) in each episode. You should also consider it's about long term growth of the city ... there will be some ups and downs but the overall trend should be up! I hope this helps!
@@jester.Gaming Thank you Jester, it cleared my doubts and helped me a lot. I will restart the city and follow your directions. I will also continue to watch your videos. You have one more subscriber to your channel. God bless you.
Thanks Pampskoen, welcome to the channel! Unfortunately I'm not quite sure how to disable the DLC's. I know the disasters can be turned off or reduced in the gameplay menu but I'm not sure how to completely turn them off - there may be an option on the main menu or through Steam.
Haha sounds like it would be interesting! I had to do that myself at some point when I formatted my computer and lost access to the save files (d'oh!). Don't hesitate to try some things out ... It might be a little difficult to follow along on some of the episodes. If you get stuck there is a version of it on the Steam workshop in episode 15!
Hi Mikel, the gaps are left so that I can eventually put in some pedestrian pathways. It seems like a lot but they are used quite often and really help with traffic in the city. Welcome to the channel!
Hey Anthony - good question. I can't think of anything off the top of my head and there doesn't seem to be any options in the menu to change this. Are you using any mods? The quick Google search I performed said that it may be related to one called 'precision engineering' or something similar. Unfortunately I don't subscribe to any mods so I'm not exactly sure.
I would be more motivated to use roundabouts if they worked. You place a road connecting to it and it warps. Other random dumb behavior and issues trying to align them to roads. They are a nightmare.
Hey Degeneracy, welcome to the channel! I agree roundabouts don't work as well as they could or should. To help with your deforming roundabouts you could try making it larger or have a cross in the middle. Once you have your other roads connected you can remove the cross and it shouldn't be deformed (hopefully!)
Hi Dalton - thanks for taking the time to leave a comment! Those gaps are for pedestrian pathways! I've maybe gone a little bit overboard with them but giving people the option to walk will help a lot with the traffic.
Uh oh, I'm sorry to hear that CalBarrier, LLC! Try not to expand your city too much - only a few streets are needed at the beginning. You should keep your utilities (water/electricity) as close as you can to each other and the city to try and avoid having to run cables and pipes too far. You can also reduce the budget of these services at the start as you'll be producing more then you need. I hope this helps!
Mike! This is amazing! Thank you for sharing. I was looking for something exactly like this when I was going to start this series. I will definitely be using it for the next one and sharing it with anyone who might need it!
@@jester.Gaming Thanks in return for putting this series together! I hadn't considered playing on Eden Valley until I saw what you've done with the place :-)
Thanks Mike, it's turning out a bit better than I thought it would so far. It has all outside connection types, decent buildable area, and ... well, I guess you already know all this from your website! :D
Make money in the game? Once your city gets established it doesn't take long for it to start rolling in ... eventually you don't even really need to worry about money at all!
Hey Tea Party, thanks for leaving a comment! I don't typically use discord but I see that you have a server ... I can join through a browser for a little bit and we can message!
I prefer to think of it as unique! :D You might start having issues with sick citizens/pollution if you have everything combined together. But if it's working for you so far then I can't say too much about it!
Thanks for the feedback Kapil ... these videos are from quite some time ago when my audio setup wasn't the best and I didn't have quite the viewership that I have today. The audio gets much better in a couple episodes when I get a new microphone. I've considered re-releasing these episodes with louder audio but I don't have any of the original files. I would have to download it from UA-cam and adjust it in Premiere ... I'm not quite sure how that will turn out though!
It's not a good idea to build your city's road network around a roundabout, especially in the vanilla game. It becomes a bottleneck later on. Contrary to propaganda, a roundabout is not a high capacity junction. Note that just because you don't want your residential area to suffer from pollution from your industry doesn't mean that you don't want them well connected. Workers have to get from their homes to their factory jobs on a daily basis. You don't want them all going through a single bottleneck. Ideally, you want your commercial area between the two so that the workers can shop on their way home and the industry can deliver goods directly to the stores. The commercial area also serves nicely as a buffer between the polluting industrial areas and the sensitive residential areas.
I definitely found this out later on dlwatib! It did last for quite a long time though. The industrial area is something that I need to rework at this point. I'll have an episode about this at some point and try to get it streamlined with decent access for workers and to commercial areas to deliver products!
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Road Hierarchy was recommended to me... now I just have to watch from the start! lol
That's great to hear Asafe, welcome to the channel!
Same exact thing!!!!
Same here.
Thanks Zkittlez, glad you're checking it out from the start! :)
Welcome to the channel Aril, hope you enjoy the series!
Looks like were all here from the road hierarchy vid!
Welcome Jack, glad to have you! That video has become one of my most popular videos by far.
How dare you read my mind.
Guilty
Welcome Tyrmaine!
Welcome Zahir!
I found your Road Hierarchy video and loved it so much I decided to start from the beginning. I tend to get carried away and overbuild my roads, building my services in inconvenient places, etc. So I find the way you explain things extremely useful and helpful! Thank you!
Welcome to the channel Lemon, good luck with your city! I find the best thing to do is go slow ... take your time and expand slowly! If you aren't sure of something you can make a separate save just in case you need to rewind a little bit :)
Same thoughts here. That's why I watched his first video about him starting at the beginning.
The exact reason why I am watching #1 in the series as well. Looking forward to the rest of the videos!
I am always happy to find unmodded CS content thank you for making some.
Hi Warren, you're welcome! It has been fun making these videos, I'm glad you're enjoying them! Thank you for leaving a comment
Every time I started a city on that map with disasters on, a giant unstoppable tidal wave rips across the city from that coast across the highway ..
On another play through I got hit by two tsunamis back to back ... not fun! In a later episode I initiated a level 10 tsunami in order to go through the recovery process. Welcome to the channel vegas272007!
At last! UA-cam recomend me normal person with less than milion mods.
Hi DUpanda - thanks for leaving a comment, I'm glad you're liking the city! The only thing I have are the DLCs (everything up to Sunset Harbour) and I don't plan on having any mods at the moment. Welcome to the channel!
As of the old words, 'The grass is always greener on the other side', even though city I make looks similar to yours, a small changes you've made makes so much difference from mine! Incredible work and honestly I envy your city designing skills
Thank you C재현, you are too kind! I'm sure your city is amazing! I think the same way when I see a lot of other cities out there that people have created - the Cities: Skylines community has a lot of talented players!
I struggle so much with this game and this video has been so helpful, I found it through Road Hierarchy being recommended. I have literally emulated everything you did on this video to help me learn.Thank you so much!
Hi Templen Armekia - that's awesome, I'm glad my videos have been helpful! My only advice is to take everything slow and try and have at least a little bit of a plan of what you want to do. The good thing is that if something doesn't quite work out you can always make modifications or even delete it if needed. Welcome to the channel!
came from road hierarchy video cuz i didnt know how to do anything with roads in this game, today was my first day playing the game and it was really useful. Also love that you take time to personally reply to every comment using names you really are a great youtuber hope you start growing you really deserve it keep it up!
Thanks PlymouthX, welcome to Cities: Skylines and the channel! I'm glad my videos have been helpful - I hope your city turns out well! One of the biggest mistakes I made early on was rapidly expanding the city. Take your time and try to plan things out a little bit and it will be better for you in the end!
one of the most intelligent city start videos I've seen on youtube (if not the best) easy to update with unlocked roads, also easy to correct if mistakes. just one question, you are losing a lot of usable land the way you zone with spaces in between, I asume it's for pedestrian paths, but I don't really recommend it like that. but I may be wrong, I will go through the entire playlist, awesome video, awesome voice. easy sub
Hey Doc - thank you for taking the time to leave a comment, I appreciate the feedback. Welcome to the channel! I agree and also think I went a little overboard on the pedestrian pathways. The sidewalks are usable and the pathways should be extra/shortcuts in areas without good pathing. I've since reduced the number of pathways in later sections of the city!
Ahaha same here, algorithm got me learning road hierarchy, and now I'm subbed and ready to learn everything I didn't know. Been playing this game blind.
Welcome to the channel jay he!
Loved it! Watched from start to finish. Can't wait to get to the Road Hierarchy episode :)
Thanks Anush Arvind, I'm glad you're liking the series. Thank you for your support - welcome to the channel!
Just found your videos and your voice is very calming imo, i hope you're doing well and that your channel blows up. :)
Thanks Mudkip, I appreciate the support - welcome to the channel!
Hello once again! I love the way that you leave much space in between housing for paths, which I recently started doing in my cities after zi did it for one district. As I believe I said, you make it very smoothly and the way that you think is just perfect for building a city.
(Can't edit comment since I'm on browser) One thing that I do a lot in my cities is mark the buildings as historical so they don't change look, and I'll do this when I'm trying to make a district stick out as being a poor or ghetto district, or if I'm trying to make it look like a rich suburban neighborhood; sometimes I'll just do it because the buildings are just as I want them!
Hey again Zkittlez! The pathways help a lot to get citizens around the city - a good pathway network with public transportation can significantly reduce the traffic in the city.
The downside to using a grid network is that the building zones are all the same size and a lot of the buildings will look exactly the same once levelled up and it makes the city look a bit boring. I've started using the historical buildings at various building levels recently to try and put some variety in the city. I've had a few requests to talk about my process for zoning so I will be sure include making some of the buildings historical!
Thank you for your continued support - I'm glad you like how I've been building the city. I sometimes worry that something I do will ruin the city down the line or not quite work the way I want it to so I've been going extra slow :)
@@jester.Gaming Not to mention those paths also look very nice, especially when you're using the college paths
Those pathways do look really nice - especially if you have day/night cycle turned on. The campus pathways have lights that will turn on and give it a nice effect!
Awesome stuff. I'm wondering why you leave 1 block wide gaps between your residential zones at the start? I'd love to hear you explain your approaches a little more in future. Nice content, thanks for making it! :)
Thanks Tommy, great question! These gaps are to accommodate pedestrian pathways. The extra gap allows me to put them in without taking up any of the zoning grid. I may have gone a little overboard but it's very important to have a decent public transportation system (including pathways!) in the city to help control traffic. If possible your citizens will walk or transit to their destination rather than drive which helps relieve traffic in the city. I hope this helps - welcome to the channel!
@@jester.Gaming Interesting mechanic. Appreciate the reply and explanation!
No problem Tommy, thanks for taking the time to leave a comment/question!
Really cool video! Bought the game last week and was playing for a while until i realized that i messed up the traffic layout. Your vids are excellent to get into the game.
Very very helpful! Thanks for reminding me what should be my priorities hehe
Welcome to the channel Eli S. !
Love how satisfying this is
I'm glad you enjoyed it Tjeerdtrekkie, welcome to the channel!
Great video. Really enjoying so far!! You have a new subscriber!
Thanks Luke, welcome to the channel!
Started ep 6 loved the first 10 mins so gone back to the start to watch all!
That's awesome, thank you for checking out the series - welcome to the channel!
Great content video! Very helpful.
Thanks @musicfan2010100, glad it was helpful!
Also came here from the road hierarchy video, thanks for the excellent content!
You're more than welcome Bill Zhang, thanks for checking out the series - welcome to the channel!
clean and organized approach. I like the flow that you don't rush things.
hey ryan bella, thanks for leaving a comment - I appreciate the feedback! I can't tell you how many cities I built quickly only to have them turn out to be a complete disaster in the end. This one is turning out very well so far by going slow and steady!
I know I'm new here, but so far this episode is amazing! really helpful to a newbie at the game! Keep it up!
Thank you for the support JAYPEMusic, I'm glad the video was helpful - welcome to the channel!
you are really inspirational my man! because of you i got so many cool ideas and concepts that i can finally implement :D
wow... you are amazing!!!
Ill keep watching this serie!
Thanks Gio! Welcome to the channel :)
specially important for waste trucks. My cities often get stuck in pollution after 30.000 inhabitants.
Sounds like you're in need of another tile to keep everything separate! If you are able to get the Sunset Harbor DLC the wast transfer and waste processing complexes are awesome!
I would like to tell you a big thank you, I play this game since lot of years and I have learn so many things with you. Especially english is not my langage but I can perfectly understand you. I do really like the pedestrian path very good idea plus the organisation of the city. Good job congrats, pleasure to follow you and discover your videos.
Julien
Thank you Julien, I appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment. I'm glad my videos have been helpful for you and I hope they continue to be. Welcome to the channel!
Got yourself a new subscriber. Awesome work!
Hi Aaron, that's awesome, thank you - welcome to the channel!
New subscriber here! I love how technical your gameplay is, yet speaks a lot of sense. Seems there will be a lot of bottlenecks that will occur along the way and I'm excited to see how you'd fix them and give some improvements.
Saved playlist. Episode-1 let's gooooo
Welcome to the channel MKM Vibe - I hope you enjoy! :)
Watched from start to finish bruh :D
Thanks Rekop! Glad you liked it :)
Thanks for the video it's so helpful. I've restarted my city 3 times today trying to get it right lol
Hey Ladybird178, don't worry - I started many times over as well. Even now I tend to save a temporary version of the city and try something out just to make sure it works before I implement it into the city! :)
Glad to see you don't use curve roads in zoning residential areas.
I live in Taiwan, we're highly populated, it's impossible to plan curve roads like the U.S.
I think the grids are the easiest but I'd like to have something that's grid like but not so square if that makes sense! There aren't too many curved roads where I live either
I just found you in recommended, loved your video instantaneously! Also I subscribed :D
Thanks TrMOOn8tr, welcome to the channel!
Love your videos, or tutorials as I call them, as they have helped me a ton. I don't get why you don't have more subscribers. I hope you keep making videos.
Hey NumberOnePun, thanks for leaving a comment, I'm glad my videos have been helpful! I appreciate your support - the subscribers are coming in faster than they ever have before, I'm happy for each one! I definitely will have more videos ... maybe not always Cities: Skylines but there will be more, don't worry! Welcome to the channel!
Just discovered your channel man. I'm starting to play again after a 2 year hiatus. Now i have to review all the tips over again. Thanks!
Hey Namo - that's great to hear - I come and go every once and a while too and it's always really fun when I get back into it! The best thing I've learned over the years is to take it slow. I used to just build build build but the city would eventually fail or be not as good as it could be near the end. Have fun! :)
I just subscribed congrats on 1k!!!!
Thanks Mari - welcome to the channel!
Why no one ever use the premade roundabout? Can use the small one right at the start. Just curious. Also running the water pipes under the roads not only looks nice, but is realistic, as thats what they do in real life as well, can't access them for maintenance if they are under buildings.
Hey Andrew! Good question. I think the roundabout I put in was a little bit larger than the one available at the start. There isn't anything wrong with the prebuilt ones though!
I agree, the water pipes underground look a lot better on the streets than having them cross over everything. I don't have the most realistic city but that's one of the things I like to have!
Thanks for the comment and welcome to the channel!
This needs more likes:oh how wold you recommend a start of a new city jester
Hi Rexy, thank you for your support! The first thing I do is try and pick out a good map - something with decent building area, outside connections, and some natural resources (farming and forestry are the best since they are renewable). Once I have an idea of what map to play I usually go in and enable unlock everything and unlock tiles to look around the map and think about what to do. When I get basic plan I will start again without everything unlocked and go from there! Take everything slowly and build bit by bit. Don't hesitate to make multiple saves to try things out before you implement into the city. It sounds a little tedious but it does work :)
Very helpful, thanks for sharing!
You're welcome Jeff - thanks for leaving a comment!
hey i was just wondering, is the way you zone things beneficial or is it just aesthetic?
edit: NEVERMIND, watched the second video of the series.
Is it?
Beneficial! Gaps for pedestrian pathways. Keep industry/commercial away from residential (noise and ground pollution) and have them on roads large enough to support high traffic
@@jester.Gaming no I was referring to the 2ierd plus signs you were making for footpaths
I just select the entirety of the zonable land
I like how you try to teach us cause you say alot of tips that help realy good Thanks!
You're very welcome Dani - welcome to the channel! :)
@@jester.Gaming Thanks
Can anyone explain why is he leaving all the gaps when doing residential? Is that for pedestrian paths?
Yes. I just noticed that he answered that in another comment
Hey Nerijus, that's right, pedestrian paths! There's maybe a little bit more than what is needed but they're all being used to some extent. It helps a lot with traffic - if citizens can walk to their destination they will try to!
Hey Thoggnnee - thanks for participating in the comments and helping answer some questions!
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Hi jester, nice work, I found you with the video where you explained the Road Hierarchy Tutorial, very clean tutorial, thanks, then i found your siries, nice work and good luck. Which map you use in this series?
Thanks Andrei, I'm glad you're enjoying the series - I appreciate the support! I'm currently playing on Eden Valley map that came with the Green Cities DLC.
Just downloaded all DLCs today so very appropriate that i also start this series today
Hey Complex, that's awesome - welcome to the channel! It looks like there is a sale on Steam so I'm tempted to get Sunset Harbour myself :)
You deserve more subscribers!!!
Thanks Asad, welcome to the series!
idk how to play this game, my city had 24k people at one point. Now it has 2k people and I got not enough workers.
Hey CrxzyYT, it sounds like you're leveling up your industry and commercial buildings faster than your citizens can become educated. Your industry and commercial buildings will level up based off of the service coverage they have (police, fire, parks, etc.). Higher level buildings require citizens with more education. These are all really quick and easy to put in since it's just a matter of plopping in a new building. However, your citizens usually need to go through the education system (elementary, high school, and university) before they can work at some of the higher level buildings. This takes time and your city isn't waiting around for them!
Do another City Jester. Perhaps a lightly modded one? Liked and Subbed Boss!!!!!!!!!!!
Just found your channel and subscribed!
Welcome to the channel CD S!
I think tutorials are easier to follow if you turn off day/night cycle. Just make it always day...easier to see and maybe EXPLAIN some of the actions you're taking j stead of just doing play-by-play. Keep it up!
Hey again Edmund - thank you for watching another video and leaving some feedback. I had originally wanted to keep it in to have the game as close to what the developers intended as possible. However, you're right and it is much easier for me to show things and for people to see what's going on when it's always day time. In later episodes I no longer have the day night cycle turned on other than for a timelapse in one of the episodes I believe! :)
imagine how much more efficient towns and cities would be if they just gave guys like you a job as city planner and a blank cheque....
Haha I appreciate the support Smoke but I'm not sure how well that would work out! Welcome to the channel! :)
*demolishes entire neighborhood*
That's one way to do it... much easier in Cities Skylines than real life though :D
Hey man! Loving your tutorials. Which map are you using? I would love to play along..
Hi Snagesh! Welcome to the channel, I'm glad you're liking the series! I am playing on Eden Valley map that came with the Green Cities DLC
Hey what's the difference between the top and bottom sliders in the budget menu?
Hey Runny, one of the sliders is day and the other night. Some services such as public transportation aren't used as much at night since your citizens are sleeping meaning you can reduce the number of vehicles on the road by reducing the budget. I don't tend to differentiate between night and day too much and pretty much just adjust them the same. I hope this answers your question. Welcome to the channel! :)
No hate jus sum criticism lol you should talk more energetic I ain’t sayin go all “yippity dippity” but a lil enthusiasm won’t hurt and you should add sum calm background music other than that really enjoyed watching it boutta binge the rest 😂👍🏼
Hey Rubio ... I appreciate the feedback, no harm done! I noticed it too when I watch the videos. I get nervous when I record (even though I'm not doing it in front of anyone!) so it doesn't always come out as natural as I'd like. I'm working on it! Welcome to the channel :)
had to start again so I can get a basic overview from the start, when you do the road markings for your industry.. I've recreated it on my game, but its 1 tile too long. you do 1240 across and it still leaves a 1 tile gap to the highway, mine doesn't leave that gap... any help?!
Hmm ... are you already using the highway road type? In this video I think I'm still using the 2 lane one way road. Once I upgrade to the highway road I believe it will remove that gap I have there. I hope this helps - let me know if it doesn't and I will take another look!
After watching the road hierarchy video I have to ask how you are so skilled a the game
Hi Vigen! That is very kind of you to say. I spend a little bit of time reading the Cities: Skylines wiki page when I'm going go do a video on a topic or various other Steam community guides created by other more talented players. I also usually try things out a little bit before I record s video to make sure everything works :) My best advice would be to take things slow and plan it out a little bit ... There is no need to build your city as fast as possible. Thanks for leaving a comment - welcome to the channel!
can it be? a playthrough with all DLCs and without Mods? I have found the oasis in the desert that is youtube CS playthroughs
Welcome to the channel Try Remora! I would also suggest you check out T4rget Gaming and City Planner Plays ... both are very good and have series without mods (or very few).
Can you not get 81 tiles anymore from the workshop? I can’t find it.
Hey Vegan Punk! As far as I know you can still get it. Updated for Sunset Harbor (steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=576327847) ... I think that's the one you're looking for. I don't use any mods so I'm not 100% certain though.
I have the basic game and i can only get one dlc but i want either mass transit or industrial which one should i get?
Hey Jayanna, sorry for the late response ... that's a tough choice! If I had to pick I would go for the Industries DLC over the Mass Transit DLC. I think the Industries gives a bit more gameplay and benefit to the city.
road hierarchy video brought me here
Welcome to the channel!
Is there any reason for leaving 1 row between zones or just for the looks
So u can make pedestrian paths without destroying houses
M-Rayan is correct, pedestrian pathways. It's a little bit overboard but helpful to have lots of pathways for your citizens to travel between different streets.
Super 👍
Thanks Monsterka!
great content BTW! hope you read this, I just got the game and I'm seeing that you have a bunch of stuff that my game doesn’t, like the recycling unit or the diferent roads, is like a different version of what I have. Is there a DLC to get those? or I just need to play the game to unlock those features? Thanks!
Hey Ivan, welcome to Cities: Skylines and the channel - I'm glad you're liking the episodes! I have all of the current DLCs at the moment ... as of episode 1 I may have been missing one or two though. The Recycling Centre is from the Green Cities DLC and unlocked at the Boom Town milestone. The DLCs are usually at a steep discount on the Steam Store a few times a year - and likely other stores as well but I've purchased mine through Steam. If you're looking for a specific feature or building I suggest you check out the wiki page (skylines.paradoxwikis.com/Cities:_Skylines_Wiki) as it tells you which building or feature comes from what DLC. I hope this helps!
Is it worth trying to unlock things like Lazaret Plaza and the Courthouse when the city is still small, or is the growth too delicate to mess with the cims like that in normal progression?
Hey Craig, that's a great question! I can't answer with absolute certainty since I haven't tried to unlock these buildings early on but I would guess that it's possible. It might be a little more difficult early on since you won't have the extra money to use - I can sustain a pretty heavy loss of profit before I would start getting concerned. But it may also be easier given the smaller population and therefore take less time to get to 50% and quicker recovery.
@@jester.Gaming I went ahead and tried-courthouse was pretty easy, I just didn’t build police when it became available and watched my crime rate. I unlocked it before even hitting the population milestone that makes it available! Lazaret was harder in normal progression, I tried cutting sewage but it just gave me death waves. I ended up zoning industrial in the residential section and that worked. Only lost about 200 cims so it didn’t affect my budget too badly!
That's great! I thought it would have been much worse .... even the possibility of a city collapse at such a small population. People will go through a lot before they move out I guess :)
Hello.
First of all I want to congratulate you for the channel and for the excellent videos posted.
I would like, if possible, to ask a question. In your game, on the left side of the bank balance, there is a thermometer showing the temperature. I wanted to know if it's a mod or a dlc that puts him in the game. Thank you for your attention. God bless you.
Hey Professor Mauricio, the temperature thermometer is from the Snowfall DLC! I hope this helps. Thanks for checking out the series!
Hi Jester, thank you very much for replying to me.
Without wanting to abuse your goodwill, I would like to ask you a question. I'm playing on the same map as you and I'm also following your city layout to the letter. It happens that at a given moment the demand for residential subdivisions is only increasing and my city, despite having done the subdivisions like you, subdivisions does not grow, on the contrary, it is only decreasing the number of people. As I said before, I am following the same steps as you and while your city is increasing in population, mine is stagnant and decreases more than it increases. What could possibly be happening? Could you tell me?
Thanks again for your patience and your attention.
@@professor_mauricio No problem at all Professor Mauricio! Since you're following the layout very closely I assume you've put in the other zones as well (industrial and commercial) for jobs? Your citizens may also be leaving if there aren't enough services (garbage, education, emergency, etc.) in the city. Unfortunately what the video does not show is some of the time I spent in between (especially early on) just letting the city grow and stabilize. This was one of the downsides to some of the early episodes - I didn't always show every single thing. Once I started seeing that people were following along a lot more is included (or at least talked about) in each episode. You should also consider it's about long term growth of the city ... there will be some ups and downs but the overall trend should be up! I hope this helps!
@@jester.Gaming Thank you Jester, it cleared my doubts and helped me a lot.
I will restart the city and follow your directions. I will also continue to watch your videos. You have one more subscriber to your channel.
God bless you.
Welcome to the channel Professor Mauricio - good luck with your city!
love your channel - how do you disable dlc's?
Thanks Pampskoen, welcome to the channel! Unfortunately I'm not quite sure how to disable the DLC's. I know the disasters can be turned off or reduced in the gameplay menu but I'm not sure how to completely turn them off - there may be an option on the main menu or through Steam.
@@jester.Gaming thanks. I am sitting here with my phone and computer trying to replicate the start of your city. Will let you know how it goes.
Haha sounds like it would be interesting! I had to do that myself at some point when I formatted my computer and lost access to the save files (d'oh!). Don't hesitate to try some things out ... It might be a little difficult to follow along on some of the episodes. If you get stuck there is a version of it on the Steam workshop in episode 15!
how do i get more types of roads?
Hey Rares - you can get more roads with DLC and mods. They will unlock as you progress your city. I've only got DLC installed (no mods!).
Good Tutorial
Thanks JJ Keen!
Why are you leaving gaps in your zoning?
Hi Mikel, the gaps are left so that I can eventually put in some pedestrian pathways. It seems like a lot but they are used quite often and really help with traffic in the city. Welcome to the channel!
What kind of map is this?
Eden Valley from the Green Cities DLC
The most unrealistic part of this game is that schools increase happiness
haha, I don't think I ever thought about that! School can be fun at times though I think :)
For some reason I don't see the cost of my roads it only shows the unit value. Any reason ?
Hey Anthony - good question. I can't think of anything off the top of my head and there doesn't seem to be any options in the menu to change this. Are you using any mods? The quick Google search I performed said that it may be related to one called 'precision engineering' or something similar. Unfortunately I don't subscribe to any mods so I'm not exactly sure.
@@jester.Gaming It seems like the procedural prop tool was the reason :/
Uh oh! I haven't heard of that one before. Glad you sorted it out!
I would be more motivated to use roundabouts if they worked. You place a road connecting to it and it warps. Other random dumb behavior and issues trying to align them to roads. They are a nightmare.
Hey Degeneracy, welcome to the channel! I agree roundabouts don't work as well as they could or should. To help with your deforming roundabouts you could try making it larger or have a cross in the middle. Once you have your other roads connected you can remove the cross and it shouldn't be deformed (hopefully!)
What’s the purpose of leaving gaps when zoning?
Hi Dalton - thanks for taking the time to leave a comment! Those gaps are for pedestrian pathways! I've maybe gone a little bit overboard with them but giving people the option to walk will help a lot with the traffic.
I ran out of money before I had a chance to connect the water pipes...
Uh oh, I'm sorry to hear that CalBarrier, LLC! Try not to expand your city too much - only a few streets are needed at the beginning. You should keep your utilities (water/electricity) as close as you can to each other and the city to try and avoid having to run cables and pipes too far. You can also reduce the budget of these services at the start as you'll be producing more then you need. I hope this helps!
what map is this
hey Mike - this is Eden Valley that came with the Green Cities DLC. Welcome to the channel! :)
Hello please can you tell me what the map name is
Hi Nora, this map is Eden Valley that came with the Green Cities DLC... Welcome to the channel!
Bu hangi map?
Eden Valley from the Green Cities DLC
Any other LabVIEW users here notice something familiar at 10:54?
I'm not familiar with LabVIEW but I did an image search and it does look similar! :)
I created a website to help me plan out my Cities: Skylines maps; here is information about Eden Valley: skylines.country/maps/12
Mike! This is amazing! Thank you for sharing. I was looking for something exactly like this when I was going to start this series. I will definitely be using it for the next one and sharing it with anyone who might need it!
@@jester.Gaming Thanks in return for putting this series together! I hadn't considered playing on Eden Valley until I saw what you've done with the place :-)
Thanks Mike, it's turning out a bit better than I thought it would so far. It has all outside connection types, decent buildable area, and ... well, I guess you already know all this from your website! :D
Which map do you choosed ?
Hey TANMAY! This is Eden Valley from the Green Cities DLC.
@@jester.Gaming thank you ❤️
You're welcome!
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Welcome to the channel Sh0aib!
Hey, I am new here on city skylines so I need to know how to get money from city skylines
Make money in the game? Once your city gets established it doesn't take long for it to start rolling in ... eventually you don't even really need to worry about money at all!
Hey there Jester. I was wondering if there's any way I could contact you directly? Maybe Discord or smth?
Hey Tea Party, thanks for leaving a comment! I don't typically use discord but I see that you have a server ... I can join through a browser for a little bit and we can message!
@@jester.Gaming Sure, that'll work. Just message me when ya join and I'll reply once I have time
That's a strange way of zoning everything, I usually just put the zones wherever possible
I prefer to think of it as unique! :D You might start having issues with sick citizens/pollution if you have everything combined together. But if it's working for you so far then I can't say too much about it!
But....but....but....HOW?
How what?!
I think You need to speak a bit louder, my mobile volume is full and I can barely hear u. Thanks
Thanks for the feedback Kapil ... these videos are from quite some time ago when my audio setup wasn't the best and I didn't have quite the viewership that I have today. The audio gets much better in a couple episodes when I get a new microphone. I've considered re-releasing these episodes with louder audio but I don't have any of the original files. I would have to download it from UA-cam and adjust it in Premiere ... I'm not quite sure how that will turn out though!
It's not a good idea to build your city's road network around a roundabout, especially in the vanilla game. It becomes a bottleneck later on. Contrary to propaganda, a roundabout is not a high capacity junction.
Note that just because you don't want your residential area to suffer from pollution from your industry doesn't mean that you don't want them well connected. Workers have to get from their homes to their factory jobs on a daily basis. You don't want them all going through a single bottleneck. Ideally, you want your commercial area between the two so that the workers can shop on their way home and the industry can deliver goods directly to the stores. The commercial area also serves nicely as a buffer between the polluting industrial areas and the sensitive residential areas.
I definitely found this out later on dlwatib! It did last for quite a long time though. The industrial area is something that I need to rework at this point. I'll have an episode about this at some point and try to get it streamlined with decent access for workers and to commercial areas to deliver products!
Thanks James, welcome to the channel!
OMG your so quiet...
Hi Craig ... yes, unfortunately my early episodes didn't have the best audio quality. Things have improved drastically since then!
For water pipes, 23u between rows makes a fine grid.
I'm stuck putting them below the roads haha! There is lots of overlap but I think it looks more interesting :)