10 Tips & Tricks to significantly IMPROVE your Vanilla Cities: Skylines gameplay experience!

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  • Опубліковано 29 лис 2022
  • Today I show you how you can improve your vanilla Cities: Skylines gameplay experience by quite a bit!
    1. BETTER SLOPE CONTROL
    2. QUICK REMOVAL OF LANDFILLS & CEMETERYS
    3. ROAD DISTANCE TO BUILDINGS
    4. PLACING BUILDINGS ON QUAYS
    5. ROADS RIGHT NEXT TO QUAYS
    6. BRIDGE BUILDING
    7. NO MORE BORING OVERPASSES
    8. NETWORK HITBOXES
    9. SQUARE BUILDINGS + CURVED ROADS = MESS?
    10. ODDLY SHAPED CITY SPACES
    #citiesskylines #tipsandtricks #vanilla
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  • @huanglong08
    @huanglong08 Рік тому +1231

    that metro entrance in front of train station with the 2 tiles usage was a total shock to me

  • @crowdozer3592
    @crowdozer3592 Рік тому +285

    "Imperatur was a city builder so powerful, so wise he could create stunning cities purely vanilla. He had such knowledge of the game, he could even place train stations that weren't adjacent to roads."
    "Is it possible to learn this power?"
    "Not from a modder."

    • @ptterz1277
      @ptterz1277 Рік тому +2

      I am absolutely blown away by his talent! 😳🥴

    • @HalfMoonHunter
      @HalfMoonHunter 10 місяців тому +1

      Haha! Very good Star Wars 3 reference!

    • @joshgellock9429
      @joshgellock9429 2 місяці тому

      Well played!

  • @nickertje11
    @nickertje11 Рік тому +200

    i always use the two tiles trick for schools so they can be surrounded by houses like a courtyard

    • @imperatur
      @imperatur  Рік тому +18

      Very clever!

    • @zerrodefex
      @zerrodefex 2 дні тому

      Just tried it with parks and it works as well. Always annoyed me that they needed road access and I wanted to stick them into those empty areas that occurred in the middle of my residential zones whenever I didn't have a perfectly 8 space wide rectangular block.

  • @brickscities3367
    @brickscities3367 Рік тому +162

    Though it takes more patience, the Vanilla game is still possible. These methods are great examples of that, and they look amazing!

    • @imperatur
      @imperatur  Рік тому +15

      Yeah patience is possibly the best tip ever

  • @KMYash12
    @KMYash12 Рік тому +34

    I always saw other people's cities and wondered....why can't my waterfront be like that..?
    AND NOW I CAN MAKE IT LIKE THAT!!!!
    thank you such much imperatur you are a true gem for this community!

  • @FurryFailure
    @FurryFailure Рік тому +14

    Bro, this stuff is actual magic, I recently got into Cities Skylines, and I envy the patience and creativity the community has.
    If I don't get into Model Railroads in my old age, I can assure my friends I'll be building virtual cities, holy lord.

  • @Teodrummer92
    @Teodrummer92 Рік тому +92

    I'm always struggling to get the best result with mods not working, lags, bugs... then I see your videos about the Vanilla game and I'm like... "f**k this sh*t I'm done". xD
    You're the best Imperatur, I followed you for years and your contents are still so damn amazing. Thanks for all your tips and inspiration.

    • @imperatur
      @imperatur  Рік тому +3

      Thanks man! I really appreciate the support:))

    • @carstarsarstenstesenn
      @carstarsarstenstesenn Рік тому +1

      I recommend selecting 5-10 mods that you really want and making sure your game still runs well while using them. I always start my cities as vanilla with move it, find it, and road anarchy. as the city grows I can add mods and assets to the build but I'm always careful to not make the game laggy. I like to think of it as Vanilla+

  • @SynthLizard8
    @SynthLizard8 Рік тому +19

    I honestly thought for a second that the 2nd tip was that you could quickly empty a cemetery by dumping the bodies in the landfill 😄

  • @Creatim3D
    @Creatim3D Рік тому +25

    I like the 2nd tip, it's like, u want to delete something but it won't let u, just use your God like powers to delete it, (I though u were using a meteor, which would be quite brutal if there was a ceremony at the graveyard.)And the rest are pretty uselfull

  • @Sweet05cts
    @Sweet05cts Рік тому +10

    Ive got 900 hours on console, over 1500 on pc - TODAY I just learned 6 new things I didn't know. Thank you Imperatur!

  • @Myckelin
    @Myckelin Рік тому +6

    0:38 you deserve heaven for this part ❤️🌆

  • @noobbuildscities9730
    @noobbuildscities9730 Рік тому +16

    The no more boring overpass, to get bridge structure, you don't need to remove the bottom road. Use lower terrain tool and lower the soil under the road, while road is there, change road to another road, then change back to desired road. Then smooth or level terrain back in the dirt under the bottom road. You won't see the soil change under the road but game tracks the change.

    • @judeni4627
      @judeni4627 Рік тому

      Does the change bridge structure requires any DLC?

    • @noobbuildscities9730
      @noobbuildscities9730 Рік тому

      @@judeni4627 No, it works on any road that has bridge structures.

  • @Jim.Hummel
    @Jim.Hummel Рік тому +3

    You've got nice tips!! I loved the metro station directly in front of the train station. Using the 2 small commercial buildings tied it all together very naturally. Well done!!

  • @jas_creates
    @jas_creates Рік тому +1

    Wow! This video is everything! I never knew any of these tips before. Will definitely save this to keep these tips in mind. Thanks for this!

  • @HalfMoonHunter
    @HalfMoonHunter Рік тому +18

    Thank you so much Imperatur for still coming with vanilla inspirations and ideas, even after so many years!
    Thank you for not getting bored about this and feed us with your discoveries!
    Thank you for still demonstrating that good vision, calculations and thinking can overcome many mods!
    Thank you for your love to the community!
    Wish you all the best!!!

  • @osets2117
    @osets2117 Рік тому +5

    Once again proving your mastery over this game, that multi tiered waterfront looked amazing

  • @Saknika
    @Saknika Рік тому +4

    Had a total "surprised Pikachu face" moment when you explained the building distance thing and plopped a metro down in front of another terminal. :O

  • @BruceRichardsonMusic
    @BruceRichardsonMusic Рік тому +1

    These are all REALLY good tips!! Bravo, @Imperatur!!

  • @nonenone3548
    @nonenone3548 Рік тому +12

    Great video as always! Keep up with the good work 🙂

  • @HilcoKlinkert
    @HilcoKlinkert Рік тому +1

    Holy cow, after so many years, still new tricks up your sleeve. Hats off!

  • @auditguy85
    @auditguy85 Рік тому +2

    Great tips & tricks! I'm about to start a new city, so it's very usefull for me! thanks. I'm watching your videos for a while and I'm impressed what you can do with your cities!

  • @dryvoutcm
    @dryvoutcm Рік тому +1

    Holy cow that was actually a very informative video. Thanks!

  • @Simaritan
    @Simaritan Рік тому

    Bravo! I've been playing for years and I'm totally gobsmacked with this awesome video wondering YTF I hadn't found all this out before.

  • @arjanvroom8363
    @arjanvroom8363 Рік тому +1

    You're so patient and motivated and really good at detailing im so jealous 😭

  • @jo2832
    @jo2832 Рік тому +23

    Sometimes in vanilla I use the monorail track to look like bridge supports looks like a under construction or destroyed bridge you just make a two way monorail track that Is around the length of a 4 way road and line up the pillars at the same height. Just adding to what I said before using the industry's dlc by using the odd shore mining plant and medium size mining crane look gold with it aloa adding a few level one mining site for the excavators. Also adding ore storage sites near it and a road or bridge leading up to it are good too.👍

    • @imperatur
      @imperatur  Рік тому +7

      Daaaamn! Didn’t thought about that
      That looks exactly like american road construction projects!!

    • @jo2832
      @jo2832 Рік тому +2

      @@imperatur 😊 thanks!

  • @IlnickiStudios
    @IlnickiStudios Рік тому +1

    Really clean and effective montage. Hats off to you

  • @erikverboom5383
    @erikverboom5383 Рік тому +2

    The one with the train station with the shops in front blew my mind, definitely gonna use that.

  • @ttvrs1059
    @ttvrs1059 Рік тому

    These are some amazing tips!
    Thank you so much!

  • @zsoltszegedi8995
    @zsoltszegedi8995 Рік тому +1

    Wow I might start a new save after learning all these tricks! Some of these are game changers, thanks for these!

  • @3timesdavid190
    @3timesdavid190 Рік тому +3

    You sir are a monster. Nice job as always.

  • @ronthedon1945
    @ronthedon1945 Рік тому +1

    Now this a quality of life tips & tricks video that I'm satisfied with. I just started playing the game 1 - 2 months ago on console and I have been learning many ways to improve overall, but some videos require you to sit through 30 minutes to an hour which I don't have. This video was only 10 minutes and I have learn a lot of neat stuff especially the fact I can delete the road for bus stations, transits and metros and replace them with paths.

    • @ronthedon1945
      @ronthedon1945 Рік тому

      My tip would be to not give up on the game early. There's more to learn and improve when building a city. It won't be perfect the first and console isn't as refined as pc with/without mods. Also, if you can't afford the natural diasters dlc I just use incinerator plants and empty out the landfill. It is a long, annoying proccess but it's better than nothing.

  • @davidboulton6980
    @davidboulton6980 Рік тому +6

    The vanilla stuff is so useful for console players, thanks for these use them daily

  • @usernameiphone3gkid
    @usernameiphone3gkid Рік тому

    Ive been waiting for a video like this from you for a while even though i knew a lot of them. I also knew there were going to be a few things i didnt know, which was the case, cause youre a beast bruh sheeeiiitttt

  • @MrBatiga
    @MrBatiga Рік тому +1

    Thank you :) always inspiring videos, i have done highway cover like yours and it looks great

  • @addictedfoolgamer1970
    @addictedfoolgamer1970 Рік тому +25

    I love these. I got fed up of mods and went back to vanilla. These really help me understand what can be done without mods.

    • @imperatur
      @imperatur  Рік тому +2

      Many things but its still much more convenient to have some of the basic mods

    • @addictedfoolgamer1970
      @addictedfoolgamer1970 Рік тому +2

      @@imperatur I agree. Certainly not against anyone having the option to use them.

    • @timowagner1329
      @timowagner1329 Рік тому +1

      @@addictedfoolgamer1970 I dont want to be that guy, but cities skylines became soo much more when I got used to the first mods. But I can understand why you would not want to use them :)

    • @addictedfoolgamer1970
      @addictedfoolgamer1970 Рік тому

      @@timowagner1329 I dont want to either. there's room for modded and unmodded - it's about preference not a war haha. I had all the common mods, hundreds of additional, they're so damn useful. Just a few went wrong and i lost stuff and lost the will to keep trying. I def miss some of them. But i've so many games to play that Vanilla is enough without looking into mods and keeping them up to date.
      You can see it in the pure rage people feel when mods that their game hinges on go wrong after updates or DLC. I don't have that anymore, and i 'survive' without mods.

    • @TheDegan79
      @TheDegan79 Рік тому

      @@addictedfoolgamer1970 Move it should be integrated into vanilla. It's hands down the most simple game changing mod out there.

  • @jagnes632
    @jagnes632 Рік тому +1

    I watch your videos and I am always like vanilla is so easy and no bugs!! But them I think of not being able to use move it and I'm like "NO WAY!" I love your work and wish I could even imagine the cities you build. Thanks for the great content!!

  • @paulhardy4846
    @paulhardy4846 Рік тому

    Brilliant video! Thanks for this

  • @knarf2570
    @knarf2570 8 місяців тому

    Great stuff even for players with mods. Nice Work - thanks.
    Especially the metro station in front of the train station was great.

  • @blueeyedbaer
    @blueeyedbaer Рік тому +3

    Fantastic tips! You're the king of vanilla building.

    • @imperatur
      @imperatur  Рік тому +1

      I‘m glad to hear that!:D

  • @Bambi298_LP
    @Bambi298_LP Рік тому

    Mega coole Tricks👍🏻 Kannte ich noch gar nicht. Die muss ich unbedingt umsetzen 😁 Vielen Dank für's zeigen🤝🏻

  • @dh42157
    @dh42157 8 місяців тому

    Bro been watching other vids and stumbled upon you since a long time and you’re still the best at it

  • @sb77-fw5oi
    @sb77-fw5oi Рік тому

    These have all been super helpful thankss!

  • @D4N13L3151NK
    @D4N13L3151NK Рік тому +1

    I wish I could double like this one. Quality as usual; but it's nice to so one of these concrete (pun slightly intended) tutorials - in your excellent style - again.

  • @DingoXBX
    @DingoXBX Рік тому +3

    6:56 just wow that looks amazing

  • @Creator_of_Silversword_Lootbox

    Great job! Thank you very much!

  • @gumbyshrimp2606
    @gumbyshrimp2606 Рік тому +10

    These tips and tricks significantly improved my vanilla city!

  • @arturobandini4078
    @arturobandini4078 Рік тому +4

    Love tip number 3!

  • @scallopz
    @scallopz 7 місяців тому

    I can not believe that "two tiles away of the road" advice, all this hours of game and i didn't realize you can do that. Incredibly useful, thank you.

  • @pamatto1784
    @pamatto1784 Рік тому +4

    Would love to see a walkthrough or list of all your visual mods and settings. Have been trying to use the same theme but a hard time getting the same results. It looks awesome!

    • @Jurreruth
      @Jurreruth Рік тому +1

      Yesss been struggling with the same

  • @thatonefriend500
    @thatonefriend500 8 місяців тому

    I've been playing this game for a long time (console) and still learned some amazing things that I was able to put into my recent build thanks to this video.

  • @notaverygoodguitarplayer
    @notaverygoodguitarplayer 7 місяців тому

    Great vid! Thanks!

  • @robertbaker4186
    @robertbaker4186 Рік тому +2

    A real professional, you're the best, by a very long way

  • @bazzakrak
    @bazzakrak Рік тому +2

    Ahhh yes, this is another great video from the master himself.
    Keep em coming, will enjoy all your vidz sipping from my Noob mug 😘😘

    • @imperatur
      @imperatur  Рік тому +1

      Aww thanks buddy❤️

    • @bazzakrak
      @bazzakrak Рік тому +1

      You are welcome@@imperatur
      People should also check out this, a littler older video out, the first tip I have used plenty of times myself, the angled metro stops.
      ua-cam.com/video/qF-E6D7zoHs/v-deo.html&ab_channel=imperatur

  • @EliteInExile
    @EliteInExile 10 місяців тому

    I guess a tip from me would be to continue checking out videos like this. With CS2 so short a time away I'm far too excited to see just what other amazing things we can pull out of tricking the game. My most favorite of all features in the upcoming sequel are vanilla road tool improvements! No more tedious interchange work! They have a dedicated highway type to make those smooth offramps (I hope to see the same for all road types as well especially), proper parallel building with adjustable distances. Roundabouts, and less tedious methods of creating your grid areas! City planning and building will be so so much better. On top of that the services are no longer gonna be dotting my cities with every corner! (Exaggerating, but you get the idea), but you know what, the entire game as it is will be amazing in pure vanilla. Too frickin hyped!!

  • @svis6888
    @svis6888 Рік тому +2

    Thanks ! That helps a lot

  • @gp5313
    @gp5313 Рік тому +1

    I would really love to see you building a highway T and making it as much gorgeous as you can!

  • @Kitten_TV8
    @Kitten_TV8 2 місяці тому

    Number 8 by far my favorite one. This adds so much style and character to your city. Need to get the DLc

  • @Karoti
    @Karoti Рік тому

    The best tips I've ever seen, thank you.

  • @TWVGAMING
    @TWVGAMING Рік тому

    U r really amazing... Missed out on 1st comment, in Dubai right now, but still, you deserve all the applause of the world... Really good work man.... 👏👏👏👏👏

  • @itok1314
    @itok1314 Рік тому +5

    Does vanilla mean the base game because I have the base game and I do not have any disaster panel available to me.

  • @CardboardArm
    @CardboardArm Рік тому

    Surely I know all vanilla tricks by now, I thought. These are amazing!

  • @robbertluiken7780
    @robbertluiken7780 Рік тому

    Have my share of experience in this game, but this blew my mind. A lot of content creators i follow could use these tips and tricks🙈 especially the first 3... Wauw🧡

  • @tigonologdring9189
    @tigonologdring9189 Рік тому

    You play this game how long and _still_ you learn fresh stuff! Brilliant as ever Imperatur...

  • @johndoh6584
    @johndoh6584 Рік тому +12

    @CityPlannerPlays I would love you to use tip number 8 for Verde Beach downtown waterfront 🥰

  • @fischertim1
    @fischertim1 Рік тому

    You're the best. I love your videos.

  • @nnarum
    @nnarum Рік тому +2

    I have like 2000 hours, and had no clue. Great stuff!

  • @daniellxnder
    @daniellxnder Рік тому +2

    Even number 1 already blows my mind! Awesome vanilla 'hacks'! 💯
    I accidentally discovered number 3 when I downgraded the road in front of my train station from 4 units to 2 units one but didn't know it could still function 2 units away from roads!

  • @_RandomPea
    @_RandomPea Рік тому

    #8...how you stumble on stuff like that is just ridiculous... That looks awesome!

  • @azuarc
    @azuarc Рік тому +3

    I was expecting this to all be either stuff I knew or detailing-exclusive tips. Surprised to find there were some legit useful things here I didn't know. Pity #9 won't work for growables, especially when Move It exists. Love the 2-tile gap with filler in front; I thought one tile was the limit, like when you downgraded a road. I might play with quays a little more now.

  • @lordrork5884
    @lordrork5884 Рік тому +2

    Even for us filthy mod players, some of these are quite useful ideas. The neat looking waterfront with the arched bridge and the path-based park in particular!

  • @CitiesByDiana
    @CitiesByDiana Рік тому +2

    Amazing tips! ❤️

    • @imperatur
      @imperatur  Рік тому +2

      Thanks! Love your content as well, so well made:)

    • @CitiesByDiana
      @CitiesByDiana Рік тому +1

      @@imperatur ohh thank you so much ❤️

  • @calyodelphi124
    @calyodelphi124 Рік тому

    Imperatur the effin' GOAT with all of these vanilla C:S tips and tricks! :D These tricks are still handy to have even if you play modded on PC, too!

  • @KindandDarkOne
    @KindandDarkOne Рік тому

    Overcharged Egg would most certainly love these tips :) as do i thank you

  • @OettesCities
    @OettesCities Рік тому +4

    Ok, I knew 9 of 10, but number 3 is really good, so I have to look, where I can place it...
    😁😁😁
    And as always, well done mate...
    👍👍👍

  • @starrwulfe
    @starrwulfe Рік тому +1

    I got 5832 assets and 90 mods… but I still use a ton of these vanilla tips in my city. Thanks for the tips over the years!

  • @purevsurenbyamba6105
    @purevsurenbyamba6105 Рік тому +4

    The biggest reason I like the disasters dlc is that you can destroy a landfill/cemetary with the sinkhole or the collapse feature

  • @guy_autordie
    @guy_autordie Рік тому

    That 2 tiles tricks, extented with the curve road is the best thing i've seen.
    I was already amazed when I saw the first your 4u road trick to give space to the building when you changed the road to a 2u. I was: "wait!!! .... What???? ... No way!" Still haven't use it. I need more patience for that, said by the guy who watch his city for one hour and do a 10/15min thingy and next, roam around for 45min. X)

  • @pluxauag7555
    @pluxauag7555 Рік тому +4

    Use fencing to redesign the tiles next to roads, say curves, forcing the squares as you want them. Fencing is critical for building precision.

    • @hackarma2072
      @hackarma2072 Рік тому

      If you could elaborate, I'd be happy to use this trick

  • @Tibicsoki80
    @Tibicsoki80 Рік тому

    5 out of 10 are known, but you do it better. Thank You !
    God bless from Hungary.

  • @ArchTeryx00
    @ArchTeryx00 Рік тому +1

    These are excellent techniques *even with mods.* The mods just make placing things a little easier, but it's outstanding that you develop these workarounds for vanilla players (especially console players). You can have a city that you'd swear was modded without needing a single mod - just a few DLCs. Now combine that with the new vanilla assets (like the trams - imagine a tram line at the base of one of those multilevel waterfronts!) and you'd have a city that a player from 2015 wouldn't even recognize any more.
    You are a builder in an entirely different league.

  • @starwave8228
    @starwave8228 Рік тому +1

    The Quay one @ 6:00 another way you can use that is between grass and the sand & have people walk down the steps onto the beach , i really like the way you used that one, gotta remember that for when i next play C:S

  • @mohammadsyaffik9645
    @mohammadsyaffik9645 Рік тому +1

    Love tips 3 & 8..

  • @BrunoTorres441
    @BrunoTorres441 Рік тому +2

    You can do a Olympic Park on your vanilla serie, and also cream an history saying something like in "due a problem in Paris we will do the Olympic Games of 2024"

  • @terrellrogers7645
    @terrellrogers7645 Рік тому +1

    I discovered a little hack for added realism, if you want to add school zones around your city (like real life when traffic has to slow down in the morning & afternoon near schools)
    1- Create your school
    2-Using P&P DLC paint a small district around your school
    3-Set your speed policy
    4-Now you have a school zone around your school (fun thing if you want to up the ante, if you play with day/night cycle, you can turn off the policy close to sunset and turn it on at sunrise 😝)

  • @Drakkart
    @Drakkart Рік тому

    well done!

  • @MajinVegeta92
    @MajinVegeta92 Рік тому

    Useful even per PC Gamer. Thanks!

  • @MellowGirl2000
    @MellowGirl2000 Рік тому

    I spit my gatorade everywhere while watching the first 10 seconds. The incline thing is just too accurate and the sound effect made it so much better

  • @Wasbever_14
    @Wasbever_14 Рік тому +2

    These will probably help a lot of people

  • @uffeibsen8872
    @uffeibsen8872 9 місяців тому

    Great tutorial

  • @juandedioscigolini8157
    @juandedioscigolini8157 Рік тому

    Fantastic!!!

  • @davidglenn2739
    @davidglenn2739 Рік тому

    You are a freaking wizard! Thank you. I might recommend to slow it down a bit because it looks like you're using some hotkeys and got it down to an art and folks with less experience may get lost. I had to rewind several times to see what you were doing. Maybe I'm just slow... :)

  • @nameinvalid69
    @nameinvalid69 Рік тому

    MIND BLOWN

  • @user-ef8bf5xk9b
    @user-ef8bf5xk9b 10 місяців тому

    This video opened my eyes for so many things I want to jump in and build right away!
    Thank you!

  • @sureshprajapatiKP
    @sureshprajapatiKP Рік тому +1

    Bhai aap genius ho is game ke without any mod use wonderful 💡

  • @user-hp5px6gy1f
    @user-hp5px6gy1f Рік тому

    NO.3 changed my city to be more comfortable. Thank you.

  • @DarKKlusteR
    @DarKKlusteR Рік тому

    Thanks for some of the tips. Would you be willing to do like a "How to start your city" video for the end of 2022? Like without unlimited money and what not.

  • @failsafe123123
    @failsafe123123 Рік тому

    #3 was really cool

  • @gamer1X12
    @gamer1X12 4 місяці тому

    the train station segment melted my brain. 1,000 IQ. I never would've discovered that by myself

  • @kristof9497
    @kristof9497 Рік тому

    Thank you.

  • @DasaniSaltWater
    @DasaniSaltWater Рік тому

    God your videos give me so much inspiration and motivation to play