Oh really okay, i might pull the trigger then. Im going to get the After dark dlc too.
I read the snow dlc isn't worth it ?
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Cities: Skylines - Snowfall |OT| We Build This City on Mods and Poo
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Oh really okay, i might pull the trigger then. Im going to get the After dark dlc too.
I read the snow dlc isn't worth it ?
After dark gives a you day/night cycle logic (affecting traffic amongst other things), a bunch of unique buildings and a new Commercial category (tourism). To me its worth it.
The snow DLC though give you even more in my opinion. Even if snow is a theme, it not only add the snow logic, it also gives you an entirely new service to manage (road maintenance), tramways and a bunch of new buildings and parcs.
In my opinion they are worth it if you want to play "the complete experience" and have a maximum of unique buildings and monuments.
The day/night cycle was part of the free update. I think you should only get the DLCs if you like the base game and want some more stuff to play with.
yeah but isn't the day/night cycle only cosmetic if you don't own After Dark?
Cims will follow the cycle regardless if you have After Dark or not. It just that After Dark gives you additional tools to make use of the cycle.
Once you lay down the first road it provides a localized grid which you can follow. There isn't a mod with a map-wide grid.
The DLCs provide additional things to play around with. If you're fine if what you have right now then you don't have to get any of the DLCs, but if you want more stuff then get the DLCs.
If the mod supports the latest version it'll work with DLCs just fine. I haven't seen a mod that will break if you have a DLC.
Nappuccino
Member
Oh hey, this is exactly what I wanted!
DLC content applies to old vanilla save files?
Or i have to start a new map to see the new content?
Depends on the content. New commercial types (tourism) you can have them built in your old city. Whatever new building or props too.
If you want snow though, its a theme like tropical, European, and all the rest.
I use most of those mods with both DLCs without issues. But usually, top rated most used mods are always updated to be compatible with the latest DLC.
Or better, compatible to the free-patch that goes along the latest DLC (the paid part is usually just additional content that doesn't break anything).
Hip Hop
Member
Baron von Loathsome
Member
Sweet. Hopefully they announce a meatier expansion than Snowfall.
It seems extremely unlikely that it isn't that.
Lister
Banned
My hope:
Console version delayed till 2017 (so that they cna focus on the PC), new expansion takes the game into Unity 5 DX 12 + disasters + fair day! - Add a circus, amusement park or a renaissance fair to your city for more tourism!
I do hope it's more substantial than the previous DLCs. The management parts of the game are still barebones.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
My hope is that it's a new expansion that addresses exactly that. Adding in better management tools and mechanics would be very welcome. I'd also like to see new train content added, maybe put in a variety of train styles and some tools to make fantastically detailed yet functional train yards. I'd also love to see civilian boat traffic around piers and docks, like what Simcity 4 had just to add some nice atmosphere.
TimeEffect
Member
I quit the game because of this
The management is just not there. Once you hit a certain point, you snowball into wealth and its no fun.
The only challenge is roads, but there's no real management that makes me feel like a mayor
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
I'd really like to get back into this. I stoped playing when the snow update broke all my mods and I never checked to see if they worked again later because it was a pain in the ass trying to figure out which ones were broken. The mod system needs better debugging for end users to help them figure out what is broken. All I get is cryptic error messages.
PHOENIXZERO
Member
The lack of actual depth has been one of my main issues, same with the last Sim City, aside from the other limitations that one had.
I still hold a candle for Citybound. A one-man band, but he's really paying attention to the fundamentals. If you're more interested in the simulation aspect than adding 100s of props to make your farms look nice, then it could be the citybuilder for you! Devblog: http://blog.cityboundsim.com/
Youtubes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3WgczlgXs9_u0UCLeH9szA8Dzb8__9qB
Youtubes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3WgczlgXs9_u0UCLeH9szA8Dzb8__9qB
Citybound is cool, but it's stuck in development hell right now.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Yeah. It's a shame. I loved watching his videos. But he hasn't put anything up since 7 months ago when he said 2016 was going to be promising.
That and PLEASE DEAR JESUS changing the business AI at the level where they shouldn't build their damn building at all before making sure there are enough workers available looking for a job damn it.
So simple and would reduce abandoned buildings ALOT. I wasn't passing time at erasing buildings in SimCity4...
He updated the blog a month ago: http://blog.cityboundsim.com/an-architecture-for-millions-of-things/
He's decided to switch from JS/WebGL to C++ (told you so x1000). And also is currently "working on a mindblowing, super secret update" so I'd say it's definitely going somewhere.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Yeah that was the other one. I've got to check if it's working properly later on.
Will let you know how it goes.
Pretty expected that they would add them. Also adding scenarios and an editor for it.
Edit: Not out until winter, a very un-paradox release schedule for DLC.
Looks like they just started on the expansion. It's in early alpha right now.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Disasters? Underwhelmed, to be honest.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
Yeah, the base game and After Dark are great for the most part, but between Snowfall and this new expansion, I'm not sure if I like the direction Colossal is taking the game.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
They're like the first thing I disable as soon as I start a new city in SimCity.
AuthenticM
Member
Still no update on console versions since they announced them?
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Me too.
I think a big part of it is that the fantastic mod support has made it harder for them to add stuff without, well, basically just integrating mods into the game. Love Snowfall though, but yeah, disasters I can't get excited about.
I agree.
CO is a company of only 15 people i believe who are time and budget constraint
Compare that to the 1000s of mod authors throwing content out there as mods ( ranging from to trash to amazing ) for free .
The only way CO can compete with that is to make content and systems that the mod authors can't implement like bdisasters or cities in space .
charlequin
Banned
I have no particular interest but I guarantee this is one of the most popular requests they get, it only makes sense to actually put something out I think.