Finishing the Island – Building Benton Episode 6 – A Cities Skylines Series
➤Welcome to Benton. A river city surrounded by highway. Many typical mods are tuned off in favor of a vanilla progression and milestones. Vanilla money, pipes, and powerlines are all active. It’s time for a good old fashioned zoned city.
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(Though many of these are deactivated)
0:00 Intro
1:09 Small Changes
4:00 Angular Road Layout
10:24 Zoned In
15:28 Pipes are a Lesser Part of the Game
20:56 One More Road Layout
27:24 Zoned Out
32:00 Traffic Overview
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Honestly I would like to see development north of the highway on both. It looks so bad just a harsh cutoff with nothing to the north
Should we risk it for the biscuit? Yes, let's risk it for the biscuit.
Can we see some more rural developments, like farmland and ranches? Or does that not exist
If so, area 1 or north of the highway would be good for that
I use Network Multitool extensively, but i still typically find it more convenient with Picker–to delete the middle, press T, select one road, draw, press T, select other road, draw. Typing it out felt longer, but I digress. I get less weird node issues that way.
I wouldn't start any new area but keep putting stuff on already unlocked ground. Finding our how you could structure the sprawl outside the highways….
excellent tutorial. thank you
1 if you’re going to do industries, 4 if not. Thanks for treating water pipes with the contempt they deserve
Area 2! Keep building the amazing city!
Area 1.
I would like a train station in the middle of West-bank and build around that.
If you want to inspiration for mixed low/ high density have a look were i live, Högdalen, south side of Stockholm. 4 and 10/14 stories buildings side by side
Area 1
I'm thinking area 1
area 2 … with a ferry ⛴ connection rather than a bridge!
Hmm. Why did you remove the thumbnails ?
I reckon you can prevent grid broken by keep the length of the road a whole number. Whenever a triangle involved, there is a high chance that one of the sides becomes a irrational number, which leads to broken grid.
Area 3
Area 3 for sure
I think area 3 would be the coolest location to build but next!
5:56 you should delete this node, it's too close to the intersection and might cause traffic problems later (although it's a small road so it less likely)
Area 3! ♡
area 1 for the train station
I use the mods, no need for water line and no need for electric lines. So, I don 't even bother with pipes or electric lines.
Plenty of bridges, I like.
You're swimming in money and you hate building pipes. Each time you move into a new "region", just go head and cover the whole area in long pipes in a nice grid, and then you can just forget about it for like the next 3-5 episodes. You can afford to pay the tiny extra upkeep. Also stop leaving little gaps between pipes (and also give up on following the road grid), you're just shooting yourself in the foot.
I really like to encircle a whole area and then just either spiral inward or go back and forth lengthwise. Like mowing a lawn.
Pipes not just under houses but also over each other with anarchy??
That's it.
I'm gonna call City Planner!
I’d love to see you build something very industrial with cargo trains and/or ships and/or planes on the 1st area (left one). Loving the series (new sub since few weeks and I’m loving your content)
What happened to your other series Newmarket
A nice design for a new disrict would be to have a canal in the middle, two one way roads on both sides and then add roads on 45 degrees. The roads around the canals should have trees to make it look nice. It looks very nice when it's done in real life.
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Area 2!
Transit , especially trains?
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Expanding to “Area 2” would make Benton look great
I would like to see your take on some industry (mining maybe ?). How you organize your warehouses, your factories, your outside connections, your deliveries etc.
Expand in area 1 plzzzzzz😋
You mentioned area 1 being West. But as the sun stands at area 3/4, area 1 should be North and 2 is West, 4 therefore South. My preference goes out to area 2, across the river again
Regards, Vincent
Honestly, as someone who has a similar map, i would say expanding into area 2 would work, however then again whenever i do so, its either a tourist spot, a port or both
12:16
Highrise? I'd personally wouldn't build anything on that corner near the highway. Leave the plot empty for some grass and floras, for water absorption if nothing else. Maybe build a service buildings like post office or clinic.
I think there is a slight lack in city services. As far as I understand the coverage (capacity vs. uneducated, etc.) may seem fine, but if the roads are not green then the civs are having problems getting to the service. smth to do with the distance thing I think
If you create a district and apply a highrise ban policy, you will not see the tall buildings in high density – only middle ones. it'll look really good in the south of the island
Has anyone found the road with hidden bike lanes (or lanes that are car & bikes)? I've looked at Yumble's collections and I can't see it. If anyone can point me in the right direction I would appreciate it.
Hey Mr Yumbl, how are you enjoying this city so far? 🙂 I love seeing your approach to city design. And I'm coming around to your water pipe placement, it's efficient and I do respect that haha
More please?
Just curious… Do you turn off despawning in TMPE or do you prefer to leave despawning on?
3! Maybe with a beach thingy on the sand there😄
You were talking about a "mid rise" zoning option in the last video. You do have an option to set a district with a "high rise ban", then if you zone high density in that zone, it will be essentially "mid rise" development. You can also vary the high tech, self sufficient, and various other styles to get differing levels of height and coloring for a different look in an area. I use a mod called "District Policies Highlighting" from BloodyPenguin to easily see where I have enabled different policies and specialties.
@35:00… Somewhat… PLAZA-ble?