Parklife - How does it work?

[jonathan_on]

Do parks in parklife have to be fenced?
Example: I have a nice downtown park (central park-ish). 1) I have zoned it as park. Does that already make a difference?
2) It has several pathways AND bike paths leading in and out of it - some of wich pass it higher than street level and have ramps that go on and off inside the park. So I can't put GATES at every entrance. So does it make sence to have a gate at all? Or do people just go to another path to enter the park and just not pay?

[NewMasterChoco]

You don't necessary need a fence for your parks, but it would look nice. It is a prop like any other props. It is for more or less making your parks look nicer.

Though the only thing I am concern with your park is your point #2. You know that if you have a path that leads in and out of park and that it is not through a gate, then your park may not level up properly because the bikers and people who are using your built pathways and bike paths are considered to "cross-fencing". In other words, they are not paying the ticket to go into your park, therefore you won't be able to get enough number of visitor to level up your park.

[BucketBrain]

Look at the route overlay of your parkzone to find the points where most people enter the park and you have the place to build a gate
I`ve zoned complete mixed districts to city parks and placed gates at strategic points and it works great
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198352953380/screenshots/

[ancienthighway]

Despite being zoned a park, it will not provide the benefits of a park because it has no main gate. The benefits? Increased land value.

[Vimes]

It did surprise me that the fences are just props for aesthetics. If the edge of a path built inside the fenced park borders a road on the outside it then firms a path and Cims walk through the fence.

The side gates allows alternative access and look nice but I had wondered if they do count towards numbers or revenue.
I have not read that they definitively do or do not count towards either, and the parks functions are just controlled via the main gates interface when clicked.

[BucketBrain]

The side gates are counting visitors too . I`ve build a park with a big main gate and didn`t connect it to the pathways , only the side gates were connected and it works well
My most ``visited `` park is in the middle of nowhere . I thought the SpaceElevator would be a point visitors would like to see and was very surprised as it began to spawn tourists .
So I made some quick changes and now their quickest route to train and tube is through a park ; they are paying to enter my city
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1410887676

[Vimes]

^^^ Excellent way of testing, thanks for posting that information.

Great thinking of boosting the parkvisitors from tourism, even if they did not want to visit, lol.

just figuring out that I can mix and match the different types of parks attractions into each park, once at least one park has been built.

[BucketBrain]

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/922556797449626779/CAC50A372A7207C2D60516E7C6DDD4DA5D8E0F7D/
Mixing is possibel . This screenshot is from another city park and u can see the pathway and visitor point of a nature reserve park , it works well . I set an walking tour with some stops to both kinds of pathes and it`s all fine . I think the entrys define the park and maybe a lion cage in a city park does not give the same benefit like in a zoo , but it works .

Btw I enjoyed your discussion about self-serving-cities you had a couple of weeks before with onezerorising , I learned a lot

[Vimes]

It is good to mix, it then gives you a sense tha tthe park itself is more "complete".

Nothing wrong with a zoo having amusements rides, our local one does...!

Don't take my ramblings too seriously :)

Great that you learned a little, probably more from onezerorising than myself, a skilled player there :)

[BucketBrain]

``Don't take my ramblings too seriously

Great that you learned a little, probably more from onezerorising than myself, a skilled player there :) ``

Don`t be so shy

[jonathan_on]

@NewMasterChoco Thanks, that's what I thought too.
@BucketBrain My problem ist not where to place a main gate, it's that there's just no way I could rebuild this specific park into one that can only be entered through gates.
Here's what it looks like: https://steamcommunity.com/id/jonathanliebtdavid/screenshots/

[BucketBrain]

n My problem ist not where to place a main gate, it's that there's just no way I could rebuild this specific park into one that can only be entered through gates.
Here's what it looks like: https://steamcommunity.com/id/jonathanliebtdavid/screenshots/

Great work and yes it would be stupid to rebuild it .
There is no need to design an enclosed park system to make some money . Just gates at points where they don`t change the character of the environment would do it at some time . I would make a save and try it - but that`s me
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1417179824
Have fun

[jonathan_on]

@BucketBrain Yeah, I already tried that, but no way with this layout unfortunately. Thanks anyway!

Another problem I've just noticed: the coverage of the park maintenance isn't showing correctly somehow. See here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1417212105

Anyone else experiencing this problem or know why this happens? Am I overlooking something?