Day n night cycle without After Dark DLC?

[EZZA]

I dont own this game and lm torn apart between this or SimCity 2013 (l kinda want this more due to its being on STEAM with Workshop mods)

[Master Queef]

Yes day and night is there without DLC

[EZZA]

Originally posted by Baron:

Yes day and night is there without DLC

what's the mainpoint of the After Dark DLC, what does it give to the game?

[Raichuu]

I don't own both DLCs, but might buy soon.
Biggest plus from After Dark is in my opinion the taxis, new feature for public transport.
Other than that, the night gets a bit more detailed as far as I know, such as new buildings, mostly just about looks.

[Anonymous]

probably i think more on like attractions / tourist thingy.. can't buy AD yet no Steam Balance yet
:(

[Carlzilla]

One of the big things is that since the free AD update, your commerical (and industry IIRC) shuts down at night. This leads to big drops in income. AD allows you to zone out some new commercial district types that operate 24/7 to help combat the loss of income...without the expansion, you're stuck with everything shutting down at night.

[Anonymous]

So you mean like, Regular Version [ NO AD ] is like a grocery store opening to 7am - 10pm ???
While with the AD , the grocery store opens 24/7.. is that what you mean??

[Carlzilla]

No. The regular "generic" commercial zones all close down at night. You can zone new Tourist and Leisure zones that produce different buildings, and are operating 24/7.

[Streeto]

Damn, I was clueless to how my profits dropped so much at night, need to make more party zones! :D

[Ed the Head]

My recommendation is to try the base game first, and if you love it, then get the DLC. (be on the lookout for sales) If I had to choose between the DLC's, get After Dark first.

Yes, this game is worth it, 100% yes. Anything the game doesn't have can be achieved through mods, custom assets, etc. The workshop support is huge. Some people say this game is more of a city painter, but I love it. I wouldn't buy cities 2013 unless it was 5 bucks, but that's just me.

Skylines does NOT have seasons or disasters, but it does have snowfall with the snowfall DLC. However, rain and fog are FREE with the base game. There's another expansion coming, but that probably won't be until end of summer; no idea what it will be. We just had a landscaping free content update which added some cool stuff.

This game has had quite a few sales since the new year, so if you're a patient man, you might be able to get everything for half price. Even at 30 usd, it's still a great price.

I'm currently at 250 hours played, and rising. I know there are people here who have several thousand. :P I spend probably a few hours a day browsing the workshop lol. I've got about 20 mods, and 400 custom assets. There's thousands upon thousands upon thousands of assets, and mods, and awesome stuff in the workshop. So, plenty of stuff there to keep you occupied.

If you do decide to buy, some good trusted mods here:

https://steamcommunity.com/id/bloody_penguin/myworkshopfiles/?appid=255710

[EZZA]

Originally posted by Ed the Head:

My recommendation is to try the base game first, and if you love it, then get the DLC. (be on the lookout for sales) If I had to choose between the DLC's, get After Dark first.

Yes, this game is worth it, 100% yes. Anything the game doesn't have can be achieved through mods, custom assets, etc. The workshop support is huge. Some people say this game is more of a city painter, but I love it. I wouldn't buy cities 2013 unless it was 5 bucks, but that's just me.

Skylines does NOT have seasons or disasters, but it does have snowfall with the snowfall DLC. However, rain and fog are FREE with the base game. There's another expansion coming, but that probably won't be until end of summer; no idea what it will be. We just had a landscaping free content update which added some cool stuff.

This game has had quite a few sales since the new year, so if you're a patient man, you might be able to get everything for half price. Even at 30 usd, it's still a great price.

I'm currently at 250 hours played, and rising. I know there are people here who have several thousand. :P I spend probably a few hours a day browsing the workshop lol. I've got about 20 mods, and 400 custom assets. There's thousands upon thousands upon thousands of assets, and mods, and awesome stuff in the workshop. So, plenty of stuff there to keep you occupied.

If you do decide to buy, some good trusted mods here:

https://steamcommunity.com/id/bloody_penguin/myworkshopfiles/?appid=255710

l bought the game and been playing and building my city for a while now. With mods. lm getting MASSIVE FPS drops, 20-30 fps now that the city has grown. Why?

i7 4790k
MSI 980ti
16GB RAM

[Ed the Head]

Which mods are you using, and do you have any of the DLC's? Population of city?

Do you have the fps drops with no mods?


Older guide, but may still have some useful info:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=426212120

[EZZA]

Originally posted by Ed the Head:

Which mods are you using, and do you have any of the DLC's? Population of city?

Do you have the fps drops with no mods?


Older guide, but may still have some useful info:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=426212120

in the first city l started with these mods:

Traffic++ V2
81 tiles (fixed for C:S 1.2+)
Cross the line
No pillars
No border limit camera
unlimited outside connections beta
adaptive prop visibility distance
ARIS enhanced garbage truck AI
skylines overwatch (fixed for v1.3+)
automatic emptying
automatic bulldoze V2
Rush hour beta

No DLC's. I got to nearly 30k population but even at 15k the stuttering and FPS drops were in the 20-30fps region constantly.

I started another city without any mods, ran much better but still had FPS drops to the 40s even.

[Dorvalla]

Originally posted by AnttiEerik:

Originally posted by Ed the Head:

Which mods are you using, and do you have any of the DLC's? Population of city?

Do you have the fps drops with no mods?


Older guide, but may still have some useful info:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=426212120

in the first city l started with these mods:

Traffic++ V2
81 tiles (fixed for C:S 1.2+)
Cross the line
No pillars
No border limit camera
unlimited outside connections beta
adaptive prop visibility distance
ARIS enhanced garbage truck AI
skylines overwatch (fixed for v1.3+)
automatic emptying
automatic bulldoze V2
Rush hour beta

No DLC's. I got to nearly 30k population but even at 15k the stuttering and FPS drops were in the 20-30fps region constantly.

I started another city without any mods, ran much better but still had FPS drops to the 40s even.

Traffic ++ is very intensive on your processor, because of the designation on lanes or traffic lights. Add to that rushhour for dynamic speed of your cars (every car gets an own designation of speed, thus more calculating on your processor), the 81 tiles (so more building space, means more rendering than the original map intended), adaptive prop visibility distance (adds more tris), and you start to touch a lot on your ram and core.

[EZZA]

Originally posted by Dorvalla:

Originally posted by AnttiEerik:

in the first city l started with these mods:

Traffic++ V2
81 tiles (fixed for C:S 1.2+)
Cross the line
No pillars
No border limit camera
unlimited outside connections beta
adaptive prop visibility distance
ARIS enhanced garbage truck AI
skylines overwatch (fixed for v1.3+)
automatic emptying
automatic bulldoze V2
Rush hour beta

No DLC's. I got to nearly 30k population but even at 15k the stuttering and FPS drops were in the 20-30fps region constantly.

I started another city without any mods, ran much better but still had FPS drops to the 40s even.

Traffic ++ is very intensive on your processor, because of the designation on lanes or traffic lights. Add to that rushhour for dynamic speed of your cars (every car gets an own designation of speed, thus more calculating on your processor), the 81 tiles (so more building space, means more rendering than the original map intended), adaptive prop visibility distance (adds more tris), and you start to touch a lot on your ram and core.

yeah l imagined so that more mods = hits on the performance. Guess l just have to play around with the mods to see how l can get the best playing experience with good performance

[Ed the Head]

Traffic++ and Rushhour are most likely the culprits, 81 tiles probably also. You could try disabling the traffic and rush hour and see if that improves performance.

You could try these as an alternative:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=583429740

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=403798635