Outside City Limits

[Ricebug]

Can someone please tell me what mod I need to construct outside a city's limits? I've tried several and I keep getting that annoying nag message.

Also, why does the game not allow me to exit to the Main Menu if 81 Tiles is checked?

[MaxFX]

When you start or load a game all mods get loaded as well. But when you quit a game to load another game for example, these mods do not get unloaded.

So if you were to load another game in the same session, these mods would get loaded twice, causing all kinds of issues.

Algernon has implemented a new feature in his '81 Tiles' mod that prevents players from loading another game when you've allready started one. Simply to avoid issues.

Rule of thumb: When you play modded, always exit the game to desktop before loading or starting another game.

[MaxFX]

With this mod you're allowed to build infrastructure (i.e. roads rails, etc.) outside the city limits: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=498386331&searchtext=line

[OneJasonBradly]

Originally posted by MaxFX:

Rule of thumb: When you play modded, always exit the game to desktop before loading or starting another game.

Even if you are loading from one vanilla city to another on a different map. That too will add up in RAM.

[Ricebug]

Thanx, MaxFX. Makes sense. I was always aware of the mod bloat.

I had Cross the Line but an error popped up saying it wasn't compatible with something and it booted me out of the game.

EDIT: Yeah, the Mod Compatibility Checker said Cross the Line conflicts with 81 Tiles 2. But it seems to work just fine.

Now I just need to find an unlimited outside connection mod. Seems like more and more mods fall to the wayside as the base game keeps getting updated.

[MarkJohnson]

Originally posted by Ricebug:

Can someone please tell me what mod I need to construct outside a city's limits? I've tried several and I keep getting that annoying nag message.

Also, why does the game not allow me to exit to the Main Menu if 81 Tiles is checked?

Only certain things can be built outside city limits.

If you have 81-tiles, then there is no outside city limits anymore. Only the void that you can't construct in. so I'm unsure why you need to build outside city limits with 81-tiles mod?

[BettyB]

Originally posted by Ricebug:

Can someone please tell me what mod I need to construct outside a city's limits? I've tried several and I keep getting that annoying nag message.

Also, why does the game not allow me to exit to the Main Menu if 81 Tiles is checked?

Depends on what you are trying to build.

[Ricebug]

I typically don't play the game; I design RW cities and then upload them for others to build/play. (Most of them I've pulled from the workshop due to the suck factor.) I use the editor for very basic terraforming and add the requisite resources. Once that's done, I move to the main game to do the detail work.

All of my creations used the 81 Tiles mod. So perhaps I've been going about this the wrong way. Give me some advice, boys & girls. Help out an old video gamer.

[BettyB]

Originally posted by Ricebug:

I typically don't play the game; I design RW cities and then upload them for others to build/play. (Most of them I've pulled from the workshop due to the suck factor.) I use the editor for very basic terraforming and add the requisite resources. Once that's done, I move to the main game to do the detail work.

All of my creations used the 81 Tiles mod. So perhaps I've been going about this the wrong way. Give me some advice, boys & girls. Help out an old video gamer.

So if you are using 81 Tile maps and want to build out side the city limits I suggest you look for a different game to play. Afraid CS doesn't offer any thing larger than 81.

[Ricebug]

You misunderstand. When I try to put a connection on the edge of the map, I get the message, "Cannot build outside of city limits."

[OneJasonBradly]

Originally posted by Ricebug:

You misunderstand. When I try to put a connection on the edge of the map, I get the message, "Cannot build outside of city limits."

Ok I think you are looking for something like this.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=497033453
or
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1721492498
Actually, I used the search term in the workshop: outside connection
and a good list was produced.

[BettyB]

Originally posted by Ricebug:

You misunderstand. When I try to put a connection on the edge of the map, I get the message, "Cannot build outside of city limits."

If you are talking about making connections that extend beyond the outer edge of the 81 tiles you are trying to access an area that has never been available to play. Look around at any map you like and you'll find no-one including the dev's has ever built anything outside the 81 tile boundary. The area that you see outside the 81 tiles is quite simply not a part of the playable map.

[Ricebug]

Here is an outside connection:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2914938949

Here is a map overlay showing a highway leading OFF THE EDGE OF THE MAP. This is called an OUTSIDE CONNECTION.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2914938833

I don't know what led anyone to believe that I was trying to build in the void.

[BettyB]

Originally posted by Ricebug:

Here is an outside connection:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2914938949

Here is a map overlay showing a highway leading OFF THE EDGE OF THE MAP. This is called an OUTSIDE CONNECTION.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2914938833

I don't know what led anyone to believe that I was trying to build in the void.

Could have been all the comments about building out side the city limits on 81 tile maps. Seems however from your screenshots that your reason for posting has gone away or corrected its self. Congratulations

[OneJasonBradly]

I pulled this from the mods descriptions.
81 Tiles 2 TESTING
Build outside of owned tiles
Like the 'Cross the Line' mod, this option does what it says, and can be toggled on/off at any time in the options panel. Note that this doesn't change any visibility settings outside owned tiles: e.g. zoning won't be visible, and roads will be displayed in their low-resolution version.

Conflicting mods
Any other 81 Tiles mods (obviously), inlcuding the (now-obsolete) EML Beta.

81 Tiles
Purchase it!
BigCity (25 tiles mod)
Extended Managers Library Beta
Remove Need For Power Lines
Remove Need For Pipes
Cross the Line

All functions of these mods are included in this mod!

[Ricebug]

@OneJasonBradly: Yeah, I don't use any of those mods. After losing so much work to dev "updates," I use as few mods as necessary to get the job done. They are a curse to many good maps found in the map graveyard.

I did not realize that the Cross the Line mod had a toggle. Never stop learning.