Optimal residential layouts

[500g of oranges]

Hey mates.
I'm just wondering how you like to lay out your residential areas. I came up with my idea of an optimal plan here: https://imgur.com/a/1kfizNx
Pic 1 - the plan
Pic 2 - what it looks like finished
Pic 3 - a 2nd area under construction when I had nanites to burn and also lightning

There can be whatever other buildings around the outside, like lightning towers, pig drones, etc. I'm not really sure what to do with the empty space in the corners, though, and I'm not sure the extra hovercar stations cut down on traffic jams as much as I hoped. Also, I try to position the 1 habitat needed as a skyscraper prerequisite so that it's in range of a hospital in case of plague.

When I got that up and running, it held 1240 people and they all thought I was the best thing since sliced bread.

What do you all think?

[LadyAquanine735]

I have done or heard of 4 setups, one of which was done during the Beta before the hovercar stations became available:

1 - Space the living areas within walking distance, or just evenly spaced between major work areas (method is outdated and not really needed anymore, due to hovercars).

2 - Just set up the houses wherever convenient, and then wrap the needed services around in blocks.

3 - Space 4 skyscrapers together in a square (you can't do this with those rotating skyscrapers, due to hovercar restrictions), wrap a tunnel around them, with access to other areas, and wrap the different services around them. (Not tried this yet, but I'd like to).

4 - Set up all the services in one area, and wrap a tunnel around the area, and then space skyscrapers around this spot (a much better idea for hovercar skyscrapers). I haven't attempted this one either, but it sounds appealing to me.

Ooooo :o, I like your setup. I'll have to try that one as well, I've had issues trying to set up those mega structures so that the colonists can enjoy them in an appealing way.

[500g of oranges]

Yeah, it sounds like #4 is pretty close to what I was doing, I've just wedged some extra 1-square service buildings in as well.

I forgot to mention my layout provides 382 jobs & 620 power. It probably takes a bit too long to put together to be viable in most campaign missions, but I've done something similar that lacks the Stadium & Earth History centre, which is also a bit easier to work with when it's half-finished.

[RabidChasebot]

Originally posted by Sigereth:

Hey mates.
I'm just wondering how you like to lay out your residential areas. I came up with my idea of an optimal plan here: https://imgur.com/a/1kfizNx

What does it say in your legend for number 7? Looks like bistro? But that can't be it because number 6 is definitely bar. I tried squinting at the in-game screenshot but I just can't make it out.