Cities Skylines 2 release - how to get it downloaded? (not pre-download!!!)

[macluk]

I've tried asking that on CO instagram account but instagram kept deleting these posts (idiots, honestly - claimed it was a spam).

So we are using that Paradox mods platform now, instead of Steam, and while we obviously can still use Steam to download the game, is there or will there be a way to download the game through Paradox platform?

Can CO or Paradox get us a quick guide on that, unless it's gonna be absolutely obvious - I'd still like to know what to look out for though. We don't have much time after we are back from work, so when downloading the game on its release day (oh that's gonna be slow ;)) I'd like to know what I'm doing instead of spending hours on searching for instructions while not being able to ask a question on Paradox Forums as they keep banning people ... and really they are stretching their own guidelines.

[Tuow]

Originally posted by SAC:

Originally posted by Targonis:

Steam normally allows pre-load 24-48 hours in advance of the launch, so it should turn on today or tomorrow.

This would be great if they do. I will keep an eye out to see if I can pre-load the game.

Yo, on the official forums Paradox said that there will be no preload available unfortunately.
Look at this: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/faq-paradox-mods.1602590/ thread and scroll down to the last question of the FAQ

[Paco]

I was just about to ask the same question, when can we start to download the game so we can play as soon as it hits it's release date!

[macluk]

Originally posted by Tuow:

Originally posted by SAC:

This would be great if they do. I will keep an eye out to see if I can pre-load the game.

Yo, on the official forums Paradox said that there will be no preload available unfortunately.
Look at this: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/faq-paradox-mods.1602590/ thread and scroll down to the last question of the FAQ

yeah ok... but on to the topic of this post.
Any information about it?
There is only 1 sentence not so related I guess: "As long as you have connected your platform (Steam, XBOX, PSN) account with your Paradox account, there is no need to log in separately to Paradox Mods." - as far as i know it works only if you enter the product key, which hasn't been issued yet.... and if that was to be done through Paradox Mods.... well, how?

[Sedgendary]

Originally posted by macluk:

Originally posted by Lithan:

Why wouldn't you want to download the game using Steam?

I'm just asking how to do it through Paradox mods platform if there is an option.

you don't download the game through their mods platform and the mods won't be on release anyway.

Originally posted by macluk:

Originally posted by Dale Kent:

I've already pre downloaded it on game pass. When you search cities Skylines 2 go into PC edition. Scroll down to "what's included" and you'll see CS2 on game pass. Click that and install it.

You got me hooked on that...
mostly because i can't find it.

That's obviously for xbox only as i said, not for a regular pc gamer, isn't it?
I've pre-ordered mine on Paradoxplaza.

You do realise the Microsoft games launcher on PC is called Xbox as well right?

[Ronnn]

Originally posted by HitPlay:

Originally posted by Dale Kent:

The only people who are able to predownload the game, are those who are getting it on game pass. Everyone else must wait till release date-time.

It is kinda weird there is no preload though, doesn't bother me or anyone with good internet but anyone with less than fibre is probably going to be downloading for a long time

--- You don't need fiber for fast downloads speeds, any cable internet can download super fast - as your not needing to upload the files as your downloading. Fiber is great for symmetrical but to download things, cable internet is just as fast with a slight higher ping.

[player8472]

Originally posted by HitPlay:

Originally posted by Dale Kent:

The only people who are able to predownload the game, are those who are getting it on game pass. Everyone else must wait till release date-time.

It is kinda weird there is no preload though, doesn't bother me or anyone with good internet but anyone with less than fibre is probably going to be downloading for a long time

My Experience with preload is that if you have more than 100Mbit, its usually faster to just download it straight up.

It takes time to decrypt the preload and then there is usually a big patch which wouldn't be an extra download if you didn't preload.

I had to do both before in quick succession (because I bought new nvmes and forgot to save my install-folders...) for other games and it was actually faster without the preload...

[Royal]

Originally posted by Ronnn:

Originally posted by HitPlay:

It is kinda weird there is no preload though, doesn't bother me or anyone with good internet but anyone with less than fibre is probably going to be downloading for a long time

--- You don't need fiber for fast downloads speeds, any cable internet can download super fast - as your not needing to upload the files as your downloading. Fiber is great for symmetrical but to download things, cable internet is just as fast with a slight higher ping.

ADSL2+ you are getting a max of 24 and that's in perfect conditions, anything higher you are using FTTC or FTTP which both use fibre along the way either to near your house or directly into your wall

Almost every first world country unless you live in the middle of nowhere will be using FTTC at this point, preloading for ADSL2+ is where the benefit is

Cable internet is ♥♥♥♥, it uses a bus system, if you are at the end of that bus system and your neighbours are using a lot of throughput you will get absolutely screwed and there's nothing in the world you can do about it which is why 99% of providers don't use it

[macluk]

Originally posted by Sedgendary:

Originally posted by macluk:

I'm just asking how to do it through Paradox mods platform if there is an option.

you don't download the game through their mods platform and the mods won't be on release anyway.

You do realise the Microsoft games launcher on PC is called Xbox as well right?

Now that you told me... i do realise that absolutely... not :D
Magic world of one game and not being interested in other games or platforms so no, i didn't know they made things confusing :D

So getting the game ready to play on the release day involves... Steam again (or xbox or whatever we like) but without Steam's workshop?

On one hand I wanted to avoid having steams folders again.... but on the other it's perfectly convenient to move around my hard drives... unlike Paradox that we know so much about how that works.... meaning absolutely nothing beside that they have just done it for Cities Skylines 2.

I mean.... they even published a FAQ page about it with a link to what was supposed to be a different FAQ, but they just simply linked the same wesbite so it was looping.
Great... The other FAQ explained a little more but I didn't know where it was coming from, looked kind of obscure.... and before I knew it i told them clearly that what they were doing was pushing people back to games that were not bought (I won't be using a P-word here in case it was the same sort of bigotry), and I got banned for that.

They are d**b .

So explanation that was needed turned up 1-2 days later as official dev diaries, by that time they have destroyed any positive impression that was left about them...
And honestly - their own FAQ discusses the very same P-word thing... why that doesn't get banned?

All comes down to the lack of information how that gonna work.

Yeah I know that Assets Editor won't be there... although some mods will pop up as apparently they let some modders prepare them for the new game. We'll see .