Grids are a mess!!!

[Axphyl]

I honestly want to like this game but ♥♥♥♥!! The constant broken grids are infuriating!!! Nothing seems to help with this stupid ass problem!!

[BingoBango]

Turn off snapping to guideline while making grids. Helps me so much. But yeah it is ddfinitly annoying.

[Axphyl]

Originally posted by BingoBango:

Turn off snapping to guideline while making grids. Helps me so much.

I've tried that already, it helps sometimes but still not a fix. I don't think there is a way to fix this issue. I think it's a broken mechanism in the game that the developers need to iron out.

[Maleficent]

not just guidelines, gotta turn off geometric snapping, building snapping too. if your roads aren't perfectly aligned to the grid squares/ 90 degree angles your grids will fracture. I'v managed to play easily around it by doing this i dont get fractured grids any more.

[BingoBango]

Yeah its all situational but I for the most part build grids with only roads around them. I agree, it should snap way hard to 180 or 90 unless you turn it off.

[bish0p23]

It's definitely not as easy as CS 1 to keep the grids clean, but if you get a broken grid, it's best to delete all of the most recent roads, usually it's around 3. The previous road, the road that broke the grid, as well as the road you're trying to connect to.

Sometimes the whole road will be highlight blue, instead of just the new road you're trying to line up, and I believe that will give you a broken grid as well sometimes. You really have to make sure the grids are lined up as well.

It's very finnicky.

[Mcarchus]

I have this same problem and yes its VERY frustrating! I haven't found any way to fix it.

[Creamy P1e Skwert]

We need a surface painter tool. They only went with grids because the first game had it. That's really f- dumb if you ask me. I've been saying they could've gone with smoother fluid like zoning where it contours to curved buildings and diagonal zoning.

Nope, grids. Because paradox says so.

Whoever the lead game designer is, I would 100% fire this Man.

[me22ca]

If you're having trouble drawing grids:

Turn ON "Snap to existing geometry", "Snap to zoning cell length", "Snap to 90 degree angles".

Turn OFF "Snap to the sides of a building", "Snap to guidelines", "Snap to zone grid".

Source: I drew lots of grids for
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3062339423

[Diash (Phil)]

to make the grids look nice, use walkways to frame what you want to archive, once done remove the walkway and the new zoning will stay in place

[Walker Evans]

If you mean the zoning grids misaligning with roads, it can get frustrating. Also seems to later misalign without touching roads directly (by buildings being constructed or removing mass transport stops). Think it's because of elevations changing due to construction so it should stop happening if you completely flatten the ground beforehand.

[BingoBango]

It doesn't stop happening even if you flatten literally everything

[Walker Evans]

that's that theory then. thanks for the additional info.

[CH13F]

just because they increased grid size by 2x2 doesnt mean anything else changed, its pretty much same like cs1. same absurdities still present

[Nik-Naks]

Originally posted by Axphyl:

Originally posted by BingoBango:

Turn off snapping to guideline while making grids. Helps me so much.

I've tried that already, it helps sometimes but still not a fix. I don't think there is a way to fix this issue. I think it's a broken mechanism in the game that the developers need to iron out.

Do that, and remember. The grid always focuses the road you put down first.
So if you want to use a grid from the next road. Delete the first one and put it down after.

[Generic Roughneck]

Welp, turns out others have complained about grids. So just going to add to it.

WHY do grids cause dead ends!!!!!

The game literally give us the option to make these, then f*cks them up!

Sort your sh*t dev's!