city editor tool thoughts

[Zap Girl]

I'm liking the city editor so far, definitely helps my weird brain when city hall is in the "right" place, wish I didn't still get hung up on stuff like where the damn case form tray is but that's my burden to bear.

I notice the first apartment tower style can have a neon sign on the left side from the face, but to get it to display you have to switch building type back and forth until you get the one you want. Maybe a reroll building appearance button?

Also the randomly generated names seem to have their suffix tied to the building type at map generation rather than what you've changed it to, perhaps? Like I'll have chemical plants that roll names like Tower or Suites, and apartment blocks with titles like Smoke, though this might also be something only my brain cares about.

is there a way to control which streets get walled or not? Perhaps that's an option I missed.

I wonder if it would be viable to have non-square city shapes, or more options for the edges such as where the docks appear, but I suppose the difference that would make to gameplay is minimal.

[Kal]

Couldn't agree more. My computer was already struggling on very large, but I also kind of want one size bigger. I personally like it when I can't see the edge of the map.

[WordCobbler]

I would love a way to actually be able to choose the layouts of the streets rather than just the names. (Unless I've missed something?) I really hate the ones that bend around the corners in ways that don't make sense. When there's a corner, there's a new street name...

[Tchey]

I’d create a long street city, something like 2x5 tiles or 3x7, or alike. Also weirder shapes Tetris style.

[Isabelle]

Originally posted by WordCobbler:

I would love a way to actually be able to choose the layouts of the streets rather than just the names. (Unless I've missed something?) I really hate the ones that bend around the corners in ways that don't make sense. When there's a corner, there's a new street name...

You can absolutely change the layout of the city in the editor

[Tchey]

Originally posted by Isabelle:

You can absolutely change the layout of the city in the editor

How ? When i try to edit streets, i only see name edition.

I don’t understand how to make straight streets or to add/remove road block

[Isabelle]

Originally posted by Tchey:

Originally posted by Isabelle:

You can absolutely change the layout of the city in the editor

How ? When i try to edit streets, i only see name edition.

I don’t understand how to make straight streets or to add/remove road block

off the top of my head i dont remember but i think you can just click on the building and change the building type

[Tchey]

Building type, yes, but streets ?

[Piepieonline]

You can use this mod to choose custom (rectangular) city shapes, like 2x5 or something. https://thunderstore.io/c/shadows-of-doubt/p/Nova/DensityMod/

[Zap Girl]

very cool, thanks for posting that site too, I just browsed a little and seen theres some really great mods coming out now

[Tyrope]

Decided after a little bit of not playing to get back into it; with achievements and stuff being a thing now.

But after spending quite a while figuring out what I wanted to name my streets and buildings I started the game IT UNDID ALL THAT WORK.

Disclaimer: Am playing through family sharing, before people point out the lack of "owns the game" icon.

[Florida Man]

I was honestly disappointed. The map editor is a great idea for this game, because I like to custom place everything so the cities have a coherent layout, but it's very limited and buggy. You don't get to place anything besides a small handful of buildings, like being able to choose where shops are or what they're named.

Not being able to lay out where a road begins and ends, or at the very least not be able to designate or change a road from paved to an alley, is a little bit of a letdown. But not as big of a letdown as realizing that the game doesn't seem to save changes in road names! All the time you'll spend giving each little stretch of road a name will be wasted!

Also, once you boot up the map editor, you realize that there's only a very small handful of buildings. Made me realize that I wish the devs would add in a some more building variations. Maybe I want an office building that's not a big square tower, have more than one kind of factory, and more than two different kinds of apartment buildings.

Also having an issue where, when I tried to load the game, I was told that the map didn't match the game seed and couldn't load; so my file was corrupted. I haven't tried to make another map, save it and reload it to find out if that happens with every map, but having the ability to make maps and then your game not be able to load the because building placement doesn't match the seed is dumb. (But maybe that was one time problem, or a "me" issue.)

So it needs a bit of work, but then again, the game is also highly enjoyable but could also still use a bit of work to give murder cases more variety and balance it out a little.

Originally posted by Tyrope:

But after spending quite a while figuring out what I wanted to name my streets and buildings I started the game IT UNDID ALL THAT WORK.

That happened to me, too! (Glad I'm not the only one) For some reason it will not save any changed the street names. (And like I said above, the fact you can't even lay out the streets or choose between a paved road and an alley was extremely disappointing. )

However, I too thought it also didn't save the building name changes, but it does name the apartment buildings and such. However, diners will still have a randomly generated name.