Steam link to the collection: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2800669291 Part 2 with more advanced mods will be coming out next week followed by a DLC ranking and review!
Might be a little late to this but I found this list very helpful. For users watching this after like I did (as of 1-1-23), Fine Road Tool 2 and Fine Road Anarchy 2 have both been updated and included in the replacement mod Network Anarchy. Both replaced mods will eventually be removed from the workshop as one user pointed out. Extended Managers Library 1.0.3 and Harmony 2.2.2-0 are both required as they provide assets to many mods listed here. City Vitals Watch has not been updated to include the Financial pack yet but as far as I can tell, it is still functional with everything else. Ultimate Eye Candy has not been updated in a long time and another user recommended Render It! instead as it's quicker than Ultimate Eye Candy to implement chosen settings. I didn't go for the cubemap mods so I do not have insight into them. Prop Line Tool is out of date for the current Cities Skyline version and may not work with all content packs. Prop Anarchy 0.7.6 has the updated Prop Line Tool mod included in it as replacement though there is a current bug the devs are working on fixing from what I've seen. I felt it worth mentioning as it might be good to try one or the other and see what works for your game and remember to make fresh saves rather than overwriting. There are two other complimentary mods made by the same dev as Better Road Toolbar. These are Better HealthCare Toolbar and Better Education Toolbar which split up the UI better like how Better Road Toolbar does (no, you do not need the Ability to Read mod as it's a joke). BloodyPenguin's original Extra Landscaping Tools isn't updated for the current game version or for 81 Tiles 2. Extra Landscaping Tools [1.15.1-f4 FIX] is the more recent replacement of that mod. Also, BloodyPenguin's 81 tiles is also out of date and marked incompatible with the game. 81 Tiles 2 TESTING is the more recent replacement. The Loading Screen mod mentioned is also out of date but Loading Screen Mod Revisited 1.1 is the replacement. Surface Painter is having the same issues as Extra Lanscaping Tools and Surface Painter temporary fix is the replacement though there is a bug they are working on fixing. Hide it, Bobby! is currently broken and commenters on the mod page were recommending Hide it! Mod instead. Picker has a Picker beta mod if one or the other is unstable. I hope this is helpful for those who want to add these mods but don't want to fuss with finding replacements for out-of-date things and other versions. There is also Compatability Report v2.2.0 (Catalogue 6.15) to help with finding broken mods in the list or missing things if something goes out of date or require files aren't clearly listed. For those who are new to modding, remember to close out the game completely when adding or changing mods and create fresh saves rather than overwriting in case you need to revert or to help prevent bugs. ~Best!
Could have been worth mentioning that Harmony is required as a backbone for some of these mods to run from. On a clean CS install, just clicking your list above then going into game - it tells you to install Harmony.
You see it alot. Alot of ppl who have used mods or created mods tend to accidentally forget it's needed. It's just an accident. One thing you can do to prevent this is not to just click on the green plus in the steam workshop and go to each asset to verify.
Most mods on the Steam Workshop should tell you if Harmony is required/recommended. And Steam gives you the handy option to install all the required mods with a few extra clicks.
@@RobinOttens not if you only click on the green plus sign in the one click download areas. You actually need to click on the subscribe button to get notified of missing mods
Thank you! I added that to the mod list. Originally I had this as a 30 mod spectacular but realized it was going to be 2 hours long... lol. At the bottom of my notes - mention UI and Harmony are basically a requirement at this point.
For those on lower end machines: use 25 tiles instead of 81 tiles. Game runs better in my experience. FPS Booster and Loading Screen Mod are musts. Don't use too many workshop assets (or any!) as they eat up RAM. Finally, watch your transit options. My simulation speed slows to a crawl if I have too many passengers waiting at a bus stop or terminal.
How would you define lower end? I’m running a ryzen 5 3600 CPU and 16gb ddr4 3600 cl14 RAM, currently on 25 tiles (only mod I use). Do you think my pc could handle 81?
@@Hahlen Great question! I'm running an 8gb m1 Mac mini, so it's pretty non-ideal. In your case you could probably handle it. If you're curious, I like 25 tiles because it simply opens up all possible tiles you could unlock in the vanilla game, but the game limits you to only 9 of the allocated 25. Because of this, you can remove the 25 tiles mod after unlocking them all and they'll continue to work just fine. 81 tiles actually has to add all the extra tiles in, above and beyond what the base game allocates as buildable land. Most people only report problems with tiles touching the edge of the map, so you may find it works well if you stop before that. In my case, I noticed slowdown a lot quicker when I started a city with the 81 tiles mod compared to with the 25 tiles mod. Sorry that I can't provide any more specific details!
@@Hahlen Getting more RAM will probably help you. If you use all DLCs, 16 GB is pretty tight on Windows and kinda OK on Linux, but even then it will struggle once you get to ~100-150k pop (which 81 tiles kinda tempts you to exceed). I don't think just unlocking the tiles uses much more RAM, but once you build on them, the game becomes really memory hungry. Didn't have any issues after getting 32 GB RAM (and the rest of my PC is way slower than yours).
25:36 The moment I learned that Chirpy goes into rage mode when you have Anarchy on. I watch a lot of content creators and so many times they'll leave Anarchy on. This is a pro tip for everyone.
81 tiles is great for people like me who like to build several small towns and slowly expand each one of them over time. But also, it's overrides what I consider to be one of the worst systems in the game. I like the mechanic of buying more land, but tiles are the worst way of doing it. It always leads to a situation where one portion of the land that you need is just outside a tile, and you don't want to buy that tile next just so you can develop a tiny area, but it looks really awkward if you don't... Ugh. I always just open up the whole map.
Wow, I am a pretty advanced player with almost 2,000 hours in this game, using tons of mods, and I never knew about Move It's picker feature. Game changer. :D
I've been playing CS for years and have just about every mod you mentioned and I still learned new things! Thank you for doing this Phil, such a great idea and big help! Can't wait for the advanced mods video!
I have been a fan of 25 tile, realistic population revisited, industry rebalanced, first person, Rico revisited, fps booster, disable telemetry and TPME
I don't recommend downloading the modlist you'll get in your game with a bunch of errors and can't even start a new game without it just showing a blank screen at the end of loading.
I don't think I'm being hyperbolic when I think that I'm not sure I would want to play the game without TM:PE. Of course, we all enjoy things for different reasons, but I think that TM:PE is the most important mod to me and is fundamental to my enjoyment of C:S. I would happily manually place trees way before I'd lose my TM:PE. Thanks again for a fantastic video, I did rethink many of my other mods.
TM:PE and asymmetric roads (or just lots of roads in general) are the most important things for me. Without those it’s almost impossible to have functional traffic in a city.
I’ve been watching CS videos for a long time but I just bought the game & DLCs, downloaded the mods (because I felt pretty confident)… and immediately got confused by all the new UI lol. This is a great guide on these mods, can’t wait to see the next mods list.
I use 8 of these, not bad. The ruining thru pollution (the purple/grey haze on the ground) I hide with a super old mod that still work today. Also, would never ever play the game again without TMPE. It's just so darned useful, and the earlier new players get used to it, the earlier they'll get comfortable with it. Move It, Picker, extra landscaping Fine Road / Anarchy and either 81 tiles or 25 tiles -- Totally agree. Even tho it's old I also use Road extention 2 or w/e it's called. I have yet to jump on the Vanilla++ for extra roads myself as I am quite satisfied with the other one. Great video !
For a newbie like who just bought the game just yesterday, Im completely overwhelmed. I think ill just dl the first 2 mods mentioned and fps booster. The others felt more advance than beginner to me 🤯.
This is such a great video! I recently bought a PC to be able to play with mods, console got too annoying with time. And I wanted to create such beautiful builds as you and some other TH-camrs out there. My only issue though happened with my first use of the water tool. I accidentally flooded my entire map killing all citizens and destroying all buildings. I didn't save for a few hours so there was no going back, I just started over with a new, prettier and more thought out build.
Great video! I have been playing cities skylines off and on for years but always find myself coming back to your channel to check out builds and tips on how to be a better city builder. This video is exactly what I have been looking for in terms of helping cut through all the clutter in regards to the best mods to use and how to use the effectively. Thank you again, Phil.
@mgunter @@CityPlannerPlays I can confirm that, TM:PE has often obstructed traffic and caused traffic jams instead of solving traffic jams and letting them flow better. But it just keeps getting better bit by bit, through trial and error 😆 And I'm somewhere between beginner and advanced (more towards beginner😄) I have something similar with Node Controler/Node Controler renewal. Node Controler was somehow too complicated for me😄, then I switched to renewal, but that's just a bit easier to understand for me. And yes, I used the *_ability to read_* the mod descriptions and also read the comments below them. 😉👌
Thank you so much for this video!!! I can't even tell you how much I just learned about the mods I have already, and never put them to FULL USE, because I didn't understand them completely.
So, I'm thinking of getting back into Cities: Skylines and wondered if there is an updated version of this list as of now? I quit playing because I had sooo many issues with mods that I couldn't make anything work...LOL!! Any help would be greatly appreciated.
To be honest, some of the mods you choose need a video by itself. The move it mod, TPME would be 2 I can think of where u can explain how to use all of its features.
@@Sparticulous Really glad u mentioned his name. I'm sry, but no one comes close to Yumble on how he explains What to, How to, and When/When not to do it. So helpful in a lot of areas for mods I was having difficulty with. Now I just need a video for him to explain how to use the terrain feature correctly and What not to do!
Yes!!!!! I finally after 1 ½ years of not being able to play discovered that there is a button that says manage content on steam...lol I deleted all the files and started from scratch and now I can actually play again! Don't be like me and download over 1000 assets because you want all the pretty new things! Now I can play this game like a boss...although I do feel tempted to get insane with the assets again.
A little tip: You don't necessarily need more RAM, it's enough to enlarge the swap file. I need eg 60GB with all assets/mods. 32GB Ram + 40GB Swap are enough
None of these are actually ESSENTIAL mods. The title of the video is just typical TH-cam clickbait. Cities Skylines does not require any mods to be enjoyable and fun. These mods are nice to have, but certainly not essential.
Whenever it comes time to retire Verde Beach, I hope you do some videos (or streams) going through and optimizing the build. Maybe do a part 1 with the mods from this video, and a part 2 with the mods from the next Tutoria!
For me TMPE is the most useful mod which I would have before any in this list if I had to pick. Closely followed by node controller. Great video nonetheless 👍
I think I should consider mods. I can make a gridlocked city very easily, and so often that I stopped playing the game. Now I also need to learn how to plan my city better, something I have no idea about that is sure. Anyway I am back to have another look. I would ask that you all wish me luck, but I think I need a lot more than luck.
I can think of three additional essential mods: TM:PE this really helps the traffic so you don't have all the traffic on a 5 lane highway backed up in one lane. Touch-it: you can plop a ferry terminal down on a beach, touch-it, and change the road to a viaduct and put the ferry terminal on pilotis (stilts) Roundabout builder: just pick an intersection, adjust the radius, click and you're done! I haven't seen it done but I bet you can make a cul-de-sac at the dead end of a street.
cul-de-sac are very simple. And there are different methods, some even simpler than others.... what you need for the different methods: move it, node controller, or also roundabout builder^^, small/narrow, large/wide road. And maybe one or two or three TH-cam tutorials^^
On your move it copy and paste..... Ctrl c and Ctrl v work faster for copy and paste.....yes it has hotkeys setup. Delete keys works too so you can mass delete
Pretty sure the ore and oil areas never had resources as you didn't want to deal with resources running out and so just imported them to the warehouses without any extractors at all
Looks like Hide it, Bobby! is now game-breakingly broken. After placing a power line it produces an error that will cause a popup error on every subsequent network placement, even if it's just a road. Since it hasn't been updated since 2021, it seems pretty safe to say that it's not getting fixed anytime soon, either.
I have largely resisted mods other than camera and cinematic as they mostly look like cheats to me... You've finally convinced me to give moveit a try, but I'm still iffy on any kind of anarchy... 🙂 This is that rare episode that I'll rewatch, probably more than once, so that I can follow along. Anarchy aside, I'll be installing all of these.
The base game should have these features, im guessing next city skylines will have most baked in. Not sure how the devs can watch these guys play and not want to include these mods as it makes cities way more realistic and pretty.
Don't get me wrong, 81 tiles is a great mod to use. However, it runs into some issues, therefore it is unfortunately unusable for me. Everytime I enable this mod and load into my save, it sinks my metro tunnels and underground stations. This is why I call the mod experimental, it is a great "made-up" concept but needs some serious fixing, and why I use the 25 tiles mod instead. If you are going to use the 81 tiles mod, I highly discourage metro tunnels in your city for that reason.
If you're going to use 81 tiles, you have to unlock all of the tiles at once to avoid the sinking issue. I should have mentioned that. If you unlock all at once - no sinking issue. Also, not a great mod to add to an existing city... but perfect if you do it early on.
As a side not 81 tiles in this video no longer works causes an issue where no roads can be placed anywhere due to being out of city limits, install 81 tiles 2 testing to fix this error.
@@Sum41rthe1 If you're on Windows you can right click the This PC icon on the desktop, click properties, when that opens look for advanced system settings on the left hand side and click that. Once that window opens, click the settings option under performance, then click the advanced tab and you'll see the option to change virtual memory.
@@angrodNumenesse i have all DLC and 3 CCP, 111 Mods and 2261 Assets. And it needs almost 30gb RAM. i got 16gb RAM + pagefile (size is managed automatically). My loading time is between 3 and 4 minutes.
Top 3 Mods for me is Loading Screen, Harmony, Instant Return to Desktop... For those who have low ram pc's or laptops... Harmony because you need this mod so that other mods can work..
Instant Return is an amazing mod. It's in my go-to list... but it narrowly missed out on this one! I added harmony to the list because it is a dependency of so many mods.
Whoot! What? I wasn't waiting for this, at all. Nope. Not even a little bit. :D [thank you, Mr Planner :) I've been playing the game since launch but wanted to 100% my achieves and update to the new lappy before adding anything other than asset cc]. I am /really/ looking forward to using move it, OMG. My roads are awful.
nice video. I have cities: skylines got for free in my epic account. OMG you can spend a lot of money for DLC. Do you think it would be enough for a beginner to use your 15 essential mods or do you reccomand to buy a DLC as beginner?
I love your video but honestly, these mods are not essential for beginner C:S players. They are nice quality of life mods and I do use a few of the mods listed here. But essential? Hmmm... I would tell any new C:S player to spend the time to learn the game first before diving into mods. But I would say a good pared-down "essential" list would be: Move It, RICO, Harmony, Find It, 25 Tiles, Network Extension 2, Prefab Hook, Extra Landscaping Tools, & Customize It (my cheeky favorite). And any newbie that struggles with traffic should check out Captain Ahvious. He is a vanilla traffic genius.
Sundiata I would agree that at least some of these mods are not what I would consider essential or for beginners but this will be different for everyone I suppose. Not sure you are aware this video is part of a series of I think around 25 episodes so far which covers in detail building cities without mods to your point
Sundiata I would agree that at least some of these mods are not what I would consider essential or for beginners but this will be different for everyone I suppose. Not sure you are aware this video is part of a series of I think around 25 episodes so far which covers in detail building cities without mods to your point
I am unfortunately having big troubles. I am on a Mac and as I installed the modes, none of the cities would load. And I have no idea which modes should I uninstall… so back to vanilla I guess
Hi there. Shopping for PC's rn and first thing I'm gonna do is get City: Skylines. Can anyone recommend suggestions, I want my game to look as smooth as possible w graphics and specs up all the way. Not gonna stream, and not rly planning on getting any big games (have my Playstation fr that). Thank u fellow city skyliners!
Steam link to the collection: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2800669291
Part 2 with more advanced mods will be coming out next week followed by a DLC ranking and review!
Could you pin the comment so people are more likely to see it?
What would you say are the best DLC packs to get for someone who is newer to the game? Like the new Airport mod and stuff like that?
@@162graphicsdesignsllc8 It sounds like he has a video planned for this after part 2 of the mods series
@@162graphicsdesignsllc8 He said in previous videos that he'll rank up the DLCs and then Mods, so just stay tuned
psst... the description still says we're on Natural Disasters
Might be a little late to this but I found this list very helpful. For users watching this after like I did (as of 1-1-23), Fine Road Tool 2 and Fine Road Anarchy 2 have both been updated and included in the replacement mod Network Anarchy. Both replaced mods will eventually be removed from the workshop as one user pointed out. Extended Managers Library 1.0.3 and Harmony 2.2.2-0 are both required as they provide assets to many mods listed here. City Vitals Watch has not been updated to include the Financial pack yet but as far as I can tell, it is still functional with everything else. Ultimate Eye Candy has not been updated in a long time and another user recommended Render It! instead as it's quicker than Ultimate Eye Candy to implement chosen settings. I didn't go for the cubemap mods so I do not have insight into them. Prop Line Tool is out of date for the current Cities Skyline version and may not work with all content packs. Prop Anarchy 0.7.6 has the updated Prop Line Tool mod included in it as replacement though there is a current bug the devs are working on fixing from what I've seen. I felt it worth mentioning as it might be good to try one or the other and see what works for your game and remember to make fresh saves rather than overwriting. There are two other complimentary mods made by the same dev as Better Road Toolbar. These are Better HealthCare Toolbar and Better Education Toolbar which split up the UI better like how Better Road Toolbar does (no, you do not need the Ability to Read mod as it's a joke). BloodyPenguin's original Extra Landscaping Tools isn't updated for the current game version or for 81 Tiles 2. Extra Landscaping Tools [1.15.1-f4 FIX] is the more recent replacement of that mod. Also, BloodyPenguin's 81 tiles is also out of date and marked incompatible with the game. 81 Tiles 2 TESTING is the more recent replacement. The Loading Screen mod mentioned is also out of date but Loading Screen Mod Revisited 1.1 is the replacement. Surface Painter is having the same issues as Extra Lanscaping Tools and Surface Painter temporary fix is the replacement though there is a bug they are working on fixing. Hide it, Bobby! is currently broken and commenters on the mod page were recommending Hide it! Mod instead. Picker has a Picker beta mod if one or the other is unstable. I hope this is helpful for those who want to add these mods but don't want to fuss with finding replacements for out-of-date things and other versions. There is also Compatability Report v2.2.0 (Catalogue 6.15) to help with finding broken mods in the list or missing things if something goes out of date or require files aren't clearly listed. For those who are new to modding, remember to close out the game completely when adding or changing mods and create fresh saves rather than overwriting in case you need to revert or to help prevent bugs. ~Best!
Thank you very much for all these very useful informations! Especially for a new in modding. ;)
Is this on console
@@penisfisk6929 No just PC and Ty Sam K.
@@penisfisk6929 no it's only for PC
Now that's a comment! Bravo 10/10
Could have been worth mentioning that Harmony is required as a backbone for some of these mods to run from. On a clean CS install, just clicking your list above then going into game - it tells you to install Harmony.
You see it alot. Alot of ppl who have used mods or created mods tend to accidentally forget it's needed. It's just an accident. One thing you can do to prevent this is not to just click on the green plus in the steam workshop and go to each asset to verify.
Most mods on the Steam Workshop should tell you if Harmony is required/recommended. And Steam gives you the handy option to install all the required mods with a few extra clicks.
@@RobinOttens not if you only click on the green plus sign in the one click download areas. You actually need to click on the subscribe button to get notified of missing mods
Thank you! I added that to the mod list. Originally I had this as a 30 mod spectacular but realized it was going to be 2 hours long... lol. At the bottom of my notes - mention UI and Harmony are basically a requirement at this point.
excuse me, is what you call "Harmony" another game ? or is a DLC?
For those on lower end machines: use 25 tiles instead of 81 tiles. Game runs better in my experience. FPS Booster and Loading Screen Mod are musts. Don't use too many workshop assets (or any!) as they eat up RAM. Finally, watch your transit options. My simulation speed slows to a crawl if I have too many passengers waiting at a bus stop or terminal.
How would you define lower end? I’m running a ryzen 5 3600 CPU and 16gb ddr4 3600 cl14 RAM, currently on 25 tiles (only mod I use). Do you think my pc could handle 81?
@@Hahlen Great question! I'm running an 8gb m1 Mac mini, so it's pretty non-ideal. In your case you could probably handle it. If you're curious, I like 25 tiles because it simply opens up all possible tiles you could unlock in the vanilla game, but the game limits you to only 9 of the allocated 25. Because of this, you can remove the 25 tiles mod after unlocking them all and they'll continue to work just fine. 81 tiles actually has to add all the extra tiles in, above and beyond what the base game allocates as buildable land. Most people only report problems with tiles touching the edge of the map, so you may find it works well if you stop before that. In my case, I noticed slowdown a lot quicker when I started a city with the 81 tiles mod compared to with the 25 tiles mod. Sorry that I can't provide any more specific details!
@@charliecarrot it’s so weird to me that they made all the maps so big but gave no way to unlock more than 1/9th of them in the base game
@@Hahlen Getting more RAM will probably help you. If you use all DLCs, 16 GB is pretty tight on Windows and kinda OK on Linux, but even then it will struggle once you get to ~100-150k pop (which 81 tiles kinda tempts you to exceed). I don't think just unlocking the tiles uses much more RAM, but once you build on them, the game becomes really memory hungry. Didn't have any issues after getting 32 GB RAM (and the rest of my PC is way slower than yours).
25:36 The moment I learned that Chirpy goes into rage mode when you have Anarchy on. I watch a lot of content creators and so many times they'll leave Anarchy on. This is a pro tip for everyone.
Mine just disappears!
81 tiles is great for people like me who like to build several small towns and slowly expand each one of them over time. But also, it's overrides what I consider to be one of the worst systems in the game. I like the mechanic of buying more land, but tiles are the worst way of doing it. It always leads to a situation where one portion of the land that you need is just outside a tile, and you don't want to buy that tile next just so you can develop a tiny area, but it looks really awkward if you don't... Ugh. I always just open up the whole map.
Wow, I am a pretty advanced player with almost 2,000 hours in this game, using tons of mods, and I never knew about Move It's picker feature. Game changer. :D
I've been playing CS for years and have just about every mod you mentioned and I still learned new things! Thank you for doing this Phil, such a great idea and big help! Can't wait for the advanced mods video!
I have been a fan of 25 tile, realistic population revisited, industry rebalanced, first person, Rico revisited, fps booster, disable telemetry and TPME
Great mods! Some of those are on the list in the next one!
I don't recommend downloading the modlist you'll get in your game with a bunch of errors and can't even start a new game without it just showing a blank screen at the end of loading.
I've been using most of these mods for awhile and I still managed to learn something new.
I don't think I'm being hyperbolic when I think that I'm not sure I would want to play the game without TM:PE. Of course, we all enjoy things for different reasons, but I think that TM:PE is the most important mod to me and is fundamental to my enjoyment of C:S. I would happily manually place trees way before I'd lose my TM:PE.
Thanks again for a fantastic video, I did rethink many of my other mods.
TM:PE and asymmetric roads (or just lots of roads in general) are the most important things for me. Without those it’s almost impossible to have functional traffic in a city.
I am definitely a beginner. Even though I have owned the game since its release back in 2015.
I’ve been watching CS videos for a long time but I just bought the game & DLCs, downloaded the mods (because I felt pretty confident)… and immediately got confused by all the new UI lol. This is a great guide on these mods, can’t wait to see the next mods list.
Best content creator by far, who helps the community like you. Finding the best mods. But then also explains them?!!!!
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I use 8 of these, not bad. The ruining thru pollution (the purple/grey haze on the ground) I hide with a super old mod that still work today.
Also, would never ever play the game again without TMPE. It's just so darned useful, and the earlier new players get used to it, the earlier they'll get comfortable with it.
Move It, Picker, extra landscaping Fine Road / Anarchy and either 81 tiles or 25 tiles -- Totally agree.
Even tho it's old I also use Road extention 2 or w/e it's called. I have yet to jump on the Vanilla++ for extra roads myself as I am quite satisfied with the other one.
Great video !
For a newbie like who just bought the game just yesterday, Im completely overwhelmed. I think ill just dl the first 2 mods mentioned and fps booster. The others felt more advance than beginner to me 🤯.
This is such a great video! I recently bought a PC to be able to play with mods, console got too annoying with time. And I wanted to create such beautiful builds as you and some other TH-camrs out there.
My only issue though happened with my first use of the water tool. I accidentally flooded my entire map killing all citizens and destroying all buildings. I didn't save for a few hours so there was no going back, I just started over with a new, prettier and more thought out build.
Autosave is a great help. I have mine set for every 20 minutes.
@@angrodNumenesse That's the exact same frequency I've been using! Such a life saver!!
Yeah, guess I shall follow Biffa's example and have a quick sip of tea every now and then😉
you may want to change the, "You are here" marker, it stated we are watching the natural disasters video
Fine road tool/anarchy is called: Network Anarchy the author of this mod is Quboid
Great video! I have been playing cities skylines off and on for years but always find myself coming back to your channel to check out builds and tips on how to be a better city builder. This video is exactly what I have been looking for in terms of helping cut through all the clutter in regards to the best mods to use and how to use the effectively. Thank you again, Phil.
This is brilliant thank you so much. I have move it and wasn't completely sure how to use it.
TMPE should be no.1 because it has stuff that should of been in the base game.
Did you watch the video? This is beginner mods and advanced mods will be next.
How is TMPE any more advanced than Move It?
TMPE will be #1 on the advanced list. It's a great mod, but you can go down the rabbit hole and break your city quickly.
@mgunter @@CityPlannerPlays I can confirm that, TM:PE has often obstructed traffic and caused traffic jams instead of solving traffic jams and letting them flow better. But it just keeps getting better bit by bit, through trial and error 😆
And I'm somewhere between beginner and advanced (more towards beginner😄)
I have something similar with Node Controler/Node Controler renewal. Node Controler was somehow too complicated for me😄, then I switched to renewal, but that's just a bit easier to understand for me.
And yes, I used the *_ability to read_* the mod descriptions and also read the comments below them. 😉👌
@@CityPlannerPlays I'm always very careful with TMPE, usually just use it for roundabouts, highway exits, and tolls.
I'm a new player and found this incredibly helpful! Thank you!
Thank you so much for this video!!! I can't even tell you how much I just learned about the mods I have already, and never put them to FULL USE, because I didn't understand them completely.
So, I'm thinking of getting back into Cities: Skylines and wondered if there is an updated version of this list as of now? I quit playing because I had sooo many issues with mods that I couldn't make anything work...LOL!! Any help would be greatly appreciated.
You've come such a long way CPP I remember ear rape microphone days. I love you
To be honest, some of the mods you choose need a video by itself. The move it mod, TPME would be 2 I can think of where u can explain how to use all of its features.
Yumbltv has a lot of videos on different mods
Other people have done that, and both mods have good documentation
there many mod tutorials on youtube, some better some worse.... but even with bad tutorials you can still learn a bit ^^
@@Sparticulous Really glad u mentioned his name. I'm sry, but no one comes close to Yumble on how he explains What to, How to, and When/When not to do it. So helpful in a lot of areas for mods I was having difficulty with. Now I just need a video for him to explain how to use the terrain feature correctly and What not to do!
With move it, you can select a single type (trees, nodes etc) by double clciking on that option
Thank you so much man, this is one of the best videos u've made that helped my gameplay a great deal! So useful
Best content creator by far, who helps the community like you. Finding the best mods. But then also explains them?!!!!
Yes!!!!! I finally after 1 ½ years of not being able to play discovered that there is a button that says manage content on steam...lol I deleted all the files and started from scratch and now I can actually play again! Don't be like me and download over 1000 assets because you want all the pretty new things! Now I can play this game like a boss...although I do feel tempted to get insane with the assets again.
A little tip: You don't necessarily need more RAM, it's enough to enlarge the swap file.
I need eg 60GB with all assets/mods. 32GB Ram + 40GB Swap are enough
I'd add to that - if you have an SSD, preferably a fast M.2.
So do you play on a lap- or desktop? Is it possible on a laptop?
Didn’t know chirpy went nuts! That’s funny
Perfect timing I am going to bed so I now have something to watch
I also like "Quay Anarchy" and "Prop-Line Tool"
Tree Anarchy by Quistar also now include PLT, not sure if you have tried it,
31:00 LOOKING FOR THIS MOD FOR SO LONG
as a new player this is super overwhelming, am I alone? What ones are ABSOLUTELY nessecary? are any of them? I know you mention a few ...
None of these are actually ESSENTIAL mods. The title of the video is just typical TH-cam clickbait. Cities Skylines does not require any mods to be enjoyable and fun. These mods are nice to have, but certainly not essential.
A bit disappointing that TPME is not on the list. One of my top three favorite mods
Can’t wait to get the game and enjoy!!!.
Thank You City Planner Plays😌💙
Whenever it comes time to retire Verde Beach, I hope you do some videos (or streams) going through and optimizing the build. Maybe do a part 1 with the mods from this video, and a part 2 with the mods from the next Tutoria!
That's how I plan on ending it. It's going to be a ton of fun!
For me TMPE is the most useful mod which I would have before any in this list if I had to pick. Closely followed by node controller.
Great video nonetheless 👍
Thank you for this :) It always looks so much fun when you introduce your work.
Oooh I want those resource management tools. Moving my collectors every couple hours and industry areas every couple weeks has really be annoying me
That brown camper van that strolled across the screen
I think I should consider mods. I can make a gridlocked city very easily, and so often that I stopped playing the game. Now I also need to learn how to plan my city better, something I have no idea about that is sure. Anyway I am back to have another look. I would ask that you all wish me luck, but I think I need a lot more than luck.
It's a tragedy that something as useful as Prop Line Tool is not part of the Vanilla game
I can think of three additional essential mods:
TM:PE this really helps the traffic so you don't have all the traffic on a 5 lane highway backed up in one lane.
Touch-it: you can plop a ferry terminal down on a beach, touch-it, and change the road to a viaduct and put the ferry terminal on pilotis (stilts)
Roundabout builder: just pick an intersection, adjust the radius, click and you're done! I haven't seen it done but I bet you can make a cul-de-sac at the dead end of a street.
Did u watch end of the episode?
cul-de-sac are very simple. And there are different methods, some even simpler than others....
what you need for the different methods: move it, node controller, or also roundabout builder^^, small/narrow, large/wide road. And maybe one or two or three TH-cam tutorials^^
On your move it copy and paste..... Ctrl c and Ctrl v work faster for copy and paste.....yes it has hotkeys setup. Delete keys works too so you can mass delete
Pretty sure the ore and oil areas never had resources as you didn't want to deal with resources running out and so just imported them to the warehouses without any extractors at all
the really absolute best most important essential required mod is: *_Ability to Read_*
Half of these don't work anymore and WILL break your game.
The timing is perfect! Thank you :)
Thanx 4 the content, it made a average day better.
I watched a video about a mod changing trees in polluted areas to healthy ones. (Patreon).
Looks like Hide it, Bobby! is now game-breakingly broken. After placing a power line it produces an error that will cause a popup error on every subsequent network placement, even if it's just a road. Since it hasn't been updated since 2021, it seems pretty safe to say that it's not getting fixed anytime soon, either.
This is a very good tutorial, Thanks Man.
I have hundreds of hours in this game and didn't know about some of this.
Now, it's time for the best assets in cities skyline
Okw i have a city of 200k people but still helpful. Thank you!
Hi, there's a new update regarding the Loading Screen Mod, perhaps you might check it.
can we get some concentric flora in clearwater please? That looks awesome!
I have largely resisted mods other than camera and cinematic as they mostly look like cheats to me... You've finally convinced me to give moveit a try, but I'm still iffy on any kind of anarchy... 🙂 This is that rare episode that I'll rewatch, probably more than once, so that I can follow along. Anarchy aside, I'll be installing all of these.
Anarchy and move it let’s you make prettier roads and place buildings on the inside of curves. You don’t need to do silly things with either.
The base game should have these features, im guessing next city skylines will have most baked in. Not sure how the devs can watch these guys play and not want to include these mods as it makes cities way more realistic and pretty.
Don't get me wrong, 81 tiles is a great mod to use. However, it runs into some issues, therefore it is unfortunately unusable for me. Everytime I enable this mod and load into my save, it sinks my metro tunnels and underground stations. This is why I call the mod experimental, it is a great "made-up" concept but needs some serious fixing, and why I use the 25 tiles mod instead. If you are going to use the 81 tiles mod, I highly discourage metro tunnels in your city for that reason.
If you're going to use 81 tiles, you have to unlock all of the tiles at once to avoid the sinking issue. I should have mentioned that. If you unlock all at once - no sinking issue. Also, not a great mod to add to an existing city... but perfect if you do it early on.
As a side not 81 tiles in this video no longer works causes an issue where no roads can be placed anywhere due to being out of city limits, install 81 tiles 2 testing to fix this error.
I'm on about 20GB, problem is I only have 16 lol. Saving for some new RAM.
Also, FPS Booster is a must have, made mine run a lot smoother.
Increase your page file size
@@isawrooka4 How do you go about doing that? I have 8GB of Vram which it must be eating into, but VRAM aint as fast as normal ram :(
@@Sum41rthe1 If you're on Windows you can right click the This PC icon on the desktop, click properties, when that opens look for advanced system settings on the left hand side and click that. Once that window opens, click the settings option under performance, then click the advanced tab and you'll see the option to change virtual memory.
General rule of thumb seems to be 16gb RAM for every 1200-1400 custom assets. The more dlc you have will increase need for RAM as well.
@@angrodNumenesse i have all DLC and 3 CCP, 111 Mods and 2261 Assets. And it needs almost 30gb RAM. i got 16gb RAM + pagefile (size is managed automatically). My loading time is between 3 and 4 minutes.
So many options! So much anarchy!
Couldn't find 81 Tiles (by itself) in the workshop. There were a bunch but they were geographically specific by city.
amzing, tysm. it's too bad these features don't come with the base game
Top 3 Mods for me is Loading Screen, Harmony, Instant Return to Desktop... For those who have low ram pc's or laptops... Harmony because you need this mod so that other mods can work..
Instant Return is an amazing mod. It's in my go-to list... but it narrowly missed out on this one! I added harmony to the list because it is a dependency of so many mods.
how long does it take to load? i get stuck in loading screen.
Whoot!
What? I wasn't waiting for this, at all. Nope. Not even a little bit. :D
[thank you, Mr Planner :) I've been playing the game since launch but wanted to 100% my achieves and update to the new lappy before adding anything other than asset cc]. I am /really/ looking forward to using move it, OMG. My roads are awful.
There are mods that allow you to get achievements while playing with mods (yo dawg.) I use the Achieve it! mod.
@@angrodNumenesse Hehe, yah. I know that /now/ ;) :D
thank you so much you got a sub!
nice video. I have cities: skylines got for free in my epic account. OMG you can spend a lot of money for DLC. Do you think it would be enough for a beginner to use your 15 essential mods or do you reccomand to buy a DLC as beginner?
40:13 That pedestrian was attempting to flee a mugger. Good job, she’s dead now.
At the end of the video, every single plane in the sky had their lights blinking simultaneously 😂
I thought you were doing DLC order and Creator Packs first?
Thanks so much.
Any working mod that would take care of abandoned biuildings?
Amaizing!
ultimate eye candy doesn't seem to be on Steam's webpage anymore..
Need a 2023 One now, I came back to this, most mods are outdated.
I love your video but honestly, these mods are not essential for beginner C:S players. They are nice quality of life mods and I do use a few of the mods listed here. But essential? Hmmm... I would tell any new C:S player to spend the time to learn the game first before diving into mods. But I would say a good pared-down "essential" list would be: Move It, RICO, Harmony, Find It, 25 Tiles, Network Extension 2, Prefab Hook, Extra Landscaping Tools, & Customize It (my cheeky favorite). And any newbie that struggles with traffic should check out Captain Ahvious. He is a vanilla traffic genius.
Sundiata I would agree that at least some of these mods are not what I would consider essential or for beginners but this will be different for everyone I suppose. Not sure you are aware this video is part of a series of I think around 25 episodes so far which covers in detail building cities without mods to your point
Sundiata I would agree that at least some of these mods are not what I would consider essential or for beginners but this will be different for everyone I suppose. Not sure you are aware this video is part of a series of I think around 25 episodes so far which covers in detail building cities without mods to your point
Part 2?please 😅👌😍
Is there any mod that can instantly level up building or instantly change its visual appearance?
Almost all this stuff should be in the game from the developers!
Danke!
question what is the mod that oil and ore dont vanish with time
As a console user I am jealous!
I'm late, but would you recommend using 81 Tiles over the newer 81 Tiles 2 mod, or is it merely a preference thing?
changing the cubemap makes a difference only in the sky? or the settings will reflect on the whole visuals?
I'm sad that I don't have the game on Steam. It seems impossible to get mods.
I am unfortunately having big troubles. I am on a Mac and as I installed the modes, none of the cities would load. And I have no idea which modes should I uninstall… so back to vanilla I guess
nothing to do with tilt-shift, it's like changing the focal length
I need a keyboard map of all the functions. Where can I get that so I can find the key presses for everything, all mods and basic functions?
As of today a lot of the mods are blacklisted from steam on a google doc I hope this is fixed/changed or revised
This game just made me upgrade my RAM to 32 GB from 16 GB of RAM because I have and want too many mods. I am having so many issues with loading times.
Can’t get the 81 tile mod to work, just getting into city skylines, anyone else having an issue with this?
It seems to be game-breaking-broken now
Hi! Sorry, but what is this modification that is located to the right of extra landscaping tools? it is gray in color 🙂
Hi there. Shopping for PC's rn and first thing I'm gonna do is get City: Skylines. Can anyone recommend suggestions, I want my game to look as smooth as possible w graphics and specs up all the way. Not gonna stream, and not rly planning on getting any big games (have my Playstation fr that). Thank u fellow city skyliners!
If you plan on having lots of custom assets (buildings,roads etc) I highly recommend going for at least 32GB of ram.