TOP 5 Tips to make your city look more BEAUTIFUL and REALISTIC | No mods tutorial | Cities: Skylines
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- In this Cities: Skylines video I show you 5 simple tips and tricks to make your city look more beautiful & realistic. You need NO MODS for that, so the video is console friendly ( PS4 & X Box )
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downtown , airport , highrise , mansions
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I've been watching Cities Skylines videos for a few years now. I've come to appreciate non-modded builds more than modded stuff.
Agree, if you can do it with no mods, then you are having to be extra clever.
Good example of this is Palaven series by Overcharged Egg. Absolutely stunning city so far without any mods. If you haven't seen it I highly recommend you to watch it!!
Couldn't agree more!
@@Igor-xl4wz i also like it because it’s better since you don’t have to download so many mods when you are satisfied with what you have no mods I also like it because I like it on Xbox more
Yeah bc on Xbox you can’t get mods so I love non modded stuff
1. Make your on ramps and off ramps connect smoothly to your highways. Nothing looks worse than awkward ramps that connect with sharp elbows instead of smooth curves. Don't run your ramps parallel to your highway before connecting them if you can avoid it. When you do that you have to connect with an elbow that curves the wrong way. Instead, connect the ramp at as acute (gradual) an angle as the game will allow and add an extra lane to the highway for merging. This is the way real ramps connect to real highways. Learn how to make smooth curves that connect to other curves using the same tangents. It takes practice, don't give up!
2. Pay attention to the heights of your roads. Make slopes very gentle and gradual and leave just enough space to clear the road below. If your roads don't look right, the rest of your city won't look right either. Don't build long, unrealistic stretches of elevated roads. Instead, consider making stretches of sunken highway with landscaped slopes on the sides. In real life sunken highways minimize noise and are frequently used in downtown areas.
3. Don't over-do the trees. Grass, bushes and flowers are beautiful too. It's not realistic to hide the entire ground with trees. In real life trees are expensive to plant so you never see dense thickets of them in landscaped areas. Add rocks for variety too.
4. Use a variety of trees: palms, cypresses, conifers, deciduous. Use a variety of sizes too. Use blossoming trees as well.
5. Don't over-do quays. Don't over-do concrete and asphalt in general. Landscaped slopes and beaches are much nicer than quays. Use quays only in industrial waterfronts and as retaining walls in industrial areas. Consider using more decorative retaining walls instead. Consider using decorative pavements on your pedestrian and bike paths to minimize the amount of concrete and asphalt in your city.
6. Put in more parking lots than you think you need. Real cities have lots of parking lots, and it fills in the spaces between your skyscrapers realistically. Decorate the borders and islands in your parking lots with trees, flowers, bushes and grass. The game considers parking lots to be parks so they increase land values just like parks.
7. Reserve as much space as you can along your waterfront for parks and open space. Don't build a road (or even worse, a railroad) right along a waterfront. That blocks off pedestrian access to the water and prevents the waterfront from being used to best advantage. It's a psychological barrier as well. Nobody likes crossing a busy highway or railroad even if paths are provided. Minimize industrial areas near the water. Keep most of your industrial area near your major highways and railroads instead. Waterfront industrial areas should just have the docks and fishing industry that have to go there. The rest of your waterfront should be reserved for more high value and decorative uses like parks, public beaches, mansions, condos, hotels, golf courses, amusement parks, aquariums, marinas for yachts and sailboats and the like. Now that the game provides an alternative, don't pollute the water. Real cities in first world countries don't do that.
I agree with you
I live near the Mississippi River. A lot of cities have single track or double track railroads that run down the river front as well as a floodwall (Quay) The difference is how they landscape along the river front. A great example of this is Davenport, Iowa near John O'Donnell stadium. They have a green space along the river with a active freightline running through it. They put parking lots and footpaths along side the tracks and tastefully applied trees to buffer train and road noise from nearby State Street.
I live in a tropical city. Trees and bushes are not being planted. They are just everywhere. It’s common to see developments while big trees are still intact.
it depends where. finding parking spots dowtown in europe is impossible.
in the netherlands you don't even have to try just use a park and ride and take opublic transport
lots and lots of parking lots
I think the most important tip is don't be afraid. Don't be afraid to make organic shapes, don't be afraid to delete some buildings, don't be afraid to sacrifice some room for aesthetics.....
I'm more of practical person, though.
Guardrails? Use the sound-barried highway.
i always afraid to delete building
Yep, kadang masih sungkan. Mending dari awal udah direncanain dulu biar nggak nyesal belakangan.
Untung nggak ada fitur demonstrasi di Cities Skylines.....
EN: better to plan it out first, or else you'll regret it in the future. Good thing there aren't any unrest mechanic in the game.
Alvin Benrick What?
@@dylanwagemans7718
I know that's sounds totalitarian, but for the sake of many, we sometimes must sacrifice few of them. Sometimes i even delete some residential blocks to put on a mall or an office zone and enlarge the road.
But to mitigate that, plan out the layout first.
Good planning -> Good City -> Happy Citizens
I always spend a long time trying to get my roads to look realistic.
Spending more time on something almost always means it's going to look better
Random Anime Girl ....unless you overthink it and it turns out looking like a mess
keluj exactly, happened to me recently lol
Thanks! Now I can make my dream city more realistic and beautiful! :D
Me too
Никита nah m8 I’m nice :)) I use apocalypse zr380
@@Raphael_Valettine mate no! NO NO NOT THAT THING AGAIN!!!!!! *REMOVE THAT THING*
Where did you go imperatur? We miss you
Yes come back!
I think it's 1 month 1x upload?
@@ahmadd1277 no he usually uploads every 2-3 days but for some reason hasn't uploaded since May
I don’t know that’s what I was wondering
@@lucasbarton1773 why
Show me the real city.
Los angeles.
I said the real city.
Pro builds his dream city
Perfection.
lol
Using different road to make pedestrian crossing, especially at the bus stop or near transport hub.
For example you have a bus stop in 2 lane road with parking, upgrade the bus stop node on that road with 2 lane road with grass. Then we'll have a zebra cross.
that's a good one i do that too
I give my downtown area no value and rush it. Leaving spaces between high rises does sound wonderful. I will try all these tips! Thanks Imperatur!
"All you had to do was follow the damn terrain CJ!"
Where are you Imperatur??
I start to worry🥺🥺
Hat mir sehr geholfen, vor allem die ersten beiden Tips! Weiter so!
What I have learned from my first 500 hrs in cities skylines:
look to other creators and the real world for inspiration,
use more props than buildings in relation to the placed buildings(I think that always works),
mix the building levels when popping,
and use at least five to ten mods if you want to play modded C:S
oh i have 24 mods
@@amogWaton got about 30, the recent (famous) mods helped decrease the number from 45 - 50 before
Tip for better cities: Use the steam workshop!
That true
As a ps4 player o can say
*no*
@@zakpizza999 Lmao
This helped me out a lot thx.
Spaces between highrises is something that really depends on the style of city you're trying to go for. For example, a classic American "concrete jungle" is going to be super-compact with lots of tall buildings packed in a relatively close space. Meanwhile, a supermodern middle-eastern designer city would actually be near impossible with conventional zoning and would require Plopable RICO and Plop the Growables.
The damn flute destroyed my ears XD
Listen to a song called aulos then
Its funny
Adding to the historic option, set some high density buildings be the first level height on the outer edges of downtown. This will create a stair effect where the closer to the city centre the taller the buildings. It is great that you show tips without mods. I don't use mods very often and the tips are accessible to many
Thanks Imperatur. These are great tips. The terrain info view is also good for making realistic canal and rail routes.
I just love your content. Can't wait for next video! Where did you get all that experience with building and everything looking so great? :D
really love the tips, I did some changes to my city and it looks beautiful. and still not the full extend that you used to do.
I always mix match the zones in neighborhoods back in SimCity 4 days. A lot of people make just commercial zones or residential only, I'm always putting a corner store here and there xD
Good video 👍
Sehr hilfreiche Tipps😄 Danke für dieses tolle Video👍🏼
Entertaining as always 👍🏻
I use all the tips you suggested in this one and it has really helped
Thank you for your Cloverleaf interchange idea I actually made it on the PS4
Thx ! Will try that
I’ve always struggled with road layouts can you do a tutorial on that?
I believe he already did one or two, search his channel
C Sch I’m not sure I’m subbed since 18k I can’t remember any video about road layout but I’ll search the channel
@@AnteGamisouRe I've been looking it up myself to double check on the issue
One or two are in the first playlist, and you can learn much from his noob vs xyz series
Just by watching builds i learnt alot on road layouts and decorating. You just need to observe.
What i learnt:
1) Big roads, main roads, minimize cross junctions / intersections. Brach out and have all your junctions and smaller squares there. If you make grid city, make sure you have one main road that can go through one end to the other with as few intersections as possible.
2) Highways, elecvated bypass. Industry area to direct outside connection is a must.
3) Don't be afraid to do major rework when you try to place down highways, transport hub/stations. DELETE and clear a path. It is okay.
4) Google map/Earth.
Also in this video, follow the terrain on the edge. You can toggle it on the panel, no need mod.
Thanks a lot, great tips!
Im new to this game, and I never knew you could add trees and bushes!
All so good tips !!
Roads: think artery > vein > capillary. For a cool downtown area, build mixed-use and -architectural buildings by using plop the growables and literally placing buildings inside each other. Having a thin skyscraper emerging from the top of a broad mid-level commercial building with nicely contrasting architecture is AMAZING to look at, really makes for an interesting looking building. Decorate as you build a small section so it doesn’t seem so daunting. It also gives you a way to work out how you want to decorate an entire zone with less consequence if you decide to change it up.
Yo Imperatur! It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a new upload. To be honest, I’ve just been watching Biffa and other Cities Skyline players. I am anxious for the new uploads!
Wow I didn't know the Historical one! Now I know what they use for and how to use lol! Thanks bro! 😎😉
-Paul
very usefull great video! :)
Very nice video! Do you have tips for the steam workshop, assets and mods?
one of my biggest tips, i wish i used when i started out..dont build to be effecient, its okay to make room for some prettyness, insted of just building square to max out how many people that can be inside it... Be more patient, things will come in time, no need to rush builds! Its OKAY to destroy or move buildings! that must be my top 3, but i can come up with MANY MORE if u need xD
I make sandbox cities but never get anywhere
I'm trying to do resting places on highways
So skill, much wow! Its actually amazing what you do with no mods, I will try my next city with no mod for sure.
Danke! Von der Effektivität klappt's bei mir schon ganz gut, aber Effektivität ist eben nicht gleich Schönheit xD
Sowelche Videos kann ich also immer gebrauchen👍
Und weil du dich da am besten mit auskennst: Ich hab bei einem anderen TH-camr Mal gesehen, dass er ein Tool hatte, womit man Flächen auf der Map mit Beton und Rohstoffen ausfüllen kann. Braucht man dafür Mods oder hab ich da was übersehen?
Thanks for five tips 😀
13 Reasons Why (Pun Intended) He left TH-cam!
Reason 1: He dead (Not Likely)
Reason 2: Vacation or Break (Very Highly Likely)
Reason 3: He got hacked (Not even on the likely table)
Reason 4: He lost his email and youtube (Maybe)
Reason 5: Too much on his plate (Very Likely)
Reason 6: Making a LONG video (Just No)
Reason 7: Personal Lost (Family Member or PC) (Likely)
Reason 8: He is in Prison (Just "Oh Hell No")
Reason 9: Kidnapped (OK)
Reason 10: Medical Issue (Covid-19, Ebola, Aids) (Very Likely)
Reason 11: He bored (probably not)
Reason 12: He is working on a different channel (Maybe)
Reason 13: FBI webcam guy broke his door down and is now beating him to death (Probably the Realistic Reason and the Most Likely Reason why)
But the thing is that all of the practical reasons you listed would allow him to come on here and make a statement that he will either be leaving or taking a break. It’s weird that he just disappeared without making any statement that he was leaving like most youtubers do when they leave or take a break.
@@jonahkhersonsky5948 Danny 2462 disappeared off of TH-cam for about 2 years, I think it was for health issues. I'm just saying it could be anything.
Possible
Jonah Khersonsky he’s still posting on his Instagram so he’s not dead, I think he’s gone on holiday or some sort of break
14: found a new love interest 😘💞
3:17 I feel you
I VERY LOVE YOUR VIDEO!!
Early! I wish your channel a successful beginning ❤️
Thanks!
Imperatur, I think your tips are very useful. I always use them to make my city more beautiful. Unfortunately, I already know these tips, but it's cool that you're making these types of videos. Also, I can exactly say that everyone should use your tips. Thank you very much for your diligence!!! Keep it up!
P.S. The tip with trees is my favorite. You can easily hide ugly cliffs. Guys, take note!
Can you do a how to build perfect cargo port with mods? That’d be great love ur channel :)
I agree with some - like don't be afraid :-)
Let me put it in positive terms:
- Use the BULLDOZER
- IMPERFECTIONS are normal - keep them
- Have some VAGUE objectives for yourself
- be CREATIVE in tackiling problems
- Have FUN
This may seem like meaningless tips, if there is "no right nor wrong" they make sense.
When making a u turn for a dead end road. Do a one unit avenue then place the industries avenue from that and upgrade it to the road u want
Big thanks 👍👍👍☺️
Sweet! Can you make one on how to make a downtown better?
I’m here since you have 25K Subs and I love your videos
WOW! This is video what I was wanting for. Nice job!
I have only one small tip. A little time before we move from housing estate to suburb and I found out colector roads are usualy with trees and local roads without them. It is not a tip for a beautiful city, but it is especialy for people who wants a realistic looking. But Idk how is it in other countries and cities....but I think at least in central europe it should be similar.
I am so, so excited for this video (even I dont play cities skylines....:D)! Thx bro!
Those collector roads you are talking about are boulevards and they usually (read: always) have trees. However, not all collector roads are/have to be boulevards. :)
@@catsandgames9871 Ok, Idk where do you live, I just wrote what I see here.
@@user-ib9pz6id5b I understand that, but I wanted to tell you that it is not a strict rule.
@@catsandgames9871 Ok
LD commercial is a good way to step down to houses from high rises.
for road layouts, think about how/when your city was made, was it a perfect grid or naturally formed.
Have plenty of open spaces for parks and other things, don’t make every little thing zoned.
When is your next video coming out???? It has been so long!!
Brick Craft me: cries in Bill Wurtz
Turning off the snap to options on road and fence toolbar helps roads merge more realistically and allows fences to be placed with a lot more accuracy.
this is crazy building😃👍🏻
I use your techniques. Cluster trees and vegetations. Put planters and hedges. Before that I just paint the area with trees.
I'm on console and It says space occupied when I place bushes and trees on top of each other. Do I need parklife to make hedges and so on
Hey imeratur I was wondering what dlcs you have as well as which dlc should I get since I have none atm
inspirational !
Do you have any extra tips for console and free2play players?
4:00 the one annoying thing with that is that if your buildings get abandoned you have to remove the build by yourself
One tip that i use to make realistic aesthetic buildings is i put high rise ban on the entire city then in the downtown area turn it off, and some some high density, trust me it works really nice.
First Fluxtrance, then Strictoaster and now Imperatur!?! What is going on?
It’s been a month let him have a break
I used to play like growing as fast as possible. Now I focus on one district at a time. I’ve been on the same city since January and I only have 98k residents but by taking my time, I have a city that makes profit and looks realistic and nice:). Another trick is to explore google maps for ideas or watch youtubers like Biffa
The video is amaizing nice thnx
I'm only new to the game and in the process of creating my first city, but I like to use lots of curves and T junctions. I think I have 1, maybe 2 cross roads and only two roundabouts. I use four lane avenues with trees as the main arterial roads, small 4 lane roads as secondary roads and the dual lane two way roads for suburbs (with trees and footpaths of course!).
The curves create natural gaps between the buildings which I fill with parks if they're big enough, if not, just trees. Apart from one fly over, everything else goes underground to keep it looking neat. You can see how the city has changed as I've learnt to use more of the functions and mods for the game. Still a long learning curve though! See what I did there lol
Not using the infinite money cheat and I have traffic despawning turned off too. Traffics sits around 80% and dips to about 70% as more people move in after I create a new suburb before returning to ~80%.
Before watch :noob
After watch. :Pro
Me : watch and watch
*noob
Thx
May i ask you a question?
I have a problem with the train, monorail and overground metro ( or metro) road layout. How to make the rails look realistic or at least look better?
Btw thanks for the tips and tricks, even though i had to play this game with very low graphic 😥
You don't specify what the problem is that you're having with your train layout. But in general trains can't turn as sharply or climb or descend slopes nearly as steep as a car or truck. Keep everything very gentle with your train tracks. Make them follow the land contours so that they can stay as level as possible. Avoid unrealistically long tunnels or elevated sections. They're very expensive in real life so they keep them as short as possible. When bridging a river, don't let the game put a pylon in the middle of the river. Real engineers never design a bridge that way because the middle of the river is deepest and has the swiftest flowing water. Two pylons, one near each shore, are much more realistic.
@@dlwatib whoa. Thanks for the help dude! Btw it makes me ask for two questions.
1. Where should i place the train tracks? (Example : Like at the middle of the city or the city outskirts)
2. It looks like you're good at these. Are u a city planner?
Btw thanks again
@@ManusiaBertopeng1 when your building a train line in the middle of a urban area it's best to have it sunken to lower noise pollution and in unhabitted places to have it at ground level looks more neat
@@deezychesse thanks for the info dude. And thanks everyone!
Thx :)
Bro u very good with the detailing
Please, tips for Public Transportation and advantage/disadvantage on all of them!
Fantastic
Me when I said the space your highrises:but but I like keeping my highrises dense
Edit:changed horses to highrises
thebloxxer of world just edit it
I loved the hedge one so much! it looked like it had a giant back yard!!
Why can't I place the bushes next to or touching each other. Do I need park like dlc
My advice to decorate your city:
If you have this rare luck of free space in your city, it's nice to invest it in increasing land value and putting some services buildings there. I'd really encourage to build a couple of parks in sepratation from eachother, and then connect them with tracks, so pedestrians will be able to use them. Then, you don't have to leave it like this - I know, that it won't contribute anyhow to anything, but add some trees, build your own playground with parts given; make it your own, large park. As I said, it won't increase land value, but it's really nice to see this every time you randomly go through the city and see the art you've done yourself.
Another tip: when you build querries, its icon is a sandy beach with track and palmas around it. It's increadably satisfying to build something like this.
Hey, why are you so inactive, r u fine?
Please make a video on the DLCs ranked
eyyy nice vid
Hey @imperatur, everything okay? You’ve been gone awhile and we miss you. Hope all is well in your life.
Thanks bro for Tips and tricks! They're all helpful bro😎👌🏻💯 keep it up dude! You're one of my idols in cities skylines😎💪🏻
-Paul
What are most the important components in a pc for cities skylines? I want to build a powerful pc for cities skylines.
InfiniBlox i don’t have an unlimited budget i would say 800€ for the pc itself maybe a bit more, so what should i invest in the most
for using mods, I think RAM is the most u need, and maybe a gpu and maybe a cpu. its all about balance
Cpu and ram, gpu is the “least” important part
Btw if u want realistic commercial building to stay u can rename them to store/restaurants irl and put them in historical buildings
Fences eats lot of nodes. Net node limit is 32768.
Thats also most likely a summarise of what u learned in ure vanilla dream city :)
Nice
Imperatur, Imperatur! We need one of your City Skylines lecture! Seriously, we need more tips to help us improve our cities! I can’t wait any longer. Maybe you ain’t uploading cuz you making a big project. Whatever it is, I need an upload now! Biffa’s city is all I’ve been watching. Most of the times, I watch the same video on your channel over and over again.
In my opinion, less interchanges and a more walkable city make it so prettier
Where do you find your music? Some serious bangers in here
This is beauty hahah
Leaving gaps... Such a simple idea and yet I never thought of it that way...
On top of that it allows you to build on larger areas without reaching the game's limit too soon
Can I use the terrain height info map while building roads on PS4??
Hey when is your next upload.
Начал смотреть твои видео и понял, что играю хуже чем нуб :) Сейчас начинаю развиваться в игре. Спасибо тебе большое.
I started watching your videos and realized that I was playing worse than a noob :) Now I’m starting to develop in the game. Thank you very much.
Imperatur, what visual mod do you use, if you use any?
Ooh yeh I’m onna dew that
Great music.
Guys whats more important having a messy city but earning big cash or having a clean city but making no cash?
at first build a city that gets you lots of money, then use al of the money to make the city look nice and functional
Having a nice city doesn't mean city with no money.
Why did you not upload for 2 weeks? Life?
BoxerBox its weird he didn’t make a statement that he was taking a break though. Every single youtuber I’ve heard of that has taken some sort of break has made a statement to their fans that they will be taking a break. It’s kinda weird that he just disappeared.
I tried to decorate my highway whit fences and trees, but it's an elevated highway lmao.
Should I keep it?
Edit: some grammatical errors :D
if you're playing modded, add some parking spaces (or even shopfronts) there
if not, use pathways and trees to make parks under the highway
@@ChemySh thank you for the tip :)
@@-guest89- you're welcome, Mr Mayor