I like using the Advanced Wind Turbines (situated at the reservoir with the Green Plains map)😊. I'm shopping for a new laptop, could you please mention what pc you're using to run your city?
Do you exclusively build advanced wind turbines? You would need 32 to make the same amount of electricity as a nuclear power plant! Right now I am using a Ryzen 5900X, GTX 1070, 32gb of ram, and an NVME SSD. It's a little bit overkill for what I need but I have absolutely no issues playing, recording, and editing videos.
@@jester.Gaming Thanks for sharing! Yes I exclusively use the AWTs because I discovered that, with my electricity budget at 100%, its just easy for me to plop a few of them and be in the green whenever I begin to have low coverage. In another build I also have a dam after the river confluence and just before the bridge, there's an area with high water flow.
wow electricity grid automatically connects if buildings are close? and i was building power poles on every street? hahaha and i was wondering why i don't generate any money? ty man
I was making an absolute mess with the powerlines because i didn't know how they worked, this helped me out very much and now I can make simple power lines
Thanks FGI, I appreciate the support! I have a saved game from each and every episode ... just in case I need to go back for some reason. I think this is one of the few times it was needed! Eventually I'm planning on making a time-lapse of building the entire city.
I have a problem in my little town that even though I have enough electricity and my power lines are connected it’s still saying the buildings need electricity, I have no idea what to do.
Hi JAYMO! There are a couple things I can think of ... It could be that not all sections of your city are properly connected. For example if you have an industrial area off to the side it might not be close enough to connect to the buildings of the main city. You may have to connect different areas of your city with powerlines. I have this every once and a while when I am expanding a city. Are you using solar power? If you are and also using the day-night cycle your power production will be reduced at night. How is the traffic in your city? If you're using coal or oil power plants they may not be getting deliveries of resources. You can check their reserves in the building info view. If this is the problem you can improve your traffic flow, increase outside connections (add rail or boat), or add a local industry to provide the needed raw resources. I hope this helps!
You can use warehouse for delivering oil and ore goods so they can deliver to coal power plant and oil power plant although some will deliver to commercial and industry.
Just now found out you’re back! I was afraid you abandoned the channel. So glad to see new videos. TH-cam just recommended me one of the older ones for some reason.
I'm using two nuclear power plants at the moment and I'm not sure a hydro dam would be suited for the map that I am using for Lakewood. It's something I've always wanted to try but have heard horror stories about it. Almost 1000 hours and I've never used a dam before!
Hey octoslut! The water physics in the game are extremely difficult to manage. It's just much easier to avoid it. I'd like to try it one day but I need to find a good map for it!
I think I’ll get by with proximity electrical transfer… or whatever but I still won’t know completely how to hook up electrical wires to the power plant and drag it along to farther places. P.S. I figured it out.
That is correct gigabyte9584! Your power will transfer between buildings that are close and the power lines are needed for long distance between buildings.
@@fillimoncheg fuel is shipped to the coal power plant by truck. If you don't have an ore industry in your city it would be imported from elsewhere. If your traffic isn't very good these trucks may be stuck somewhere else. Otherwise it might just take a couple minutes for delivery
It definitely takes a little while to get used to ... I went through many cities when I first started. Don't feel bad about starting a new city, keep learning as you go and apply your knowledge! You could also make multiple saves of the same city and go back to an old one if things aren't working out. This is usually what I do when I am planning an episode out - I have a save for each episode and can easily go back to a previous save if things aren't working out. You can also start with unlimited money until you get a feel for how the mechanics work but I would keep unlocks as they are. Welcome to Cities: Skylines!
I did this but the residents keep complaining of power shortage???? The water pump seems to be getting power but not the residents and I can’t start my city bc of it! There’s a blue thing surrounding all of the residential zone and I have a power line surrounding it AND ITS CONNECTED TO TO POWER I CHECKED! I’m going insane some help pls??? I just bought the game😭
Hey psilysdm, is your power source connected to the residential buildings? If the blue area surrounding the power source (windmills or coal powert plant at the start I believe) is not connected to the blue area around the residential zone you will have to run a power line between them to connect everything
I’m new to skylines, but I do know some basics, what I don’t get tho is how to fuel the coal power plant back up? I surrounded it with yellow buildings, I gave it a massive road straight to the highway to get them out quicker. But still in some random but big patches, the power goes out? Because of the too little power. Even been surrounding the place with windmills and water wind mills
Hey bfsupportclasswontgiveyoua5622, your power buildings will resupply automatically assuming you have an outside connection (all will have a highway connection at the start by default). You can click on the building and check out how much material it has in stores for consumption. If you have bad traffic these resupply vehicles may be stuck and taking longer to deliver. The windmills and advanced wind turbines will produce variable power levels depending on where they are placed (need areas of high wind). If not optimally placed their production levels will be limited. How are your power levels for the city? If you go to the power info view are you producing more than consuming? You may need to either increase budget or build additional power plants. Also, make sure everything is connected with either power lines or blue electrical area - maybe only a portion of your power producers are connected to the grid. Power level will also fluctuate depending on usage...day/night, cold weather, etc. I hope this helps!
@@jester.Gaming I made a new one a couple days ago and mainly use wind turbines and have 1 coal power plant. It’s doing good so far but I’m also on the PlayStation version and I’m not sure how different it is to the PC version
FGI is correct, I had the video uploaded some time ago and added a comment so that it would already be posted once the video went live. TH-cam analytics tells me that the best time to upload is very very early morning most days so I'm not usually awake to post comments on live videos when they go up!
They're not hard. They're either easy or impossible depending on the terrain. Shore needs to be quite high as far you can see into the distance on the map.
What kind of power plant do you usually use to produce electricity in your city?
We go full tilt, Nuclear!
I like it Aaron, no messing around! :)
I like using the Advanced Wind Turbines (situated at the reservoir with the Green Plains map)😊. I'm shopping for a new laptop, could you please mention what pc you're using to run your city?
Do you exclusively build advanced wind turbines? You would need 32 to make the same amount of electricity as a nuclear power plant!
Right now I am using a Ryzen 5900X, GTX 1070, 32gb of ram, and an NVME SSD. It's a little bit overkill for what I need but I have absolutely no issues playing, recording, and editing videos.
@@jester.Gaming Thanks for sharing! Yes I exclusively use the AWTs because I discovered that, with my electricity budget at 100%, its just easy for me to plop a few of them and be in the green whenever I begin to have low coverage. In another build I also have a dam after the river confluence and just before the bridge, there's an area with high water flow.
wow electricity grid automatically connects if buildings are close? and i was building power poles on every street? hahaha and i was wondering why i don't generate any money? ty man
It probably looked pretty cool at least! It looks like the electricity mechanic is changing in CS2 ... I will have an updated video at some point :)
I was making an absolute mess with the powerlines because i didn't know how they worked, this helped me out very much and now I can make simple power lines
Glad it helped Ally.-!
what a nostalgia that you've brought up your Episode 1 saved map. 2 years and still going! i hope algorithm will catch you up!
Thanks FGI, I appreciate the support! I have a saved game from each and every episode ... just in case I need to go back for some reason. I think this is one of the few times it was needed! Eventually I'm planning on making a time-lapse of building the entire city.
I have a problem in my little town that even though I have enough electricity and my power lines are connected it’s still saying the buildings need electricity, I have no idea what to do.
Hi JAYMO! There are a couple things I can think of ...
It could be that not all sections of your city are properly connected. For example if you have an industrial area off to the side it might not be close enough to connect to the buildings of the main city. You may have to connect different areas of your city with powerlines. I have this every once and a while when I am expanding a city.
Are you using solar power? If you are and also using the day-night cycle your power production will be reduced at night.
How is the traffic in your city? If you're using coal or oil power plants they may not be getting deliveries of resources. You can check their reserves in the building info view. If this is the problem you can improve your traffic flow, increase outside connections (add rail or boat), or add a local industry to provide the needed raw resources.
I hope this helps!
No really thank you, this was explained really well and helped my city thrive! :D
Awesome medsely8465! :)
You can use warehouse for delivering oil and ore goods so they can deliver to coal power plant and oil power plant although some will deliver to commercial and industry.
Great advice, thanks Strogg GDF!
Just now found out you’re back! I was afraid you abandoned the channel. So glad to see new videos. TH-cam just recommended me one of the older ones for some reason.
I'm glad you found your way back Camila ! and thanks for checking out another video! Definitely not abandoned but more in the background :)
Now I'm curious, will you build the green alternatives available to you? Hydro dams are gonna be fun to look at.
I'm using two nuclear power plants at the moment and I'm not sure a hydro dam would be suited for the map that I am using for Lakewood. It's something I've always wanted to try but have heard horror stories about it. Almost 1000 hours and I've never used a dam before!
@@jester.Gaming curious why hydro is not recommended, other city skyline youtubers also recommend staying away from hydro.
Hey octoslut! The water physics in the game are extremely difficult to manage. It's just much easier to avoid it. I'd like to try it one day but I need to find a good map for it!
I think I’ll get by with proximity electrical transfer… or whatever but I still won’t know completely how to hook up electrical wires to the power plant and drag it along to farther places. P.S. I figured it out.
Good to hear Khamsin! I try and get by with proximity transfer as much as possible but eventually I always end up with some wires :)
but I still won’t know completely how to hook up electrical wires to the power plant
i can't figure this out, can you explain?
So, in order to use powerlines, I need to have at least one power source like a coal power plant?
That is correct gigabyte9584! Your power will transfer between buildings that are close and the power lines are needed for long distance between buildings.
Perfectly layedout video explaining everthing on the mechanic, Thank you
You're welcome richard, thanks for checking out the video!
Hey,i have a problem,where coal power plant says that it has not enough fuel.What can i do to fuel it?
@@fillimoncheg fuel is shipped to the coal power plant by truck. If you don't have an ore industry in your city it would be imported from elsewhere. If your traffic isn't very good these trucks may be stuck somewhere else. Otherwise it might just take a couple minutes for delivery
@@jester.Gaming great, thanks!
@@fillimoncheg no problem! Welcome to Cities: Skylines!
The game is soooo hard! I been trying to figure it out for the past week and this game is not complex its very hard
It definitely takes a little while to get used to ... I went through many cities when I first started. Don't feel bad about starting a new city, keep learning as you go and apply your knowledge! You could also make multiple saves of the same city and go back to an old one if things aren't working out. This is usually what I do when I am planning an episode out - I have a save for each episode and can easily go back to a previous save if things aren't working out. You can also start with unlimited money until you get a feel for how the mechanics work but I would keep unlocks as they are. Welcome to Cities: Skylines!
I did this but the residents keep complaining of power shortage???? The water pump seems to be getting power but not the residents and I can’t start my city bc of it! There’s a blue thing surrounding all of the residential zone and I have a power line surrounding it AND ITS CONNECTED TO TO POWER I CHECKED! I’m going insane some help pls??? I just bought the game😭
Hey psilysdm, is your power source connected to the residential buildings? If the blue area surrounding the power source (windmills or coal powert plant at the start I believe) is not connected to the blue area around the residential zone you will have to run a power line between them to connect everything
@@jester.Gaming OHHHH
@@jester.Gaming THANK YOU SO SO SO SO SO MUCH
@@psilysdm no problem, glad to help!
I’m new to skylines, but I do know some basics, what I don’t get tho is how to fuel the coal power plant back up? I surrounded it with yellow buildings, I gave it a massive road straight to the highway to get them out quicker. But still in some random but big patches, the power goes out? Because of the too little power. Even been surrounding the place with windmills and water wind mills
Hey bfsupportclasswontgiveyoua5622, your power buildings will resupply automatically assuming you have an outside connection (all will have a highway connection at the start by default). You can click on the building and check out how much material it has in stores for consumption. If you have bad traffic these resupply vehicles may be stuck and taking longer to deliver.
The windmills and advanced wind turbines will produce variable power levels depending on where they are placed (need areas of high wind). If not optimally placed their production levels will be limited.
How are your power levels for the city? If you go to the power info view are you producing more than consuming? You may need to either increase budget or build additional power plants. Also, make sure everything is connected with either power lines or blue electrical area - maybe only a portion of your power producers are connected to the grid. Power level will also fluctuate depending on usage...day/night, cold weather, etc.
I hope this helps!
@@jester.Gaming I made a new one a couple days ago and mainly use wind turbines and have 1 coal power plant. It’s doing good so far but I’m also on the PlayStation version and I’m not sure how different it is to the PC version
Tysm for thisss
No problem @jakeplayz4148!
How did you comment 6 days ago when it's just been uploaded?
this video has been scheduled for uploading.
FGI is correct, I had the video uploaded some time ago and added a comment so that it would already be posted once the video went live. TH-cam analytics tells me that the best time to upload is very very early morning most days so I'm not usually awake to post comments on live videos when they go up!
That's right!
What game is this??
Cities: Skylines!
So, electricity = good? :D
TL;DR, electricity = good :)
dams are hard to build
I don't think I have ever built a dam ... ever. Almost 1000 hours play time and it's something I have never even tried!
They're not hard. They're either easy or impossible depending on the terrain. Shore needs to be quite high as far you can see into the distance on the map.
Great advice Daniel B, I'll have to keep that in mind when I try them out!
Tesla
I don't think I have ever used the electric car only policy!
garbage
Incinerator for electricity is good ... a never ending supply of fuel!