This software is simply necessary to run games.
4. Changing the crack/updating the game helps some.
5. Reinstalling the drivers for the video card also helps. Link below on the page.
Cities: Skylines slows down. Low FPS, game stutters
A very common problem when Cities: Skylines slows down on laptops with pretty good hardware, where the top franchises of last year play normally. The fact is that for some players the game unfortunately worked on the built-in video card. This was mainly encountered by owners of laptops with an nVidia video card on board. For this reason, we will look at how to treat this in the case of an nVidia video card. You can make sure that your nVidia video card is not working in the game using this program.
1. Update the drivers for your video card.
2. Open nVidia Panel. After that, in the 3D Settings section, in Manage 3D Settings, open the Program Settings tab. Using the appropriate fields, select the Cities: Skylines exe file, specifying the full path to it, and then indicate that this game should run on an nVidia video card, not an integrated one.
For everyone else who has encountered problems with the game, we recommend that in addition to updating the drivers, you also check in the task manager to see if anything is loading your system, and also reset the graphics settings. The game itself is not heavy in terms of performance, so it should play quite vigorously.
Cities: Skylines not saving?
If you cannot save the game or cities, then try running the game as a system administrator.
If this doesn't help, try downloading another repack.
How to install mods on Cities: Skylines?
Many players do not know where to copy mods for Cities: Skylines, and so we will now tell you a little about this topic.
1. First, open the folder with the game data. You will have it in one of the following ways:
C:\Users\ USERNAME \AppData\Local\Colossal Order\Cities_Skylines\
FOLDER_GAME\Files\
In it you will find the folders Mods or Addons\Mods\ (For game mods), Maps (For maps and game objects). You just need to copy your mod, map or some object to the appropriate folder. Make sure that you are copying the file/folder itself, and not the archive with it.
2. Now go into the game and open the Content Manager there and in it you should find your map, mod or game object that you copied.
Where are saves for Cities: Skylines stored?
If you are interested in what folder the save of your city is located in Cities: Skylines, then you have come to the right place and we will be happy to answer you.
Game saves can be stored locally on your computer. This applies to both the licensed version and the pirated version. You can find your saves in the following path:
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Colossal Order\Cities_Skylines\Saves\
FOLDER_GAME\Files\Saves\
In the Saves folder you will see files with the extension crp. These are the saves for Cities: Skylines.
City-building Cities: Skylines has won the hearts of hundreds of thousands of PC players. And not least thanks to the opportunity provided to users to create mods.
PC Gamer decided to study the most popular works of the community and prepare a selection of the best Cities: Skylines mods. We decided that our readers would also be interested in this, so we couldn’t resist posting the material on GameWay.
All Spaces Unlockable
Allows players to buy “the entire map” at once to build objects. Instead of waiting for new squares to open as the city grows. The author of the mod points out that such an operation can be carried out only after reaching 60 thousand people.
Traffic Report Tool
Allows you to monitor the movement of any vehicle on the roads and, as a result, monitor the load on the road network.
Fire Spread
Once installed, fire may spread from the building to other structures. So the whole city could burn down if the firefighters fail to cope.
Extended Public Transport UI
Expands capabilities for monitoring the transport network. You can separately view how the metro, buses, and trains work.
Extended Road Upgrade
Improving roads is much easier with this mod. Even though an official update was released for the game, which introduced almost the same functionality into Cities: Skylines.
First-person camera
You can look through the eyes of any resident of your city.
Chirpy Exterminator
DP's Beautification Sets
A set of visually improved buildings, residential and commercial areas.
Gula's buildings
Buildings by former Maxis artist: Gula's Coal Power Plant, Gula's In-and-Out Burger, Gula's StarTrust Office.
Ericsson Globe
Allows you to build the famous Stockholm sports arena in the form of a sphere.
Cities: Skylines is a city construction simulator in which each player can create any infrastructure and develop it. In the process of creating your own settlement, it is necessary to take into account the needs of residents, the crime rate, the costs of constructing entertainment complexes and much more. When a city begins to grow, coping with all the tasks becomes more difficult. To greatly simplify game process, just figure out how to install mods in Cities: Skylines. But first of all, it’s worth mentioning the most interesting and useful extensions.
Best mods
Among the most interesting extensions it is worth highlighting the following:
- Chirpy Exterminator. This visual mod will allow you to adjust the volume of the in-game Twitter using a special slider.
- Extended Road Upgrade. Thanks to it, the player can independently decide how wide the roads in the game will be.
- 1977. In popular today social network Instagram has a filter that gives photos an interesting effect. Now this feature has been implemented in the game.
- Sun Shafts. This extension is suitable for powerful PCs. Thanks to the mod, buildings in the game look more realistic, as they begin to cast shadows depending on the position of the sun.
- Flight Simulator. In this case, the player gets the opportunity to fly over his city in an airplane.
This is not the entire list of updates that can be downloaded to the game. Before you install mods in Cities: Skylines, you should also pay attention to other improvements.
Tree brush
Those who are at least a little familiar with the gameplay have probably noticed that planting trees is not implemented very conveniently. The fact is that all green spaces can only be added one at a time, which is why the game’s terrain looks unnatural. To solve this problem, just download a special brush.
Demolition of abandoned buildings
The city is growing quite quickly, so there are a lot of empty houses in it. Removing them manually is not very convenient; in addition, you will have to constantly monitor which buildings the residents have left. To make the gameplay easier, it is recommended to download an extension that will remove such houses automatically.
Removing traffic lights
Thanks to this small utility, the player can independently turn off traffic lights by pressing Ctrl+T.
Change resolution
This mod is designed for powerful PCs. Thanks to the extension, the resolution is changed automatically. To switch the picture quality, you do not need to go to the main menu or perform complex manipulations. Just press F10 several times, move the slider, and the image will change.
Removing garbage
Almost all players of the simulator complain that garbage accumulates very quickly in the city, which is difficult and tedious to remove on their own. Thanks to this expansion, waste removal will be carried out automatically.
There are a huge number of such “auxiliary” programs. Loading them shouldn't cause any confusion, but it's worth figuring out where to install Cities: Skylines mods.
Installing extensions
To start using the mod for automatic demolition of buildings, you need to download the file to your computer and move it (without unpacking) to the game directory. As a rule, it is located on the C drive in the Cities_Skylines\Addons\Mods folder. After this, you need to go into the game and activate the extension by checking the box in the “Modifications” tab.
Before installing mods in Cities: Skylines, you need to check the version of the game and the extension itself. If they differ, the utility simply will not be recognized and nothing will happen.
Today this game received several updates:
- Cities: Skylines Snowfall. How to install mods in this case? Usually, to download updates, you just need to go to the game folder. However, in some cases, if the user has the Steam version installed, it is necessary to “throw” files into ModsCredits.
- Cities: Skylines (Deluxe Edition). How to install mods in full collection? Exactly the same as already described above.
If add-ons are blocked or not activated, there may be several reasons for this. The user may have installed a pirated version of the game that does not support the installation of additional utilities.
Another reason is the activity of an antivirus or firewall, which perceive any changes to files on drive C as an attempt to introduce virus software into the system. In this case, you need to disable these programs and try downloading the extensions again.
Knowing how to install mods in Cities: Skylines can significantly expand the functionality of the game.
Decorate your city with the best creations from players.
Seattle's iconic observation tower has been a tourist attraction since it was built in 1962 for the World's Fair. Now the Space Niddle tower can also tower over your city, looking straight into space as if to say, “Space, hello.”
Another real attraction, Turning Torso is Sweden's tallest skyscraper. This building amazes with its grace and elegance. While it's not tall enough to match the size of Skylines' own buildings, it would still make a great landmark for your city.
Welcome to City 17. It's safe here, because nothing makes you feel safer than a towering alien monolith, right? Place a Combine Citadel in your city to remind worried citizens that you have everything under control. Just keep an eye on the scientists who are always creating problems.
While ghosts, ghouls, and marshmallow men pose no threat to your city (at least not yet), fire remains a dangerous element. So to feel good, add this replica of the fire station from Ghostbusters.
Tired of landfills and incinerators stinking up your beautiful city? Replace them with Recycling Center. It processes waste more slowly than traditional options, but is more environmentally friendly.
Bluth's Banana Stand
Why not add Bluth's Banana Stand to your neighborhood? I heard there's money in it. This is also a great attraction for your villagers, as they can now meet at the big yellow stand. But it may accidentally burn out.
If you didn't destroy Chirper using the mod that was there at the beginning, you probably minimized it and turned down the volume. That said, why not locate Chirper's headquarters in your city? This is a unique building, so it will promote employment and tourism and give this adorable but annoying bird a chance to show its face (just quietly).
Roads
So, you've built a beautiful city, but you've probably noticed some problems with your citizens living in piles of garbage and corpses? If you haven't cut your budget to the minimum, it's most likely due to traffic issues. Here are some traffic features you can place in your city to reduce traffic problems.
With so much attention paid to cars, it's easy to forget to make good paths for pedestrians. Located in the "Parks" menu, this beautiful pedestrian suspension bridge will delight the eyes and feet of your citizens.
Timbo's Marvelous Interchange Emporium
While I'm trying to draw some exit that doesn't look like it just suffered an earthquake, Timbo has created a huge number of beautiful and useful interchanges. If you subscribe to Timboh's Emporium, you will always have best roads.
Yes, I'm guilty of figuring out public transport at the very end by simply placing train stations, subway stations and bus depots wherever I could find space. But this pre-built collection of roads and paths makes it super easy to navigate your public transport and gives commuters the ability to quickly find their way between buses, trains and subway tunnels thanks to raised paths. All that remains for you is to place the buildings in the right places.
This ending is so big that it doesn't fit into the game's "object manager", but it's worth it. With these realistic tilts and turns, this interchange will allow your townspeople to navigate their way in a very clever and realistic way.
I want to build a completely different city around this beauty. Built to handle traffic in eight directions, this roundabout also has plenty of open space in the center where it could accommodate bus stops, subway stations, several platforms and even a couple of buildings.
The thing is, all the roundabouts are very large, and it's difficult to fit them into the city you've already built without destroying most of it. Small Green Roundabout is a great option for a neighborhood or area with little traffic, and it also includes walkways and nice decor.
Cars aren't the only things that can be passed around. This elegant elevated pedestrian ring road will be very convenient for residents, as it has paths leading up and down to the streets and a small park in the center.
Parks
I'm sure your city is already beautiful, but you're probably tired of adding the same old parks and playgrounds. Here are a few more for you to choose from.
Let your tiny citizens bravely go where no man has gone before, like this beautiful park dedicated to the USS Enterprise.
Are games art? What about the cubes? Encourage your residents to visit the Modern Art Plaza, where they can look at a huge black cube and pretend they understand what it means.
Great for inner city areas, this beautiful sunken plaza will give your city dwellers the chance to relax amidst the skyscrapers of a bustling city.
Skylines has a stadium for professional athletes, but what about local talent? This public soccer field is sure to please sports fans in your area. Although, I didn't see anyone playing on my field, people were just walking along it.
Cities: Skyrim? Of course, why not. There are probably some followers of the Daedric Prince in your city, so now they have a place to worship or just relax. This Shrine of Azura statue has the same properties as the Statue of Wealth. By the way, the Talos statue is also available.
Jesper's Fields
It is very easy to neglect industrial areas and it is also strange to locate urban areas and playgrounds next to them. That's why this collection of fields from Jasper is great for agricultural areas. These fields are written out beautifully without attracting much attention.
You'll sometimes see teenagers with skateboards in your city, so why not give them their own space? This concrete skatepark has ramps, railings and even graffiti.
1×1 Swing Park
Sometimes you want to improve a crowded city by building something small without destroying anything. If you only have one square square of space available, this 1x1 Swing Park is perfect for bringing joy to the neighborhood without destroying anything.
Cards
Now that you have a ton of new things to build, where do you actually want to put them? Keep a collection of cards on which you can leave your mark.
Finally, a map that requires the multiplayer version of Skylines. This map gives you the opportunity to build on hexagonal islands, each of which has its own resources.
From rivers to mountains to beaches to valleys to waterfalls, the Sea Turtle Falls map has something for just about everyone. An interesting and beautiful challenge for urban developers.
This massive and impressive circular city, divided by a river, has almost 300,000 inhabitants. However, there is plenty of room for growth. Maybe you want to add some more circles?
This map is great for budding supervillains, as it features an extinct volcano that now houses a lake. The map has rivers flowing into the sea and several nearby islands, allowing you to turn this already beautiful map into a thriving city.
With its beaches, mountains, and hills, Boulder Rapids is a great map to build a city on, especially if you're planning on building a dam; there are some great places to do this.
Not only is this map very beautiful, but it's also a pretty tricky place, with very little room for buildings. Can you build a city here without disturbing the natural beauty of the place?
Inspired by the Nile Delta, this map features ore-rich mountains, vast sandy plains, and fertile river valleys. This perfect place to create your own oasis in the desert.
While we wait for GTA V to arrive on PC, this map is a great way to visit the sprawling city of Los Santos. There are already built areas here that accurately reflect the locations of the game. However, if you want to build your own city, then .
Mars is already waiting for cargo equipment! Populate the red planet using ore deposits to build a working city in this map based on Daedalia Planum, the famous plain of Mars. This map works great with the Martian color correction tool.
This highly detailed map of Cologne, Germany features the Rhine River, highways, lakes and natural resources. Will you build an exact replica of the city or something completely new?
The problem with national parks is that the government gets upset when you start building skyscrapers all over the park. The problem is now resolved. This replica of Zion National Park in Utah is not only beautiful, but also very difficult to build a working city on it.
Gabe Newell's Face
If you've ever dreamed of building a city based on Gabe Newell, then we have good news for you. But don’t rejoice, there is worse news, because this is a very strange dream.
And finally, let's improve appearance Skylines with some tools that are located further.
Tools
Skylines is quite beautiful, but the same can be said for many other games, so players never stop trying to make the game even better. Here are some mods and tools that add some visual effects to make the game look as cute as possible.
Dynamic Resolution mod will allow you to tinker with the internal resolution of your game and scale it depending on your needs. When you press F10, a slider appears that allows you to make changes, but be prepared for serious FPS drops if your processor can't keep up. A nice addition is that the mod shows your FPS values while you make adjustments, and even has a slider to enable another graphics setting (Ambient Occlusion mod) that can be used to make the game even more beautiful.
If you don't like static sunlight in Skylines, what about the sun moving across the sky throughout the day? Although night will not fall (as soon as the sun sets, it will immediately rise again), it is still interesting to watch the shadows grow and stretch as the day comes to an end, and to see the sun rise over the city every morning.
Turn back time with this isometric camera. It will allow you to purchase new game retro style.
Do you like cel shading and want your city to have that look? Then this customizable tool will allow you to apply Borderlands as your Skylines visual style. Once you activate this tool, you can later turn it on and off by pressing the keys of your choice.
1977
Take yourself back to the 70s with this tool, inspired by the 1977 Instagram filter. I can already hear the bell-bottoms rustling on the pavement and the cops straightening their thick mustaches, can you?
If you don't mind a little performance issues, you might want to have your city decorated Sun rays. This amazing effect can be turned on or off.
I don't use the tilt effect when I play Skylines, but it's very good for screenshots, and when combined with the Toy Film Camera, you can give your city a bright, fun, and updated look.
Mirror's Edge Menu LUT
The government in Mirror's Edge may have been a little heavy-handed, but one of the positive results of this was a very neat and clean city. So now, thanks to Mirror's Edge Menu LUT, you can fill your city with white, bright red and pale blue colors.
Without a doubt, several thousand more user creations have appeared in the Steam Workshop while we were compiling this list. Don't forget to check the Workshop regularly to find mods you like.
Cities: Skylines turned three years old a couple of months ago, which means it's time to dust off our mod list and take a look at what great things the game's community has created over time. Already on launch day, Skylines boasted entire pages of buildings and infrastructure; now their number has exceeded a thousand, and an exorbitant number of mods have been produced - 145,948 pieces.
Long list. You should have a look in the Workshop, who knows what you might find there? If you don't want to rummage through this pile, I've prepared an armful of the best of the best, including some of my favorites that I can't live without. Most of These mods will work with the base version of the game, but there are some that require additions, so be sure to check their compatibility with what you personally have.
Ghost in the Shell Buildings
The first question I ask when founding a new city is: how futuristic and vibrant will it be? The answer is always the same: as much as possible. Undoubtedly, you have already grasped the theme of my selection. This makes the Ghost in the Shell Buildings pack a very important part of my city, although perhaps less important than other mods.
Blade Runner Police Tower and Tyrell Corporation Pyramid
FOGBAE-TOWR4
Let's stay in the future a little longer to gaze at the imposing monolithic bulk of the FOGBAE-TOWR4 power plant. Isn't this one architectural style called brutality? Damn, she looks really cool. The building also brings practical benefits - it provides electricity to all these ants swarming in its shadow. Build it, and every citizen of yours will know that he is a worm against the colossus of the state.
Gula's Architectural Designs
Okay, okay, not all of you want futuristic buildings. " Architectural projects" is a collection of 24 objects authored by the titular modder, and this, let me tell you, is a thing. It has everything from a giant hamster statue to a building containing KFC and Taco Bell. There are also plenty of other things, like skyscrapers. Diverse, high quality selection.
Quad Collection
Quad Rioters' collection contains an astonishing 166 objects, and I absolutely love it because the selection is full of sparkling sci-fi or similar buildings like Xenophilia and all sorts of modern skyscrapers and business centers that fit perfectly into any city these days. If you're too lazy to wade through hundreds and hundreds of building mods, this collection will help you out a lot.
Sunken Train Station
I love it when cities try to hide large buildings and infrastructure, trying to appear more spacious than they really are. Apparently, this is why I like iron stations sunk into the ground (whether they are made of brick or concrete). If you prefer stealth, this mod is made for you.
Amsterdam Central Station
Well, if you need a station that, despite all its functionality, will also be a work of architecture, then you will need something like Amsterdam Central Station. The amazing six-row structure, based on Amsterdam Central, is replete with detail. Take a look at what it looks like from the inside!
Timboh's Marvelous Interchange Emporium
This collection of infranodes has been with me since the launch of Cities: Skylines, although it has expanded considerably over the years. I absolutely love laying out road networks, as I suspect does anyone who came to Skylines from Colossal Order's Cities in Motion. This is a troublesome and time-consuming task, but TMIE makes the task easier and demonstrates to everyone what a gifted person can achieve with only a highway at his disposal.
Sharp Junction Angles
Actually, this mod does exactly what is indicated in its name - it makes it possible to lay roads with sharp corners turns, creating thoughtful and beautiful transport networks. Comes bundled with Road Anarchy, a crazy mod that lets your streets give a damn and go meet Trackmania.
Advanced Road Anarchy
Speaking of Road Anarchy, here's its big brother, the Improved Road Anarchy. The same, by and large, mod that defies the winds and allows you to construct the most dangerous and craziest highways. There are also buttons, a settings panel and information tips.
CTCN Transport – Blimp
With the release of the Mass Transit add-on, we finally got plump airships that so beautifully soar over the city and give rides to joyful citizens and tourists. They look quite old-fashioned, but you already understand what I like, right? That's right, we will make helicarriers out of these zeppelins. CTCN Transport are the same functional airships, but they look cooler. Let's fill the skies with them!
Better Planes Pack
Mini
I just really like MINI.
Newport City (Niihama) Map
Belmont County Transport
With the advent of Mass Transit, we now have special "transport" scenarios, but what if this addition did not exist? Belmont County Transportation is a scenario map that sets the player the goal of connecting several small towns with a transportation network and transporting 1 million in 750 weeks, excluding subways. Avoid other transport mods if you want to experience the full complexity of the task.
New Orleans Disasters
If you have the Natural Disasters expansion and are looking for an opportunity to test your sanity and ability to remain composed and confident in a crisis, look no further than New Orleans Disasters. The map uses real terrain and sea level, which makes it unnecessarily prone to flooding.
New York City
Skyrim
If you previously wandered around this map for a good hundred hours, now you can build a modern city on it. The mod features unusual, difficult terrain, and this is one of best cards for Cities: Skylines, which I happened to see. It was created with such love for detail that I was terribly ashamed to deface nature with huge, ugly buildings of the industrial era. An excellent map for building an eco-friendly city.
Los Santos
One of the first major landscape mods, Los Santos from GTA V is still one of my favorites. As in the case of Skyrim, natural limitations force serious planning for development.
First Person Camera: Updated
What do your residents see as they walk through their city? This first person camera mod lets you see the world through their eyes. This is a real innovation for Skylines, but personally, since the days of Dungeon Keeper, I have been averse to various construction and management simulators that allow you to “descend” from heaven to earth.
Burnt out and abandoned buildings have a catastrophic effect on property values and do not add any appeal to your city. Demolition of them one by one, especially in a huge metropolis, can become an extremely unpleasant task, which makes the auto-demolition mod simply irreplaceable - with one touch of a button, it saves you from ruins.
Reddit For Chirpy: Updated
Chirpy, the hate-free, troll-free version of Twitter in Cities: Skylines, will now be able to alert you to any new posts in your chosen subreddits. You see, Chirpi can be useful.
Well, we've reached the end of our selection, but not the list of Cities: Skylines mods. The farther you go, the more of them there are, and there is already a whole host of wild statues, twisted into spaghetti of infranodes and piercing the clouds of skyscrapers. Well, as usual, write your favorite mods in the comments if they are not on our list.
