So you need to make sure that traffic is working properly.ĥ. Unused trucks will drive further but there is another gotcha here - they also follow traffic. So you need to make sure you have enough trucks. Watch out for trash in your city, you need an effective trash management plan and you only have two outlets to get rid of trash - landfills, which fill up fast, and incinerators which create pollution. This is great at lower levels when you just want to get things unlocked and some cash to start really building.Ĥ. The game will pause when your city 'levels up' so that your cims don't leave with their new expectations.

Popups will pause the game which is a good thing, as your city levels up, the demands of your citizens will increase. You can easily leave the game in windowed mode and let it idle, collecting revenue to build your next expansion. When you reach a net profit, you can 'set it and forget it' if you have enough police, fire, and health coverage along with landfills and other services. Residential doesn't like being near industry because it pollutes, but needs commercial / industry for jobs and shopping.ģ. Industry needs commercial to provide goods to and residential for workers. Commercial needs residential in order to employ cims and make sales. The only 'gotcha' is to make sure that water input doesn't touch pollution, so put the sewage downstream and make sure any pumps aren't near any pollution.Ģ. You don't have to be too afraid of zoning industrial next to residential. Ground pollution and air pollution don't move far. Lots of complex mechanics means lots of complex ways to fail, so we've put together ten amazing tips to help you get started in Cities: Skyline.ġ. It's much more in-depth, going back more into SimCity 4 than the new SimCity. Cities: Skyline has been for some a savior after the 'failed' launch of SimCity (2014). 10 Tips for Getting Started in Cities: Skyline.

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