Comprehensive Wish- and Suggestions List (WIP)

[Hiramas]

I will rework this post after the patch, stay tuned

Greetings everyone,

a few people had the idea to try to collect all the wishes and suggestions into an organized list and I decided to try it. I hope you support this endeavor and reply with your suggestions and wishes.

Let's try to agree on a few rules:
- Please only post your suggestion in this thread, I think we should keep this thread clean and move the discussion about the suggestions to their respective threads.
- If your suggestion has it's own discussion already, post the link and I will add it to the list.
- Please try to sort your suggestion into one of the existing categories or suggest a new category for the list.
- I would like suggestions about the best way to permanently collect support for the various suggestions and wishes.

Edit: There is also this Idea Box page, if that is the preferred way to gather ideas for the community, I suggest to use it: http://citiesskylines.ideascale.com/

Categories

Basic Simulation

• Cellphone and Broadband Networks as Infrastructure
• Various Disasters [CONSIDERED]
• Day/Night Cycle [No Current Plans]
• Rush Hour
• Emergency Vehicle Right-of-way
• Weather [CONSIDERED]
• Seasons [CONSIDERED]
• Block ships from "climbing" dams [Planned] (Known Bug)
• Wall-to-wall buildings [Planned] (Source was the recent stream by Henkka and Mariina)
• Air Pollution
• Way to remove / reduce pollution mid-game
• Allow fire to spread if unattended
• Some form of regional play

UI, Sound and Game Mechanics

• Tree brush in game-mode
• Permanent Info-Views
• Route Query Tool
• Citizen Tracker [CONSIDERED]
• Raise district text from background
• Road naming
• Area filler, e.g. Cities XL style or brush style
• Terraforming in game-mode
• ^ Sunken tracks / sunken Highways
• Bulldoze Marquee Tool
• Planting trees on lots in-game (without the asset editor)
• Reduce the sound of ambulances
• District marquee tool
• Upgrade zoning without dezoning first
• Optional world grid for better road planning
• Undo Button

Tech and Engine

• Dedicated Full Screen Mode
• Auto save
• Ability to import new music
• Capture mouse for dual-screen setup

Modding and STEAM Workshop

• Traffic Simulation in the Asset Editor
• Road modding
• Better Workshop organization
• Asset Manager filters and organization
• Pictures of modded buildings in the game
• Left-hand driving in the asset editor

Zoned Buildings - Types and Styles

Residential

• Mixed Residential / commercial Buildings [CONSIDERED]
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Commercial

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Industry

• Area effects for specialized industry ( e.g. fields, oil pumps)
• ^ Bigger industry buildings in the specialized industry (e.g. fields, oil pumps)
• Longer, more interesting production chains
• High-Tech industry specialization

Offices

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Functional Buildings

• Modular, extendable Buildings
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Water

• Larger water treatment plants
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Power

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Health- and Deathcare

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Education

• Modular Universities
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Police and Fire

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Garbage

• Zoneable or Extendable Landfills
• "Greener" way to get rid of garbage.
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Parks and Decoration

• Waterfront decorations
• Canals
• Parks on pedestrian pathways
• Area filler, e.g. Cities XL style or brush style

Districts and district policies

• Chinatown District
• Social housing District Policy
• Historic preservation policy
• Medieval/Old City District
• University District
• Photovoltaic incentive policy, Solar Panels on the roofs, every building produces a small amount of electricity
• Restrict local services to district

Roads, Roadtypes and related things

• Merging lanes, Acceleration lanes
• Improved roundabout usage
• Pedestrian pathways with stairs
• Cul de sac
• More bridges
• Toll booth
• Different types of elevated structures (steel, concrete, brick)
• Bus lanes
• More options in setting up roads (turning lanes, traffic lights...)
• Road Layout help (e.g. snap-to-grid option, SimCity style lines for parallel roads)
• Bike lanes
• One way roads via upgrade tool, change direction with clicking
• Tunnels [Planned]
• Zoning on pedestrian roads
• Pedestrian Boulevards (with emergency vehicle access)
• Prefabricated Intersections snapping to already existing roads
• Single lane roads
• Double-direction Highway

Mass Transit

• Better Information on Transport Networks - "Bus Panels"
• New lines should have different colors by default
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Busses

• Bus lanes
• Long range bus stations for tourists
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Trains

• Larger train stations
• Train stations with multiple connections (bus, metro)
• Elevated Stations
• Different types of elevated structures (steel, concrete, brick)
• Underground tracks and stations
• Traintrack soundwalls

Metro

• Overground/Elevated Metro including stations
• Different types of elevated structures (steel, concrete, brick)
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Airport

• Larger Airports
• Modular Airports
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Harbor

• Bigger harbors
• Modular harbors
• Harbor waterfront [CONSIDERED]
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Other concepts

• New types of transport [Planned]
• Trams
• Monorail
• Ferrys and Waterbusses
• ^ Canals

 

[Steve B.]

Eliminate the need to dezone before upgrading from low density to high density.

 

[Snufkin224]

My biggest wishes:

- Area filler, e.g. Cities XL style or brush style
- Bigger farms (might be a part of a area filler tool)

 

[charlesnew]

Wow! This is great for the community and for the devs. I was thinking of making this once, but I was just too lazy and I didn't bother looking for the stuff.

 

[DK115]

I am missing some and also some extra suggestions:

- Bus panel (see here http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?842267-Buses-line-it-s-hard-to-figure-it-out)
- The same for trains
- The same for metro's
- The same for trams (if they come)

Panels should come forward when clicking on a "Bus depot" or via overview Transport --> Extra Buttons)
UI:
- Clicking on "Name" should give City overview/Renaming panel
- Clicking on "Money" should give Budget panel

I can not seem to find in the list: Bigger Farms

Districts Policy:
1 No Cars (only Public Transport)
2 Taxis

Modular Police, Fire, Graveyard, School, etc. (Simcity style), (will reduce service buildings in cities, making it more realistic)

Also the possibilty to put schools, university on pedestrian paths.

Bike parking areas/posibilties near bus stops, train stations and metro. (So cims can change transportation and also consider bike)

 

[DK115]

Eliminate the need to dezone before upgrading from low density to high density.

I have not done it myself, but according to video's, zones with right mouse does this. Can anybody confirm?

 

[xone_lai]

Here comes my list, some stuff are probably repetitive... but well, here goes.

Map
- region view with multiple major map tiles, which every major map tile contain 25 tile of course.
- import export management between cities of those major tiles.
- stop requiring all types of transport pre-routed, minimum as avenue instead of highway

Transit
- display their path whenever a citizen / transport being selected, showing where they going.
- showing traffic flow with paths instead of just congestion.
- add tar street
- ability to draw one way road - 2 lanes at the same time
- faster way to bulldoze long unwanted road
- change between two way road system to one way road system (upgrade/downgrade)
- ability to switch one way road direction
- little bit more directionals arrows...
- train station snapping is annoying
- multi color public transport route to distinguish different route
- bus color corresponding to their route color
- easier route management / delete / hide other route when editing one
- improve rail system - more demand yes sure we got more train but... they don't have timing at all, and they stuck for milesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss....

Pedestrian
- pedestrian walk multi level staircase
- pedestrian flow direction & amount
- build pedestrian bridge on top median of avenue
- lower pedestrian bridge height per level by 50%!

Misc
- paint empty areas with parks regardless of grid
- option not to use the "white out" view when checking infos
- option not to use "white out" mode when constructing public transport structure / line
- highlight civic structures by just hovering on info icons without opening that info view
- actually mine mineral resources with specific structures
- wider civic building coverage, hate to put so many schools
- building style restriction...
- farmland...
- BAN MIDRISE policy, I just want small house!
- demand details, which location demand it?

 

[Techscull]

Game needs a separate employment/unemployment Overlay.

This will allow people to track down which part of the city needs more efficient transportation systems or just closer work areas. I am starting to reach a point in the game where i have 15-20% unemployment but with 10-15% unfilled jobs.

 

[DrJamesWhite]

Having description on monuments

-So players can read about what the monument is perhaps teach the players a little about it? Like the reactor in Japan? What parts it has why it failed, etc?
- Could have several description bubbles when player click on the building?

 

[Doodleroo]

A building designer!

Think of the tools in 'The Sims' where you can easily assemble buildings out of pre-defined building blocks such as walls, doors, windows etc. and texture them to your liking.

I would love to have that tool available in this game and be easily able to add a gazillion new building styles.

This would also open up a nice new revenue option in the form of 'building part' DLCs.

 

[Nolfy]

- i want ploppable trees to affect noise pollution when placing enough trees together as sort of "sound barrier".

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?842685-Ploppable-trees-not-affecting-noise-pollution

 

[Bel_Alex]

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?843229-Leisure-buildings

Here is my suggestion about Leisure buildings like Cinema, Theatres and so on.

 

[fewofmany]

Abandoned Buildings - Show the reason why a building was abandoned when you select it. I had an entire village clear out while I was building another part of the city, with no indication why.

Bridges - The support columns for bridges should adjust their placement instead of preventing you from building the bridge if the support happens to fall on a road. Currently you can't easily build a bridge on a grid alignment because the support beams are spaced one zone-width apart (or so it seems).

 

[Imsvale]

Abandoned Buildings - Show the reason why a building was abandoned when you select it. I had an entire village clear out while I was building another part of the city, with no indication why.

Mouse-over the "abandoned" icon in the building window. It does show, although it's a bit hidden.

 

[Sh3Idor]

At first, I want to thank Paradox for this awesome game! <3

There a just a few things, I want to add or change:
-Bulldoze a complete area
-Bulldoze all abandoned buildings (Button)
-More various names (So many Cedric's and Ice Cube Factory's! )
-Weather and seasons

 

[Imsvale]

In some instances "Space already occupied" should probably be saying "angle too sharp" (building ramps along highways). Or maybe "silly road segmenting in the way". Currently I can't tell which. If it's not the angle, then the road itself should not be an obstacle in trying to connect to that very road. If it is the angle, well, then we just need to enable sharper angle connections (ramps in particular).

 

[fewofmany]

Mouse-over the "abandoned" icon in the building window. It does show, although it's a bit hidden.

Thanks!

I'd still like to see the reason for abandonment as a first-class citizen of the window though, since it's possibly the most useful piece of information about an abandoned building.

 

[Imsvale]

Thanks!

I'd still like to see the reason for abandonment as a first-class citizen of the window though, since it's possibly the most useful piece of information about an abandoned building.

Agreed. Once it's abandoned, there isn't much else to say about it one should think.

 

[WCShaun]

Please add adjustable font sizes. They are very difficult to read in windowed modes and lower resolutions.

Current thread about it.

 

[consi]

I think fixing consequences of not visiting the workplaces (the top thread from the first page with 15+ pages) deserves to be the first in the wishlist.

 

[frosty1116]

i have a few things i would like added to the game please reply one of the devs/mods to see if they are possible

New sirens (US/UK)
Level crossings so we don't have to elevate roads
Natural disasters
Zebra crossings (pedestrian crossings)
Bigger airports (Planned)
Ability for tourists/civilians to go onto beaches and play/set up umbrellas and swim .etc

Improvements:
increase response time for fire engines
improve hearse response to dead people
Possibly increase schooling/garbage range as i seem they are quite low