Cities: Skylines II News

Hi everyone. As patch 1.1.2f1 is rolling out on Steam and Microsoft Store, let’s have a look at what it includes and what you can expect next.

This patch removes the entitlement from all the Beach Properties assets, so they are now a part of the base game and available to everyone. Saves and custom maps using the assets should work without any extra steps, but as always, don’t hesitate to make a bug report on the forum if you have any issues. Additionally, we have improvements to performance, support for Nvidia DLSS Super Resolution, and a long list of bug fixes for both the game and the Editor. You can find the full list below.

With this patch in your hands, we’ve started working towards the next one. It will take about a month as, along with bug fixes and improvements, this patch will include a large re-work of the Economy to address much of the feedback you have shared with us in the past months. We’ll share more details on what has changed when the patch is ready.

As modding is an important part of any Colossal Order game, one of our top priorities right now is to resolve the remaining issues with the asset import pipeline, so you can start to import and share your custom assets on Paradox Mods. This is proving more difficult than we hoped, so we don’t have an exact timeline at this time at this point, but it will likely take several more months.

Thank you for all the bug reports, feedback, and support. We really appreciate it as it helps us understand and improve your experience with Cities: Skylines II.


[h2]Patch Notes 1.1.2f1[/h2]

Beach Properties assets implemented to the base game

Performance

• Nvidia DLSS Super Resolution support added
  
• Some pathfinding optimizations to reduce slowing simulation
  
• UI optimizations
  
• Optimizations to reduce frame spikes
  

Bug fixes & improvements

• Mod options are sorted alphabetically instead of random
  
• Made bus stop and mailbox color in infoview same as icon color
  
• Citizens are more likely to use taxis from outside connections when moving in the city
  
• Automatically pause and display any pending legal documents when continuing last game from the launcher
  
• Fixed crash to desktop occurs after starting a new game on Custom Map from Editor where 'Placeholder Surface' was used
  
• Fixed crash to desktop occurs after placing any Truck from “Add Object” menu in developerMode
  
• Fixed crash to desktop after loading save with broken path-road connections
  
• Fixed crash to desktop after loading map with Landfill's lot created in Editor
  
• Fixed Cartography achievement
  
• Fixed dispatching problem causing service vehicles to have trouble reaching some targets in certain cases. Affects garbage collecting, post van (for buildings), police patrolling and road maintenance.
  
• Fixed patient teleports to ambulance if the parking lot is close to their location
  
• Fixed a road tool snapped to an existing road may randomly get into an incorrect position
  
• Fixed zone grid alignment broken when bulldozing stops or mailboxes when there are different sized roads connected
  
• Fixed duplicated city service upkeep items of building that have upgrade
  
• Fixed trains stuck at rail yard when there are multiple spawning trains and arriving trains at the same time.
  
• Fixed part of Hydroelectric Power Plant remains on map after bulldozing it
  
• Fixed tutorial task list not resetting when selecting “Reset tutorials” from gameplay options.
  
• Fixed limit tutorial center card height to prevent overlapping with bottom toolbar
  
• Fixed missing color of Destroyed Buildings in the Disaster Control Info View
  
• Fixed service coverage displaying all red for a couple of frames when activating infoview for the first time after loading save (In paused mode or soon after loading)
  
• Fixed line color changes are not visible while it's hovered with a cursor.
  
• Fixed Firewatch Tower incorrectly shows its range when hovering over the building
  
• Fixed mouse tool options tooltips did not support handling a larger number of options or smaller resolutions/UI scalings
  
• Fixed interface/panel transparency for non default UI styles
  
• Fixed issue preventing saving after changing name with controller and virtual keyboard
  
• Menu notifications thumbnail image will now retain its aspect ratio and will cover the square space with overflow content cut
  
• Various screen resolution fixes
  
• Multiple text fixes
  
• Controller fixes:
  
  • All photomode panel properties can be reset
    
  • Reset property and capture keyframe action added for controller
    
  • Revamped controller navigation and focus styles for a more intuitive and streamlined UX
    
  • Disabled Editor inspector items can be focused to fix situations where some fields cannot be viewed or scrolled to with a controller.
    
  • Fixed draggable value not updating input label in photo mode panel
    
  • Fixed null reference when trying to reset a property that had no reset callback
    
  • Fixed controller navigation in Editor preview/thumbnail picker, save map panel, and add component menu. Item pickers no longer select items when focused by default.
    
  • Fixed preview not updating with various tools when using controller to select asset
    
  • Fixed controller action hints overlapping main menu sub screens
    
  • Fixed Editor bottom bar sliders not being usable with controller
    
  • Fixed item picker footer slider not being usable with controller
    
  • Fixed controller's slider buttons getting inverted when the slider's start value is higher than the end value
• Added missing names from QLOC team to the credits
  

Editor

• Added wind editing for maps
  
• Added Paradox creator profile bindings
  
• Display user avatar in Paradox panel
  
• Added notification about mod loading status
  
• Added support for text field input for numeric fields for mouse brush options
  
• Added display tool options for bulldoze tool
  
• Added notification if a mod failed to load. If you click on it, it shows details with the ability to open a mod page on Paradox Mods or disable a failed mod.
  
• Added 'builtIn' property to setting pages
  
• Added missed attributes to options in modding setting tab
  
• Added directory picker
  
• Added directory picker to modding toolchain dependencies to select installation path
  
• Added directory browser bindings to OptionsUISystem
  
• Fixed water simulation speed now resets when closing Editor water panel
  
• Fixed modding toolchain sections text/icons not readable with scaled text
  
• Fixed searching for components or directories not returning all results, small refactors and optimizations
  
• Fixed brush options not resetting between Editor and in-game
  
• Fixed Editor tool options sometimes not rendering before next UI action
  
• Fixed visible loc ID in savegame's map name if the custom map used in the save has been deleted
  
• Controller fixes & improvements
  
  • Editor tool options moved to inspector panel footer and usable with controller
    
  • Added controller action hints to Editor
    
  • Restricted controller navigation to Editor panel when active,
    
  • Several minor improvements to Editor controller navigation
• Several UI modding improvements
  
• Map upload: disable “Submit” button when internet connection lost or user unexpectedly logged out
  
• Map upload: disable “Submit” button after successful upload to prevent uploading same map multiple times
  

Paradox Mods

• Paradox SDK updated to version 1.19
  
• Paradox Mods updated to version 1.4.1
  
• New features
  
  • Addition of Creator profiles and Your profile view
    
  • Ability to follow creators
    
  • Pressing Escape can now be used to close Mods UI
    
  • Addition of Ko-fi, Buy me a coffee, Crowdin as external links
    
  • PageUp, PageDown, Home and End can be used to scroll in various views
    
  • Mousebutton 4 and 5 (thumb buttons) can now be used for back and forward navigation
    
  • Author is now clickable when browsing mods
    
  • Mod ID is now visible in Mod info and can be copied as well as copy the full link of the mod
    
  • Arrow left and right can now be used to navigate the gallery on mod details
    
  • Input text fields will now auto focus
    
  • Going back from mod details will now scroll down to where you were before
    
  • Ability to remove a mod from all playsets when in Library
• General improvements
  
  • Increased scroll speed
    
  • Redesigned mod details information box
    
  • Thumbnail is now visible on mod details
    
  • Reordered icons when browsing mods
    
  • Clarified text in Library to also mention how many mods in the active playset
    
  • Clarified text when on an empty non-active playset
    
  • Modals have been slightly redesigned
    
  • Failing to fetch discussion will only show a toast instead of an error modal
    
  • Updated translations in some places
    
  • Redesigned spotlight in Featured to be smaller
    
  • Browse now have 5 mods in a row on PC, up from 4
    
  • Mod version will now be used instead of numerical version (if it exists)
    
  • Featured mods can now be subscribed and shows likes
    
  • Clarified text on featured mods Browse all button
    
  • Last updated is now showing in mod info
    
  • Created timestamp is now showing in mod info
• Bug fixes
  
  • User removed mods are now properly texted as removed
    
  • Fixed a couple of crashes in offline mode
    
  • Fixed search field flickering when switching to and from Browse view
    
  • Fixed scrolling back in Browse not centering on the previous clicked mod
    
  • Fixed text in library to not overflow to much in some languages

We’re back with an update on Beach Properties in the Base Game.
Besides the refund and compensation, in our last update to our community, we promised to include everything that was in the Beach Properties Asset Pack to the base game.

As promised, with Patch 1.1.2f1, all assets from Beach Properties are now available for everyone! Read below on the new additions and what you can find.


[h2]Additions to the Base Game:[/h2]
[h3]New Waterfront Zone[/h3]
A Slice of Paradise
New Waterfront Zone for European Theme gives your city a touch of Southern European coastal city charm, and New iconic fences around the yards help tie the buildings together with the region's style.
New Waterfront Zone for the North American Theme brings an atmosphere of the Florida coastline to your cities, and new swimming pools in the backyards liven up the neighborhoods.

[h3]New Residential Signature Buildings[/h3]
Luxury Lifestyle
North American signature buildings take inspiration from the sun-kissed Florida beaches and villas.
Spanish styled villas can be found from the European themed signature buildings.
All these new luxurious signature buildings sure are a way to increase the sunshine in your city!

[h3]New Vegetation[/h3]
It's time to face the palm trees!
In the Vegetation menu is a collection of new Palm Trees to bring a cool ocean breeze and relaxed beach vibes to your city!


Besides the implementation of Beach Properties assets to the base game, patch 1.1.2f1 is live now on Steam & Microsoft with a bunch of bug fixes for the game and the Editor.

Read the full patch notes here

Dear Cities fans,

We see and understand the disappointment many of you have expressed after the release of Cities: Skylines II and the recent release of Beach Properties. We asked for your patience and support, and you’ve shown those. In return, we let you down. We thought we could make up for the shortcomings of the game in a timeframe that was unrealistic, and rushed out a DLC that should not have been published in its current form. For all this, we are truly sorry. When we’ve made statements like this one before, it’s included a pledge to keep making improvements, and while we are working on these updates, they haven’t happened at a speed or magnitude that is acceptable, and it pains us that we've now lost the trust of many of you. We want to do better.

The very first thing we’re doing is to compensate those who purchased Beach Properties. We will change the pack to be a free addition to the game, refund it to the extent possible, and provide additional content within the Ultimate Edition. Unfortunately, it will not be possible to offer refunds for Ultimate Edition buyers. This is due to the distribution of the Ultimate Edition across digital and physical storefronts, which create significant complexities for executing a partial refund. We realize that this is far from ideal, especially given the dedication those who have stayed with us since launch have shown. We are committed to repaying that loyalty, and therefore, we will compensate Ultimate Edition holders by adding 3 Creator Packs and 3 Radio Stations which, together, sum up to a value of USD 39.99. This solution hopefully ensures that you, regardless of purchase method, feel you receive fair compensation.

Looking ahead, we also want to make immediate and meaningful changes in the way we approach the game’s development and our communication with you. Firstly, this means a complete focus on improving the base game and modding tools, and secondly, we want to better involve you, the community, as we choose our priorities going forward. We will focus on additional free patches and game updates in the coming months before Colossal Order spends time on new paid content, resulting in a move of the Bridges and Ports Expansion to 2025. In addition, the aforementioned Creator Packs are being produced independently, and will not take any focus away from the work on improving the game. To make sure we focus on the right things, we’re putting together an advisory meeting, where a small group of player representatives, together with Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive, will discuss the development plan for this year. The people in this group are chosen for the size of their following within the community to represent as many people as possible. The teams from Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive will provide them with full transparency and answer any questions and critiques voiced. Our hope is that together with you, our community, we can make sure that we do not repeat the same mistakes we have made in the past and bring this game into a bright future.

We also want to address the pending Console release. As you know, our plan was to release in Spring of this year. We have been hesitant to communicate an actual release window because of the uncertainty we are facing, and to not make further promises we might not be able to keep. We have been struggling to get Cities: Skylines II to the necessary level of optimization for a console release, but are now hopeful that an upcoming build delivery in April will demonstrate sufficient progress for us to progress with a release candidate, and then a release build targeted for October. Before we have seen and evaluated the progress made in these builds however, we will not be able to confirm the release date, and even then, some uncertainty always remains. Our ambition is to deliver the experience that you all deserved at launch, but it will take time. It’s important to note that the team working on the console release operates separately from our PC development team, so it will be progressing without splitting our focus or time.

In closing, we want to reaffirm our dedication to making Cities: Skylines II the best city builder it can be. We appreciate your support and feedback, and hope we can regain your trust going forward. It’s our responsibility to earn it, and we hope these actions are a first step in the right direction.
We are deeply grateful for your continued passion for our game. Please stay tuned for further updates on the game and the refund process, and thank you for being a part of our community.

Sincerely,
Mariina Hallikainen
CEO, Colossal Order

Mattias Lilja
Deputy CEO, Paradox Interactive

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We have created an FAQ page with information on how your refunds will be processed and further information about release timelines.

Hi everyone. We have a small hotfix for you to address some of the reports we have received following the Modding Wavelet patch. We'll keep working on bug fixes and going through the feedback you share with us, but we wanted to get these fixes out as soon as possible.

Please note that we're still investigating the issue causing mods to not initialize when you first start the game. If you encounter this issue and no mods are shown, please restart the game. If that doesn't help, we would appreciate a bug report here

• Fixed crashes to desktop or other problems after starting a new game on a map that has pre-placed buildings with fences
  
• Fixed cases where logging out of the Paradox account would prevent accessing mods again
  
• Fixed issue causing no mods to show up in-game
  
• Fixed darkening of map thumbnail and preview images
  
• Fixed various localization glitches
  
• Replaced generic popup with a searchable popup for existing mod selection in Save/Map upload panel
  
• Updated Paradox Mods branding icons in various places
  
• Added badges for DLC content and Paradox Mods data source content in relevant panels (Load, New game, Asset picker etc..)
  
• Added page scrolling via mouse wheel in What's New Panel
  
• Added youtu.be and discord.gg to supported external link popup resolver
  
• Fixed issues where uploading images and previews containing space would fail in Save/Map upload panel
  
• Improved sanitization of version number in Save/Map upload panel

And here's the usual reminder that bug reports should go on the forum. Thank you for taking the time to report issues you come across, we really appreciate the logs and savegames you provide!
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/forums/cities-skylines-2-bug-reports.1162/

Hello everyone! With Beach Properties out, it’s time for a mini-series of development diaries covering our process and giving you a peek at the new assets. In this first installment, we’ll talk about what an asset pack is and how we approached the development of Beach Properties alongside the development of the game, modding support, and bug fixes.

Asset packs are a new type of official content that opens up the chance to add more building variations to the game and bring you more ways to let your city stand out. Our first pack, Beach Properties, has something new for your peaceful low density residential areas and while nothing forces you to zone these buildings near the waves, these assets might be just the touch your waterfront needs.


Beach Properties includes 60 new buildings across two new low density residential zones, one for North America and one for Europe. The zones contain the familiar 5 levels and using various props and decorations, we have managed to sneak in 24 additional variations for each theme. The pack also includes six glorious Signature Buildings plus a large number of props that will hopefully not only be nice to look at but also very useful when you get your hands on the in-game editor in the not-so-distant future.

Who doesn’t enjoy a waterfront view?

With the Ultimate Edition for Cities: Skylines II we have announced a few different types of DLCs, so let’s take a moment to talk about the two types we’ll bring you. Both asset packs and expansions present a way for us to bring you new content to enhance your cities, but they do so in different ways. Where expansions have a broad concept and bring you new gameplay mechanics to expand the game as a whole, asset packs take a more narrow focus allowing you to pick and choose exactly what fits your playstyle and cities. This allows our amazing art team to create stunning new buildings for you while our programmers have been working diligently on the performance improvements and bug fixes you have received since the game was released.

Before Cities: Skylines II was even announced, we had picked the concept for this pack, though work didn’t properly start on the assets themselves until closer to the release last October. As you may have already spotted from the names of the first DLCs, we have focused our attention on waterfronts and seaside cities. In Cities: Skylines we weren’t able to do much with the waterfronts, so going into Cities: Skylines II, it felt like a natural choice to start expanding the game there.

With the theme selected, our artists found references and started work on the pack. As it includes a new low density residential zone for each of the two themes, we already knew roughly how many buildings we would need. The next step in the process is what’s called “white boxing” where we outline the basic geometric shapes of the buildings, like a 3D draft that allows us to flesh out the scale and make sure it fits within the existing game assets.

Work-in-progress models for the European Waterfront Housing

From there we started to iterate on the details that are iconic for the architectural styles we were inspired by. We’ll explore that in more detail in the next development diary tomorrow as we talk about what inspired the Beach Properties and how we created the assets. Until then, we hope you enjoyed this peek at the creation of an asset pack.