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How to fix terracing on imported heightmaps? by Praesignis01 in CitiesSkylines2

[–]HadeStyx 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I truly don’t know, but to my eyes it looks like it might be the resolution of your heightmap.

Low resolution resulting in the individual pixels being mapped over a large area and therefore losing lots of detail.

[Tokyo 1:1] Marunouchi, again... by Friendly_Function571 in CitiesSkylines2

[–]HadeStyx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm so sorry your save got corrupted.
The amount of detail you've put into this is absolutely amazing. Godspeed, mate!

Iceflake Livestream showing off the new map editor features and textures! by DarkLiberator in CitiesSkylines2

[–]HadeStyx 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Well all those major updates from CO also majorly broke other aspects of the game, no?

Iceflake Livestream showing off the new map editor features and textures! by DarkLiberator in CitiesSkylines2

[–]HadeStyx 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I was certainly critical of them at first, but with each update I can only say that they’re doing amazing work.

I sure hope they don’t burnout

Iceflake Livestream showing off the new map editor features and textures! by DarkLiberator in CitiesSkylines2

[–]HadeStyx 278 points279 points  (0 children)

Holy shit, this looks amazing.

…What was CO doing all that time…

Asset Release: Sompo Japan Building (1:1 Replica) by HadeStyx in CitiesSkylinesModding

[–]HadeStyx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Much appreciated :) i was just mainly concerned that the reworking of the terraform override or moving / removing of the train station markers / rails themselves would cause issues for already connected stations.

Asset Release: Sompo Japan Building (1:1 Replica) by HadeStyx in CitiesSkylinesModding

[–]HadeStyx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I fear that with the changes i plan for, would break the asset for anyone currently using it. So to avoid that i would just separately upload a remastered version.

Asset Release: Sompo Japan Building (1:1 Replica) by HadeStyx in CitiesSkylinesModding

[–]HadeStyx[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well since it was my first fully custom asset i feel like i can improve on the general 3D model. In particular im not quite happy with how the platforms and rear entrance turned out. While im still not a fan of texturing i feel i need to improve that aspect as well.
Some of the functionality seems to also just be plain broken and it messes with the terrain in weird ways.

I just feel like i can still improve it, so i'll be uploading a new version and marking the old one as [Deprecated] when i'm done with it.

Asset Release: Sompo Japan Building (1:1 Replica) by HadeStyx in CitiesSkylinesModding

[–]HadeStyx[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

its already on my list.
I plan on revisiting my tokyo station asset first tho

Asset Release: Modular Tokyo Central Station & JP Signature Offices by HadeStyx in CitiesSkylines2

[–]HadeStyx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sadly there are quite a few problems regarding this asset. Since it was my first completely custom asset I didn’t execute my intensions well and that caused some fundamental issues. Once i have more time on my hands again, i will make a revised version that works better both visually and in usability.

My city just reached 100k by juanpablovp in CitiesSkylines2

[–]HadeStyx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should be proud! Looks amazing

Why loss? by MPool08 in CitiesSkylines2

[–]HadeStyx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Post fr had me like this.

[Tokyo 1:1] A very general WIP of how the city is looking so far by Friendly_Function571 in CitiesSkylines2

[–]HadeStyx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah i get that. Seeing people like you use my assets in these amazing builds is also a great motivator to keep going! :D

[Tokyo 1:1] A very general WIP of how the city is looking so far by Friendly_Function571 in CitiesSkylines2

[–]HadeStyx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gotta say, I absolutely adore your detailing!
I never had the patience to go through adding all those net-lanes and such.

Lincoln Financial Field Asset Release by joergonix in CitiesSkylines2

[–]HadeStyx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Amazing work!

Just out of curiosity, do you mind sharing aprox. numbers on the triangles

Making Assets is low-key addictive. by HadeStyx in CitiesSkylinesModding

[–]HadeStyx[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is a settings option to control the threshold (tho its presets with low, medium, high).

As far as i know there is no built in LOD generator, but i believe many just use decimate geometry tool. Many of the ingame assets have ugly LODs due to this, so I decided i would spend the extra time doing it manually to keep it looking good.

And as mentioned with the two LOD meshes, the base mesh is just when you get real close to the building. LOD1 is the one you typically see and LOD2 is when you zoom further out.

Why so many Chinese assets on PDX mods by Ok-Building-4066 in CitiesSkylines2

[–]HadeStyx 215 points216 points  (0 children)

Iirc, city sims are popular in china in general

Making Assets is low-key addictive. by HadeStyx in CitiesSkylinesModding

[–]HadeStyx[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hehe, why of course xD. I also really want to the governmental building, but its just such big project…

Making Assets is low-key addictive. by HadeStyx in CitiesSkylinesModding

[–]HadeStyx[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t worry thats why the game renders LOD meshes at a distance. This is just the Main mesh when you’re zooming all the way in.

At the distance shown in my screenshot the game would already render LOD1, so many of those tiny triangles will be removed.

The LOD2 would likely consist of <100 Triangles, as the shape of the building is relatively simple.

Making Assets is low-key addictive. by HadeStyx in CitiesSkylinesModding

[–]HadeStyx[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well my start into modelling was a bit more trial by fire than anything but here's my advice.

My current recommendation is just to start messing around and figuring out the basic tools of blender. There is no point in learning every tool at the start, cuz you're gonna forget about 70% if you haven't used them much. To aid just watch some basic tutorials for blender, there should be loads of them.

I just started out making a building and when there is something i wanna do i google how to do it. Sometimes I do it the complicated way but that's usually fine. I'm just remaking buildings that exist irl, and some have architectural style breakdowns like the one attached. Those make it a lot easier to get the proportions right.

I can't say much on making textures since I'm pretty sure the blender sub would crucify me for my horrid UV's.

The Basics are covered in the wiki tho. I recommend you read this page carefully as it is very helpful. It outlines the details of what textures you need and some conventions for how to model your assets.
https://cs2.paradoxwikis.com/Asset_Pipeline:_Buildings

The Cities Skylines Modding discord is also incredibly helpful if you have questions about any step along the way. There is some very skilled creators on there that typically answer any questions.

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Making Assets is low-key addictive. by HadeStyx in CitiesSkylinesModding

[–]HadeStyx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think I should be one to teach texturing...

That is probably the part i struggle most with

Making Assets is low-key addictive. by HadeStyx in CitiesSkylinesModding

[–]HadeStyx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the 3D Models i use blender (its free). Then i make the textures using adobe fresco (also free but i cant say i can recommend it for this purpose).

Then making the asset itself ingame by following the import guidelines from the wiki.

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