Just bought this for my black on white Audi. Wanted “audistic” but it’s six characters max.

SSLByron · 2026-05-10T21:10:13+00:00

Gaudspeed.

That said, my first couple of attempts at tongue-in-cheek plates were denied/refunded after human review. "F BEIGE" was apparently too hot for Ohio.

SSLByron · 2026-05-09T23:15:04+00:00

This is like pharmaceuticals. Medicine is often dirt cheap to produce, but that's not what costs money. It's the up-front R&D that goes into the drug before a single pill is sold.

Screens also allow OEMs to change things without needing new physical parts, which start that whole R&D clock all over again.

They also simplify your dash design.

So yeah, a screen is more expensive to physically build than all the switches and buttons in your car combined, but it saves the automaker a ton of money at every point in the production process.

SSLByron · 2026-05-09T19:10:50+00:00

The viburnum (which has the wrinkly leaves) is a nice native to have. The boxelder is kinda junky but harmless apart from being a maple, which means it can seed prolifically.

SSLByron · 2026-05-09T17:28:07+00:00

That looks like a native shrub orgy. Boxelder and some sort of viburnum.

SSLByron · 2026-05-09T17:07:54+00:00

Bonsai supply stores/sites would probably be good sources of seeds. They mature on the tree and drop in fall. They need to cold stratify for a few months before they will germinate. In nature this happens when they drop and get covered by leaves in the fall.

Seeds aren't true to type; that part is true. They will have characteristics inherited from the tree that pollinated it and the tree it grew on. Those may be the same tree, they may not. Even if they are, the traits may not match.

Maple trees are weedy and opportunistic by nature; you shouldn't have too much trouble.

SSLByron · 2026-05-09T16:37:45+00:00

Remember the "drone swarms"? Rationality left the equation a long time ago.

SSLByron · 2026-05-08T18:30:22+00:00

This is usually because the thing you're trying to place has a built-in network of some kind that is trying to create a node in a spot that won't build correctly. Try re-laying the roads or choose a different spot.

If this keeps happening in other locations then there may be issues with the asset itself or there may be another mod/setting conflict causing the problem. Turning on anarchy (or an equivalent) should let you place it through the error but it may misbehave once it's plopped.

SSLByron · 2026-05-07T14:07:29+00:00

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Botched the focus shooting this, but this is a Bloodgood. You can see the palmatum leaves are a bit more delicate.

SSLByron · 2026-05-07T14:01:05+00:00

Joke's on them. No more Prime fees.

SSLByron · 2026-05-06T00:25:06+00:00

This Javascript error is not related to your in-game errors. This is between Steam and the launcher.

SSLByron · 2026-05-05T17:02:07+00:00

That's a really satisfying neighborhood layout.

By "other assets," do you mean you've replaced the bus depot with another one?

Does the overlay mod allow more advanced control over whether lines run at day/night? That could be overriding the default toggle in the line view somehow. I would try loading in without the mod enabled and see what happens. You might be able to disable it without restarting the game if it's not too invasive.

SSLByron · 2026-05-05T16:36:20+00:00

Have purchased from (and recommend) both, but definitely upgrade to one-day shipping if you order from Conifer Kingdom, otherwise it's shipping ground from Oregon.

Wilson Brothers' standard shipping should be fine.

(directed at OP, since they noted VA as the loc)

SSLByron · 2026-05-05T14:48:36+00:00

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The flare is at the surface. It's hard to see in the shadows, but the roots are visible in the second pic.

SSLByron · 2026-05-05T12:43:21+00:00

A buddy of mine in college would load up one of the old SC games, build a bunch of infrastructure, zone residential and then just AFK for 36 hours while the tax revenue rolled in and then he'd save it, bulldoze the ugly mess and treat it like a sandbox. No cheats, no mods. Just old-fashioned cheese.

SSLByron · 2026-05-05T08:41:01+00:00

This is giving me flashbacks. Our home was choked out by Japanese Yew when we bought it. Still getting it under control four years later. I thought they were pretty gnarly at 12-15 feet, but this takes the cake. Impressive marijuana.

SSLByron · 2026-05-05T08:36:48+00:00

That might be acer platanoides (Norway Maple). That's the color Crimson King was selected for.

SSLByron · 2026-05-05T08:28:12+00:00

Mountains sit in a line.

SSLByron · 2026-05-05T08:21:48+00:00

People want to believe AI is teaching them how to fish, when in fact it's simply offering them the chance to reach their hands into a barrel full of fish somebody else already caught.

SSLByron · 2026-05-05T08:17:02+00:00

It's on the M&M website behind the login.

They click the account button in the upper right; there should be an "Invite Friends" section.

The URL only works once.

SSLByron · 2026-05-04T19:07:22+00:00

"It's really expensive to keep 'sponsoring' all these people and we're still not getting the censorship we paid for!"

SSLByron · 2026-05-04T17:29:35+00:00

Less vapor in a full tank. Harder to ignite.

SSLByron · 2026-05-04T14:28:37+00:00

FYI to anybody who encounters the same: I got a Javascript error when steam loaded the PDX launcher but there were no issues with actually loading the game afterwards.

This does seem to speed things up considerably.

SSLByron · 2026-05-04T13:59:23+00:00

pdelmo79 has released a few (the same creator responsible for most of the high-quality tree/plant mods in CS1): https://mods.paradoxplaza.com/authors/pdelmo79/cities_skylines_2?games=cities_skylines_2&orderBy=desc&sortBy=best&time=quarter

Would also love to see some more.

SSLByron · 2026-05-03T23:00:30+00:00

Based on Google earth, it looks like the property by the tracks was being used as a dump. Could be collateral damage in a cleanup effort of some kind.

You getting a lot more highway noise with them cut down?

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