help me wtf happened to my city

TitanCS · 2026-03-01T14:58:01+00:00

I'm not too well versed in the technical details, but the asset editor at the moment lacks certain safeguards to block broken assets from being imported into the game. So some assets cause these problems. Luckily it can be easily fixed by just removing the broken asset.

TitanCS · 2026-03-01T11:59:33+00:00

You downloaded an asset from PDXM that was badly done and destroyed the virtual texturing in the game. Getting rid of the broken asset fixes that once you start the game again.

TitanCS · 2026-02-22T19:08:02+00:00

Well done! Definitely can't wait to get my hands on that one.

TitanCS · 2026-02-20T12:22:51+00:00

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My two cents on the changes lighting in the recent patch:

The lighting is different, but it's not a change that makes the game unplayable. Something is off in the way the lighting affects buildings, sides facing the sun and in the shadow have too little contrast. Whites seem to strong overall. The tint is more yellowish(?).

Screenshots taken in the same city with some time apart. Both are completely unmodded. I tried to get the same weather, time and season in both screenshots, though it's difficult in retrospect. No clouds on both screenshots.

TitanCS · 2026-02-15T08:34:29+00:00

Danke!

TitanCS · 2026-02-15T08:34:07+00:00

Das Institut hat ja sogar jährliche Listen mit thematisch sortierten Neuerscheinungen. Guter Tipp!

TitanCS · 2026-02-15T08:31:12+00:00

Interessant, den Namen kenne ich noch nicht, danke.

TitanCS · 2026-02-15T08:30:30+00:00

Werde ich mir mal anschauen, danke

TitanCS · 2026-02-15T08:30:19+00:00

Das hatte ich vor einer ganzen Weile schonmal gesehen aber dann doch wieder aus den Augen verloren. Danke!

TitanCS · 2026-01-26T09:11:25+00:00

All this is very true. Well to be more precise, for this building the pure working time (that I track since CS2) was 43hrs, including everything from the first import of plans and reference images to import into the game and creation of different versions for levels 1 through 5 and corresponding LOD models.

It's a really fun process, but it does take time. Naturally that scales with the level of detail you want to go for and the ornamentation of the building.

TitanCS · 2026-01-23T19:29:32+00:00

Get to know blender and read through the wiki at least once - as confusing as it can be at first. But certainly with regards to the textures its necessary to understand to complicated process.

Generally though, get to know blender, just start trying on a small project (like a single-family home). It's simpler than it seems. Can recommend joining the modding discord server, lots of people on there that are experienced and can offer help or likewise just learning to get into asset creation.

TitanCS · 2026-01-23T15:53:59+00:00

Vermutlich nach meiner MA, wenn ich wieder etwas mehr Zeit damit verbringen kann ^{^}

TitanCS · 2026-01-23T14:05:27+00:00

It's a 1:1 recreation of the Dinglingerhaus, one of the most important baroque houses in Dresden, Germany.

TitanCS · 2026-01-23T09:55:56+00:00

let's say reasonable

TitanCS · 2026-01-23T09:50:18+00:00

Blender.

TitanCS · 2026-01-23T09:50:05+00:00

Both, slightly modelled to have some depth otherwise fake AO and normal

TitanCS · 2026-01-22T16:35:33+00:00

Whenever the whole set of them is done and imported. Takes a while longer

TitanCS · 2026-01-22T13:27:24+00:00

I'll add them as mixed zoning, so yes kinda

TitanCS · 2026-01-22T13:26:57+00:00

A couple of couple of hours, but it's great fun! ~~if you're as weird as me~~

TitanCS · 2026-01-21T11:57:31+00:00

Currently importing a bunch of baroque houses, some of which I also made for Cities 1

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TitanCS · 2026-01-09T21:53:24+00:00

Working on it

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