Nakayama Transportation Board and Tourism Agency (中山市交通部局旅行社)

[hot basalt]

⭐
Originally, I had planned on keeping this under wraps until I had more to show, but since Cities Skylines 2 is coming out in a just under two weeks as of this post, I figured that further waiting carried no benefit. Hence, thus begins the official public thread of a project that I've teased only intermittently for nearly three years now. Committing at this point means that I will likely not use CS2 until this project has been completed.

**Short Introduction **
As the project is primarily a blend of Japanese, Taiwanese, and Hong Kong architecture, the name was chosen to reflect values from both Chinese and Japanese culture. From most of the teaser shots, it should also be abundantly clear that this project is primarily focused on rail, particularly high speed rail (HSR).

[barren solar]

I love it

This is how we should build taiwanese cities and hong kong IRL fr

[warm shale]

Incredible

[nova kernel]

Beauty!

[wraith frost]

Love it. The reflections really sell it!

And the low saturation as well!

[old quiver]

that srsly looked like where i used to live back in hong kong hav a nice one

[simple stratus]

Please continue. I am currently doing a similar city and would love to see how you did it. Anymore pictures maybe?

[hot basalt]

⭐

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

This project has had... an interesting development history.

Visuals and detailing aside, this project seeks to retain as much operational realism as possible. From the start, Nakayama had been designed with a full shinkansen build in mind. The full-length N700A and 500 series trainsets presented here not only travel sufficient distance to realistically accelerate to and maintain their full speed, they actually carry commuting cims instead of just tourists.

Given the constraints of the game in terms of logistics and mapsize, most HSR builds are mostly just glorified tourist shuttles. This setup comes with two drawbacks: 1) it does not reflect real-world HSR ridership patterns (which often involve "supercommuters" who travel between cities for work and business), and 2) the distance between the urban core and map edge is often too short for bullet trains to reach their full speed, and, even if they do, they likely can only maintain it for a few seconds before they have to stop. This project, designed from the ground up to specifically address these issues, has been the product of at least two years' worth of research, development, and refinement.

[hot basalt]

it does!

[hot basalt]

more to come.

[hot basalt]

thanks

thank you

[hot basalt]

everyone is playing CS:2 and I'm still here with CS:1.

[old quiver]

heck this quality is even better than the cs2 stuff lol

[hot basalt]

some random trackside photos

[old quiver]

The first, second and last images give me Half Life vibes.

[final flicker]

wow

[barren solar]

It's amazing how one city can look so taiwanese, japanese and hong kong at the same time

[hot basalt]

custom HSR catenaries

[novel flax]

this looks amazing
do you have the skyve profile by any chance?

[hot basalt]

I can try bundling it, but it's pretty cursed

[barren solar]

Beautiful

Fun fact but I'm actually in taipei rn so this does look even more familiar

[hot basalt]

@barren solar perhaps then these pictures should pique your memory?

😉

[novel flax]

how is this possible 😢

[barren solar]

Damn

Indeed

[hot basalt]

it's actually a trench with road assets layered on top.
also, Reshade.

[old quiver]

That way to real, did you use something to make this real?

[old quiver]

So you use Reshade to make this Graphics?

That look real

[hot basalt]

Reshade has shaders that create screenspace reflections (SSR)

[old quiver]

Oh alright

[hot basalt]

but this is still Cities Skylines 😂

[old quiver]

wow

trying to make it realistic like yours

[hot basalt]

looking forward to seeing it in the future.

you should check out people like WokCityWall, Akruas, TwoDollarTwenty, kjimci, and MattyKane/Gaseous Stranger.

[old quiver]

Are they on discord or not?

[hot basalt]

more underground station pics

[old quiver]

Ok

This aint no way

this is not cities skylines 1 or 2

way to real

Look like from different game

[hot basalt]

im not sure if they're here, but I've seen them on Youtube and Reddit.

[old quiver]

Reshade must been good

[old quiver]

Alright

Im suprise this is from Cities skylines 1, I thought it was 2

[hot basalt]

kjmci is here on this discord I believe.

[old quiver]

Alright

[hot basalt]

Mommy wanted a city apartment, but daddy likes trains: https://www.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/comments/198unsn/when_mommy_wanted_a_city_apartment_but_daddy/

[north crown]

it just look beautiful...

[weak osprey]

Zhongshan 中山 also is a city in guangdong

[old quiver]

LET HIM COOK MORE 🔥

[barren solar]

I mean cities with the same names are all over the place anyways

And the IRL zhongshan is definitely less interesting than this😂

[hot basalt]

I'm actually aware of the Chinese city: it was named after Sun Yat-Sen (孫中山), who had picked up the name during the time he spent hiding in Japan. Hence the choice.

the name was chosen to reflect values from both Chinese and Japanese culture.

[old quiver]

These photos are so real that I would totally believe you if you said they were real-life photos! Awesome!

[hot basalt]

@old quiver many thanks!

[hot basalt]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/comments/1acavaa/cities_skylines_2_is_so_pretty_no_wait_wrong_game/

[old quiver]

wow

[hot basalt]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/comments/1aeo7zw/cs1_cities_are_just_too_pretty_to_give_up/

[hot basalt]

social divide classical architecture

[unkempt wharf]

WAIT
I THOUGHT THIS WAS TAKEN FROM REAL LIFE

[barren solar]

Average east asian neighbourhood

(the poor and the rich live like one street away but seperated)

[young badge]

Shinkansen

[restive crypt]

I love your project bro! I don't know how possible this is due to technical stuff, but i'd definently be interested in a first person / passenger ride video on the trains!

[hot basalt]

cabride / POV videos are definitely planned in the future.
barring a few exceptions, most rail lines were designed to feature cabrides
the biggest issue right now is a matter of scale. Some of these lines run over 200km long, with trains taking over an hour to complete a full loop. With the level of detail present, there's literally quite a bit of ground to cover.

Even the Shinkansen network, which is the shortest, takes around 20min one way (45+ min for a round trip)

[hot basalt]

More pictures coming soon 😉

[hot basalt]

@restive crypt since the full cabride video is still a ways off, hopefully this will whet your appetite for the moment 🙂

[restive crypt]

I didn't even know that 1 hour long train trips were possible with the cs1 map size, but i'd happily watch a video on it with the level of detail you're going for!

[hot basalt]

Literally spent 2+ years poking around with the simulation and designing the map before I actually started building it.

[barren solar]

So much dedication👀

[hot basalt]

lol

[barren solar]

o7

[scenic spear]

Amazing city, its awesome 🔥if i were if
Id add a standout skyscraper or two to the CBD (kinda like beijing)

Like a supertall

[hot basalt]

Interestingly enough, this isn't even the main city.
This actually is the southern staging yard / terminus for Nakayama's railway system.
I just got really, really carried away.

[hot basalt]

Commuter station for the Historical District

[soft kestrel]

So beautiful

[scenic spear]

Looks sick, but I get it 😭

I tend to always like tall skyscrapers in cities 😭😭😭

But your city Is absolutely amazing

If I were you I'd keep getting carried away lol

[barren solar]

It's just amazing how well taiwanese, japanese and hong kong styles have been blended together here

[smoky drum]

Untill I will build cities like this I need to buy a pc install cs2 and let'se go

Is there a pc on the market that can handle that amount work to calculate

[hot basalt]

but sir, this is CS1

[hot basalt]

CS1 isn't too taxing on the CPU and GPU. I'm running on an i9-9990k and an RTX 2070, and they max out around 45-50%, but my framerate tanks pretty hard as the game is old and has some optimization issues.
What really matters, on the other hand, are RAM and disk read/write speeds. CSL does max out on 64GB when loading, and used to take an hour to load when running on an HDD.

[smoky drum]

Well I missunderstanded ok I will save that requirements for pc that you have to compare with it in the future

[sharp wolf]

Please Skyve profile or mods + asset pack I’m begging you

[hot basalt]

me too bro

[hot basalt]

they actually do require a bit of fiddling to work together (I usually try to stick with one style for each city block), but overall, I do like how it turned out.

[hot basalt]

I have received multiple requests for this; however, I'm a bit hesitant to release it as is because:

1. Outdated mods.
   Due to Nakayama's long development history (circa 2021), quite a few of the mods I use are outdated. While some have specific features (i.e. First Person Camera Mod supports Reshade SSR, while ACME does not), others had been dependencies that later became discontinued (such as the EML suite of mods). These mods are being kept because my save relies on them, but they are not recommended for new saves.
2. Stability issues.
   While my build has been stable for myself, that is as far as I can say. I'm sure some incompatibilities must exist between the 130+ mods I use, as I encountered problems while porting over to a clean install and was only able to get it to work by copying over my old root folder. To this day I get occasional error messages (though fortunately these have not broken my saves), but my current philosophy is "If it ain't broke, dont' fix it".

Same thing goes for assets. I have so many that sometimes I'm not sure what I'm subscribed to. 😄

All this means I'd have to go through and reorganize my entire list, as to publish such an unvetted list to new users would be highly irresponsible. I will definitely try, as with everything I am doing with this project, but I can't make any promises as to when I can get it done.

Ki-Ha / Yi-Ha Railway Park

Semi-Abandoned Maintenance Yard

[sharp wolf]

how many assets do you have and how did you find them?

[hot basalt]

steam workshop

[sharp wolf]

yeah like what search terms and how long did it take to find them all

[hot basalt]

I don't think I searched for anything in particular, but I did pay attention to a few authors

if they dropped something, I'd subscribe

a notable chunk of my subscriptions come from these creators:
koma https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198367388905/myworkshopfiles
waya https://steamcommunity.com/id/waya2004/myworkshopfiles
Jeremychit https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198389008602/myworkshopfiles
DennyMok https://steamcommunity.com/id/denniemok/myworkshopfiles
SvenBerlin https://steamcommunity.com/id/SvenBerlin/myworkshopfiles
MARCOWWINE https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198209071883/myworkshopfiles
Reaper https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970895937/myworkshopfiles
NameInvalid https://steamcommunity.com/id/nameinvalid69/myworkshopfiles
clus https://steamcommunity.com/id/clusCS/myworkshopfiles
Jimbo_WestCoast https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198005339096/myworkshopfiles
REV0 https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198091878490/myworkshopfiles
Ryuichi Kaminogi https://steamcommunity.com/id/kaminogi_works/myworkshopfiles
YufuCharioteer https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198208938309/myworkshopfiles

Going overboard Exhibit #873: Added guiderails for historical trench section

Concrete Floating Gardens

[karmic patio]

Over 11,000 assets holy shiiii-

Seriously one of the best Cs1 builds I've seen

I struggle with 5000 assets with 32 GB Ram

[hot basalt]

I deliberately maxxed out my RAM at 64GB when I built my PC in anticipation of building this

[hot basalt]

some more pictures showing the previously completed bridge section and semi-abandoned maintenance yard

[hot basalt]

Some more close-up photos of the Old Fortress complex

[hot basalt]

I'm a little unsure where the "half life vibes" come from
I could be wrong, but I don't recall half life / half life 2 having an asian tileset.

interesting.

[hot basalt]

Added nightlights. By hand.

was inspired by Kowloon Walled City, Hongya Cave, and Miyazaki's Spirited Away.

[barren solar]

was wondering why I felt like looking at a tidier version of the walled city lol

very well done

[hot basalt]

thanks!

[fair plover]

Hey @hot basalt Do you have any custom shinkansen stops in the city? Like completely built by you

[hot basalt]

Yes.

[fair plover]

I am having problems with connecting pedestrian paths to ronxy's shinkansen stationtracks. How did you manage to make your shinkansen stations functional?

[hot basalt]

@fair plover What problems are you having exactly with the shinkansen station tracks? There's not a lot of info for me to work with. Can you describe what you are trying to do, or perhaps the layout you currently have?

in addition, have you tried using other station tracks?

[fair plover]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgdmeBEzXGw

I am using the method mentioned in that video. A oath placed to the middle of the station track and it automaticly connects to station track. This method works with the regular ronxy's station tracks, but doesnt on the shinkansens for me. Are you using the same method to make stations accessible or you use a different one maybe?

[hot basalt]

I see. A few questions:

1. how high is the shinkansen station track elevated above the ground? If it is more than 8m high, you might need to manually shift the path node up using Move It until it snaps to the track (you should be able to tell if the terrain begins to spike and the path node has a "jagged" edge to it)
2. Using Move It and dragging the node around sometimes can get it to connect. When designing the Nakayama Main Station building, I actually was having the opposite problem: nodes would snap to the station track even if I didn't want them to.
3. You might want to check your Network Anarchy or Move It settings, as there are options to "snap" nodes.
4. In reality, Shinkansen stations do not use "J-slab" track (which the Ronyx's shinkansen emulates); using traditional concrete track is more realistic. I actually do not plan on using Shinkansen tracks for the actual station areas.

[fair plover]

Thank I will check, because they well over 8m
THnak you for the tips

[hot basalt]

let me know if that fixes your problem.

[hot basalt]

early teaser I guess.

[fair plover]

like that right? @hot basalt

[hot basalt]

yes.

[fair plover]

Thanks

[fair plover]

The amount of detail is crazy. Nice work!

[karmic patio]

This thread is a perfect example of why assets are so important to the success of Cities Skylines games

[barren solar]

True

[hot basalt]

very.

[hot basalt]

lore for Taosan's 金中 Old Fortress:
https://www.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/comments/1ddeobs/nakayama_taosans_old_fortress/

[barren solar]

Mood

[vast bear]

so what was your ultimate solution for this?

[sharp wolf]

what lut?

[hot basalt]

I currently use Ronyx69's Relight Bleak.

[hot basalt]

trade secrets (for now)

[hot basalt]

trade secrets

Jokes aside, the main idea was to create secondary "backstage cities" from which trains would launch / terminate. Over time, some of these "staging grounds" became actualized cities of their own (this is where I bemoan getting carried away)—in effect, the Nakayama project isn't just one city, but actually an entire transit corridor between three different cities, including everything in-between. The challenge trade secret was finding a way to pack all of this into a single CSL map.

In total, the HSR line has a full circuit length of +200km, with over seven unique stations; the old main trunk line is even longer, at more than 250km and over 50 stops.

[vast bear]

pfft

[vast bear]

ahh okay so you're roleplaying transport fever

[vast bear]

how is one line 200 km long without snaking all over the place, and if it does is it even HSR anymore?

[hot basalt]

...is it even HSR anymore?
Yes.

[hot basalt]

(中山市) Nakayama

[vast bear]

how?

do you have a route map

[hot basalt]

||trade secrets
still updating; will release later.||

in the meantime, more pics

[somber cove]

What railway assets are you using? Could you linky eh workshop link?

Thanks!

[maiden spindle]

Question if your available

[hot basalt]

Ronyx69's Shinkansen
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1779465923

[maiden spindle]

What are alll the japanese characthers you have? Can you link all of them if possible.

[somber cove]

Thanks !! But in this photo, the bridges for the railway look custom, how and what did you use ?

[hot basalt]

I actually don't have any Japanese characters installed. I used these two PO fonts
https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=2115547852
https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=2084774317

[maiden spindle]

Oh.

[hot basalt]

As for the 3D text in front of the station, they were made using 3D Numbers & Letters
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1139717359

中 is literally two L's and an I rotated and stacked together, while the 山 is literally a flipped E"
😂

[hot basalt]

That bridge you linked is indeed custom. I'd need to check what catenary models I used (because I downloaded quite a few), but that was mostly done with PO and IMT. I do remember the walls are Shinkansen Walls
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1592766414

[somber cove]

Thanks so much!

[cedar talon]

Amazing work, waiting for the day it is possible to do this in cs2

[hot basalt]

waited 8 years for to mature enough to be able to do stuff like this

[cedar talon]

Guess i will come back in 2032 for part 2

[hot basalt]

bros already dreaming about part 2 when I'm already wondering when I'll finish part 1

[hot basalt]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/comments/1ds1zpj/mountainside_shinkansen/

[barren solar]

The rainy mood makes it all the better

[sullen sinew]

Thats just crazy

Wow

[sonic elm]

Out of interest what is the highest public transportation usage someone has managed to reach in CS1?

[hot basalt]

I'm afraid I can't answer that question as I'm not at the pop cap yet. 😂
But I'd assume the highest would be near the citizen instance count (with near 100% public transport utilization)

[final flicker]

this is amazing

[hot basalt]

thx mate!

[hot basalt]

new detailed replacement of the HSR viaduct and trackbed

[ebon obsidian]

👏

[sonic elm]

Yeah that is what I am thinking as its around the highest I have managed to get to

[hot basalt]

Overengineered Local Station #9

[barren solar]

it looks like a way better version of yilan station for me lol

[plain cradle]

@hot basalt I love these builds! Can't wait till i can detail like this. Im wondering what lighting pack you are using, its stunning! if you could ge4t back that would be awsome, thanks!

[hot basalt]

@plain cradle I use Relight Bleak

and Reshade

[plain cradle]

Awsome thank you so much!

[hot basalt]

I'll post some exterior shots once the surrounding area is done

[hot basalt]

C U R V E S

[ember sequoia]

Excuse me, what are those shaders called?

[hot basalt]

Reshade?

[narrow mirage]

You have rtx 4090 and R9 7950x3d and 128 gb ram, right?

[hot basalt]

not really
just an i9-9990k, RTX2070, and 64GB of RAM.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/comments/1e9hrdp/custom_shinkansen_tracks_made_with_imt/

[narrow mirage]

So twice my ram

[brazen badge]

How you make this bro ?

[hot basalt]

a lot of experimentation and planning.

[hot basalt]

+64 GB pagefile

[brazen badge]

Bravo bro, it’s realy cool 🫱🏼‍🫲🏽

[hot basalt]

thx bro

just realized that I accidentally compressed the pictures before the reddit upload; here are the raws + bonus pic

[kind pollen]

Dude, would you mind sharing your ReShade presets

Cause this is over insane

[kind pollen]

I have almost the same components

except I have 32ram

[hot basalt]

lets see if this works

[hot basalt]

RAM and pagefile are quite important

[kind pollen]

I have a lot of pagefile

[kind pollen]

Are the your settings ?

how can I import them in Reshade ?

Great I see

thank yo

[hot basalt]

I usually tweak everything every time I take a separate screenshot, so it's not 100% accurate

but at the very least this is the preset I last used

[kind pollen]

And do you use any mods apart from the shader ?

Because I am building a South American style city and I want to get the blendest color visuals before making it warmer

[hot basalt]

yes.
I think I have half the entire steam workshop installed
||jk||

[hot basalt]

oh you're talking about color grading

I have a few visual mods installed, but I think a few of them are outdated or have been superseded; I personally keep them because they work for me and don't break the game. According to Skyve, these are the ones I currently use, but I'd double check each mod to check for any potential incompatibilities

• Relight
• AD Cloud Replacer
• CSL Map View
• Daylight Classic
• Environment Changer
• Fog Controller
• HDRI Cubemap Pack(s)
• Render It!
• Sun Shafts
• Theme Mixer 2.5
• Ultimate Level of Detail

[kind pollen]

Well I use the same except ULOD which was replaced by Prop Visibility

Although I didn't know their was an environment changer mod

[kind pollen]

This crazy

It's because each I time I load my save I keep finding my game either to light or to dark one different side and it's nor balanced or realistic

like ambiant occlusion issue

so I just play around with theme mixer but yh

you can see for yourself

i'm complaining a lot x) it's just that I am desperate

[pallid yacht]

@hot basalt awesome tedtalk 👍 🙏

[kind pollen]

TedTalk ?

[young rapids]

i thinked it was real life

[hot basalt]

i did a livestream a few hours ago

was meant to showcase the project but only ended up showing how fcked up the save was 😂

[pallid yacht]

do u stream often?

[hot basalt]

no

quite the contrary

[pallid yacht]

ah

[hot basalt]

D R E A M S

[kind pollen]

Are these the rails you were working on ?

[hot basalt]

Yup

[kind pollen]

Very nice

[hot basalt]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/comments/1ehh0pb/shinkansen_fever_dream/

[hot basalt]

abandoned freight siding

[pallid yacht]

yo

do you plan on doing more livestreams? live building and such

[hot basalt]

occasionally, but not often

[hot basalt]

I'm generally very slow and meticulous when it comes to building, so it's usually not very good stream material.

another shot of the abandoned freight line

[hot basalt]

more screenies of the old Ko-Fumita freight depot. Its location has been moved roughly 800m down the line near the historical passenger train station.

[hot basalt]

pic dump SOON™

[barren solar]

Less goo

[hot basalt]

Ko-Fumita (小文田)

[hot basalt]

minor touchups and accentuations for one of my older pics

[harsh crater]

im jealoud

jealous

[viscid ferry]

Add aoshima cat island

[hot basalt]

Aoishima is technically already a featured stop on the HSR network (though it currently functions only as an underground staging yard). I've actually featured it before, though not by name.

As for a "cat island", unfortunately, while there are no plans for a cat island (nor is there space), there are plans for a Nekoyama mountain railway (貓山森林鐵路). Are there any cat prop assets on the workshop though?

[viscid ferry]

Cat props by SvenBerlin

1: Cat sitting
2: Cat meow
3: Cat M Marking
4: Cat mrrrreow :3
5: Cat Aoshima

search up cat props. Sven Berlin uploaded it

[native marsh]

美しい新幹線！

[hot basalt]

ありがとう ございます
arigato gozaimasu

[native marsh]

Bro are you Taiwanese or

欸 不過我是香港的

[hot basalt]

I studied university in Hong Kong.

[native marsh]

wait wtf

is it HKU?

[hot basalt]

CityU

[native marsh]

wait you're already back to TW?

[hot basalt]

haven't been to HK for awhile

[native marsh]

i can go exchange next year but idk which one should i go

i can only afford asian countries man, others are too expensive to travel and stay

[kind pollen]

很贵

[barren solar]

城市大學是一所歷史悠久的學院，

[barren solar]

What major you studying again😂

[native marsh]

Social Science bro

oh the subject is social science

major is Geography and minor is Urban Governance

[barren solar]

Yeah I don't really know which university would be best for exchange then haha

[native marsh]

i think imma stay for Tsinghua or Waseda as they're closer

[barren solar]

I guess choose waseda if you're confident in japanese haha

Tsinghua is a good university but idk it's china after all

[native marsh]

my Japanese didnt even reach N10 bruh, even they dont have N10

💀 💀 💀

本日もシティーズ スカイライン

man idk how to type

[hot basalt]

the cost of living in Taiwan is a lot cheaper, if pricing is a concern

[kind pollen]

日语？

[native marsh]

Yeah just start to learn some Japanese

[kind pollen]

非常好

[native marsh]

其實

你學了中文的話 日語是可以很快就學會的

[native marsh]

讀大學，不讀城市大學，那能讀什麼呢

[barren solar]

Fr

[native marsh]

😂

[hot basalt]

stop throwing shade at my university 😭

[barren solar]

Haha

[hot basalt]

some more, previously-unreleased images of the Ko-Fumita district:

[hot basalt]

Nakayama Transportation and Railway Bureau and Tourism Agency (中山市交通部鐵路局旅行社)

[barren solar]

good title haha

[native marsh]

Wait or

Railway bureau and tourism board

[hot basalt]

Nakayama Railway Transportation Bureau and Tourism Board (中山市交通部鐵路局旅行社)

[hot basalt]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/comments/1h5171q/trains_in_the_valley_a_midsummer_dream/

[hot basalt]

I haven't posted much these few months, but that's because I've been busy re-compiling and standardizing my HSR track designs.

everything was made in IMT.

[eternal elm]

this city is awesome

[eternal elm]

山

[barren solar]

Truly one of the 山 moments of all time

[hot basalt]

thank you
but it's actually not one city... it's actually more like 3-4.

[eternal elm]

thats cool

theres even a FamilyMart 😃

[tight sandal]

If here's a Half Life set in Japan then this is where it would started.

G-Man: "Time to shine, Mister Freeman. The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world."

[hot basalt]

plural 😂

[hot basalt]

This is truer than you think 😉

[tight sandal]

Any recent progress on the project, i'm just wondering.

[hot basalt]

I'm working a lot more these months, so progress is more... glacial.

I'm currently reworking large sections of the map, because I want each section to have its own unique aesthetic, setting, and look. That also involves spending a bit more time outside of the game thinking about what exactly to build, and how to build it

some detailed closeups taken from the Taosan Old Fortress building complex

[tight sandal]

Perfect Half Life setting! G-Man should sent Gordon Freeman here if he has the next mission for him.

[tight sandal]

This seem like a perfect city for Combine to conquer or some kind of alien invasion and crisis.

Imagine an alternate verse which a game called as "Half Life: Nakayama" existed.

[ebon obsidian]

this picture slaps

[hot basalt]

small historical street

[tight sandal]

Seem like a good place to go through in the non-exist "Half Life: Nakayama"

[viscid ferry]

it should be drivable in any game which has good car driving like beamng or ac instead of half life

[junior shale]

Even in a fictional universe they still haven’t released Half-Life 3.

[tight sandal]

Silver5word should sent Nakayama images to Valve so they'll get inspirations and ideas for a new Half Life game, especially a Half Life game take place in Japan.

[runic solstice]

Does it look like half life? (I’ve never played half life before)

[tight sandal]

It give me Half Life vibes at least.

[hot basalt]

Combine
❌

A L L I E S
✅

[tight sandal]

That make it more unique!

[fierce panther]

Zero and Mustang ❤️

P-51D?

[hot basalt]

yup!

[fierce panther]

Very cool

[hot basalt]

Nakayama Transportation Board and Tourism Agency (中山市交通部局旅行社)

[fierce panther]

Why is the p-51 got a naval camo like the f4u

[hot basalt]

tbh im not sure either why the plane is blue

[hot basalt]

I'm currently using these two; your guess is as good as mine
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2481485225
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2439088258

more choo choo zoom zoom

[fierce panther]

The esped is a lot

[eternal elm]

i love ekiben

[fierce panther]

❤️

[junior shale]

Branch line fans stay winning

[hot basalt]

win more

[hot basalt]

more.

MORE.

MOAR.

[tight sandal]

Valve need to take inspirations from these for their next Half Life game.

[runic solstice]

https://tenor.com/view/star-gif-16789607377123159596

[hot basalt]

YES

YIS

YAS

YUS

YOS

[fierce panther]

What LUT do you use@hot basalt

[hot basalt]

Relight Bleak

[hot basalt]

here's a little WIP
small rural station by the sea
all hail @jolly cairn
all hail IMT

[eternal elm]

"福山"

[kind pollen]

may I know what asset is this green fence ?

[final flicker]

Wow can you be my friend 🥹

[hot basalt]

it's actually part of this asset
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2640585014

[hot basalt]

old abandoned research facility

it's not haunted i swear

[viscid ferry]

meth lab walter white?????

[tight sandal]

Gordon Freeman will visit this place.

[hot basalt]

or...
...maybe he never left this place.
maybe his name had been changed to Gory NotAFreeMan...

[hot basalt]

idk bro the windows stay on at night for somewhat reason

little rural tourist town for shrine grounds

again, need to emphasize:
the place is totally not haunted.

secondary satellite battery, Yamato-Ko Fortress

[sacred raven]

probably one of the most realistic cities ever

how many RAM do you have to run this much mods and assets 😭

[barren solar]

massive D fort haha

literally looks like the letter D from above

[buoyant arch]

dang looks soooo good

what reshade settings are you using?

[hot basalt]

@buoyant arch
these were the reshade settings I shared up top

[hot basalt]

https://tenor.com/view/warthunder-war-thunder-war-thunder-mgod79-d-point-gif-9717771275520457638

attacking the D point intensifies. 😅

[hot basalt]

64GB RAM + 96GB pagefile

[hot basalt]

The D Point, from afar

[final flicker]

Do you have a YouTube channel?

[buoyant arch]

bro is playing CS3

[hot basalt]

yes, but it's not quite ready yet!

[hot basalt]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/comments/1kxj3dv/some_moments_of_peace_and_quiet

added NSFW tag because of sensitivity of subject matter

[tight sandal]

Half Life starts be like:

[hot basalt]

some more rural shots

nearly everything in this shot was made with IMT 😂

[earnest kraken]

What shaders/ graphics you use?

[hot basalt]

Relight Bleak and Reshade

[hot basalt]

some more lore drop for the Akiza Line
https://www.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/comments/1l2gfyk/akiza_line/

[jolly silo]

You really treated this as if it were your pride and joy, I like it

[hot basalt]

tends to happen after working on the same project for several years

[viscid ferry]

what are the bridge mods?

[jolly silo]

Wonder how many times you almost lost your savefile

Been there alot of times

It’s terrifying

[hot basalt]

I don't overwrite my saves. 😂

[hot basalt]

YODOH's Railway Narrow - Rural Tracks https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2253197744

[eternal elm]

I'm curious, about how many new saves do you accumulate every day

[viscid ferry]

can you add bulgarian railways (BDZ) and polish ralways (PKP)? @hot basalt

[hot basalt]

1-2. I have something like 50GB of saves lol

[hot basalt]

what aspects of bulgarian or polish railways do you think stand out? are there any assets on the workshop?

I currently use the Japanese Narrow series because I specifically wanted cape gauge for most of my local networks.

I did use some Slovakian catenaries by NameInvalid because those were the only catenary tensioners available on the workshop at the time, but I intend to replace them with German ones sometime in the future to standardize my railway designs.

[jolly silo]

How do you make the autosave not overwrite each other

[hot basalt]

by manually pressing the "Save Game" button 😂

[jolly silo]

Ah I forget to do that sometimes

[hot basalt]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/comments/1ll101q/cape_station_akiza_line/

some extra shots of Kepu Station

[eternal elm]

what about a name like something-saki because saki means cape

like Terazaki (寺崎)

idk

[hot basalt]

-saki sounds a bit too urban as there are several cities that bear that suffix (infamous examples Nagasaki and Amagasaki immediately come to mind)

but I appreciate the suggestion, I might incorporate the name into another station or district

[eternal elm]

ok

there are many small capes in Japan that end with -saki though

[viscid ferry]

Nekistan and Amazingsnake

[drifting vector]

btw pressing F1 creates quicksaves which do not overwrite each other!

anyway, sick station!

[viscid ferry]

Bdz: Old outdated trains and tracks but somehow works. Can stick to schedule. Risk of catastrophically failing

[hot basalt]

oh my

i guess I can kind of see a "rustic-but-functional" feel to it

WIP

[tight sandal]

Where is Gordon Freeman?

[narrow mirage]

This cannot be cities skylines

[hot basalt]

what about this?

[hot basalt]

finished + slightly better lighting

[fierce panther]

this is incredible

[eternal elm]

kokawa shōten

"kawagoe pudding"

[hot basalt]

some more WIP

[crystal trout]

what are these trains man

oh shit mb i didnt realise this was cs1

[royal gull]

@hot basalt do you have a route map?

[hot basalt]

trade secrets
unfinished

[royal gull]

Do you have a preview atleast? Or plan? Im tryna build my own transport networks to be as real as possible but im very bad at route planning lol

[hot basalt]

maybe create a thread and ask for advice? (I dont' mind you tagging me) I have a feeling that my build probably isn't the best role model. Besides, route planning depends a lot on terrain, and I have no idea what your situation is like.

[royal gull]

Thanks ver much

[viscid ferry]

Can you add Pkp Trains, and the Japanese architecture that was like its European but also japan

@hot basalt

[hot basalt]

im not quite how they would mesh. In the opening post I specified that this build is primarily East Asian themed: namely a mix of Japan, Taiwan, and a bit of Hong Kong. While I certainly do appreciate the eastern European, post-Soviet aesthetic, I currently do not have any concrete ideas on how to implement such an art style into this current build.
🙏

[viscid ferry]

i mean the style the real tokyo station is built in. @hot basalt @hot basalt @hot basalt

[hot basalt]

you don't have to tag me three times...

also, was this what you were looking for?

[hot basalt]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/comments/1man1ss/small_station_by_the_sea_akiza_line/

[steep quail]

❓ How did you get the ray tracing that pronouced?

[hot basalt]

I fiddled a bit with Reshade. I think my presets were posted a bit further up.

[jolly silo]

It’s usually a long process to get the correct shader

You don’t need advanced raytracing

[jolly silo]

You just need to have the patience to find a theme mix and fiddle around with different settings in different mods

But for that you need a beefy gpu

[drifting vector]

except for maybe texture quality, theme mixes and LUTs won't affect your performance a lot. It's just substituting existing thing for new things if that makes sense. But, as OP said, they use reshade to add new shaders, which are or can be demanding of your PC.

[hot basalt]

@steep quail
my reshade presets are here, in case you're still looking

[royal gull]

Beautiful

[hot basalt]

some closeups of the trackside detailing

if you listen closely you can hear my GPU go brrr

[viscid ferry]

can you:
show the metropolitan expressway
Cargo trains
Factory @hot basalt
a place good is walter white needed to have a great spot for his cooking lab
also Is there the building in the japan x europe style Except the station

And alien quarantine labs.

truss arch bridge too and any 2-level bridges plz too

[hot basalt]

in time perhaps.

Metropolitan expressway
I currently don't have a metropolitan expressway built on my map. I'm thinking about adding it, but that's going to be quite a bit later

Factory
There is an industrial sector on the map, but it's currently quite barebones and I plan on redoing it in the future as part of Phase III or Phase IV

[hot basalt]

Wateru Waitou Methodu Rab
I mean, if you really insist, it would probably be in the abandoned freight depot at Ko-Fumita.

[narrow mirage]

don't worry, my gpu squeaks

[royal gull]

Where do you get your references from? I wanna have a semi realistic rail setup for myself and i struggle to find good referencsz

[hot basalt]

the industrial district is bad lol

[royal gull]

I meant moreso for the entire rail network

[hot basalt]

as for the recent posts, I was inspired by the Pingxi and Neiwan branch lines, the Alishan Forestry Railway in Taiwan, as well as the Hakone Tozan, Odayaku, and Takayama lines in Japan.

[hot basalt]

there's like 3 different railway networks that snake across my map:

• freight
• Old Mainline
• Shinkansen

[royal gull]

Yeah i need to really plan my own ones out more

[hot basalt]

I think my freight network is quite barebones and is the most utilitarian of the three, while the Old Mainline clearly draws reference from the Tokaido Mainline and Taiwan's West Trunk Line.

the Shinkansen network references both older and newer lines, emulating the newer "J-slab" ballastless track while using more traditional catenaries. While most of the IMT presets favor prefabricated concrete viaducts, there are a few sections that are designed to look older.

[steady linden]

the level of details is insane here

may I ask what are those leaves on train tracks, this looks like a decal am I right?

[hot basalt]

it's actually Ronyx69's Green Ivy
https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=1201698172

[ember sequoia]

Did you use shaders for that?

[viscid ferry]

i think he uses reshade

[jolly silo]

How long does it take to detail that

[hot basalt]

HOURS

the embankment took half a day of experimentation to get right

[viscid ferry]

can u show a map of your build exported from this mod: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=845665815

@hot basalt

Plzzzz 🥺

Btw,

[hot basalt]

I don't plan on releasing the map layout as of yet, sorry

[stone parrot]

were you able to port this project to cs2?

[pastel cairn]

if u get a good picture of the n700 rounding a corner, please can u take a picture of it? the n700 is my fraveoute shinkansen

ngl i wish they would add more japanese trains to cs2 so we can make more cities like urs

[hot basalt]

no. why would I do that?

[hot basalt]

there's actually quite a few actually

[hot basalt]

@pastel cairn here

[hot basalt]

@pastel cairn here

[hot basalt]

@pastel cairn here

[pastel cairn]

Shi my bad then man, I'm being blind XD. Great work tho :D

[hot basalt]

I think there might be a few more collections in here, those were just the three that came off the top of my head

think there's a couple more in the opening post

[pastel cairn]

this is how obsessed I am with the n700a (ik it's not cs1 but I'd like to show it due to u having the Japanese map)

[stone parrot]

for fun

[junior shale]

I have its archaic American cousin two times removed.

[hot basalt]

guys...

[jolly silo]

Idk if that’s possible

[drifting vector]

CS2 is not a continuation of CS1, its a different game.

[hot basalt]

9 MINUTE SHOWCASE REEL

Anya to Matsunoizumi (安亞～松泉)

Recently finished @surreal yew 's railway competition. This is the fixed version of my video submission (contains around a dozen extra shots)
https://youtu.be/hmS8jE-d-F0

[restive crypt]

@hot basalt How did you make functional stations for the long shinkansens? I've spent hours experimenting and googling but I just cant figure it out. Single station track segments have a limit and past it trains cannot find a path to them. If i try using multiple segments or having a segment inbetween two station segments then it functions in theory, but for some reason when getting off a train all the cims get off of the last carriages and walk to the station at the front which causes them to walk on the tracks like in the picture (Where I tried to use two station track segments back to back). Is there a mod im missing or am I doing something wrong?

[hot basalt]

@restive crypt
Multiple station track segments are one way, but the station length is unfortunately a hard-coded limitation of the game, and a bit of creativity is needed; even I don't have a single solution to this problem.

On some of my stations, I've set traffic signals via TMPE to prevent the train from leaving too early (this hides cims that have wandered onto the tracks and makes it look like they're just still on board the train)

Another solution is to use single-track stations, as I don't notice this issue as much—though this just might be just an overlap with the above—at the very least it prevents cims from wandering across to the other platform. You might also want to consider placing a path connection closer to the end of the main station segment (the segment the game recognizes the stop is on), as this might allow cims to beeline for it in rare situations (I'm not too sure of this, but it's worth double checking)

The last solution I've been experimenting with is using Lane Controller, but I have to caution that this is unstable and can break the stop and cause cims to become stuck on the platform: I'm still testing this and perhaps I'll create a guide in the future.

You might also want to get Vectorial's Better Train Boarding, as well as some of his other mods, as I've found them also helpful as well. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2773460744

[hot basalt]

@restive crypt
I could be wrong, but by analyzing the picture I think I see the following issues:

• The pedestrian path on the left seems to have a second connection to the station itself. This might cause pathing issues.
• The location of the right pathway feels odd. Assuming you are using left-hand drive (I am unsure), your cims would have to walk to the node of the main station segment before they can backtrack along the station track's internal ped path before they can exit (according to game logic: cims exiting the last cars of the station are not "on" a station platform, they must first walk/fly to the main station segment before they can move anywhere else.)

[restive crypt]

Thanks for the replies! Yes I am using left-hand drive and there is a path connected to the station on the right but I angled the camera to the left side to show the cims more clearly. It makes sense why cims would have to walk to the station segment at the front, but even after getting Vectorial's Better Train Boarding cims still insist on exiting the train from the last cars, walking to the main station segment and then turning back to use the pedestrian path in the direction they came from. (Even after adding another one on the node between the stations)

[hot basalt]

you might want to redraw your ped paths again then

my point is the cims will go the main station segment no matter what

[restive crypt]

I understand. I guess I'll just have to settle for imperfect boarding in exchange for the beautiful long Shinkansens. Thanks for the help though!

[granite widget]

do you use reshade for that raytracing?

[hot basalt]

@granite widget

reshade?
yes.

[granite widget]

fast reponse

[hot basalt]

ikr
🐌
*snail noises

[granite widget]

what pc u rockin

[hot basalt]

@pastel cairn check your dms

[hot basalt]

RTX 2070 and 64GB of RAM lol

[pastel cairn]

all good man

[hot basalt]

currently trying something new: an old coastal defense battery, nested in the hills.

one of the turrets took a direct bomb hit during the war.

[granite widget]

sneaky yamato towers

daily dose of 18" beehive

[granite widget]

i assumed you have 128 lol

[hot basalt]

im poor 😭

[granite widget]

sell 32gb and u wont be

i have 64 gigs ddr5 so im happily retired

in age of 17 years

[hot basalt]

I maxxed out my PC RAM slots

[granite widget]

well at least 4 dimms on ddr4 doesnt suck

my dream is to have 96gigs running in 1:1 6400mts

[sacred raven]

blud how many custom assets do you have

[hot basalt]

last I checked, something like 14,000

[sacred raven]

oh my god 😭 😭 😭 😭

[kind pollen]

I swear I had the same specs before I changed PC

[granite widget]

matchiiiiing

[granite widget]

what u rock now

[snow saffron]

Sweet

[hot basalt]

finished cut-and-cover HSR tunnels

[kind shale]

if only we could make this on ps5 LOL 😭

this is gorgeous

[granite widget]

trust me you dont want to go into heavy modding rabbit hole that eats thousands of hours like it was your first playtrough

lowkey my, this guy's, and many others' cities are thousands of hours worth of work

[kind shale]

I do fr I find it interesting lol

[kind shale]

lmao yh ik and its acc amazing what they build

[hot basalt]

😭

[granite widget]

bro just casually one upped me by 5k hrs

[jolly silo]

Damn I thought my 6.2k was alot

[kind pollen]

I mean this should be celebrated

[bitter hull]

Sry for referencing such an old comment, this thread is extremely valuable in terms of solving issues as there has been a lot of similar problems, like the ones mentioned in this thread's history, taking place everywhere. I guess this mod with Vect's unstucker mod could only solve boarding issue, but not exiting issue as illustrated from the above screenshot?

[bitter hull]

FYI I manually tried to gather information through various sources including but not limited to:

1. Discord channel chat history
2. Reddit & steam comment/tutorial pages
3. Mod github issue pages
   And yet I still managed to miss quite a few source about this issue (too long train) when I tried to use Chatgpt to give me answers (free version), basically it gave me all of my searched results apart from the github issue page results I found, and quite a few other ones. The solutions it gave me are also plausible & reasonable (as in referenced precisely)
   Hence I would recommend to use Chat or whatever LLM available to you if you have encountered an issue, especially ones that maybe other people have encountered before. Chat is no longer the type you would expect back in 2021, they evolves at an almost terrifying speed

[hot basalt]

I do think LLMs can be useful as a starting point, but I'd be cautious of becoming too reliant on them. LLMs only give an approximation of the information that's out there, with little to no way of verifying the accuracy of its sources (there have been cases where references include incorrect information from ai-generated responses, which then becomes an accepted part of the official discourse). With what you've said, I'm actually more curious about what other methods are out there that haven't been mentioned here.

[hot basalt]

Lane controller
You can try offsetting the nodes for the pedestrian lane of the station segment, as shown, but I haven't had the chance to test everything in detail given how glacial my pace is. Perhaps someone can test this out for me and let me know how things fare. All I do know is that I must caution you do this on a backup save as this CAN break your stations and strand passengers on the platform if you drag things too far.

[bitter hull]

That is extremely true when the things we ask LLM are extremely detailed and we have almost no way of verifying them. HOwever chat did gave me hyperlinks to the sources and most of them are from Reddit & steam tutorial (random reddit pages & REV0 tutorial). I do agree that perhaps some reddit sources are not as credible as testing them out oneself, but again people put threads there because they have encountered the issue right? There has to be people who actually have some kind of solution to it (like you did in the thread previously).

Unfortunately, the methods of solving it does not involve bypassing the issue like what you said. It basically refered to REV0's tutorial and recommeded either to use multiple train station tracks, or subscribe shorter trains.

1. on one of the Reddit page, one user said:
   You could make the stop at the front most station track, and add cim attraction blocks along the platform to simulate people waiting (still not solving the walking on track issue though)
2. REV0's tutorial:
   Railway2's station tracks does not have the behavior where cims would cross the end node of a station track segment in order to get to the other side of the platform (This was also shown in your youtube video where cims were crossing on top of the railway to the other platform)

Let me find my chatgpt history so I can recall what exactly I did 3AM in the moring

tbh it seems that chat just gave me a sum up on all its sources. I dont really use that sum up a lot I prefer going straight to the sources it found to judge on myself (👀

[hot basalt]

Coastal fortress, with a bomb crater due to a near-miss by a Tallboy bomb.

IMT: IMAGINE MORE TRAINS

[snow saffron]

Lore?

Explain the lore

[hot basalt]

I'll definitely make a lore post about this entire region when it's finished, but for now, there's a lot of evidence in my posts above that suggest this tranquil valley wasn't always so historically.

[snow saffron]

Sounds good. I can't go back and read it quite yet but yeah do that. Can't wait to see the map and lore once it's done!

[fierce panther]

The default catenary part made smaller is an awesome detail I love that

[hot basalt]

sharp eyes! I forgot I put that in as an easter egg. Here's another shot of the IMT truss bridge from a slightly different angle.

[hot basalt]

F I forgot to take my daily dose of FREEDOM

[granite widget]

wait until 'merica discovers our bodies produce various OILs

[hot basalt]

@bitter hull I think I posted my settings a bit further back up.

[hot basalt]

@bitter hull

[kind pollen]

jeezo long time ago

back in the days I was hopeless x)

[hot basalt]

this section took way too long to finish

[subtle nexus]

beautiful, what trees are those on the hill? it look amazing

[hot basalt]

hi
I'm using a mix of Hardwood, Quercus ilex, and Easy Rainforest Cluster
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2103511053
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=789419398
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2878422110

[subtle nexus]

ty😊

[pastel cairn]

just noticed, How do people get to the island platform on the rural line's station? i dont see any bridge or anything to get there

[rotund void]

how?

[viscid ferry]

if either cs1 devs did something unexpected and amazing like making exporter tools or he modelled this in blender instead we could have this in beamng ac or maszyna

[hot basalt]

pain and suffering

[hot basalt]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/comments/1rskjv1/s_h_i_n_k_a_n_s_e_n_service_disruption/

[viscid ferry]

that's why i decided to learn modelling in blender

[granite widget]

lmao

[rotund void]

it's amazing

[jolly silo]

Why do we have the same

What CPU

Only difference is I have 32 GB only

I wanna upgrade to 64 GB

[granite widget]

i have similar spec

9950x3d

5080

64gb ddr5

[jolly silo]

You have no right calling it similar

You clear my setup clearly

[granite widget]

it is veri similar

budget vs budget

[jolly silo]

Bro I literally have a 5 2600 and a 5700 XT and 32 GB RAM

Solid card

But holy bottleneck

[granite widget]

mine is similar