So You've Just Bought CITIES SKYLINES - NOW WHAT? (Beginners Guide)

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So you've just bought Cities Skylines and it's your first time playing. How do you start a new city?
In this quick, easy-to-follow beginners guide, I'll show you the BEST way to start a brand new city 100% vanilla. If you're an ABSOLUTE BEGINNER, we will go over the basics of the game, from the starting road layout to zoning, services and how to make money in Cities Skylines. We will go over the first few milestones and what to do when you unlock each one.
This tutorial applies to both PC and console players, but I am playing on a PC so some things may be different if you're on PS4, Xbox, Switch, etc. I have a few visual mods installed to make the game look more visually appealing, but the gameplay itself is 100% vanilla base game.
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@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

Subscribe to my channel here - kzfaq.info/love/oZ9LOmu2J3d6dex2l-Md1Q Recommended Visual Mods (does not make any changes to core gameplay mechanics) - steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2895449779 Join my Discord - discord.gg/eYafpVjnMR (Thanks to Mr. Tesla Dude for helping me mod and set up the server - Subscribe to his channel here- kzfaq.info/love/n3TnZUf3CTKVTIyQKHK5qA) Follow me on TikTok - www.tiktok.com/@citiesbydiana Instagram - instagram.com/citiesbydiana/

@fredashay 7 ай бұрын

_"Power to the people..."_ LoL 🙂

@junirenjana Жыл бұрын

One thing that I always do when starting a new city is to put all the budget sliders to 50% and adjust them accordingly to the demand later on. Budgeting becomes practically unnecessary after certain threshold (because it's very easy to make lots of money in C:S) but it makes quite a big difference at the beginning of a game.

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

That's a great idea 😊

@stackupmac Жыл бұрын

Oooooou 👀

@woltroztrainspottingrel Жыл бұрын

Keep in mind: Commercial shouldn't be used as a buffer against industry, as they do mind about pollution just like residential, but a bit less. Offices can be used as buffers or fillers, as they don't mind about pollution, and doesn't generate traffic at all. It's also best to keep commercial/industry demand above 25%, you don't want to run into "Not enough workers" problem.

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

That's a great tip about the keeping demand above 25%!

@nayo5270 9 ай бұрын

What are offices

@CTGReviews 6 ай бұрын

⁠@@nayo5270you unlock them later, if you mean the definition of the word then according to Merriam Webster it’s “a place where a particular kind of business is transacted or a service is supplied”

@jacejackson8585 19 күн бұрын

@@nayo5270they are a zone you unlock after "big town"

@user-sw8bj5zt6i Ай бұрын

every now and then i raise taxes to the max for like a week before changing it back, whenever i need hella money

@dak0t4 Жыл бұрын

I love the way u explain things it's just entertaining for my adhd brain 😭

@raposakaique Жыл бұрын

I decided to follow this series before starting a new city, some minutes ago I watched a video of yours, and I loved the way you talk to your viewers, nice to meet your content

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 🥰

@weirdfish1216 Жыл бұрын

i love all of the wojacks 😭 and the music and sound effects. your editing is so entertaining

@GaryAlmasSamaita Жыл бұрын

I have look into 2-3 Beginner Guide, and creating a new City right after saw one. Your layout looks great to follow 👍

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

Oh I'm so glad I could be helpful to you. ❤️ This is going to be an ongoing series so I should have another episode up next week. 😊

@stackupmac Жыл бұрын

No cap !!

@Coldpines28 Жыл бұрын

This was so useful, great video!

@Tymptra Жыл бұрын

Super impressed with how fast you make these videos, bravo!

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

Thanks ❤️❤️

@stackupmac Жыл бұрын

Maaan thank you🐐

@akizenx 9 ай бұрын

I've been looking at getting this game for a while and it looks amazing, thank you for the guide

@alexanderhutse4340 Жыл бұрын

Thx for the video was great to see for a starter (on console)

@The_Spooky_Boi 9 ай бұрын

Just installed it, great guide diana, i didnt feel like this was a boring lesson i akhtually learned stuff and had fun watching thanks diana

@CitiesByDiana 9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@crazevfx Жыл бұрын

very interesting and entertaining! good luck in the future!

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

thank you ❤️ so glad you enjoyed it

@crazevfx Жыл бұрын

@@CitiesByDiana do you edit your own videos? if so what program? :D

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

@@crazevfx yup everything is done by me, editing, script writing, gameplay, thumbnails etc. I use Davinci Resolve for editing.

@stackupmac Жыл бұрын

No cap 🫂

@kadi3746 Жыл бұрын

Helped a lot, watched this before buying the game. Ur guide made it super easy

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

😎😎🥰

@itimdesigner 7 ай бұрын

really well explained! thinking of buying it:D

@zoeypeach3773 Жыл бұрын

CPP sent me! These videos are great and make me happy, especially your rainbow beanie!

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

Excellent 😊 so happy you're here. 🏳️‍🌈

@stackupmac Жыл бұрын

No cap!!

@diamdante Жыл бұрын

great guide. although I mostly use mods nowadays that tip about spreading out the industry is really helpful 👍

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

Yup! Even when I play modded (which is most of the time) I always do my best to make sure industrial zones aren't all bunched up in one location. Really helps with traffic.

@stackupmac Жыл бұрын

No capp!!

@arm4238 3 ай бұрын

Very interesting to see the effect of noise pollution on health in this game, seeing as new research shows strong correlations between cardiac issues later in life for city inhabitants and noise pollution. Not sure its enough to make me want to move out of my city though...lol

@irateamatsu 2 ай бұрын

You're a godsend, madam. Thanks for this. I was absolutely clueless.

@artisticanna5275 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I just got the game and I'm overwhelmed lol

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

It definitely has a slight learning curve but once you figure it out it's super fun and there's a lot you can do that's limitless 😎

@perisemiotics3204 Жыл бұрын

Diana from the future ~born to feel~ hahah that was awesome.

@kelsohayes5160 13 күн бұрын

Lol I love the "as they should be" for the water pipes 😂

@T.C.C.797 Жыл бұрын

Super helpful for those started playing the game!

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😎

@T.C.C.797 Жыл бұрын

@@CitiesByDiana welcome! 😎

@stackupmac Жыл бұрын

@darojeffrey Жыл бұрын

I love your content. Love it. Do you have a playlist of any vids of a "let's play"? I'd love to look over your shoulder as you play. I love your tutorials and have learned a lot from it, but I want to see how you deal with the challenges in game.

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

Yes! I have multiple playlists, however the modded builds flow a lot differently than the vanilla ones so it's kinda two different play styles 😊

@darojeffrey Жыл бұрын

@@CitiesByDiana I'll checkout your playlists. Admittedly, I didn't dive too deeply. I just watch. I love your content.

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

@@darojeffrey thank you glad you're enjoying it so far 😁

@flyingfrogfish6148 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for this, i really struggle with it but i love the game 😅

@abhishektodmal1914 3 ай бұрын

I'm looking forward to sinking my teeth into this game. Thank you so much for these valuable tips, Diana! :)

@CitiesByDiana 3 ай бұрын

😁😁 you're welcome it's a fun game

@articwolf8377 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video

@CitiesByDiana 5 ай бұрын

@HHdrummer100 Жыл бұрын

Biffa level of video content. Fantastic!

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

That is a supreme compliment. Thank you so much ❤️❤️

@stackupmac Жыл бұрын

Heavy !!🫂

@MarkWebster404 Жыл бұрын

Here via CPP, great videos!

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much 🎉❤️ glad you're here.

@anthonytrafficante5495 Жыл бұрын

Haha. Same

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

@@anthonytrafficante5495 so happy he sent y'all..he's the best

@anthonytrafficante5495 Жыл бұрын

@@CitiesByDiana really dig your videos. Cool pace and vibe. Impressed.

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

@@anthonytrafficante5495 so happy to hear it, I do my best to deliver quality. I'm still relatively new to the KZfaq game (only 4-ish months) so it can only go up from here. 🙂 (I hope haha)

@kombinatx Жыл бұрын

Very nice tutorial 👍 . I'm curious how the city is developing

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

We will continue to develop the city in the next episode, should be out next week ❤️

@stackupmac Жыл бұрын

No cap

@accidrainn Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this.. I'm thinking of buying the game .. But, I don't know which pack to buy ? New player pack, Platinum, Deluxe.. It's so confusing .. ? 😂 Also, I liked that you labeled your music ❤ New sub here 😅

@stechnicalmike3058 9 ай бұрын

Noise pollution causes bad health because people can't sleep, or relax, or focus so they get stressed.

@HatTheButcher 11 ай бұрын

water pipes under the road *leans in and whispers* right where they belong. It is a phrase so deeply ingrained in every cities player

@jamesdetwiler1754 8 ай бұрын

Definitely enjoy your approach on how it works. Im new to the game and have a random question. Is there some type of inside joke in the Skyline community with building a water line? "Under the road where they belong," I've heard in multiple videos now lol.

@CitiesByDiana 8 ай бұрын

Haha yep it's an inside joke, first started by City Planner Plays

@jamesdetwiler1754 8 ай бұрын

Lol, that's great. I had a feeling everyone was trolling someone from the community.

@quazimoto5241 Жыл бұрын

I agree with you wholeheartedly about the water pipes under the road - that's where they belong!

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

🛣️ 💦

@ShadyRaccoon1 Жыл бұрын

thank you

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome 🤗

@trumplostlol3007 8 ай бұрын

$20 for 22 DLC and base game now on Humble. It is so tempting. LOL

@Snoop791 6 ай бұрын

good tutor.

@CitiesByDiana 6 ай бұрын

Happy to help 🥰

@ChrisRLP Жыл бұрын

Nice tutorial. Grids are cool because they are easy to do and easy to expand. Later on in the Game, one can experiment with the road layout and bring more realism to the City.

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

Exactly! And that's how many real cities start, with a grid in the downtown areas and then becoming more organic further out.

@stackupmac Жыл бұрын

🐐🫂

@Nahtn Жыл бұрын

Hey! I really enjoyed this tutorial. You did great on creating the base of the city. Just a question tho. What are your LUT's, or themes? I really like the way the grass looks?

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

My LUT is Satellite and the theme is a custom mix, mostly Mountain Western Theme and I honestly don't remember what grass theme it was, I THINK it's one of the "realistic map theme" grasses.

@DmytroBogdan Жыл бұрын

Didn't you cut power and water budget to 80% earlier? I'm saying maybe you may not need that second water tower or powerplant after all

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

Oh yes you're probably right!

@ambitomed 4 ай бұрын

can you tell me please how i can use the demolish tool to delete everithing in only click? i have to demolish each buiding separatly its so exhausting.

@user-sw8bj5zt6i Ай бұрын

if i stated everything that i did wrong in my first city, this comment would be too long

@superflip1729 Жыл бұрын

Ngl all the vanilla interchanges are about as ugly as the embarcadero freeway

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

they truly are. some of them even look like the macarthur maze.

@superflip1729 Жыл бұрын

@@CitiesByDiana 💀

@stackupmac Жыл бұрын

Loc in

@Igor_Sobol Жыл бұрын

Does it happen with you, so that the cemeteries do not cope with the corpses, although there are a lot of cemeteries? And garbage dumps can't cope with garbage, although there are many garbage dumps, but very few cars are used.

@Igor_Sobol Жыл бұрын

sorry for my english, i'm using google translator

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

Yes, you just have to spread them out evenly through your city so there's enough coverage across the map. If you have them all in one place they won't work as well and youll have issues with garbage and death care because the vehicles will take a long time to reach areas farther away. 🙂

@Igor_Sobol Жыл бұрын

@@CitiesByDiana When I try to distribute cemeteries and trash cans on the map, I notice that they send cars very far, to the other end of the map, so I make the areas closed, I don’t connect them with roads. Is it possible to somehow limit the range of travel of cars of these services?

@stephenking5251 Жыл бұрын

Will you be continuing this series with CS2?

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

YES ABSOLUTELY!

@HikaruID 10 ай бұрын

Noise makes your sleeping quality lower and hence health issues

@blobshotREAL1 Күн бұрын

Every think not goes like plan all my ppl dead and need electric my money goes down hill 😭😭

@PaulMountney 10 ай бұрын

Just watching the right tutorial, this one, I went from being frustrated and hating the game to loving it again. Thank you, Diana. It seems every other ‘tutorial for beginners’ videos, ALL talk about using mods. Not you!

@CitiesByDiana 10 ай бұрын

You're welcome 😁 so many people out there don't use mods and I think it's important to learn to play without them, even though when I first started I went in and downloaded every mod ever and wondered why my game kept crashing 🫠so I felt like it was important to teach the basics before getting into the crazy modded stuff.

@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures Жыл бұрын

Good video! I kind of weep a bit at the Vanilla architecture in Cities Skylines. Sometimes they nail it such as with the Parks, Green Cities and Industries DLCs, and sometimes you wonder what the hell they are thinking when so many players clamour for more realism. At least they could have a button on the building info panel to enable / disable goofy elements such as the coins. The sad thing is that I really like to try and play as vanilla as possible, but I keep being forced into the arms of the world-o-mods. In all honesty, only the low price and my insatiable lust for plazas (can never get enough - and one of them looks just like this one in Pittsburgh wot I saw) has me tempted. If I did buy it, I'd certainly be hitting the 'keep historical' button. Oh well, maybe there'll be some more content packs providing a more down-to-earth variation. Good videos by the way, the only criticism I have of your channel is to maybe go easier on the 'swoof, pop, swish' type sound-effects as they become a bit much. This how ever is a pifflingly small complaint. Have a lovely Christmas.

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

Ty glad you enjoyed it ☺️ vanilla buildings looking so goofy make it hard to play but they do look a little better with the custom LUT I use but still hahah

@SigmaRho2922 Жыл бұрын

Scenario mode is my favorite gameplay mode due to a variable starting money value. I don't play with unlimited money as I consider it cheating.

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

I've never tried scenario mode, sounds like fun

@jacejackson8585 20 күн бұрын

What is the upkeep of a horse chestnut tree in game?

@CitiesByDiana 19 күн бұрын

I can't remember, I don't think trees have upkeep cost but I could be wrong

@jacejackson8585 19 күн бұрын

@@CitiesByDianayeah they don't I was sorta joking because you said everything.

@JacksonOwex Жыл бұрын

1:58 I swear I've heard that before, but WHERE?! ;)

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

😎

@johncipolla8335 Жыл бұрын

playing this on a Mac is much more challenging. I hate the Magic Mouse. I just figured out how to right click to change the directory on the street.

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah I can imagine Mac is like a different game 😭

@johncipolla8335 Жыл бұрын

@@CitiesByDiana I. have to hit the command option then right click I miss my 3 button mouse

@terminal8 9 ай бұрын

Dont need wind if you just "hire" your citizens to spin it themselves

@ILoveKennethFrancaisStack Ай бұрын

My houses are in need of electricity and when Idk how to give it to them

@stackupmac Жыл бұрын

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

😎

@cool_space1 6 ай бұрын

I cant play the EVEN GAME!!

@musicfired 10 ай бұрын

Is the Map custom? If so, can you possibly link it please?

@CitiesByDiana 10 ай бұрын

Nope this is a base game map that comes with every version of Cities Skylines, it's called Sandy Beach

@musicfired 10 ай бұрын

@@CitiesByDiana Alrighty, thank you! I would like to know if you plan on making a series solely dedicated on the DLC map, "Green Peaks" and I also have trouble with focusing/continuing a city. Any tips?

@CitiesByDiana 10 ай бұрын

@@musicfired I haven't tried that map yet 😆

@musicfired 10 ай бұрын

@@CitiesByDiana oop-

@HJSims_ Жыл бұрын

how do you make your map look like that, mine looks over exposed and horrid compared to yours

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

I am using a few visual mods to make it look less like that. If you're on PC you can download a few of the ones I use. Main one is Satellite LUT and Daylight Classic which makes things look way more muted, another visual mod is Theme Mixer 2 and I believe I'm using a custom theme mix of Mountain Western Theme and Central Florida Theme for this particular one. I'll have to do a full video going over my settlings soon. 🙂

@CitiesByDiana 9 ай бұрын

@@JLALALALA yes! 😊 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b8lki5ugmtrenIk.html that's all my current graphics settings

@CitiesByDiana 9 ай бұрын

@@JLALALALA ty so much 🥰 hope the video helps

@eev7n 2 ай бұрын

I don't get it. I'm following all of these instructions, yet I'm still loosing 1000 dollars a week and losing population.

@vazboo1444 7 күн бұрын

why is it always when i make a new game its dark and depresing idk how to fix this and its really annoying

@CitiesByDiana 7 күн бұрын

If you're on PC, get a few good visual mods like theme mixer and a good LUT like relight or satellite and it makes a huge difference 😊

@vazboo1444 7 күн бұрын

@@CitiesByDiana and also for some reason i cant power my city, i watched a couple of tutorials but non of the power or water or sewege sistems connect to my city 💀

@danielnitsch3554 Жыл бұрын

Braucht das Abwasserrohr keinen Strom ??

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

I ran this through translate so I hope I got it right, but yes the pipe does need power lines, I ended up adding them, just edited it out of the video for some reason....not sure why I did that 😅

@danielnitsch3554 Жыл бұрын

@@CitiesByDiana okay, danke. Das war etwas verwirrend. Ich dachte, ich hab bisher immer unnötig eine Stromleitung gelegt

@honzamaslan Жыл бұрын

why I don't have recycling center in my garbage options?

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

oh man that's right! i always forget that those came with a later DLC, i think sunset harbor or maybe green cities :( sorry about that friend

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

if you're on PC there's a no-dlc required custom recycling center asset you can download too steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=415274778

@honzamaslan Жыл бұрын

@@CitiesByDiana thank you so much i will use it for sure :D

@mundylunes7755 Жыл бұрын

What is up with Cities skylines content creators demanding the pipes to be under roads?

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

It just looks nice 🙂 you can put them wherever you like.

@bryantyong111 Жыл бұрын

Why some of the feature are not present in my game 😢

@bryantyong111 Жыл бұрын

For example the literacy section I don’t get the community school option

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

@@bryantyong111 oh yeah community school is from one of the DLCs I think Green Cities. I'll be honest I often forget what is DLC and what is base game I'm sorry 😭

@PWS1963 7 ай бұрын

I don't have dirt roads as an option 😕

@CitiesByDiana 7 ай бұрын

they're there, they're all the way at the end of the roads menu

@PWS1963 7 ай бұрын

@@CitiesByDiana found them, thanks.

@aidengodinez6741 Жыл бұрын

How do I get more coal for my power plant😭

@CitiesByDiana Жыл бұрын

Excellent question! First of all do you have industries dlc or no? If you have industries you can create a warehouse to import fuel, if I'm not mistaken even the coal plants technically take petroleum/oil cos there's no coal resource in the game so you'll want to make a warehouse with that nearby or have a well developed oil industry. If you're playing strictly base game, I'm pretty sure making industry and using the "oil" specialization district in the district specializations menu will produce oil industry for your city and then it's a matter of making sure delivery trucks can get to the power plant. Then again I might be wrong, usually I switch to solar or wind pretty early on so I rarely have power plants run out of fuel.