How To Build a FULLY CUSTOM Train Station in Cities Skylines 2!
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- With the recent addition of a big railyard to Easthaven County, it's time to expand its train network with a direct line between the cities of Westpoint and Chowder Bay - and to do that we need a new station in Westpoint. But instead of opting for the train station asset, we're going to build a fully custom train station with the help of developer mode and mods! We're also building some pretty complex infrastructure to connect up the two cities! Hope you enjoy!
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Map;
- ArchipelagoTurbo - my own custom version of Archipelago Haven, with more islands, downgraded infrastructure, much more fertile land and ore - and last but certainly not least - thick forests as far as the eye can see!
Mods;
- BepInExPack 5.4.2100
- HookUI 0.3.9
- LineToolLite 1.3.4
- ExtendedRoadUpgrades 1.3.2
- UnifiedIconLibrary 1.0.7
- TreeController 1.1.3
- Anarchy 1.3.1
- ExtraLandscapingTools 0.2.1
- NoUniqueBuildings 0.2.0
- PloppableRICO 1.0.1
- WaterFeatures 1.0.0
- BetterBulldozer 1.0.0
- ELT_SurfaceExtension 0.1.0
- Gooee 0.0.6
- FindStuff 0.0.8
- MapTextureReplacer 2.0.0
- LandValueOverhaul 1.4.3
- RealisticDensity 0.13.0
Settings;
- Everything is set to high except Level of Detail which is set to Medium, 1440p resolution.
Hardware specs;
- 3080, 32 GB ram, I5-12600KF.
Music;
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Infrastructurist
28:20 believe it or not most roads in the US are actually pretty safe at least when it comes to freeways. If anything those curves and grades on that bridge wouldn't pass any us standards as most US semi truck brakes tend fail and result in runways if they go down a hill with grades above 5% at any speed above like 50km/h lol.
How about a NUCLEAR FUSION POWER PLANT. 🤔
What mod do you use for the surfaces?
I made a forum post about being able to create stand-alone train stops using exactly the same logic you used to create your stops except I said they should be able to be added with platforms like how bus stops have built in shelters. It’s so awesome seeing that the capability is kinda already there and that you’re using it so effectively. Keep it up!
That's awesome Andrew - I really wish we could add some actual elevated platforms that the agents would use, instead of it being ground level!
@@Infrastructuristcould you use retaining walls on the train track and rise the ground around?
There are benches with roofs attached that can be grabbed from the tennis courts as well for train stations, but hopefully when custom assets can be added we'll get more options for shelters
It would be nice if you could designate train stops on sections of track without there being an official train station, even for cargo. That way you can create custom train stations and have cargo trains pull into industrial areas and stop at factories like in real life.
Hey man, i think you are an amazing builder, but dont you think that a partial cloverleaf would be a better connection to the highway that has the underpass?🤔
30:00 is where the custom train station is built :]
For realism, you should add a custom beach / recreational area along the waterfront.
Luckily we got this new DLC... Ah no, wait :(
Awesome idea with the integrated stop!! Custom station looks awesome bro 🙏
They work well when you use the "surface" to contain the passengers too. Just make sure that the "stop" marker is contained within the area (it can be a bit finnicky but it relieves the suicidality of the passengers somewhat...)
For even more realism, i would suggest changing all outside connections outside of chowder bay to Amtrak lines (blue). Amtrak is the regional train service here in the northeast, where the MBTA (commuter rail / Purple) is used in the region around Boston.
Ah, interesting! Man this color scheme is getting more and more complex hahahah
For even mooooore realism~ turn off ur system & walk in nature 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Buses! The trains must be fed with buses!!
Yes! Though I'm just commenting for the sake of engagement, as my other favorite cities skylines youtuber, City Planner Plays would say. Getting high and watching these with the lofi music and beautiful panoramic shots is the only thing that gets me through the days
Definitely busses!
But also bike and pedestrian connections!
Without a car it is extremely difficult at the moment to get to the other side of the tracks or to the harbor.
Fences around the train station and especially its parking lot would be a good touch. I think those concrete barriers look a little out of place and insufficient.
Keep up the great work! You’re the only CS2 content creator I can consistently watch. The balance of commentary and time lapse is excellent
Hear, hear!
I'd say "BMTA Westpoint line" for the new train line since it's for serving Westpoint.
You could also make routes going [Westpoint to Chowder Bay to Out of region] allowing a full route between all those destinations.
Otherwise, i think your city still needs some stuff like Deathcare, Healthcare. But also parkings and other stuff. There is cars aaaall around the streets ^^"
you should make a double-decked rail bridge next time!
I think a custom roundabout might function better where the highways meet under the RR bridge. It would also look a tad bit better imo lol. Great video, love the series!!
Thanks a lot Garrett, and thank for the suggestion!
maybe work better but not realistic for New England. confusing and dangerous is the American way!
@@dalton-at-work The northeast and New England actually have a lot of roundabouts! I think Massachusetts has something like 90 of them. But it also has plenty of dangerous intersections too lol. So either way it's pretty realistic. 😄
@@dalton-at-work I hated that intersection until I read your comment. Now it's charming.
From a historical context, it makes sense to have a gazebo at a train station. It used to be an occasion for someone to return from a long train journey. Families and friends could come out and use the gazebo to celebrate their arrival. I like what you did with the custom train station. I only wish a small town train depot asset was available in game so you didn't have to do all this tedious work tricking the game into something it should have by default.
For realism you should add more parking lots and more freedom. As you’re trying your best to replicate a city in the land of the free.
I'm a little behind on your videos as recently I've had little time to watch stuff but I've got to say this has been the most impressive CS2 video thus far. Amazing use of custom objects. Your creativity is second to none. You make the game look like real life and by doing so you're pushing it to its limits. Bravo my friend!
Thank you for the kind words Danon!
can you create an airport island in the features episode pls
On one of these videos I saw a plane fly in on his pan in the beginning of the video and I was so hoping it was foreshadowing what’s to come.
I see pedestrians on Route 28 around 18:25! Perhaps this is an example of the term "Massholes" as some people unkindly refer to Massachusetts residents.
You could have a small railroad company in the county as Easthaven Railroad for exemple. They could do the regional passenger transport and some cargo routes if you want. It could bring a little bit more RP in your map
I really love your builds and the music during your timelapses. The songs hit every time.
Thanks for making em!
Some things I’d love to see you implement are a high school sporting complex. Coming from growing up in a community such as this, the high school sports are a huge deal for these communities. They turn into big events that everyone goes to even if you aren’t related to anyone school aged. The entire town shows up for them. Especially if there are rival games. Maybe if you create two competing school districts to be rivals within their tight county. That would be really cool to see. The other thing I would find really interesting is a cruise port. I know that in real life it is located in Boston but because of the quaint town and archipelago of islands, this could make for a great destination for a cruise port. Can even lead to story progression with the need to add in trams and other local transportation and attractions.
Specifically I can see the redevelopment of the chowder bay harbor being a great place for the port because of the historic old town being a great attraction for tourists and can lead to a higher density redevelopment of that whole harbor for high rise condos and other cool modern buildings around the port next to the historic old town center. Also would be cool if we can find a way to place a specialty building to be the county seat and specifically if it could be near the port old town to expand upon that mix of historic and modern architecture near the newly developed port.
Amazing! Brilliant! I have been needing some extra stations but the standard ones are just too damn huge. You’ve solved all my problems 😊💜💜
Massive crash then just anyways back to the trains 😂
to make it easier on the bridge, when using the upgrade tool, drag along the whole length and then you can slide it up to the rail in one click and it will be perfectly straight. Love how this is coming together. Thanks for some great inspiration in CS1 and now 2 also.
also when using the invis roads, use snapping to connect to other invis roads, but always turn snapping off when connecting to normal roads and slide it up to the road until it connects (the 2 green lines connect to the road), if you have snapping enabled when connecting to normal roads, it does the connection into the road too far and causes issues with vehicles doing crazy stuff although yours look to be behaving ok, but thats the general rule, as many have found their vehicles doing crazy stuff, i think FewCandy had issues too
I think it is pretty unrealistic to remove the crossing at 31:10 if a train broke down in front of the one crossing and there was an emergency on the other side of the track it would be bad. For safety, it is important to have multiple crossings.
Agreed, plus it would create a tonne of traffic at the single crossing (especially if it was a major train route)
Or an overpass to provide a crossing that is not dependent on railway conditions. They even have pretty steep arched crossings over things such as this in New England.
Have you done university yet I just love a uni layout playthrough
I also would love to see this. I’ve seen some other great ones done by other city skylines 2 streamers.
I'm way late to the party but a pedestrian bridge over the tracks connecting the park feels like a missed opportunity. Great work though I love this series
for realism you should add fences next to the raillines in cities, because like in the 2nd cinematic-shot its missing
Every time I hear "WestPoint" I picture the US Military Academy (USMA) at West Point. Can't help it... Maybe WestPoint could get an Academy?
Hi, I've been following your videos for quite a while, especially because of Cities Skylines 2.
I have loaded all the same mods and they work, but I don't get the "Add Obejct" list that you keep showing. Is this an additional modification or do I have to press a special key combination?
When are you going to do another episode of Riverview
I hope never
I think the guy who fell off the bridge is dead.... lol.
SHOULDA HAD A TRUCK
Very minor detail, but at the two cul-de-sacs next to the train station, why not add a pedestrian path between them? Where I live, walkways passing train tracks are fairly common so I don't think it'd be out of place. Would make walking to nearby stores or the train station slightly easier for the people who live there.
I think you guys have lower traffic deaths because you have tiny underpowered cars. There's definitely pros and cons to things. We have a lot more freedom and you guys prioritize safety.
You could have ever so slightly raised the passenger plattfrom, by only .5-.7 meters for a more realistic look!
Gazebo at a train station = extra shelter (perhaps a smokers shelter?)
Train Line 2 < Westpoint Flyer. Akin to the "Fenway Flyer" train and the old "Logan Flyer" Bus line.
Hi! you should maybe change the rolling stock for your local train lines as the default one is a very high-speed looking one and choose something different
the highway node looks terrible, sry. you should rebuild the intersection. the train station turned out really cool. i need to try this. there might be a problem for a station on the opposite side. meybe you'll need some kind of overpass so the passenger can reach there.
The platform being at ground level has flayed me whilst being boiled from the outside in
29:50 before you actually start the custom station, made me watch 6 commercial blocks. Pretty angry with you right now
A pedestrian over pass is also needed by your custom station. That whole top of West Point is semi culdesac’d
Amazing discovery! Any tips on how to get the crago stop to work? I constantly get No Cargo Access error on that one.
As a roof for the benches, you could use a bus stob, maybe the European one, since it wouldn't look like a real bus stop
Dude they should be paying you to create assets like legit get your assets approved and then have them be added to the game because there’s only only one train station I would love to see this as an actual asset
Pink is the new Purple!
Very nice city going seeing the New England panhandle of Massachusetts wonderful area
isnt there a way to incooperate a platform for the train station? I think it would improve the already great look.
How about the Chowder West Express for train line 2?
Came here for a quick tutorial, but this is not the video ;) Nice city btw
We got custom CS2 train stations before GTA6!!!
what is the mod that you use to select props and copy to be placed wherever we want?
Can you add a steam locomotive to the station? I saw Soo Many stations with a steam locomotive.
compare that custom train station to the vanilla train station, amazing, what a difference, thanks for sharing :)
This is amazing! The current train station is too massive for small towns.
platform at level of tracks yikes those citizen have some strong legs
@ 31:00 you deleted some grade crossings and while I understand that they're not as prevalent in Europe as in NA, the US has a LOT of grade crossings, and you actually kinda deleted the most reasonable ones. The trains have to be going slow already anyways for the train station so it's not uncommon nor unreasonable to see at grade crossings near train stations (specially because train stations tend to be near denser areas)
Obv I'm aware the city's only *sort of* realistic but I just felt like commenting it lol idk. Still suspension of disbelief stands and I think you have some of the best cities on the game!
I'm glad you are doing trains. It's interesting.
Thanks for the video.
don't really know why but love ur videos, keep up the good work!
How did you get that grey/ stone kind of texture in the terrain?
"For realism,"
For even more realism,
what is the name of the mod you used to pick out assets by the way?
Question: where do you get the mods from because I do find the mods but they aren't the same version as the ones you mention in your description
Thunderstore
I suggest you use roundabouts on the exits of the highways
Wohooo!
OnO you did your own FIRST !
@@Morkeoth I guess I cheated a bit!
For people who do not want to watch the whole hour, when does the train station buuld start?
Around the 30 minute mark :-)
How to creat train line tool outside from main station ?
"Not too shabby..." Until trucks try to drive it and their trailers get stuck in the rail overpass because the clearance isn't there. I like your work, but your use of Anarchy makes me cringe. 😅
Game needs almost 10m clearance but irl overpasses where I live are 5m +/- the use of anarchy is justified!
@@heavyhauldude9914 To be clear, I'm ok with using Anarchy, but it's the way it's used here that makes me cringe. Yeah, 5m is a typical clearance for a truck in the US, but if I'm watching the video, and I can easily see that a truck in-game won't fit, then I think it's a fair call out. In CS1, you had to have 12m clearance to prevent street lights from popping up through your overpassed roads. Totally ridiculous, but you could do that height and still make it look good. This is ridiculous on the other side of the spectrum.
Custom train stops in a headline streamer's build! Sweet... you may want to take a look at the Hangaround Area for the "platforms" and there's a Greenhouse asset that works well for part of a station building (mixed with a L% low commercial). Some carports also work nicely for station shelter components. Dome and I managed to get some nice looking stuff done (there's pictures over on the "showcase" on the Modding Discord).
So, custom airstrip next then? ;o)
One cool additional detail for the custom bridge could be a pedestrian path or pedestrian road on at least one side of it. There are small bridges like these all over New England and the Northeastern US and most have dedicated space for walkers or runners (and cyclists, but that's not in the game yet. It would be cool to see all three being used simultaneously in the game!
you should add bus lines and tram lines
Build a rural train station in the farm area
To use all possible routes, merge your 2 trainlines into one circular route. Outside-Chowder-Westpoint......
Awesome stuff like always mate keep it up!
I’ve a suggestion for the chowder bay station, perhaps since there is only two rail lines in service make the transfer at the station there across platform and not that you’ve to first go up to the bridge across the tracks.
You make the game look fun doing all this detailing I wish we could do it in the base game right, the train station especially because it’s not massive but it works and looks great
For alignment, you can select a whole segment of roads, then moving them over. Kinda like bulldozing.
This is actually awesome that you showed this technique off as i've been trying to find a method to create viaduct train and metro stations, unfortunately in that application the platforms are a little more difficult.
Stop it all! Infra hiting again🎉
It’s sooo cool to see that you now have these tools to create such beautiful builds😊 love that as always
P.s. the bridge infrastructure looks awesome
I think what you have been easier than your plan is to go to the third island where both lines head toward.
Nice work with the bridge. And nice "adieu". ^^
The local train company is called EHC Railroads. Their paint scheme is white/orange. So thier first line is the CBWP line.
Will you do a tropical city/project in the future if the opportunity presents itself?
I’d love to see this too but I’m also way too invested in this project so I hope he would finish this one before moving to a tropical destination.
@@thatlocalrealtorsame, but i feel like i almost cannot distinguish between this build and all his other ones. it all looks the same
what is the name of this mod?
the bridge you see in kdrama but it has this whole metallic frame on the top of it would look great.
when I use invisible paths/roads my game usually crashes and I lose my save, did you have this problem?
Hi! I have not encountered a lost save due to using invisible paths or roads, but I recall reading somewhere that you should not connect them to paths within assets, as that may cause issues :-)
@@Infrastructurist yes I know this, but in my last save, I used it only for parking, unfortunately it started crashing again, I lost my saves 2 times because of this :)))) Anyway, thanks for the video, I will definitely make such a station in my city.
Interesting... I use them extensively and never had a game crush because of them. And never lost a save (you do use autosave, correct?)
@@heavyhauldude9914 For example, in my 2nd project, I wanted to make a European-style custom city, I did it by putting polpabble houses and making custom parking lots, I spent almost 1 hour for the first stage, then it crashed as soon as I started the game, and then it happened the same way every time I tried, I started the game and it crashed after a few seconds,
@@--h1Your problem is connecting invisible paths (road and/or ped) into growables (i.e. zoned stuff). When the zoned whatever (office, house, shop, etc.) levels up then the underlying configuration of the prefab is likely to change. If this happens when there's another invisible network connected to it then boom! is often the result. Make sure you don't actually connect the invisible stuff fully into anything growable, like you shouldn't fully connect invisible roads into "normal" ones, but rather you need to bring them close and let the "legs" extend themselves to make the connection.
this was an amazing episode I especially loved the custom Train station
Great to see that MBTA is finally electrifying :D
Wonderful
Now I think we need custom ferries to islands that have no bridge access. If thats not possible, just custom ferries overall. Maybe you can now implement those cargoship stops in your ports?
I love this idea. I also think that would really add to my idea of adding a cruise port to redevelop the harbor at chowder bay. Some of these islands could become attractions for the cruisers and maybe even some private resorts. And there can be a small network of island hoper ferries.
i never get enough of these cinematic masterpieces
Beautiful
Great video! And love the custom train station ability.
You can use the skatepark props to created a platform!
37:12 LMAO
Nice 👌
please do more desert city, i love heisenberg city
So great so great ! The feels !
Thanks a lot, I appreciate it champ 😍
look, he's sliming 37:45
Love it!