#CITIES XL 2012 GUIDE HOW TO#
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Straight tool - it builds straight sections from point to point it won't snap to any grid or direction, but when you're building into one of the 8 main compass directions in relation to the last point, the road blueprint will turn blue (otherwise it's gonna be either green or red)ДЁ-orientations tool - this one will snap to an invisible grid in one of 8 directions in relation to the last point, eliminating the annoying for some people grid-free map. You have three main tools at your disposal: To complete the road and place it permanently, click again over the last point you've created. You'll also see small icons at the problematic points that give you an idea of the nature of the problem, like 'slope too steep', or 'not enough space for the road'. The blueprint will be green if everything's OK, and will turn red if there's a problem hindering construction.

#CITIES XL 2012 GUIDE HOW TO#

To the right of the game screen an infobox will have appeared when you entered Building mode - check it for in-game directions on how to build stuff. Every time you left-click you'll create points that fix the blueprint to this location and act as possible direction changers. When you start building a road, or any transportation network for that matter, you'll first draw a 'blueprint' of the road. Start either by clicking anywhere on the ground, or on an existing road or road end. Go to the Construction menu>Transportation>Roads and select one of the thumbnails below to enter building mode. To start building a road, first select the type you want to build. The one thing you can't change is the width of the road - if you want to put a wider, bigger capacity road, you need to bulldoze the old one and draw the new one.

#CITIES XL 2012 GUIDE UPGRADE#

And more: after you build a road, you can click on any stretch of it and use upgrade options to change many aspects of the road, such as number of lanes, direction of lanes, or sometimes even the type of the road. The engine allows you to build almost any kind of road you could think of, using any shapes you could invent. First of all, the maps are inherently grid-free, which means that you can build in any direction that takes your fancy, and you're not constrained by anything but the natural features of the land. This is one of the aspects to which Monte Cristo paid the most attention and the results are great indeed. The way you build roads in Cities XL is nothing short of amazing. 2.3 Using the Bridge/tunnel tool to go on slopes.

Cities xl 2012 guide