Cities: Skylines - Natural Disasters FAQ

[KillerChicken]

This is an absolutely awesome expack! keep up the awesome work!

 

[JohnA45]

So far everything is working better for me since today's update! I haven't tried my mods yet because I'm still having fun with scenarios, but my assets are on (I've only got about 50) and my games are loading faster today. Everything has been fine over the last hour or so that I played since the new update.

I'm sorry to see others are having issues still. (the Steam Discussion board is alive with gripes!)
I'm happy though that CO seems to react in a timely manner to major bugs and issues. I don't imagine game developing and all that it entails is an easy thing. I have been about 80% happy overall with CO and Cities Skylines, some of the frustration is to be expected, I will agree that updates should be optional, so I do get some frustration there. I suppose there's a reason they are not? Anyway, thanks to the Devs for the latest update! It has worked for this user...

NOW...just please get onto making more bridge styles for the game! I heard they are on your "to do" list! I'm ready for them and have been for almost a year now!

 

[Jaysmallz]

So far everything is working better for me since today's update! I haven't tried my mods yet because I'm still having fun with scenarios, but my assets are on (I've only got about 50) and my games are loading faster today. Everything has been fine over the last hour or so that I played since the new update.

I'm sorry to see others are having issues still. (the Steam Discussion board is alive with gripes!)
I'm happy though that CO seems to react in a timely manner to major bugs and issues. I don't imagine game developing and all that it entails is an easy thing. I have been about 80% happy overall with CO and Cities Skylines, some of the frustration is to be expected, I will agree that updates should be optional, so I do get some frustration there. I suppose there's a reason they are not? Anyway, thanks to the Devs for the latest update! It has worked for this user...

NOW...just please get onto making more bridge styles for the game! I heard they are on your "to do" list! I'm ready for them and have been for almost a year now!

What do you mean updates should be optional?

 

[JohnA45]

What do you mean updates should be optional?

Not sure what explanation you want here... Optional : involving an option: not compulsory.

Optional...meaning you shouldn't have to update if you don't want to update. The complaints I sometimes read about are that the Steam updates your game and afterward the game is broken or otherwise bugged and it takes a lot of work to fix things, which is a headache. Steam gives you 3 options, to automatically update, update at launch or make a CS the priority to other games. There is not an "option" to NOT download updates. As on your computer, where you can NOT update Windows, or on iTunes, where you can choose to NOT update your player...etc.
You get updates if you own the game and you can't tell it to NOT update the game. There are tricks I've read about to avoid updates, but that seems like an unnecessary hassle when you shouldn't have updates forced upon a game you purchased if you don't want the update.

 

[Jaysmallz]

Not sure what explanation you want here... Optional : involving an option: not compulsory.

Optional...meaning you shouldn't have to update if you don't want to update. The complaints I sometimes read about are that the Steam updates your game and afterward the game is broken or otherwise bugged and it takes a lot of work to fix things, which is a headache. Steam gives you 3 options, to automatically update, update at launch or make a CS the priority to other games. There is not an "option" to NOT download updates. As on your computer, where you can NOT update Windows, or on iTunes, where you can choose to NOT update your player...etc.
You get updates if you own the game and you can't tell it to NOT update the game. There are tricks I've read about to avoid updates, but that seems like an unnecessary hassle when you shouldn't have updates forced upon a game you purchased if you don't want the update.

On steam you can turn updates off

 

[Grapplehoeker]

On steam you can turn updates off

How will that be a practical long term solution?
The modders will have been busy updating/replacing their mods for versions that will be compatible with the new game/unity engine version and then the mods (which are for the most part, the only things that are affected by an update) will no longer be compatible with the old version of the game that you are trying to hold on to.
You also agreed to allow the developer to update the game when you purchased it. So by preventing updates, you are invalidating that agreement and can therefore expect no further support from the developer.
Preventing updates is not an option for both of these reasons.
Progress and improvement of the base game is the primary priority and improvement/adaptation of custom content has to remain a secondary priority.

 

[JohnA45]

On steam you can turn updates off

I don't see that option anywhere in my Steam settings. Only about setting a time for downloads. I looked through everything, so I guess I am missing something. Besides I don't want to turn them off because I personally don't mind them as long as they work. This last update after Disasters fixed most of my problems so I'm good. I was just saying I think one should have the option to keep an older version of a game if they want and I based this on the complaints of others about updates. After reviewing Steam I didn't see an option to avoid updates either on Steam or on my CS account.
I get what Grapplehoeker is saying too, I'm good with updates, but I like options in general and don't like things forced on me...it's an ethical thing really. Subject over. Have a nice holiday.

 

[Fox_NS_CAN]

I like options in general and don't like things forced on me.

Agreed. I used to work for weeks at a time in a remote location. Internet was super slow. I'd be ready for a relaxing evening gaming, and I'd find it was updating, and would sometimes take more than a day to get the update, and couldn't play until it was downloaded. And I was playing single player offline. (GTA5 was awful for this. Huge multiplayer updates, which I don't even play, but I had to wait anyway.) You should have more control over updates.

 

[Grapplehoeker]

Agreed. I used to work for weeks at a time in a remote location. Internet was super slow. I'd be ready for a relaxing evening gaming, and I'd find it was updating, and would sometimes take more than a day to get the update, and couldn't play until it was downloaded. And I was playing single player offline. (GTA5 was awful for this. Huge multiplayer updates, which I don't even play, but I had to wait anyway.) You should have more control over updates.

I can sympathise, but the System Requirements as stated on the Store page are quite clear: Network: Broadband Internet connection
You wish to play a game where there is poor connectivity or no broadband, then it would have to be a game that doesn't require broadband.

 

[Fox_NS_CAN]

You wish to play a game where there is poor connectivity or no broadband, then it would have to be a game that doesn't require broadband.

Seems like most games do require it nowadays. Yet many, if not most of them should have no need of requiring it.

Also, as a bare minimum, if you are playing a single player game, and an update is "required", at least allow the game to be played while waiting for the update to download. Multiplayer, sure, need to have the same version. Single player should be unaffected while the patch downloads. I don't know if this is a Steam thing or what, but it sucks.