Given the problems other Steam players are having after the recent update, I decided to turn off my saved games and start a new city in order to observe any peculiarities. For the record, I have Parklife, Industries, Green Cities and Mass Transit. I'm not using any Steam workshop mods and I haven't enabled unlimited money, etc..
I've created successful cities getting to 40k pop so I have a good idea of how to manage the game dynamics.
I started my city very similarly to my previous ones and things were going well, including garbage collection, until I crossed 4500 population. All of my zones are 'green' residential. Only 1 small commercial zone is not 'green'.
For now, specialized industrial areas are farming and forestry. Traffic flow is at 93% and my city is not yet spread over a large area. No issues with water or electricity.
I started with 1 landfill then added a Recycling Centre at around 3000 pop. At around 4500 pop, garbage collection seemed inadequate so I added another recycling centre. After 7000 pop, garbage started piling up even more, the landfill became full and the recycling centres stopped sending out their trucks. I added 2 additional recycling centres and none of them are sending out more than 1 truck. Garbage budget is at 101%.
In the meantime, cims are getting sick and abandoning their homes due to the amount of garbage.
I've not had this happen before with my other cities so I think the update is the source of this issue.
I'm hoping that the devs are able to look into this.
Anyone else having a similar experience?
I've created successful cities getting to 40k pop so I have a good idea of how to manage the game dynamics.
I started my city very similarly to my previous ones and things were going well, including garbage collection, until I crossed 4500 population. All of my zones are 'green' residential. Only 1 small commercial zone is not 'green'.
For now, specialized industrial areas are farming and forestry. Traffic flow is at 93% and my city is not yet spread over a large area. No issues with water or electricity.
I started with 1 landfill then added a Recycling Centre at around 3000 pop. At around 4500 pop, garbage collection seemed inadequate so I added another recycling centre. After 7000 pop, garbage started piling up even more, the landfill became full and the recycling centres stopped sending out their trucks. I added 2 additional recycling centres and none of them are sending out more than 1 truck. Garbage budget is at 101%.
In the meantime, cims are getting sick and abandoning their homes due to the amount of garbage.
I've not had this happen before with my other cities so I think the update is the source of this issue.
I'm hoping that the devs are able to look into this.
Anyone else having a similar experience?
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