Help needed with BetterImage Overlay

[beeoasis]

I have a png file i wish to overlay using the BetterImage Overlay. I've installed the Mod, enabled the Mod.

Where do I put the png file?

C:\Users\Matt\AppData\Local\Colossal Order\Cities_Skylines\Files

C:\Program Files\Game\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Files

I just can't seem to get it to work in either. Been trying for hours. Do any other mods conflict with this one?

Please help. Matt

 

[datomas]

I have a png file i wish to overlay using the BetterImage Overlay. I've installed the Mod, enabled the Mod.

Where do I put the png file?

C:\Users\Matt\AppData\Local\Colossal Order\Cities_Skylines\Files

C:\Program Files\Game\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Files

I just can't seem to get it to work in either. Been trying for hours. Do any other mods conflict with this one?

Please help. Matt

I've found that this image overlay mod works perfectly:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=413748580&searchtext=overlay

Image goes here:

C:\Program Files\Game\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Files

Just make your image square, 4096 x 4096, but you cant move it across map.

 

[beeoasis]

Still not working, I'm so frustrated. The file is the right size and in the right place. It's name OVERLAY.PNG

Any more suggestions?

 

[Zed68]

Still not working, I'm so frustrated. The file is the right size and in the right place. It's name OVERLAY.PNG

Any more suggestions?

Maybe you could send the image so people using the mod might see if it works for them ????

 

[datomas]

Still not working, I'm so frustrated. The file is the right size and in the right place. It's name OVERLAY.PNG

Any more suggestions?

In what program did you make the pic? It has to be a .png format, RGB, 8 or 16 bit color depth, None interlaced.

Here, try this image, it works perfectly for me, just put it here: C:\Program Files\Game\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Files and enable ImageOverlay Mod.

http://www.mediafire.com/view/i3a4q0ycv4srd15/overlay.png

 

[beeoasis]

I'll try the image later today. what software should I use to export an image from google maps? It must be the image I'm using that is wrong. Thanks for everyone's help. Hope I can get this to work.

 

[datomas]

I'll try the image later today. what software should I use to export an image from google maps? It must be the image I'm using that is wrong. Thanks for everyone's help. Hope I can get this to work.

I am using Photoshop for Image manipulation.

 

[beeoasis]

datomas. Thankyou so much. Finally got it to work. I now just need to create a high res image of the area I want to use. Again thanks for your help. Much appreciated.

 

[Ayce]

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but I'm helping a friend that has the game ,and is having a problem ( he thinks) with this mod. He's tried everything he can think of, and he's stuck. I told him I had an account here, so he asked me to ask here. I told him he should register, but for some reason, he dislikes forums. I didn't ask why.
The problem he's having is the overlay won't stay scaled after he quits the game. When he wants to work on his city, the overlay map reverts back to the center square, and he has to spend a good half hour rescaling it. He's about to give up on his city. ( Outside Toronto, ON.)
What he (and I also, as I'm planning on getting the game, still.) want's to know, is there any way to get the scaled map to stay scaled between sessions? If so, how? If not, oh well, I tried.
Thanks.

 

[datomas]

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but I'm helping a friend that has the game ,and is having a problem ( he thinks) with this mod. He's tried everything he can think of, and he's stuck. I told him I had an account here, so he asked me to ask here. I told him he should register, but for some reason, he dislikes forums. I didn't ask why.
The problem he's having is the overlay won't stay scaled after he quits the game. When he wants to work on his city, the overlay map reverts back to the center square, and he has to spend a good half hour rescaling it. He's about to give up on his city. ( Outside Toronto, ON.)
What he (and I also, as I'm planning on getting the game, still.) want's to know, is there any way to get the scaled map to stay scaled between sessions? If so, how? If not, oh well, I tried.
Thanks.

Yep, on start up the image is rescaled with http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=413748580&searchtext=overlay mod, but simple left key press on keyboard maximize the image again.

I don't know if your friend use this mod, but it is a lot simpler that other Overlay mod, he should try this.

 

[Ayce]

Yep, on start up the image is rescaled with http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=413748580&searchtext=overlay mod, but simple left key press on keyboard maximize the image again.

I don't know if your friend use this mod, but it is a lot simpler that other Overlay mod, he should try this.

Thanks, I'll pass that along. One thing, though. Isn't the BetterImageOverlay supposed to be...... better?

 

[datomas]

Thanks, I'll pass that along. One thing, though. Isn't the BetterImageOverlay supposed to be...... better?

It works as advertised, it is not necessarily complicated...

 

[Ayce]

Another question I know he's going to ask. You said a left key press will maximize the image again. Which left key? Left number key or left arrow key? (He's not one for reading readme's or other instructions. He just tries until frustration kicks in and then he asks me, lol.) I'm going to presume that's for the original overlay mod, not the "better" one.

 

[datomas]

Another question I know he's going to ask. You said a left key press will maximize the image again. Which left key? Left number key or left arrow key? (He's not one for reading readme's or other instructions. He just tries until frustration kicks in and then he asks me, lol.) I'm going to presume that's for the original overlay mod, not the "better" one.

Left arrow key.

 

[Ayce]

Thanks. I'll let you know what happens after I talk to him again.

 

[Ayce]

Talked to my buddy, and he got the image overlay mod you posted.

 

[Ayce]

Just chatted with my friend in TO. He likes the ease of use, but he has more questions due to the discrepancy between his GMS overlay map and his terrain party height map.
I looked at the simple mapper program, but it doesn't seem to work. I tried his area, and even tried my own city, but nothing came up in either, just a blank grid. He's using IE 11, I'm on opera, but I loaded IE and I even tried Chrome. No results on either.
Any suggestions on overlay size or scale? Or it's just a case of trial and error getting the maps to match up.

 

[datomas]

Just chatted with my friend in TO. He likes the ease of use, but he has more questions due to the discrepancy between his GMS overlay map and his terrain party height map.
I looked at the simple mapper program, but it doesn't seem to work. I tried his area, and even tried my own city, but nothing came up in either, just a blank grid. He's using IE 11, I'm on opera, but I loaded IE and I even tried Chrome. No results on either.
Any suggestions on overlay size or scale? Or it's just a case of trial and error getting the maps to match up.

I did a map for the region where I live, I found that on Terrainparty 12 km map size is close to 1:1 in real life. After that I made a mash from Google maps _over_ Terrainparty printscreen and I overlay that picture for drawing streets in Cities Skylines. I have a river for reference point.

 

[Ayce]

Thanks for that tip.
I got my friend sorted out. He sent me some overlay pics of the city he's doing and I helped with scaling. I found a better map with GMS.net, instead of the older version, and his chopped up version.
Another trick that helped, actually came from a simcity tip I remembered. Placing small dirt roads in the corners to show the maximum map size. On his overlay map, I drew lines around the whole usable area that match closely to the outside 5x5 lines. It took a little work, lining it up with just pictures, but with just a minor adjustment to positioning, the map fits perfect. I also made the overlay map double the size of the height map (2162 x 2162). It seems to give a clearer map, he said.
Now all I have to do is remember this when I get the game.