How to make the European style the default style?

[SchwarzKatze]

I swear that once upon a time, by checking "European/Vanilla", a new city would use the European style by default, but now it seems to be locked behind zones, which 1) has to be manually managed and 2) can't be used before you hit 1,000 population. Is there anyway I can make it the default style in a new game?

 

[metacritical]

maybe when you had it as the default style previously you were playing on a European map.

 

[SchwarzKatze]

maybe when you had it as the default style previously you were playing on a European map.

Ah, I see.

 

[Avanya]

Not without mods. But with mods you could grab the Environment Changer mod and change a map to be European and not have the European Style enabled (because that would unlock the international style on the now European map).

I can't remember if you can access the policies panel before unlocking districts (despite not being able to do anything with it), but if you can Building Themes is an option as you can set it for the whole city and so don't need access to districts. That only works if the panel is accessable though, which it might not be from the start.

 

[Steve B.]

Doesn't Building Themes mod unlock the panel at the beginning of the game? It was kind of quirky, sometimes it would open and other times it didn't, but I'm pretty sure that was part of the mod.

 

[Avanya]

It would make sense if it did. It's been too long since I played with that on but not Unlock All, so I just can't remember.

 

[AquilaSol]

It does, yes.

What This Mod Does
Adds 'Themes' tab to districts policies panel where you can select a theme for a district or the whole city. The mod unlocks the panel from the start.