It seems like this game is designed to build big cities, I just want to build a small town with farms and houses and a little industry. Any tips and what to do? I'm totally lost, SC4 was easy to do this.
I want to build a small town, how do I do it?
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Am I missing something about farms? I only see industrial zoning. SC4 had farming/low/med/high density industrial.
You can designate districts to specific types of industries: farming, forestry, oil, ore. Of course you have to have access to the resources for the industries to flourish. You also need to achieve a certain population size to unlock those industries, unless you're playign with the everything-unlocked option.
Under districts, there is forestry and farming. You need to have first at least 750 citizens I think.
Build some road where you see fertile land.
Use the district tool (next to the zone tool) to draw out an area over the fertile land.
Click on the farm zone tool, then click on the zone you just made to turn it into a farming district.
Zone industrial and it will turn into farms or farm buildings.
Use the district tool (next to the zone tool) to draw out an area over the fertile land.
Click on the farm zone tool, then click on the zone you just made to turn it into a farming district.
Zone industrial and it will turn into farms or farm buildings.
I understand now... I think. Another dumb question, how do I know it is fertile land?
I would suggest you try your hand in map editing and just cover the entire map with fertile space for your agricultural industry and something optimal for your farm town. I assume you want to build something like Kansas lol
Plus with mods unlocking all tiles, you could make your long winding roads every which way. Mods, love them and cherish them!(Especially the modders)
Plus with mods unlocking all tiles, you could make your long winding roads every which way. Mods, love them and cherish them!(Especially the modders)
Once you've unlocked the natural resources map from the map menus on the top left of the screen (I can't remember how much pop you need for that) it'll show the natural resources on the map, including fertile land.
exactly I just want a simple small farming town, this is how I start all my city building games to learn how to do everything slowly, and then gradually build up into a big city
Farming and forestry unlocks once you have a population of 700 or you can switch on the inbuilt 'Unlock all' mod (main menu, content manager, mods).
I would imagine someone will eventual create a mod that unlocks farming from the start. It's done the current way to introduce people to game concepts gradually, but when you've done it once, it makes more sense to have some things from the start.
I would imagine someone will eventual create a mod that unlocks farming from the start. It's done the current way to introduce people to game concepts gradually, but when you've done it once, it makes more sense to have some things from the start.
Thanks everyone. I was expecting to be able to zone what I want from the beginning but as you all pointed out, I have to unlock milestones. That is okay, but would have been nice to do anything from the start
You can do anything from the start, even with infinite money too, just set the built in mod options in the main menu / content maganer / mods.