How To Make Cities Skylines Look Realistic

In this super simple tutorial, I'll show you how to make your city look super realistic with some easy-to-use mods!

NOTE: At any point, any one of these mods could break in an update and become unusable. I can't control that.

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LINKS TO THE MODS I MENTIONED:

1. Daylight Classic
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles...

2. Dynamic Resolution
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles...

3. Relight
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles...

4. Environment Changer & Theme Mixer
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles...
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles...

5. Ultimate Eyecandy
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles...

6. Clouds & Fog Toggler
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles...

7. PostProcessFX
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles...
Multi-Platform Version (non-Windows): http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles...
NOTE: You cannot use Dynamic Resolution with the Multi-Platform version of PostProcessFX.

8. Sun Shafts (unnecessary if you use Multi-Platform PostProcessFX
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles...

9. Roads United Core 2.0 (Core+ may work better with some texture packs)
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles...

...and some nice texture packs for it
NA+:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles...
US Reworked:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles...
US (Original):
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles...
Germany:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles...
Europe:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles...


Also, here are some other mods I find useful:

Sharper Textures (increase the clarity of textures ingame):
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles...

ShadowStrengthAdjuster (adjust the strength of shadows):
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles...

Vanilla Trees Remover (eliminate all vanilla trees):
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles...

No Radioactive Desert And More! (stop trees from turning orange on shorelines):
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles...

Advanced Vehicle Options (get rid of those bug spray vans):
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...

...and custom assets in general. The workshop is filled with thousands of wonderful community-made buildings and props that you should use to your advantage!




MY SETTINGS FOR MODS MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO:

Relight settings

Brightness: 1
Gamma: 0.4
Contrast: 0.1
Temperature: 0.1
Tint: -0.2
Sun Temperature: 0.25
Sun Tint: -0.1
The rest are default -

THEMES:
Springwood
http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/br...
Cedar Valley 4K
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles...
Albedo
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles...
Cleyra
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles...

Theme Mixer settings

Base theme on map load: Springwood
Changes in Theme Mixer -
RuinedDiffuseTexture: Cedar Valley 4K
PavementDiffuseTexture: Cleyra
OilDiffuseTexture: Cedar Valley 4K
OreDiffuseTexture: Cleyra
SandDiffuseTexture: Cedar Valley 4K
CliffDiffuseTexture: Albedo
UpwardRoadDiffuse (asphalt texture): Albedo

Ultimate Eyecandy settings

Latitude: 0
Longitude: 3.0
Global light intensity: 8.3
Ambient light intensity: 0.75

PostProcessFX settings

SSAO -
Intensity: 4
Radius: 2
Sample Count: High
Occlusion: Depth
Enable Downsampling: ON



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Sound Effects by http://audiomicro.com/sound-effects

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