The population requirement to reach a milestone varies depending on the map selected. You can have a total of nine areas unlocked by the end of the game, but this could be increased to a total of 25 areas or even 81 areas with Steam Workshop modifications. Check out the ever-rising skyline, where 20 will bring three new skyscrapers to the heart of Utah’s capital: The 24-story Liberty Sky apartment tower, climbing 250 feet. Some of the areas can have water areas, highways, and/or natural resources.
The District tool also features Generic industry option which reverts the specialized industry back to generic industry.This article has been verified for the current version (1.14) of the game.Īs a city grows, new population milestones will arise that unlock new services, buildings, zones, and areas for the city as well as giving extra cash. When the policy is set, an icon appear both under the name of the district as well as in the district panel and the zoned industry starts to change to the set industry type. For example, Power Usage policy decreases energy consumption but costs a little extra to the city since it has to set up energy meters and additional equipment to monitor the energy levels in buildings.Ĭities: Skylines features four industrial specialization policies that can be set by accessing the District tool and selecting one of the four policies and then clicking a district. Click a city marker to view the skyscraper map for that city. Policies usually have pros and cons depending the nature of the policy. Not every highrise building in each city may be marked, and not all cities are covered yet. Most of the policies can be set to both the whole city and districts with only the industrial specialization policies requiring always a district to apply it to. Policies are divided into four categories: Industrial specialization, Services, Taxation and City planning.
While the city-wide Education boost is a good policy to have, in this particular district is serves no purpose so the next logical step would be to turn it off in this district and any other industrial district while keeping it on for the rest of the city. However, as there are quite many industrial and commercial buildings, its worker amount is relatively high. Since this district has only industry, its population is zero. When a district is created the game automatically gives it a name which can be changed at any point during the game. Districts can be of any size and they can be used to simply create city boroughs that have distinct names like Manhattan and Bronx in New York or they can be used to fine tune a set of aspects from industrial types to the distribution of smoke detectors to lower the risk of house fires. They make for great supporting tools to handle the larger cities that occupy many map tiles.Īt their core districts are areas that the player can create by painting them using the Paint District tool. In addition we wanted to provide the possibility to create specialized industry and connect it to the functionality of what would become the districts.Ĭity and district policies are the natural companion to the creation of districts and they provide the tools to customize what happens in any of the districts, from setting service policies to affecting taxes and city planning such as banning highrise buildings and heavy traffic.īoth the district feature and the different policies unlock as the city grows and the player progresses in the game. In Cities: Skylines we wanted the cities to be big but we also wanted to give the player control over smaller parts of the city and make it possible to customize the different areas as they see fit. If you want to refresh your memory about the previous dev diaries, check here: ! The lifting of Queen Victorias building restrictions saw the first high rise buildings start to appear throughout the 1960s and 70s. Without further ado grab the popcorn, find a comfortable seat and enjoy the ride!
It's about time we took a closer look at the districts and policies in Cities: Skylines.
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