Cities Skylines 2 patch 1.5.7f1 introduces several new features, including a benchmarking tool and a historic building option that gives players more control over city development. The update also revises the Paradox Mods system, allowing smoother browsing and downloads with improved tracking and parallel processing.
Alongside these additions, the patch delivers extensive gameplay balancing, UI improvements, and bug fixes. From traffic behavior tweaks to fixes for economic simulation issues, the update aims to refine both performance and simulation accuracy, though a few known issues remain.
Patch Notes
New Features
- Historic Building option added
- Prevents selected buildings from leveling up or becoming abandoned
- Benchmark tool introduced
- Accessible via main menu options
- New launch parameter -benchmark enables benchmarking at startup
- Encyclopedia expanded
- New chapters for Building Customization and Road Zones
- Universal mod button added to main UI
- Allows centralized access to mods created by modders
Gameplay Changes
- Reduced move in traffic
- Citizens no longer use taxis for moving in and out
- Dog population reduced
- Adjusted household pet limits and spawn probabilities
- Education system rebalanced
- Improved alignment between elementary and high school demand
- Urban Cycling Initiative policy updated
- Bicycle usage increased from 20 percent to 50 percent
- Commercial and office demand fixes
- Fixed issues causing demand to remain low or behave incorrectly
- Improved calculation methods for production and demand stability
- Traffic and transport fixes
- Fixed buses and trams getting stuck at busy stops
- Fixed outside connections not working with non highway roads
- Simulation fixes
- Resolved citizens getting stuck during robberies
- Fixed building upgrade progression stalling
- Fixed offices halting production or trade in certain cases
UI Improvements
- Toolbar customization options added
- Adjustable size and transparency
- Encyclopedia improvements
- Added tooltips and missing localized text
- Fixed search crash when entering CJK characters
- Fixed controller interaction issues
- Service building upgrade panels now fully accessible
- Fixed Photo Mode visual inconsistencies
- Fixed demand bars not visually filling
Visual Improvements
- Improved vegetation wind transitions for smoother LOD changes
- Adjusted LOD distances on Low and Medium settings
- Disabled incorrect day and night shadow casting for better performance
Performance Improvements
- Main menu FPS capped at 120 to reduce GPU load
Bridges and Ports
- Fixed issue with buildings not using ports for importing goods
- Updated achievement icons
Paradox Mods
- Updated SDK to version 2.1.2 and Mods UI to version 2.0.4
- Added Playset Sharing support
- Enabled parallel mod downloads with queue system
- Improved download tracking and responsiveness
- Removed Beta label from Paradox Mods
- Updated mod storage structure
- Added required thumbnail support for uploads
- Fixed incorrect preview thumbnails during publishing
Miscellaneous Fixes
- Improved database corruption error messages
- Fixed small text issues in the encyclopedia
Known Issues
- Larger than usual update download size due to internal build changes
- Microsoft Store version missing taskbar icon
- Rare cases of robbery related AI getting stuck
- Shadow cascade issues causing incorrect shadow rendering
Cities Skylines 2, developed by Colossal Order and published by Paradox Interactive, released on October 24, 2023. It is available on PC via Steam and Xbox Game Pass.
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