City Corner #3 - Anniversary Free Update
Cities: Skylines II adds the Iceflake Arena signature building and a highly requested road zoning toggle to customize city layouts.
Key Changes
- 1New Toggle Zoning tool allows players to remove zoning from specific sides of roads
- 2Added Iceflake Arena signature commercial building with city-wide attractiveness boosts
- 3Office demand rebalanced to allow global service sales, increasing overall demand
- 4New in-game Encyclopedia provides searchable tutorials and game mechanic info
- 5Pathfinding fix reduces instances of citizens and criminals getting stuck
- 6Mixed residential logic fix prevents citizens from attempting to live in business units
All Changes
🏢Buildings(3)
- newIceflake Arena: Added the Iceflake Arena, a new signature commercial building that hosts concerts and ice hockey matches.
- buffIceflake Arena: Iceflake Arena provides a city-wide boost to attractiveness.
- buffIceflake Arena: Iceflake Arena provides a well-being boost to citizens within a 2-kilometer radius.
🛣️Roads & Zoning(1)
- newToggle Zoning: Introduced a zoning toggle tool that allows players to remove zoning from one or both sides of any road.
📖UI & Systems(1)
- newEncyclopedia: Added an in-game Encyclopedia (formerly Glossary) featuring searchable information on game mechanics and DLC features.
📈Simulation & Economy(4)
- buffOffice Demand: Relaxed local consumption limitations on office demand, allowing offices to sell services globally (effective buff to office demand).
- fixPathfinding: Shortened pathfinding reset wait times to prevent citizens from getting stuck when leaving the city.
- fixCriminals: Fixed an issue where criminals would get stuck infinitely at crime scenes due to pathfinding errors.
- fixMixed Residential Buildings: Adjusted logic for mixed residential buildings to correctly distinguish between residential units and business spaces, preventing citizens from getting stuck while searching for homes.
Summary
The Anniversary Patch for Cities: Skylines II introduces a mix of new content and long-awaited quality-of-life features. Players can now place the Iceflake Arena, a new signature commercial building that boosts city attractiveness and local well-being. A major gameplay addition is the Toggle Zoning tool, allowing for precise control over which sides of a road generate zoning blocks.
Simulation Improvements
Significant adjustments have been made to the simulation logic. Office demand has been rebalanced to allow for global service sales, reducing the heavy reliance on local consumption. Additionally, pathfinding fixes address issues where citizens and criminals would become stuck when attempting to leave the city or move into mixed residential buildings.