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I used to buy Factor, but I found myself adding spices/seasoning to the food to make it edible. I understand the convenience of it, but when my own cooked meals taste better (and cost me less to buy the ingredients to prepare), I'm gonna stick to what tastes better. 🙂
I honestly love the custom lumber area but you forgot to build a fire department! 😆 As for a name for the new township it should probably be related to the new lumber company, so Lewis... something: Lewis Village, Lewisville, Lewis Mills, Lewis River, etc. I really enjoyed today's video. Also, sometime in the future when you're feeling particularly silly please name a future town Otisburg as a reference to Superman (1978).
Hey Phil, I would say that it actually makes sense for that soccer field to be lower than the grade. We have them everywhere where I live. They double as flood control. With the constant harvesting of trees, those hills won’t absorb as much water as they used to.
Thats actually a really good shout. I live in Canada, and after reading your comment I can think of a few pitches that are sunk. Never really thought about it before but that makes a lot of sense lol.
Yes I agree, and the soccer field needs high fencing, at least on the sides that have the soccer goals. Stray balls into the traffic is not a good thing. The field could also benefit from some lighting.
Except you're on a hill next to the river. They probably would just lead the water straight to the rivier instead. A small ditch on the edges of the treefarms would probably do the trick.
Definitely liked this City Tour better! Thank you for taking our feedback and working on it. I just want to take a few mins to live in your city at the end of the episode. Keep bringing the intimacy (perfect word) and the zen, and you will totally get it dialed in. Build was fantastic too!
Cole from Maine here. love what you did with the forestry industry! Being from Maine, logging is a huge industry here. In Maine, hunting, hiking and snowmobiling are big recreational past times, and often take place in the logging and timber lots that are currently not being cut. There are logging roads that go between the different wood lots for easy access for heavy equipment, and allow for the recreational activities. Would be cool to see this implemented, maybe with adding paths or dirt roads that break up the different trees of different ages, with the odd hunting cabin or camp ground. Often times abandoned and unused rail lines are used as hiking, hunting and snowmobile trails. Maybe an abandoned rail line could be added looking like it once ran through the area before the uses and industries changed. Just a thought to make the area look like it has a richer history and multiple uses. Also, my suggestion for the town name for the new industry area would be Lewiston. Lewis Lumber Company is expanding, and there's a city in Maine called Lewiston that used to be a big mill town, I think it would be a fitting name for Lewis Lumber Company and their new lumber mill and a fun nod to Lewiston Maine.
I think a perfect example of the logging roads I'm talking about would be north of Sebec Lake in Maine. Check out google maps. Definitely respecting the topography, branching out like fingers to reach the different wooded areas
Oregonian here. Our forestry companies actually have full time public liaison employees that can be called to see if a particular logging road is open to recreation and what type. In addition to off roading, horseback riding, mountain biking and gravel biking are really popular. All they ask in return is if you report anything that is against their policies. It gives the public a huge amount of recreational area that often connects into national forest and BLM land and gives the forestry company monitoring of remote areas.
On the soccer field, I would put a tall fence along the goal end that is at the roadway. This does two things, stops balls from landing on cars driving by, and stops kids from dashing in to the road to retrieve a ball when they ultimately miss the goal - don't ask how I know this...
Yes. That area doesn't feel finished. I'm not sure I like the surface covering the area past the soccer field either but I'm OK with it. Add some fencing for sure. Maybe a hotdog vendor and bathrooms. It's a little too plain and I would be shocked if there wasn't at least a little parking.
The fence isn't necessary. I live right next to a soccer field that has the goal line but up against a high frequency residential (though low density) road and has no fence. It has never been a problem. The fence would be expensive to maintain, and would limit access to the park grounds.
@@spamfilter32we have “backstop” style fencing for a lot of our fields. So it’s still fully accessible because the high fence is only directly behind the end of fields. It’s less expensive to maintain than hedges, and cuts the city rec departments liability insurance costs by more than enough to offset the cost of maintaining anyway.
@skyechimes658 the field near my home has no fence at all. But there is greenspace between the field and the road. Maybe 15-20 feet. So maybe that is considered enough buffer to keep kids from running out onto the street without being seen? I don't know, but there is another park I drive past occasionally that has 4 soccer fields and also no fence at all.
Perhaps Lewis Hills for the new town? A reference to the first development project that the Lewis family ever took on and a bit of suited to the hilly forests that they're developing now instead of tropical river fronts.
I LOVE seeing clear cut blasts, that's why I wish you'd used them more, but I grew up in Illinois, and yeah, it's more realistic for a Wisconsin-ish state to push dirt around. It's flat where we are/were, and blasting is for bedrock and mountains. Hell, that's why we have basements in the north, but we don't get them in Texas. It's all dirt up there. That's why driving through Tennessee highways is so nuts, the amount of sheer rock walls is insane!
Wildland Firefighter here, gotta love your work and props to proper, environmentally conscious and sustainable forestry management practices for commercial agriculture and recreation! 🌲🔥🌵 P.s. I just got and ate my first two Factor meals this week and OMG they’re SO GOOOOD!!!!
I'd say irl the fence around that football field would be a requirement, espacially at least behind the goal by the main-ish road, even fence taller than usual, or a net on top of standard fence, to stop balls from flying onto that road.
It's honestly so gorgeous, Phil. It was just as satisfying watching you with the lumber farms! The different colors of the trees make such a beautiful pattern.
Gorgeous build. One small and unreasonable ask of the fame devs would be if some parks, e.g., soccer pitches, could be terrain conforming. Being from a hilly rural area, I’m used to parks conforming to the land. My childhood soccer games were played on pitches on a literal hillside - the teams would switch sides regularly in every match so everyone got a turn at the downhill slope advantage 🙂 would be a fun little thing to have for realism’s sake.
Hey Phil, as a brazilian, I must say that soccer fields have very specific grass which is really hard to take care of. I would suggest not stretching the same grass to the area around it. Also, if there was some fencing behind the goalkeepers, it would be more realistic as it avoids losing the ball and have someone run towards traffic to get back. The benches to watch are very realistic as well if you wanna keep it :D
Dear Mayor Chuckles, I notice that the plans for the riverbend road call for grading to create a valley at the point. I think it would be awesome if the grading leveled the river side, so drivers could get a nice view across the water. Thank you for your time.
For the new "town", how about simply "The Wald", since it's mainly just the woods and I doubt it'd have a formal name. Beautiful city tour!!! Great job bringing the best of old and new tour styles together. I think you really hit the nail on the head with this one, and you'll continue to refine it even better as you go.
Big big fan of the new city tour. Not just because of the "more intimate" approach, but also the lack of cuts. It was smoother and let us appreciate the space you created much more. That said, I do like how the older city tours contrast the nature of the change. So maybe there's a way to bring in both? The zoomed in views without jarring cuts, but still some overlays and cross fades to show old into new? Also, strong agree on keeping the surface for the tree farm.
Love the change with the city tour. When I first started watching your videos, when you got to the city tour section I was expecting more street-level views, like you'd experience if you were touring a city in person.
Very nice! Maybe you can add an ecoduct over the river near the sharp bend for the animals to cross the river. And make the Forest more dense across the river.
Hey Phil, an interesting fact. Forests like this are sometimes planted to follow contour lines. Look up "fingerprint forest" to learn more. I think doing it that way would be respecting the topography no? ;)
This series is the thing that brings me the second most joy in my life. Right after hanging out with my boyfriend. I make him watch and he enjoys when things get on fire.
For the new name, my suggestion is Little Amazon! Because here in Brazil, we have a very unsustainable way of harvesting trees and on MC you did it the right way, so it would be a good homage and a awareness message
Man I had a mental picture in my head of what you looked like based off of your voice and seeing the face to the voice was jarring just because of how different it was but you look great man I really love your content it’s soothing and satisfying keep up the great work man
Love the improvements for the trees. Here are a few names:: (1: Ravenwood - 2: Lewistown - 3: Sherwood - 4: Emberwood). For my builds as (Drakervon) in past cities I used Rvonwood. I was thinking Lewiston (town) because that was a TON of Trees. Sherwood is for the Trees = Money for the Fantasy of it al. Lastly Emberwood or (Mertlewood) to appease the Goddess of Forest and Fire. And please don't forget city services Fire Protection and Police within the New Tree Farms area. Great work as always. Love the videos. Keep up the wonderful work / play.
For the rail line, don't double track it. It's not very realistic. Instead, build a yard with 3 through tracks + main line on the other side of the river after the bridge. Use single track for each and then set waypoints for each line to use a dedicated siding. This way trains pull into that yard and wait for their turn whilst keeping the mainline free. This would mimic the real life behaviour where train would pull into a yard, disconnect engines, run around and hook them back up at rear end and then push the waggons to the loading tracks.
I'd suggest creating 2-3 pedestrian connections in the Myrtle Park expansion, between the horseshoe and the other wiggly road - it would improve soccer field access 😊
Magnolia County is thriving with all the new industry moving into the community. I look forward to the construction of the paper factory. And more Signature buildings in general.
First, let me say, I love this channel. I’m fascinated by this game and how you play it. I’ve also found your insights into actual civic planning helpful at times in my work with emergency management. I would like to comment on you’re bring the forest as close to the houses as possible. Recognizing your history with wildfire and ever present concern with Myrtle, why not adopt more of a FireSmart program approach and landscape with buffer zones between fuel sources and structure? It would be more challenging to find appropriate landscaping but would introduce people to the program which has is a huge resource for folks living within that urban wildlife interface. Just a thought sir, again, I love this channel. Keep it up!
I’d make sure you’ve got enough fire coverage, we don’t want to loose the whole forest. Also, make sure your lumber is getting exported efficiently, the traffic volume may cause problems.
I loved what you did with the city tour. I was gonna ask if you'd ever thought of just uploading a video that was just a tour. Then we could really get a person eye view of your great builds.
It looks like you took that comment in the previous video (the one asking for more context as to where in the city you are when you switch spots) to heart! I love seeing positive interactions and the acceptance of good criticism like you’ve shown here!
In Germany, it is very common to have a basketball court next to football fields. Maybe you could do the same. After all, the houses around it are European as well.
It'd be really cool to see you build a suuuuper rural spread out town, more than anything you've done so far in the spirit of my hometown, Chatsworth or Tabernacle NJ, As for your rural town, call it Dover! Then you can have a Bend-Dover busline!
I think I'd like a little footpath between the bend of the road around the football field and the parallel street! You'd get a desire path through the woods there regardless, I think
that soccer / football pitch is a decent addition but has a major flaw: either its manicured and has lines with nice goals and nets, but then it would 100% have atleast some small stands with extra space for locker rooms (altough they might be below the stands) and a shed for storing the gardening and maintenance equipment + the pitch would likely be fenced in with taller fences behind the goals to catch stray shots - in other words, the pitch would be owned/used by a local football club instead of being publicly access for recreational playing. alternatively, if the pitch stays unfenced without any extra buildings like it is now it would certainly not have chalk lines drawn, certainly no as manicured grass on and around the pitch and the goals likely wouldnt have nets either but be either metals "nets" or just plain goalposts and the pitch acts more like a park where neighbourhood kids meet to play football (in germany it would be called "bolzplatz").
Also all the missed shots on the soccer fields will end up on Sheffield Street, you could either fence around the pitch or rename the street Soccerfield, or ball boulevard
Love the videos, I think that adding some lumber pile or wood pallet like assets to the cargo terminal would look very nice, maybe even some fencing around the property.
I have two questions that are not directly linked to this video. 1. Is there still ground pollution left from the old landfill and industrial strip? 2. Is Eisenhower Street still there? To me it seemed the name got lost during the the station rebuild.
I love the RP elements of your play throughs. Are you going to make a purely entertainment zone? I don't know if there is nightlife or theme park assets for CS2, or more of an entertainment district theme. Since so far, it's more focused on industry, and populatiom life, with a few general parks. I also had a tought about a series where you buy spaces at a distance on the map, since lots don't have to be connected, and the trade between each other, and eventually grow towards each other ^^
when you called them 'rural roads' i got flashbacks to my college years at ASU, bordered on Rural and University Drives lol Maybe a name suggestion could be Rural Road, for a street that goes off into the rural part of the county?
I think you should keep the stands on the soccer field, I would also add some coffeshops to support the soccer field during practice and even when the team is playing. Another thing, there should be a thick row of evergreens all around the field because of the noise and because of the leaves falling on the field
What about Muskegon for the new Industry, named after Meuskegon, Michigan? Charles Hackley, the owner of the biggest logging operation there, was big on giving back to his city and making sure to donate wherever he could. I think it's a fitting name, given the location of Magnolia County.
Hey Phil, I actually cant wait to see what happens when those farmers get really made that all the remaining forest on their side of the river is now gone and what they are gonna do to chuckles since he approved of the purchase from the lumber company. And maybe all of chuckles dealings will now come out to them sice he owned a circus and zoo back in Nicolet Bay. Cause im surprised they haven gone balistic on him cause he is the defininition in my oponion of the snake oils salesman.
For the forest I would do a checkerboard more because I have seen it more where I’m at and it looks beautiful from above but I like how unique yours looks
Two ideas for a rural city name are Evergreen Township in honor of the forestry industry or a bit of dark humor Burnville because we know at some point it will burn with all those trees.
I think you should follow the rich American tradition if naming a small town after a global metropolis. I live near Cairo, Damascus, Rome, Athens... I think you should call this town Jakarta. It sounds like Jamila and fits this weird, fun American naming scheme.
I think the cargo train terminal should have roadway access from the back. There is space and no need to cross the track, making the operations safer and smoother
would be nice if someday a mod/update/new city builder game comes that combines the traditional logistics manager with actual weather management (water drainage, heat (AC & power consumption), land fertility decay and stuff like that)
I propose naming the new Township as Bar-des-Arbres- named by French explorers as a description of the geology there, but of course bastardized in pronunciation by locals (could be pronounced “Bardies Arbies” or “Bar duh Arb” like Des Moines or wherever your mind goes!)
i think you should add some paths in the new neighbourhood. If people want to get to the football pitch from their homes on the road that curves around the back of the U-shaped road they have to walk allll the way round rather than cutting across to the pitch
Leave the surface. Forestry is (of course) much more complex than what this game can simulate. Foresters take care of the land that trees grow on. It's an entire ecosystem that produces high quality lumber. Maybe you can even put some fencing, I think a natural dense bush barrier is enough to distinguish nature from industry. You wouldn't want civilians wandering in there
Perhaps I missed a connection somewhere, but I think the highway 'loop' around the area makes little sense at the moment due to how little connectivity it has to the forestry area. Another great build though!
Hear me out, Phil. Remove the forestry floor for SOME of them, but not all of them. Consider if some trees maybe have more leaf litter attributed to them, apply that logic to how the floor looks. Maybe play with different floor colours to sell that idea. If they're cutting down a lot of trees, I'd expect the floor to eventually stain somewhat with leaf litter.
I think the forestry surface is too dark. If you look at most forestry forests there isn’t much color difference in the ground bc it’s just grass that grows underneath. So it makes sense to remove the surface.
You can really feel the difference with the detailing mods. Having said that, who’s Mulligan and why are you calling them so much? They owe you something? 😂😂
One of your best builds in CS2. Really beautiful and the video was educational too. I’m almost ready to start looking at CS2 again. Just waiting for assets.
Keep the brown texture around the trees because it would be all dead especially when the bug trucks drive around also I didnt know forestry extractors actually "cut down" trees visually thats cool
I think you should have left the stands on the football pitch. You could make it that the town has a football club which competes in a county league or something of the sorts.
I would keep the forestry color on the grass. although it doesnt match with its surroundings it looks like it could be some sort of fertilizer for the trees and at the very least it gives a contrast to the surrounding areas
I love the look, but it feels like there's so little storage for all that lumber. Maybe one or 2 warehouses make the freight station look better as well
