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
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=…;

2. Dynamic Resolution
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=…;

3. Relight
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=…;

4. Environment Changer & Theme Mixer
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=…;
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=…;

5. Ultimate Eyecandy
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=…;

6. Clouds & Fog Toggler
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=…;

7. PostProcessFX
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=…;
Multi-Platform Version (non-Windows): steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=…;
NOTE: You cannot use Dynamic Resolution with the Multi-Platform version of PostProcessFX.

8. Sun Shafts (unnecessary if you use Multi-Platform PostProcessFX
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=…;

9. Roads United Core 2.0 (Core+ may work better with some texture packs)
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=…;

...and some nice texture packs for it
NA+:
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=…;
US Reworked:
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=…;
US (Original):
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=…;
Germany:
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=…;
Europe:
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=…;


Also, here are some other mods I find useful:

Sharper Textures (increase the clarity of textures ingame):
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=…;

ShadowStrengthAdjuster (adjust the strength of shadows):
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=…;

Vanilla Trees Remover (eliminate all vanilla trees):
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=…;

No Radioactive Desert And More! (stop trees from turning orange on shorelines):
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=…;

Advanced Vehicle Options (get rid of those bug spray vans):
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=…

...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
steamcommunity.com/workshop/browse/?appid=25571…;
Cedar Valley 4K
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=…;
Albedo
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=…;
Cleyra
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=…;

- 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 audiomicro.com/sound-effects

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