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The transition is a little rough, however. Once you import your map, the map editor immediately changes your golf course into the terrain from your real life area.
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And there’s the exact curvature of the Monongahela River, along with Cheat Lake in the top-right corner. You can see in the bottom-right corner how it gets lighter, which is the higher elevation towards Preston County. A simple black and white map that shows elevation. I found the site terrain.party which has a map of the world and an itty-bitty blue square that covers an 18km by 18km surface (which is a one-to-one scale in the game). But Cities: Skylines uses height map technology where you can take a satellite image and the game will render the terrain for you. At first I thought I might have to shape the terrain and manually carve out the Monongahela River and Cheat Lake myself. You start out with a massive flat green surface, like a giant square golf course. The in-game map editor gives you the tools to do such a thing. My mission has changed from simply trying to build the biggest city and keep it afloat, to replicating and simulating my hometown, Morgantown, West Virginia. All I want is to build my city, solve traffic problems, manage utilities, and watch it grow.
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But there is only one thing on my mind, and that’s Cities: Skylines. It’s always tough to come up with new ideas, especially a couple times a week. This week, I really wanted to write about something different, a game I’ve never played, maybe something new.