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do you like to lay out your town before you "un-pause" or do you just start plopping buildings willy-nilly, and let your town grow "organically"?




i'm pretty fussy about distances and proportions and balance, and getting good happiness radii, but i hate how long it takes folks to lay down a dirt road before they do anything else, so i've grown into a habit: i lay out most my roads on pause, for strategic placement of service buildings, etc.




then before i hit play, i delete most planned roads except intersections. that way i know what i want to grow, but waste a LOT less time getting started.




i use the delete road tool to visualize an overview of my future roads, to see if they line up the way i wanted.



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planner or random? - by BuildHappy - 07-05-2017, 01:28 PM
planner or random? - by QueryEverything - 07-06-2017, 01:10 AM
planner or random? - by BuildHappy - 07-06-2017, 02:09 AM
planner or random? - by Diospectre - 07-06-2017, 02:33 AM
planner or random? - by BuildHappy - 07-06-2017, 02:47 AM
planner or random? - by QueryEverything - 07-06-2017, 04:14 PM
planner or random? - by Diospectre - 07-07-2017, 09:02 AM
planner or random? - by BuildHappy - 07-08-2017, 04:02 PM
planner or random? - by Kerlyssa - 07-13-2017, 05:27 AM
planner or random? - by estherhb - 07-13-2017, 08:12 AM