Developer Colossal Order has released a new update for Cities: Skylines 2, introducing important simulation changes like citizens' job-seeking calculations and garbage accumulation values. In addition to this, the new patch for Cities: Skylines 2 also addresses issues that affected custom climates, introduces various gameplay fixes, UI improvements, modding changes, and more.

Cities: Skylines 2 is a detailed city-building game where players can design and manage their own cities. The game regularly receives updates and patches to address various issues based on player feedback, as seen recently when Paradox Interactive discovered that the popular Cities: Skylines 2 Traffic mod contained malware and had to release a patch to resolve the issue. Now, the developer is rolling out another update to fix additional problems in the game.

The new Cities: Skylines 2 patch introduces several important gameplay changes aimed at making the city simulation feel more real. For example, the way citizens search for jobs in Cities: Skylines 2 has been improved, the buildup of garbage in certain buildings has been reduced, and the number of students that can enroll in colleges and universities has been increased. On top of that, there is a new building-specific effect called "University Interest" for the Radio Telescope Research Center.

Another important improvement in this patch is the fix for frame rate drops when using custom climates on user-made Cities: Skylines 2 maps. Before, players would experience slowdowns when customizing the climate settings, but this update should solve those issues. Now, map creators can tweak climates without worrying about performance problems. Plus, if a custom climate file is missing, the game will automatically switch to a default climate to prevent crashes and slowdowns.

The patch also brings a number of updates to the user interface based on player feedback. There are improvements to color contrasts in infoviews, tweaks to how citizens are tracked in the lifepath panel, and adjustments to tool modes. The patch also fixes problems with screen overflow and disappearing tool modes, especially for players who use text scaling or different languages. These changes aim at making the experience a bit more consistent across various settings. Additionally, for those using mods, the update adds new safeguards for custom climate features on shared maps. This ensures that modders can create and share content more easily without running into compatibility issues.

This smaller update includes gameplay fixes and improvements, fixes to custom climates, UI fixes, and minor modding updates.https://t.co/FsQfySMjVm pic.twitter.com/5q9aWgB4NY

— Cities: Skylines (@CitiesSkylines) November 26, 2024

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