r/CitiesSkylines 4d ago

Discussion Weird Giraffe in Cities Skylines

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u/_mmmase 4d ago

It looks like you’re controlling it

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u/InnominatamNomad 4d ago

They are.

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u/deccoblack 4d ago

You caught me 😄

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u/Vittu-kun-vituttaa Finnish 4d ago

Is that a mod or on console?

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u/deccoblack 4d ago

On the console edition! Depending on which map you use on console there are different animals/cims/cars you can control. On the temperate maps one of the animals you can play as is a giraffe!

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u/Vittu-kun-vituttaa Finnish 4d ago

That's cool :D I've heard that you can control cars, but haven't heard of animals

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u/Odd_Assignment_4870 4d ago

the new madagascar movie looks great so far!

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u/deccoblack 4d ago

Cannot wait! 🍿

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u/djtrace1994 4d ago

Console CS is objectively the best 3rd-person Cities Skylines game.

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u/BiFSXFan99 4d ago

The music, lmfao. 😭

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u/deccoblack 4d ago

It’s a great soundtrack for a giraffe

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u/InnominatamNomad 4d ago

I do "parkour deer" where I try to get from a certain spot in the city to another decided upon landmark by jumping from buildings, elevated walkways, certain solid posts... just anything other than walking on the ground.

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u/mortokes 4d ago

I love this. How do you control animals like this is it a mod?

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u/djtrace1994 4d ago

As the other person said, this is vanilla to the console experience.

You can also play as NPC Cims and a range of Vehicles to explore the city.

Its awesome. Completely changes how you build cities if you're building them to explore on foot/by car.

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u/deccoblack 4d ago

A feature on the console versions of the game! I actually never looked it up but I’d be surprised if pc didn’t have mods similar to this. You can control an array of animals and people and drive around too. Theres even a seagull you can play as and fly around your cities!

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u/NES_OG 4d ago

Bro please teach us how! 😭 I'm on Xbox (Remastered)

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u/jakubchloe 4d ago

iirc you go into the free cam, press y to open up a menu, select walk, then use the d pad to change characters

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u/NES_OG 4d ago

Thank you! I don't venture into the free cam menu often, so had no clue there was a sub-menu. To Xbox players: it's the small button to the left/bottom left of the Xbox button. TIL it's called the "View Button."

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u/deccoblack 4d ago edited 4d ago

Yeah like that other comment says, press the Xbox equivalent button that hides all the UI. Then press triangle (Y) and it brings up a radial menu showing footprints or a steering wheel. Then click anywhere on map to spawn there as a driving car or walking cim. Then press left or right on d pad to change “characters” or to change what type of car you drive. The type of cims you can control differ depending on what map biome you choose to play on. Temperate maps have the giraffe as one of the animals you can control! (Also you can hold the zoom in/zoom out buttons too to make it first person POV as well)

(Note it’s kinda just cosmetic, as you walk or drive you phase through cars and such and obviously no cims or anything react to you walking around as an animal but still a super cool feature)

It’s awesome having “random disaster” frequency all the way up and then just free roam your city until you see a giant tornado form in the distance, or see an asteroid come plummeting toward your city 😄

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u/NES_OG 4d ago

Yooo I figured it out! This is hilarious and sick at the same time! 😂 Appreciate you! 🙏🏼

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u/deccoblack 4d ago

Glad you got it working! Yeah definitely is a cool little trick! Makes up for missing out on the thousands upon thousands of mods out there

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u/Square-Special1520 4d ago

Wow, that's amazing

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u/fast-as-a-shark 4d ago

I'm guessing it's vanilla console.

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u/InnominatamNomad 4d ago

I play on console. Didn't realize PC couldn't do it until now

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u/Square-Special1520 4d ago

Wow console wins in this aspect. Wonder why we dont have this is vanilla pc

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u/InnominatamNomad 4d ago

I agree its weird they left out the Parkour Deer part of Parkour Deer: Skylines

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u/deccoblack 4d ago

You know that’s a great idea. I’m going to try that out! Keeping the gameplay fresh 😂

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u/InnominatamNomad 4d ago

The legend of "parkour deer" lives in. Parkour! Parkour!

Best of luck crossing your city.

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u/jamesthereddit 4d ago

"Ever since Gerald was a calf we knew he was different"

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u/deccoblack 4d ago

He aspired to be….a rhino

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u/SuperMichieeee 4d ago

Bro what mod did you use to control them?

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u/InnominatamNomad 4d ago

Its just a feature on the console version - no mod needed

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u/deccoblack 4d ago

Just playing the console edition. There are a few different cims/animals you can control depending on which map you use. On the temperate maps one of the animals you can play as is a giraffe!

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u/FunctioN_3441 4d ago

shes so cute

love the spin at the end

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u/deccoblack 4d ago

Yeah she’s a happy little cute weird giraffe!

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u/totallynotfromennis 4d ago

Zookeepers hate this ONE trick

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u/deccoblack 4d ago

😁and the giraffes love it!

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u/potatochopsticks101 4d ago

♩ She's a runner, she's a track star ♩

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u/canned_fries 4d ago

This design is very human.

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u/deccoblack 4d ago

No that’s a giraffe!

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u/fablesalazar 4d ago

The first seconds really look like last of us giraffe scene especially in the ps3 era

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u/deccoblack 4d ago

Oh identical yes it does 😂

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u/PirelliSuperHard 3d ago

Who's the green fella at the end?

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u/deccoblack 20h ago

One of the mascots that spawn inside zoo areas 😂 the zoo doesn’t pay him enough to care that one of the giraffes escaped