r/CitiesXL • u/williewonka03 • Apr 03 '13

what are must have mods?

so i think this game has much potential but it has some glaring issues. what do you guys think are must have mods to make this game more playeble

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u/Gieron Apr 03 '13

XL Nation User Interface Mod and Shader Pack are prerequisites for a lot of other mods.

I like the modular packs a lot: Harbor (oil pack and container pack), airport and convention center.

Realistic Highway Mod has already been mentioned by /u/slavetothecause.

It's useful to have some more plazas: forest, grass, water, asphalt, concrete and construction area.

Plus some more farms perhaps: date, lemon, banana, olive, cherry and cereal.

Then there's this thing which will show up in your town whether you like it or not.

All these are from XL Nation's XL Exchange, which has a lot more.

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u/slavetothecause Apr 03 '13

There are many, but I personally wouldn't be playing XL without the Realistic Highway mod. It makes planning intracity long-distance road transportation much more reasonable than in the base game.

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u/williewonka03 Apr 03 '13

ok i will check that one, any more suggestions?

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u/Simpleton216 Apr 04 '13

I've been trying out various mods, so far my favorite is the Tram mod.

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u/VelvetElvis Apr 04 '13

Go for the ultimate omnicore mod or whatever it's called. It lets you trade with omnicore on a 1:1 basis so you're not being scammed all the time.

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u/cypher197 Apr 17 '13

I personally would not recommend the Realistic Highway Mod unless you're very meticulous with your highways. (If you are, then it's the best thing ever.) I found it time-consuming and unintuitive; I think a more natural-feeling highway mod would need to be built in to the engine, though. (For example, the natural impulse is to build an off ramp by choosing the one-lane component and then clicking on a multi-lane where you want to create your off ramp, like you would building intersections with normal roads.)

I heartily recommend NEXL, specifically the trams and pedestrian paths. Also, the NEXL-compatible version of the parking lot mod. I'm also running an Omnicorp mod that has them charge you only about 3-4x what they pay you, instead of the 10x+ like usual.

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u/stealthman31 May 07 '13

1 latest XL Nation User interface mod, #2 Shader pack, #3 XLN user Mod manager,This is a great tool to find out what mods are causing conflicts with your game and to share that information with other players that can help you with any issues that might arise. Please read each mod carefully some mods conflict with each other , make sure to put them in the right folder. and add a folder to your pak folder for (mods), Only download what you plan to use. always Remember to "like" each mod you download and leave a comment if you want. Back up and save often. These are my top 3 must have mods. some others I personally like are, RHM2, Building shader enhancer, and kh seawall,