Cities in Motion
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| Developers | |
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| Colossal Order | |
| Linux | Edward Rudd |
| Publishers | |
| Paradox Interactive | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | February 23, 2011 |
| macOS (OS X) | May 20, 2011 |
| Linux | January 9, 2014 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 70 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Building, Simulation |
| Themes | Contemporary |
| Series | Cities in Motion |
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| Cities in Motion | |
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| Cities in Motion | 2011 |
| Cities in Motion 2 | 2013 |
| Cities: Skylines | 2015 |
| Cities: Skylines II | 2023 |
Cities in Motion is a singleplayer bird's-eye view building and simulation game in the Cities in Motion series.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
General European release. | |
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| Retail | |
Polish release. | |
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| Publisher website | |
Collection. | |
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| Amazon.com | |
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| GOG.com | |
Collection also available. | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| Steam | |
Complete Edition also available. | |
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| Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable) | |
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| Mac App Store (unavailable) | |
Collection | |
Version differences
- The Collection / Complete edition includes the base game and all DLC.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
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| London | |
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| Design Classics | |
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| Design Marvels | |
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| Design Now | |
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| Tokyo | |
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| Metro Stations | |
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| German Cities | |
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| US Cities | |
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| Design Dreams | |
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| Ulm | |
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| Paris | |
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| St. Petersburg | |
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| Design Quirks | |
Essential improvements
Modifications
- Ultimate Camera Control - Introduces several new camera modes as well as allowing you to zoom down to ground level.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Cities In Motion\ |
| macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/Cities in Motion/ |
| Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/Cities In Motion/ |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Cities In Motion\ |
| macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/Cities in Motion/ |
| Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/Cities In Motion/ |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
Video
General settings.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate cap; to set a cap see Set maximum frame rate. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Over-all and music slider. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Spanish |
Issues fixed
Set maximum frame rate
- Cities in Motion does not limit FPS by default. This can potentially cause overheating of your computer.
| FPS limiting[citation needed] |
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Poor performance
- Since the game engine is poorly optimized, the game may have trouble on many computers.
- The following settings might make a difference in performance.
| Poor performance[citation needed] |
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Game doesn't load
- If the game will not load, try forcing the game to run in a window.
| Game doesn't load[citation needed] |
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Running on ATI/AMD cards
- If you are running the game on an ATI/AMD card, then placing an older version of an ATI DLL file in the installation folder may allow it to work.
| Running on ATI/AMD cards[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Input | SDL2 | Linux only. |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7 |
| Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz Dual Core | |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8800 ATI Radeon HD 3850 512 MB of VRAM OpenGL 3.0 compatible | |
- Integrated video cards are not supported.
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.6.3 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz Dual Core | |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8800 ATI Radeon HD 3850 512 MB of VRAM OpenGL 3.0 compatible |
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| Linux | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core Duo 2.0 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8800 ATI Radeon HD 3850 512 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.1 compatible |
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References
- ↑ cities-in-motion - Games for Windows - last accessed on 19 August 2022