Murky Coast Revisited

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Author: CPA Runner

Last revision: 21 Jul, 2023 at 02:26 UTC

File size: 6.09 MB

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Description:

Murky Coast Revisited – version 1.1 (see Notes)

This is my ‘first map’ although I don’t consider it to be a first map since it is just a revision.

An updated version of the Murky Coast map that came with the Campus DLC. The map shouldn’t need the DLC but I marked as required just in case. The Mass Transit DLC is also required for the national roads.

100% vanilla assets. The forests have been updated to include the new CCP trees that were added to the base game. Extra additional details have been added throughout the map, and some odd curves with the road and rail have been adjusted. The map still does not have a large oil or ore area but I did extend the areas that are mainly in the mountain area down a bit more into the foothills.

I wanted to make this map more train dependent than the original map for a future planned build. Most of the highways have been downgraded to national roads. I did leave a section of highway near the center of the map to make it easier to add in interchanges. I also added a branch to the second rail line so that it can be reached earlier when playing without mods since the line only goes through a corner of the 25 tile area.

Recommended Themes, LUTs, and Mods
No themes, LUTs, or mods are required for the map.

For a brighter sunny day, I recommend using Ecania’s Moraine Farmlands theme and Cold Embrace by creativeDEX.

The initial screenshots in the images were taken with this combination.

For an overcast day, I recommend using Gomark’s Northguard Boreal theme and Rain Day also by creativeDEX.

Both themes recommend using Daylight Classic and the images include the settings that I used. I haven’t tried this yet, but see this discussion for how to replicate these settings if you are using Render It! instead.

When trying out various combinations of theme, LUTs and Daylight Classic options, Daylight Classic was not correctly setting back to theme’s original colors. Use Theme Mixer 2.5 to change the overall theme to any other theme then reselect the theme that you want to use.

NOTES:
Version 1.1 – I fixed an issue with the map. Using 2-lane national roads to connect outside of the map causes the crazy tourist bug where vehicles will come from outside the map, turn around at the nearest intersection and exit the map the way they came. I replaced the outside connections with 3-lane 1-way highways and this bug should no longer occur.

Version 1.0 – I do not have any intercity train traffic on the map until after I add my first cargo station. When I start a new city, a few trains are generated but they stop appearing. I’m not sure why but this happens with all of my cities though. If you don’t see intercity train traffic, please see if trains start to appear after adding a station in your city.