Info views

Citizen happiness info view.

Cities: Skylines features 29 different info views displaying and highlighting various information about the city. Some info views include multiple tabs for different but related information (such as the different tiers of education in the education info view). While there are no actual categories for the info views they can be roughly divided in three categories by their nature:

City service related: Displays info mainly about the functions of the different city services and their effects to the zoned buildings of the city. These include things like electricity, garbage collection, education, health, fire safety, police and public transport. Most of these are also used shown automatically when accessing the build menu for city services.
Citizen related: Displays info relating to the citizens themselves such as happiness, housing levels, population demographics, and so on. These info views let the player see how their actions affect the everyday lives of their citizens.
City and map related: Displays features and effects that define the city area itself. These are pollution levels, land value, natural resources and districts. Pollution displays both ground and water pollution while sound pollution shows the effect of the road network and various zoned buildings and city service buildings (residential areas generate little to no noise pollution while commercial and especially industrial areas drastically affect the noise pollution levels and make people sick).

Info views[edit | edit source]

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Electricity[edit | edit source]

Main article: Power

Shows all the buildings in blue which are connected to the power grid. The light grey-ish/blue-ish area surrounding them is the catchment area of the power grid that the buildings create around themselves.

Water[edit | edit source]

Main article: Water and sewage

Displays the water currents, the direction the water flows and also highlights all water networked buildings. It also shows the water pipes that run underground. In this view mode you are able to bulldoze the underground water pipes.

Garbage[edit | edit source]

Main article: Garbage disposal

Displays the amount of garbage piled up in buildings as well as the location of landfill sites and incineration plants. The roads are coloured in green in places where there is garbage truck coverage. The design of the road network including use of one-way or two-way roads affect how far the coverage reaches.

Education[edit | edit source]

Main article: Education

When building a new school the info view activates when the school is selected in the build menu. The info view shows the current availability of school services as well as the coverage of existing schools of the type selected. In the info view the roads are green if there is coverage , if the roads are grey there is no coverage available in that area.

Using the info view from the menu will highlight residential structures in grey-ish purple if there are citizens not yet educated to the level selected living there.

Citizen happiness[edit | edit source]

Main article: Happiness

Main article: Citizens#Happiness

Using a color gradient from red to green shows the happiness of citizens.

Health[edit | edit source]

Main article: Healthcare

Healthcare tab: Highlights buildings to show the level of health of the residents and shows coverage of ambulance services on the roads.

Death care tab: Displays the information on available cemetery space and crematorium capacity as well as hearse coverage area.

Levels[edit | edit source]

Levels

Main article: Zoning#Building level

Displays the upgrade level of the buildings in different areas of your city.

Wind[edit | edit source]

Wind

Main article: Power#Wind

Shows the areas that are opportune for harvesting the power of the wind as a source for electricity.

Traffic[edit | edit source]

Traffic

Main article: Traffic

The traffic info view is invaluable when laying out road networks and planning different areas of your city. It shows in red the roads and intersections that are most heavily used by citizens, tourists and cargo transport. Remember- red traffic areas don't always mean it is clogging back.

Pollution[edit | edit source]

Main article: Pollution

Shows both ground pollution and water pollution. Water pollution is affected by the water flow mechanics such as direction and strength of water currents, ground pollution is most heavily affected by industry.

Noise pollution[edit | edit source]

Main article: Pollution#Noise pollution

Noise pollution is created by traffic, industrial, and commercial zones as well as tourist attractions such as the unique buildings. Smaller roads create less noise pollution and roads with decorative trees create less noise pollution than their tree-less counterparts. This info view shows the most noise polluted areas allowing you to focus on reduction strategies.

Fire safety[edit | edit source]

Main article: Fire Department

Lets you see if there are areas not adequately covered by fire fighting infrastructure.

Crime[edit | edit source]

Main article: Police Department

Shows where criminals are most active. It colors the buildings in red if there is high criminal activity. Police coverage is displayed by the colored roads.

Transportation[edit | edit source]

Main article: Transportation

Highlights all the different transport types as well as displaying utilization rates by citizens (number of passengers per week). Selecting a transport type will also highlight related infrastructure buildings and routes.

There are some Steam Workshop modifications that change the way this info view is displayed.

Population[edit | edit source]

Main article: Zoning

The population info view shows how the population of the whole city is divided between the different age groups. It also shows where the different major groups (families, adults and seniors) are located on the map.

Outside connections[edit | edit source]

Main article: Supply chain#Imports and exports

Main article: Tourism

The outside connections info view is divided into three categories: Import, Export and Tourism. These highlight the buildings and vehicles that ship goods in and out of the city as well as the commercial and tourist attractions that attract tourists to your city. Pink cars are those being driven by tourists visiting the city.

Businesses that import goods and natural resources as well as the trucks carrying them are highlighted on the map in this info view and colored based on their industry.

Land value[edit | edit source]

Main article: Land value

Shows how the value of a piece of land is affected by the buildings on and near it.

Natural resources[edit | edit source]

Main article: Natural resources

Displays the areas on the map where you can find the various resources to be used in specialized industry. The resources include oil, ore, wood, and fertile land for farming.

Districts[edit | edit source]

Main article: Districts

Shows all the districts you have created accompanied by the icons for active policies.

Leisure[edit | edit source]

Main article: Leisure

Displays leisure buildings and parks and the area of effect they have on citizen happiness.

Terrain height[edit | edit source]

Main article: Terrain

Displays The height of the terrain.

Heating[edit | edit source]

Main article: Heating

Displays the heating networked buildings. It also shows the water heating pipes that run underground. In this view mode you are able to bulldoze the underground water heating pipes.

Road maintenance[edit | edit source]

Main article: Road maintenance

Displays road maintenance level, the second tab shows which roads operate at normal levels and which ones are boosted.

Snow[edit | edit source]

Main article: Snow

Displays snow level, the second tab shows which roads operate at normal levels and which ones are currently blocked by snow.

Escape Routes[edit | edit source]

Main article: Escape Routes

Displays routes of the Evacuation Buses that deploy from Emergency Shelters.

Radio Coverage[edit | edit source]

Main article: Disaster Services

Displays areas covered by the emergency broadcasts from the "Radio Masts."

Destruction[edit | edit source]

Main article: Disasters

Displays areas with damage from disasters.

Disaster Detection[edit | edit source]

Main article: Disaster Services

Displays areas predicted to be affected by disasters.

Traffic Routes[edit | edit source]

Main article: Roads#Traffic Routes

Traffic Routes tab: Shows routes taken by Cims.

Junctions tab: Toggle traffic lights and stop signs.

Adjust Roads tab: Adjust start/end of named road segments.

Tourism[edit | edit source]