Snowfall is a DLC which is the second expansion for Cities: Skylines and was released on 2016-02-20[1] alongside the 1.3 patch. Snowfall is also avaliable with the Nintendo Switch Edition with Cities Skylines for free built into the game as well as the After Dark DLC
Official Description
Snowfall is the second expansion to Cities: Skylines, the award-winning city-building game from Colossal Order. In Snowfall, players’ cities will be covered in snow or glisten in the rain thanks to a new in-game weather system, while their civic expertise is tested by the new challenges of running a city when the temperature falls. Snowplows will clear the streets, heating systems will run from home to home, and new trams will shuttle citizens about town in an improved public transit interface. All of these features will keep players on their toes – while their cities twinkle in the snow under new weather visuals.
Features
Snowfall is as the name suggests focused on the impact of winter weather on cities. Features include:
- Heating costs for buildings
- Icy roads and services to clear them
- New visuals for snow maps
- Road maintenance to increase traffic speeds
- Trams, rail based transport running over existing roads and interacting with traffic
- Snow dumps and snow ploughs
- Heating pipes and new policies for healthcare
- New Steam Achievements
New Service Buildings
Tram Depot
Sauna
Geothermal Heating Plant
Boiler Station
Road Maintenance Depot
Snow Dump
New Unique Buildings
Icefishing Pond
Frozen Fountain
Ice Hockey Arena
Ski Resort
Snowcastle Restaurant
Spa Hotel
Sleigh Ride
Snowboard Arena
Santa Claus' Workshop
The Christmas Tree
Igloo Hotel
New Parks
Fishing Pier (winter)
Ice Hockey Rink
Snowmobile Track
Snowman Park
Ice Sculpture Park
Sledding Hill
Curling Park
Skating Rink
Ski Lodge
Cross-Country Skiing Park
Firepit Park
New roads
Four-lane Road with tram tracks
Tram track
Tram track One-Way
Two-lane One-way Road with tram tracks
File:Two-lane Road with tram tracks
Official screenshots
Official Videos
Patch notes
Patch 1.3.0
- Main article: Patch 1.3.0
- Winter theme added
- 3 winter maps
- 3 new winter parks
- 4 new landmark buildings
- Snow (generated on buildings)
- Snowfall
- Northern lights
- Chirper variations and new chirps
- Winter citizens
- Winter trees
- Winter props
- Cars slow down on snow
- Some twinkle!
- New sounds
- New music
- Winter versions for a few After Dark growables added
- Tram added
- Tram rails, electricity poles and models
- Tram roads and bridges/tunnels
- Tram stops
- Tram depot
- Thumbnails and tooltips
- Added to the public transport Info view
- Added to the economy panel
- Snow plows, that remove the snow from roads, and snow dump
- Heating
- Pipes
- Geothermal Heating Plant
- Boiler Station
- Road maintenance service
- Road maintenance truck and depot
- Road condition affects car speed
- Sauna
- Temperature affects electricity and heat consumption
- 8 new Steam achievements
- 4 new policies
- New loading tips
- New loading images
Patch 1.5.0
- Main article: Patch 1.5.0
- Fixed: Snowplow blade face the wrong way when using left hand traffic
Patch 1.8.0
- Main article: Patch 1.8.0
- Snowfall DLC icons are shown next to Snowfall built-in maps in new game panel
- Added 'Priority Road' option for standalone Tram tracks
Patch 1.9.0
- Main article: Patch 1.9.0
- Fixed: The Studded Tires policy does not mention its cost in its tooltip
- Fixed: No tutorial for snow clearing or heating
Patch 1.10.0
- Main article: Patch 1.10.0
- Fixed: Missing Snowfall icon on Snowfall maps in new scenario panel
- Fixed: Geothermal Heating Plant description overlaps with Water/week info text in multiple localisations
Patch 1.11.1
- Main article: 1.11.1
- Added 2 new winter theme maps, Winter Hills and Frozenshire
- Fixed: Notification tooltip for 'Not enough heat' is overflown from the screen in RU
Patch 1.13.0
- Main article: Patch 1.13.0
- Fixed: Loading to a Winter theme save directly from European theme can get player stuck with an error
Dev diaries
- Main article: Developer diaries
All developer diaries about Snowfall expansion and patches 1.3 and 1.3.X.
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prepare for Snowfall | Announcement | 2016-01-20 |
| 2 | New Things on the Roads | Snow ploughs and Trams | 2016-01-27 |
| 3 | Snow and Heating | New Policies and dynamic electricity use | 2016-02-03 |
| 4 | New and Free | Free content, new public transport UI and weather effects | 2016-02-11 |
| 5 | Theme Editor | A new tool for modders and content creators | 2016-02-16 |
References
- ↑ Forum: Snowfall Release Date and Price Announced! - TotalyMoo (Manager of Things) (2016-02-03)
