Cities: Skylines - How to Use the Terrain Tools
When players of Cities: Skylines reach the Tiny Town milestone, they unlock a new feature called landscaping. The name doesn't say much, but the landscaping feature has the potential to be the most game-breaking aspect of an unmodded playthrough.
Using the tools in the landscaping toolbox, Cities: Skylines players can redirect rivers, clear and flatten land for development, build right up to the edge of the water, and even cause natural disasters without getting the DLC. These tools can also create pedestrian-only pathways that can create shortcuts and discourage driving. But all of this depends on knowing what these tools are and how best to use them.
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The first tab in the landscaping menu is, quite naturally, the landscaping tools tab. The options in this tab are all about changing the land height in different ways. The first tool lets players raise and lower the height of a single spot using a primary and secondary button. On PC, these are the main two mouse buttons. Players can also change the brush width and strength using the options on the left, and these changes apply to all the landscaping features in this tab.
The next option is to level terrain, which can be very helpful when players are getting an area ready for a new development. Players must use the secondary button to set the preferred terrain height and then hold down the primary button to move the terrain up or down to reach that level.
Option three is to soften terrain. This keeps the general difference in height between two areas, but it makes the slope between both heights smoother. For this function, the secondary button has a stronger effect. Players can think of this option as
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