Plop the Growables​

• Disables growable building zone checks
• Optionally disable building level changes

Disables growable building zone checks​

This means that you can place them anywhere (using the dev UI) - on zoning, off zoning, partially on zoning, on incorrect zoning, wherever - and they won't despawn.

This allows the manual placement of growable buildings directly, without needing any workarounds such as making them signature buildings.

Note that buildings will still require road access (including for water/sewerage/electricity) to function properly, but they don't have to be perfectly aligned with the road.

Disable building level changes (optional)​

This can be toggled in the mod's options panel (the default is off). When this is enabled all growable buildings will keep their current level, ensuring that they also keep their appearance.

How to place growable buildings​

Right now, there's no UI (it's on the list of future features), so you'll need to use the game's Developer Mode 'prefab picker' to select growable buildings to place. Instructions on how to enable this mode are available on the Cities Skylines 2 wiki at https://cs2.paradoxwikis.com/Developer_mode.

Once Developer Mode is activated you can press the Home key to bring up the object selection panel at the right of the screen. There are expandable categories of objects, and obviously you'll want the "Buildings" category. You can select a growable building from there and place it directly on the map (or even a whole row of them using Line Tool).

Obviously this will no longer be needed when I add a UI, but it will have to do for now.

Meta​

Modders​

Modders (and aspiring modders!), as always I'm available and happy to chat about what I've done and answer any questions, and also about how you can implement anything that I've done for your own mods. Come grab me on the Cities: Skylines Modding Discord!

Credits​

Thanks to TPB, the creator of the original Plop the Growables mod for Cities: Skylines 1, which inspired the idea of this one.