Cities: Skylines

Cities: Skylines

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Metro Station Converter
   
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Metro Station Converter

In 1 collection by BloodyPenguin
Penguin's Transport Realism Project
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Description

With this mod you will be able to automatically convert some existing elevated & ground train stations into Sunset Harbor update vanilla metro stations without content creators remaking their assets!

This mod is for those who don't use Metro Overhaul Mod. Please don't use both mods together.

Because this mod uses vanilla metro system, no dedicated depots are required. The trains will spawn directly at stations.

If you already used the stations this mod converts in your cities, you have to re-build them so that they start functioning as proper metro stations.

I highly recommend using this mod together with my Train Converter which converts trains into metros.

PLEASE. READ THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY! :-)

This mod requires Prefab Hook to function.

If a station has my Extra Train Station Tracks ( ETST ) mod as the dependency, you still need that mod for the stations to load properly, but in the game they will not use ETST tracks, but the vanilla metro tracks instead (just as the vanilla metro stations).

The mod comes with tons of preset stations to convert. Two of them, Joak's Train Station (4 tracks) by Polygon and Industrial Elevated Station by BadPeanut you can see on the screenshots above in their converted forms. The full list of the stock conversions can be found here.

All assets are spread into 3 large groups - modern, old-style and 'tram' (pre-Snowfall) stations and those groups can be enabled/disabled through mod's optons. You can also open this mod's config file ( %LocalAppData%\Colossal Order\Cities_Skylines\MetroStationConverter-Config.xml ) and add exclude="true" to assets you don't want to be converted. Example of excluded asset item:
<items workshop-id="563062277" description="Glass Terminus Station" exclude="true" />

You can also add your own conversions by adding the above line to some asset group (without exclude="true" of course). Make sure you added line to correct asset group (like <modern-stations-to-metro-station>) and that group is enabled in mod's options. Each asset can only be present in one group. Please make sure it's not already present in a different group before adding it (it it's present just move it from one group to another).

The mod will generate the config file on first launch (getting to main menu should be enough for that). If you edited the config while the Cities: Skylines was running you will have to restart the game. If you screwed your config, delete it and the game will restore defaults. I might add more assets to default config later but they won't be added to existing configs.

How to use:
- Install Prefab Hook
- Install Metro Station Converter
- Enable Prefab Hook in Content Manager
- Enable Metro Station Converter in Content Manager
- Check the mod's option entry to make sure all options are enabled/disabled to your liking

Save games:
- This mod doesn't save any custom data and shouldn't break save files. But you should be aware that conversions will revert back without this mod which can lead to funny results. As usual, backup your city before experimenting with this mod.

Feel free to comment

Note: if you have any errors/exceptions, please, don't paste them or output_log.txt into comments. Use pastebin, dropbox or whatever.

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48 Comments
zamzem 24 Jan @ 12:59am 
Is it working?
KoolAidMan 11 Sep, 2023 @ 3:16pm 
dosent work
staituk 25 Aug, 2022 @ 10:06am 
can i use this mod to lengthen the platforms to the new length from sunrise?
SaRGe 23 May, 2022 @ 11:28am 
@Alanbal; May 23th (1.14).. yes.
Alanbai 29 Mar, 2022 @ 5:29pm 
does it still works?
dgrad598 28 Feb, 2022 @ 4:56pm 
I cant covert my train stations to metro stations, why?
dgrad598 2 Feb, 2022 @ 8:42pm 
@[TB] Karl: Will this let me convert the underground metro stations to underground train stations?
King DaMuncha 2 Feb, 2022 @ 1:51pm 
Is this usable with the airports DLC?
[TB] Karl 1 Nov, 2021 @ 7:34am 
Yayyyy So i Worked it out.. so i didn't want a few of my stations converted to metro and i worked out how to change them as Mr Penguin wasn't to clear on how to change them, so What you do is...... Copy this, %LocalAppData%\Colossal Order\Cities_Skylines\MetroStationConverter Config.xml and paste it into the search bar bottom right of windows and on the right side it says open file location, click that and this brings you to with the file is located on your PC.. NOW Right click that file and press EDIT, it will open up Word where in here is where you edit your stations... and type what Mr penguin says.. i.e items workshop-id="563062277" description="Glass Terminus Station" exclude="true" /> Make sure it is exactly like this to all the stations you don't want converted, after you have finished, go to File: and SAVE.. Restart Game and all the ones you have edited in this way will no longer be converted
dgrad598 22 Oct, 2021 @ 2:24pm 
any way to make a train station converter so I have the option to do underground metro or train station via Mom?