what is the ghost mode?

This was pretty tough. Had to try 4 times before I got the strategy right and then only by the skin of my teeth! It's trying to work out what services you will need while you still have money so you can survive the lean years. Pop went down to 1500 and was in debt to the tune of 1.5m at one point but scraped through :) I think this one was about right but you need to know how CS works to get it right I think. Great fun though thanks:)

Thumbs up barry! Any suggestions on the tasks or were they on point?

Enjoyed playing it, just hit 100,000 pop.

Thanks for digging up a workaround barrygreybeard! Updating title/description.

Managed to get it to load! Using https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=529129546 and traffic++ in ghost mode. So maybe you can re-release it? :)

Indeed! You should communicate this to the dev team, Blais :/

understood, its still a bit of a mystery why an asset could have such a big effect on a game like that though.

Well, honestly I think it's going to take too much work to fix Beta4, so I'm killing this mission altogether. A valuable lesson learned: keep mods and assets to a minimum. Too bad.

Thanks for the feedback, Barry. Looks like I could work with Beta4 ... and no, never used the cloud before.

BTW did you save to the cloud? I have read it can corrupt saves with some mods...

Beta3 is like the original but Beta4 loads no problem!

btw your link for beta4 given here is not the correct one...

Beta 2 produces something really weird!
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=459985418

My last attempt at figuring this out, please test if you can:

BETA 2 ghost + traffic reset
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=459910681

BETA 3 previous + growables removed
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=459911038

BETA 4 the very bare minimum
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=459910681

thats a pity, it sounded fun!! I really enjoy getting a crappy city and trying to improve it.

The error image that Frederico posted doesn't even show the models itself, hmm. I guess I'll have to delete and forget about this mission idea. Crap.

I have all those installed myself except for employment details extension, so it seems rather odd. maybe it is a custom asset, as you can see by the pic posted it's as though no textures are showing up...

MODS USED
Traffic++ & Crossings (from required list)
the also Transport Capacity, Auto Line Color, Toggle Traffic Lights
and these Tree Brush, Extended Public Transport UI, Employment Details Extension

Could it have to do something with Traffic Lights?

And then there's a bunch of custom assets, but I tested, if you don't have the asset it just won't show, shouldn't cause any problems.

do you have a detailed list of all mods/assets? that may help to pinpoint the problem...

This is real bad -- sorry but I'm not sure what could be causing this. If someone has any ideas, shoot!

and I get the same with the other version too (Ghost Mode)

I get the same as Frederico even with the mods/assets installed.....

That's too bad. Can anyone confirm this savegame actually loading ok?

Yeah, it still doesn't work for me :( maybe it's something about my game. My system specs aren't the best, either. Oh well. I'll definitely try your next mission!

Here's the Ghost Mode version, the nice bus avenues are now gone, but let's at least see if it works ...
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=458545388

Still nothing... This happens: http://i.imgur.com/0uxYbT8.jpg and this is the error: http://pastebin.com/UP181yLa

Maybe it has something to do with the update? Try to save it using ghost mode from Traffic++, maybe that'll do it?

Here's some mods that were used in making of this mission (and might be required ...):
Transport Capacity https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=414326578
Auto Line Color https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=408760323
Toggle Traffic Lights https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=411833858

Here's the rest I use (but doubt they'd be problematic):
Tree Brush, Extended Public Transport UI, Employment Details Extension

Let me know if that works for you.

Yup, all four plus the map.

Frederico, are you subscribed to all 4 required items?
Unknown error sounds bad ...

I can't play! It shows me an unknown error and no buildings or roads show up in the city :/