# Cities: Skylines II Patch 1.6.0f1 - Summer Solstice

- Product: Cities: Skylines II (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/cities-skylines-ii)
- Vendor: Iceflake Studios
- Date: 2026-06-22
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/949230/view/699893179027031259
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/cities-skylines-ii/releases/2026-06-22-patch-1.6.0f1-summer-solstice

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- **fixed** — Citizens now consider distance when traveling to shops instead of always going to the one with the most stock
- **changed** — Households re-evaluate moving home less often to improve performance in large cities
- **changed** — Tourists, commuters, and vacationers walk along highway shoulders less often when entering or leaving the city
- **fixed** — Citizens taking absurdly long trips across the map by tailoring pathfinding limits per trip type and handling gracefully when no route is found
- **added** — Office goods can now be purchased from outside connections
- **fixed** — Legal U-turn costs to allow citizens to use dedicated lanes more flexibly and lowered illegal U-turn costs
- **changed** — Commercial demand adjusted slightly lower
- **fixed** — Buildings sometimes losing road access after leveling up
- **changed** — Terraforming tools now scale strength with brush size better
- **changed** — Button styling polished
- **added** — Info and Customize tabs added to the selected info panel for buildings with customization options
- **fixed** — First data point on the production statistics graph appeared abnormally small at the start of a new game
- **added** — Toggle to show or hide contour lines with a new keybind that is unbound by default
- **fixed** — Battery depleted warning icon no longer gets stuck on emergency battery stations that have been refilled
- **added** — Terrain texture painting tools in the in-game and map editor including brush selection and brush rotation
- **fixed** — Benchmark screen incorrectly showing refresh rate as 60 Hz regardless of monitor in use
- **changed** — Terrain texturing significantly overhauled with improved material blending, three levels of texture detail, and rock texturing using multi-axis projections
- **fixed** — Terrain normals pointing upward too much making the terrain look flat
- **fixed** — Shoreline misaligned with the water
- **fixed** — Saves failing to load if they contained references to missing modded or custom content
- **fixed** — Issue where mods were not loaded in certain cases such as during sync conflicts
- **added** — New Playsets tab to creator pages on Paradox Mods to showcase their shared playsets

_This patch can affect some custom maps, but loading of old maps and savegames is supported._

##### Gameplay:​

- Fixed a bug where citizens would always travel to the shop with the most stock, completely ignoring distance.

- Households now re-evaluate moving home less often, improving performance in large cities.

- Tourists, commuters, and vacationers now walk along highway shoulders less often when entering or leaving the city.

- Fixed citizens taking absurdly long trips across the entire map. Pathfinding limits are now tailored per trip type: work, school, shopping, and leisure each use a sensible range rather than a shared near-unlimited cap. Citizens who can't find a viable route now handle it gracefully: move-outs teleport off-map, workers drop their job, and leisure-seekers idle at home before retrying.

- Note: there is at least one known remaining issue where students may still walk too far.

- Office goods can now be purchased from outside connections, improving supply chains when local sources are unavailable.

- Fixed legal U-turn costs to allow citizens to use dedicated lanes more flexibly and lowered illegal U-turn costs to match intended limits.

- Adjusted commercial demand slightly lower to balance it.

- Fixed buildings sometimes losing road access after leveling up.

- Terraforming tools now scale strength with brush size better.

##### UI:​

- Small polish to button styling.

- Added Info and Customize tabs to the selected info panel for buildings with customization options.

- Fixed a bug where the first data point on the production statistics graph appeared abnormally small at the start of a new game.

- Added a toggle to show or hide contour lines, with a new keybind. The keybind is unbound by default and can be assigned by the player.

- The "battery depleted" warning icon no longer gets stuck on emergency battery stations that have actually been refilled.

- Added terrain texture painting tools to the in-game and map editor, including brush selection and brush rotation (Shift + Mouse Wheel).

- Fixed the Benchmark screen incorrectly showing the refresh rate as 60 Hz regardless of the monitor in use.

##### Visual:​

- Terrain texturing has been significantly overhauled.

- Terrain material blending now uses texture detail to produce more natural-looking transitions between materials.

- Texture tiling now has three levels of detail instead of two.

- Rock texturing now uses a mix of projections from three axes instead of top-down projection only.

- All Temperate biome maps have reworked grass, dirt, and rock materials, and four new paintable ground materials.

- Fixed terrain normals pointing upward too much, making the terrain look flat.

- Fixed shoreline being misaligned with the water.

- Painted additional map textures for: Archipelago Haven, Great Highlands, Twin Mountain, River Delta and Mountain Village.

- Updated map border with adjusted dashed line color and a dark outline for improved visibility.

- Lower Texture Quality settings now reduce terrain VRAM use and improve GPU performance.

- Fixed shadow rings becoming visible at certain camera angles.

- Improved shadow quality and reduced artifacts when the sun is low.

- Added a toggle to hide snow visuals without affecting gameplay simulation.

##### Misc:​

- Fixed localization issues in Polish and Spanish.

- Fixed a JavaScript error that could prevent the Paradox Launcher from starting.

- Credits have been updated.

##### Mods:​

- Fixed an issue where saves could fail to load if they contained references to missing modded or custom content. Affected saves should now open cleanly.

- Mod error notifications now show mod names instead of IDs after restarting the game.

- Gizmos now only appear for transparent objects and the selected one instead of all.

- Widgets now only show on selected assets.

- Fixed an issue where read-only prefabs could incorrectly be saved as assets in the editor.

- Fixed map save issues when using custom

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