Dear Mayors,

As announced, after a great run of 6 months, the Planet Offer came to an end today monday ,march 8th 2010, at 11:25 am (GMT+1). But the Cities XL adventure goes on with the Solo game!

To celebrate this, the Bus is coming for free in the Solo game! You may now access more advanced urban planning options and enjoy the delights of mass transit during the rush hour!

You can now connect to the game and download the latest patch to get the Bus. If you have bought (or reinstalled) Cities XL recently a special patch is available for you that will enable you to get all the updates released so far at once, on top of the Bus. Please note that starting tomorrow (Tuesday march 9) the patch will still be available through the game’s launcher but you will have to install it manually.

If you have played online you may be sad to not have your Planet cities available in the Solo game.. All is not lost! Some players went out of their ways and found how to convert some Planet cities into Solo cities. On top of that the process isn’t too complicated. To learn more read our article.

Once more we want to thank you for your great support and for participating so actively in the Planet Offer since Cities XL’s release in last October.

Come back on our site soon for more information regarding the new upcoming Solo contents and the new version of the game; which Monte Cristo is already working on...

Stay tuned!

- The Monte Cristo team

If you have played online and are now coming back to the Solo game you may miss your Planet cities... All is not lost! Some players in our community are full of resources... Read on to learn more.

Some people (with an account created these last 5 days) are currently having difficulties connecting to the game with specific Steam-based versions. Here is a new manual patch to fix that problem :

Patch 1.0.1.457-B4.exe

Once the patch is downloaded double click on it to install it.

Note : A previous patch had been published last Friday but it wouldn’t install properly on Steam-based Cities XL versions. Please use today’s latest patch instead.

Yesterday's patch introduced two issues for some specific computer configurations: game crashes when starting, and patch not properly installing with a Steam-based installation. Here are precise descriptions of the issues and how to fix them.

We are currently experiencing technical difficulties preventing people running Cities XL with a version number bellow #1.0.1.397 from connecting. We apologize for the inconvenience, to be able to connect please download the following patch:

Patch 1.0.1.457-B3 (314 mb)

Once the patch is downloaded double-click on it to install it, and restart the game.

As announced earlier this week buses are now available in the solo game to all players who are not currently subscribed to the planet offer!

If you are playing with the Bus for the first time, have a look at our Bus guide which will get you started.

Note: If you are still subscribing to the Planet Offer you will be able to enjoy the buses in the solo game as soon your subscription ends.