/vr/ - Retro Games

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-RCT PROJECTS-

A free and open source game
freerct.blogspot*com

An HTML5 driven game
http://freerct.wordpress.com/
http://freerct.be/

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-MISCELLANEOUS-
(+ mirror links)

RCT2 addons from the original website (which is now dead)
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/0ilfhyxk6a2b5ck/RCT2%20addons.rar
anonfiles*com/file/c1e33f10fa7c10303989bc64ab161062

Original Mr. Bones save
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26249932/mrbones.SV6
http://www.mediafire.com/?5mogrbefwf5v94d
YOU CAN NOW RIDE IT YOURSELF: youtu.be/s78DeYIAyu4 [Embed]

The Time Machine and Katy's Dreamworld (User Created Expansion Sets)
www.rctmart.com/downloads/uces/UCES_Setup.zip
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/86owhr24pcusfch/UCES_Setup.zip
More info: http://www.rct2uces.com/
Having loading issues? http://www.jumpjet.info/Classic-Games/Windows/RCT2/UCES/Avoiding_Loading_Issues.txt

New Element Designs (RCT fansite where people upload crazy looking parks)
http://www.nedesigns.com/

Lunatim's Loopy Land (a small collection of downloadable rides and parks made by a talented mind)
http://www.lunatim.com/lunaland/loopy.shtml

A website made by a fellow /vr/other where you can find everything that's on this list and more:
http://vrct.tumblr.com/

Carry-Over Topics:
Arrow was fucking crazy
Collab Parks
Launched Wing Coaster

>>1803779
>launched wing coaster
Thought about doing something like that for another finish 5 scenario, but I don't know the consensus of using hacked rides in scenarios.

>Lunatim's Loopy Land (a small collection of downloadable rides and parks made by a talented mind)
>http://www.lunatim.com/lunaland/loopy.shtml

>download Shangri la la land
>mfw abominable snowman
>mfw clackety yak
>mfw mondo mongols
>mfw even his self-powered mine ride and suspended coasters have excitement ratings in mid-to-high 8 range

>>1804126
Stats?

>>1804126
Truely potkek :^)

>>1804247

>>1804276
Not too bad for a meme ride.

>>1804342

Flight of the Bumblebee.

Ive never played the series so forgive my ignorance.. But how come theres never mention of RCT 3 in any of these threads? I would really like to give the series a try, it looks fun.

>>1804554
With RCT3 they tried but they failed, RCT2 is superior in almost every way possible.

>>1804560
BUT YOU CAN RIDE THE RIDES ANON

>>1804554
There's a few mentions of it here and there. But most of us prefer RCT2.

>>1804576
One gimmick doesn't save the entire game.

>>1804586
BUT YOU CAN RIDE THEM

>>1804593
People can ride your mother but that doesn't make her good.

>>1804602
BUT ANON

>>1804618
No.

>>1804554
RCT3 is not good enough to stand the test of time.

>>1804276
would ride for the lulz

>>1804342
Sting

>>1804554
just got a new laptop. my old pc is acting a bit wonky and I cant play anything but RCT and AoE, without getting random shutdowns. im gonna download RCT3 and give it a go for a bit.

>>1804362

>put the song in the game
>play it as the background noise

Instant win.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYAJopwEYv8

>>1804841
>>1804342
DO IT FAGGOT

check out this fresh spaghetti i cooked up

>>1803764
How'd I do?

>>1805845
>Only 48 Sanics
cum un

>>1805845
good stats. but the track is a bit boring. up, left, down, up, right,down, then repeat

new here, how do I go about installing the windowed hack and the mirrored hack and other things like that?

>>1806623
Drop em into the root install.

Recommend me a Theme for my collab entry

>inb4 sports

>>1806827
DOOM

>>1806831
That would actually make a great theme. Mix of mechanical and castle with some other groups.

>>1806827
Vertical
Everything is vertical

>>1806827
Use an elevator.

Holy shit 40% off! Better go jump on those hot deals

>>1807220

forgot pic

>>1807221

>>1807221
I will never not be mad at them for this.

>>1807493
>two sets of currency for in-game microtransactions
They've got a lot of nerve, doing something like this!

My laptop has Windows 8.1. Can someone help me get RCT2 to run?

>>1807526
Install windows 7.

>>1807526
Worked with no special procedures for me on win8.1.

>>1807526
Right click RCT2.exe -> Properties -> Compatibility -> Run in Windows 98 compatibility mode

>>1807221

This is the first time in about five years that I've touched any iteration of RCT and I produced this.

Did I do good, /vr/?

>>1809024
>helix out of lift hill
>unbanked spiral after enormous drop
>floating water

>>1809024
Well.... you're rusty.

>>1807021

i actually wanted to use an elevator and put most of the stuff in my collab square up really high and use the future/mechanical scenery to make it look like a space elevator, but i didn't want to do quite that much work

Oh hey, finally beat my own scenario. What does /vr/ think of my Vertical coaster? I stole the loop element from Blizzard, the /v/ pack rollercoaster.

Also I plan on making more finish 5 scenarios, what are things you want to see? How do you feel about hacked rides being one of the five starters? I would only stick to hacked lift speeds most likely for launched rides.

>>1809195

The colors hurts my eyes

Noob here. Why do people keep getting lost in my park?

>>1809024
could be worse. took me a bit to figure out good coaster design when i started playing again

6 done 4 to go. I like this scenario.

>>1809569
>>1809195
i like the track color itself, but the station building is too bright or something. maybe add some neutral colored wall pieces to it to tone it down a bit.

>>1809610
now with stats

anybody know what the fuck this is?

>>1809608
http://www.rctmart.com/fossil/PathingSystems.html
Use No Entry signs where you need to to maintain them on the right loops

I've revised the design a bit based on points addressed by >>1809076

Any suggestions? Not entirely sure of what to do with the bit after the lift hill.

>>1809097
Indeed.

>>1809608
Pathing issues. Without a screenshot, I can't help much, but try to see where the guests are trying to go, and give them a more direct path.
Or reduce the amount of paths you have. Make sure the guests stop by an information kiosk to get a map.

>>1808634
>dat intensity

Fucking how

>>1809932
It's possible to use a trainer to launch a coaster absurdly fast.

>>1809749
It is a Corkscrew Roller Coaster with 11 corkscrews

MUH AUTISM
MUH OCD
IT HURTS

>>1810137

>>1809749
I would also like to know how to download this coaster. AT LEAST STATS

>>1809749
>Helix - The Ride

>>1809749
because I found the image in my early /v/rct folders with the old /v/ perennial coasters like Euforia and Daily Dose,

Would you survive the Test of Adulthood

>Friend claims its impossible to not get Low/Ultra Extreme on a max height coaster
>He cant even into brakes

Kinda shit but was in a rush

>>1811089
Max height coaster wouldn't be too big of a deal on a few types, but wooden coasters get pretty tall.

>>1811089
Anon, when people say "max height", they mean "max height drop", not "goes up to max height and drops just a little from there".

>>1811254
At any rate, it's a stupid statement, especially considering many rides can't go much higher than 100ft and those that can tend to have steep-to-level transitions to reduce Gs.

>>1804126
> organ style
Heh.

>>1811089
You could go a step further and use a few block sections.

>>1811495
It's also dumb because of the huge difference between "max height on level ground" and "max height on a max height hill".

I've been playing rct for a few years now, but I've never really been able to get into scenery and buildings. What's a good way to start?

Spiral coasters still very underrated.

>>1812546
STEAL EVERY IDEA. Every good idea you see, use it in your parks. Lurk and steal.

>>1812550
That one is pretty close to maxed in terms of E boosting from close rides, photos, and scenery, how much would it cost? For that amount of space I'd usually go for a looping or woodie.

I guess another problem is they are pretty far down the research list for most scenarios

>>1812570
It cost about $10,000 from what I see on the financial charts.

>>1811590
Fuck me I'm slow, I've seen it half a dozen times before but it's only with your comment that I just got it.

>>1812546
Find something you like and do something similar.

>>1811089
>>1811495
God what is it with you fuckers making woodies stupidly high?

>>1813898
We're compensating for our small woodies.

>>1813898

>>1814015
>not starting it underground
One job.

>>1811089
Pic related is not max height, but I like its stats anyhow.

>>1809951
Photoshop

shitty coasters?

>>1814097
Couldn't find a way to get the Intensity down to a ridable amount. Guess I'll stick with heartlines.

>>1814097

Well it's been a long time coming, but I finally got off my lazy ass and finished my No Borders spot.
here's to another 2 months of doing fucking nothing :^)

>>1814124
It's rare for me to actually laugh out loud at shit I see on 4chan but this one had me cackling

>>1814124
the on ride photo gets me every time

>>1814137
nice, got more?

>>1814124
>passengers' faces when that camera

>>1814264
Added some more scenery to break up the ooze.
Also,
>add missing path section leading from exit
>my_rating_when.png

>>1814302
That's awesome. Usually I hate the scenery from the expansions but you make it work well

>the constant sound of toilets flushing
my ears

>>1814325
>that one solitary toilet flush when you pause the game

>>1814302
Love it

>>1814315
The problem with the expansion scenery is that there's so goddamn much to sort through.

>>1814302
I love it, although It was much better in the previous screen - it looks too busy now. It might look good to have some of the swamp tiles not bubbling? Not sure how you would do this, maybe lower some squares of land and fill with light brown building blocks (only if the colour matched of course...)

>>1814352
In the first version it only looked good from that angle, and looked desolate and barren from other angles. In the new one it's far more consistent. I'll probably move around the trees some more though, since their contrast makes them the biggest eye-catcher.
The swamp tiles aren't too much of a problem if you're careful, since the animations aren't in sync. It looks better in motion.

>>1814087
Has the name Splintervention become an inside joke or are you the same dude every time?

>>1814124

I hate to ask, but... stats?

>>1814717

Could this be another finish 5 scenario in the making?

>>1815557
Picture might be nice.

Added some more swamp and pathing so it wraps around the factory more seamlessly.

>>1816249
10/10 would shrek myself

Tried making an X Coaster... Not sure how I feel about this...

>>1816738
Can you tweak it a bit for lower laterals? Other than that, it's p.cool

Just started playing this again, does anyone know how to use the bury command in 8car? I want to make on of my rides underground but I have no idea how this thing works.

r8 it h8 it deb8 it

>>1817159
Not too bad. Why the tiny station?

>>1817170
the queue line and water ride were there before, since I replaced another coaster with the inverted, and I had to work around the space limitations that caused.

Worked out well enough, though. The trains are just long enough to complete the circuit but they have little enough momentum that they don't go through any inversions too fast.

>>1816751
The laterals are all in the attempted non-inverting loop, so there's nothing I can really do about them without taking them out completely. Might build another one at some point and see what I can do intensity wise.

>>1817063
Still confused as hell. Has anyone used this before?

>>1817159
I like the layout.

>>1817479
Did you select the track colour scheme that you wanted to bury?

I sincerely love designing coasters on odd terrain like this.

>>1818763
Ravine Flyer/10

>>1818763
>driving underneath a woodie as it flies by
I like it.

Finally someone joined the freestyle collab so I can finally release this

>>1819127
>Frido's the one who is up next
In before he pulls a posterfig and blows all his ideas on it instead of the no borders park.

>>1818781

>>1818763
I recognise that red 'n white woodie.

>>1819315
I totally wood ride this.

>>1819337
hue hue hue

>>1819146
I got nothing to lose. Lets do this.

>>1814365
Same dude every time.

>>1814124
Looks like it was just in time for breakfast.

I've been wanting to build this for a couple weeks but every sandbox I download either doesn't load up, is missing things, etc.

>>1819723
Is this an actual park? because I can't find anything about it

>>1819742
It's a mock up of a magic the gathering themed park star city games did to celebrate hosting Grand Prix Orlando.

It's not real.

Never in a million years did I think I'd use the chess scenery.

>>1819818
I think this is the first documented use of chess scenery in RCT history

>>1819826
The Katawa Shoujo themed park has a chessboard in it. It's forgettable because it's a low intensity ride.

>>1819146

>>1819723
I thought I was crazy reading all those Ride names and thinking of MtG all the time. The explanation made me feel better about myself

>>1820004
My god is dead, obviously.

This was a cute little park to build.

>>1819818
Now I've seen it used cleverly I want to steal it.

>>1820305
Didn't even plan to make a chessboard, that's part of it's beauty.

>>1820089
Looks fun. How did you get that much dosh in two years?

>>1820369
Blue is a witch

solid link where to download RCT2? In the OP there isn't

>>1820369
You start off with a rollercoaster and a lot of good rides researched.

>>1820394
Yeah there is, look harder.

>>1820394
Get the one off of the Burstintotreats page. It's at the bottom of the OP.

>>1819412
Is that a Togo looping mouse?

>>1817159
The B&M invert is fine but what's going on with that B&M sit down's supports?

>>1820543
fake woodie, mang

they're all the rage

>>1820549
So like those coasters RMC is doing?

I guess that makes makes sense; maybe there will be one for RCT3 soon.

>>1820567
>So like those coasters RMC is doing?
yep, that's the idea

>>1804560
I'll be honest; I like RCT3 because it is different from RCT2. I do like the fact you can ride the rides and that there are more rides (including some paper and prototype designs), proper waterparks, there are day/night cycles, and that custom content is high quality.

I remember when RCT2 first came out people bitched because they wanted a game that was like RCT3, but when RCT3 came out, people were bitching because it wasn't as good as RCT2. They're both fun games though.

Rain makes it look so much spoopier.

>>1820930
I see you guys finished that mine train coaster finally.

>>1819818
>Tower isn't coming out of the middle row

[Eye twitching intensifies]

>>1821004
That isn't even how I'd nitpick.

Does this look like the face of progress to you?

>>1821054
You are using the pink water.

Right?

>>1821064
Wait you're using the purple water.

Woops.

>>1821064
Purple. It's somewhere in one of the links above. There's going to be custom scenery in this scenario and a custom rollercoaster which I'm not sure downloads properly with the import button ticked. So everyone gets a free .DAT of the winged coaster.

>>1821074
Winged as in wingrider? Interesting.

What track do you plan on using for that? Intamin or B&M?

>>1821054
my eyes

>>1821054
Thanks, doc.

>>1821084
Definitely B&M, this scenario I plan on making for for fun rather than a ball-busting challenge like the other one was if you're like me and cannot into hypercoasters or vertical drop coasters.

Christ alive I wasn't sure if I'd ever get this sucker up to 13.

>>1821095
I missed the prior challenge since I'm a new reader of this thread but what did the challenge entail?

>>1821110
>no Gnasty Gnork

>>1821112
This: https://www.dropbox.com/s/oykvep3c2av4lz8/The%20Frantic%20Five.SC6

Basically a finish 5 scenario that requires excitement ratings of at least 9.5. I made it easy though since there's no money and broken coaster types to work with.

>>1821110
You did all that work and didn't even change the colors away from default?

>>1821124
Not that guy but the green one fits with the land, though the 2nd coaster needs to be repainted.

>>1821124
Eh, what're you gonna do, right?

>>1821118
Thank you much. Interesting choice of coasters, and I didn't know it was possible to build an Intamin that high (I always thought they capped out somewhere in the 300ft range unless you trainer'd it so you had no height restrictions).

Found my old CD of RCT2 tracks I made when I was younger (so, 2002-2003); let me see if I can get some pictures.

>>1821197 here.

>>1821220
The jagged lands look pretty blah now but it was an aesthetic at the time.

>>1821197
The giga? That's the default max height, no trainers involved.

>>1821224
I actually like it a lot, the unfinished areas look kind of jarring though.

>>1821229
Good to know about the giga's height then, though given the space of the park I don't know how I would be able to complete it and make it look realistic (I'm OCD about that).

There are unfinished areas because the coaster was part of a contest where one had to build a heavily themed B&M invert with one particular workbench. And since it was common to leave the rest of the park unfinished aside from the coaster, I followed suit.

>mfw I start up the game for the first time in a while, try a coaster type I hardly ever use, and it ends up like this

o-okay thanks Chris

>>1821264
are interlocking loops like an automatic guarantee for a good coaster? I don't think I've ever seen a coaster with interlocking loops that didn't have a phenomenal excitement rating.

>>1821268
This is the only type I use them, on vertical drops, so I can't really say, usually rides I make like this are only around 7 excitement, but this one even without scenery was either 8.47 or 8.57 can't remember which

>>1821268
It doesn't guarantee a great ride, but it does help if you know what you're doing.

>>1821264
>that lift hill


>>1821268
I think it depends on the rest of the coaster. Most rides I've seen with interlocking loops have a lot going on with them be it the rest of the layout, interaction with theming and scenery, and/or a combination of those two.

I should do a test with a coaster with only interlocking loops to see what happens. I have a suspicion it would change with every type that has loops as well.

>>1821280
RIP Arrow Dynamics. Your coasters were designed with coathangers but are still awesome anyway.

>>1821287
Yeah I was kinda killing time with the lift hill to get the braking to work properly and keep the ride moving (relatively) in sync, originally it cut into the mountain a bit then went right up to height


Also, how the fuck do you make water coasters? I can't get better than a 7 any time I try

>>1821304
>how the fuck do you make water coasters
you don't

>>1821304
I'd use a lot of scenery. That, or just live with the fact that the coasters won't go above 7 and build a different coaster altogether.

They are not the easiest to build. Though my problem with them is trying to theme them so they look presentable and that the layout isn't like ass.

>meanwhile in India

>>1821357
Haha that thing looks like it's made of playground equipment.

>>1821367
You ain't seen nothing yet.

Sure it looks fine from afar...

>>1821373
But then when you look at it...

>>1821375
Here's the car.

No, it doesn't use a train.

>>1821375

Is it supposed to just... end?

>>1821375
dat stopping bar

>>1821392
It's a shuttle so, yes.

Also
>meanwhile in Mexico

>>1821401
I think this is what the car either looked like in the past or hopefully looks like today.

>>1821404
>still looks like shit in operation

>>1821404
...and here's some of the layout.

RCDB turns up some interesting things sometimes.

>>1821410
The funny/scary thing is it never was closed, so that picture where you see the helmets (!) in the seats? Yes, it's operating (though maybe not that day when the pictures were taken).

>>1821412

>>1821404
Minimum height requirement? What's that?

>>1821419
Have a Chinese knockoff of a Chance Toboggan.

Though this knockoff has a loop and it doesn't spiral all the way down.

>>1821484

>>1821484
>>1821486
why has god abandoned us

>>1821412
Oh it's just one of those. That's not too bad. If the shit gets jammed somewhere no one's dying.

>>1821401
>>1821484
Now I know why I slept bad. Someone tryed to summon me.

>>1822110
I have nothing against thr track, but those supports.... why?

I heard you like tiny loops

>>1822110
that track doesn't actually look spine-breaking

probably the most ridable Fridocoaster yet

>>1822126
That's no tiny loop. That's a tiny immelman. This pleases me greatly.

>>1822126
Thats a traveling coaster in germany. Never seen it myself though.

I still wonder why noone reacted to pic related

>>1822147

>>1822127
It's a Morgan hyper coaster, so it shouldn't be too bad. Though I always wondered why the supports appear drunk.

Speaking of drunk here's a PAX shuttle

>>1822147
>In other news, mass lynchings have had a recent resurgence in the country under the guise of being an amusement park. Details at 11.

Palestine!

>>1822776
Look at this negative-G bullshit.

>>1823057
>circular loop
FOOLS

Thoughts?

>>1823483
Close up of station, it's my first time trying to build anything halfway elaborate.

>>1823487
the knot

>>1823057
>Palestine
>filename not "The Jewscarer"

>>1823491
modified the back of the station a little

>>1823483
>>1823487
>>1823497
It's a good start, though I think there are things that could be changed.

- The lift hill needs supports; I know there are some but around the launch section there doesn't seem to be any.

- The "City" section of the ride looks alright but there are parts that I can see that should be changed. The black in-line twist for instance looks odd; maybe have it set on a hill?

- The city's theming could be worked on as well. Square up that corner by the lake; the jagged edge looks odd, and while I know it means having to have a square portion jut into the lake, you can use one of the rock surfaces to change that to something better. It would also help to fence in the city itself. Also, put more of the dirt texture near the launch; having it end looks weird.

- I know it's supposed to be a city ravaged by a tornado, but have less of the flames, or if you were to have them, hide them somewhere (if you can find a flame that doesn't have object restriction, the better off you are) or put them on pipes (so they look like smokestacks). Having them plopped down at random looks off.

>>1823497

>>1823668 continued

The station is a good start but have the wall pieces go on the inside of the tile rather than the outside so it fits nice and neatly (like what you did with the shed under the lift hill). Interesting RCT1'esque use of the woodie track for the station roof though.

Again, it's a good start.

>>1823668
>>1823674
Thanks for the critique, I'll keep your suggestions in mind.

Alrighty, made a few changes, most notably a retheme of the whole thing.

The coaster is now time travel themed and divided into Pirate, Gold Rush, and Modern sections.

>>1823850
city section is now more dense and flameless

>>1823850
I look at this thing and all I see is an efficiency nightmare. Launched lift hills don't count as a block section, so you've got this one massive block after the first hill, so trains are going to be sitting idle at the station for ages. Just my input.

>>1823853
And the launch is more spread out on the hill and it has more supports.

I'm keeping the station walls the same, I like the layered wall/window look.

Not gonna bother posting closer shots of gold rush and pirate sections, they're pretty boring.

>>1823861
Yeah, that's really the biggest downside to this, the terrible ride capacity. It's a godawful 744 riders per hour.

This coaster turned into a much more massive project than I had anticipated, so I didn't bother with a mid-course block section. If I feel particularly ambitious, I might rework it later and add one.

>>1823872
You could probably sneak one in at the yellow segment. If you need more height, you could use the launches again.

>>1823872
My mistake, the customers per hour hadn't had time to stabilize since I reopened it, it's above 1000/hour now.

>>1823876
that's probably what I'll do, maybe raise that last yellow helix a bit and put a block after it.

Just finished Typhoon Beach because I'm a Slowpoke motherfucker,
End result is a visual clusterfuck but it was a lot of fun.

now to try and fail miserably at The Frantic Five

>>1823951
Ten coasters in that small of a park is always going to look like a spaghetti dinner.

Another cute little beginner park done. Funquest this time. A lot of small coaster types, eye-stinging red terrain, and plenty of flat rides.

>>1823951
Good job man

2/5, now if only this fucking Hypercoaster would do as it's told.

>>1824338
Oh for fuck's sake

>>1824364
Start over. You lose.

>>1824379
You were saying?

>>1824391

Installed a bit of an eyesore of a block section on Time Rider, we're up to a healthy 1,680 riders per hour now.

E 9.67, I 9.02, N 5.97

>thankyoubridgeyouaremyexcitementratingsgreatestally.

>>1824391
nice work

>>1824453
I can't even tell what I'm looking at

>>1824462

beating the frantic five through the most spaghetti means possible

>>1824467
I like it.

>>1824462
It looks like a railyard.

So I have repeatedly had the issue where, if I use "own all land" while the park is closed, it causes all peeps to become stuck on the path leading to the park entrance, leaving me unable to ever get new guests. Is there ANY way to fix this or do I just scrap the park?

Fucking terrain coasters I swear. Half the time it kept valleying out of the 3rd tunnel; I had to redo the entire 3rd part of the ride and add a second lift hill, which I didn't like doing but on the plus side it doesn't stall anymore.

I'm getting better at making these, but this one borders on spaghetti at points

>>1824869
Spaghetti you say?

That being said, Dive Machines aren't the easiest to build. I'd honestly take a look at some real world examples and try to follow their layout. Yeah, they aren't as tightly packed as the one you designed in game, but it'll help you space them out a bit better.

Well back to the drawing board.

>>1824946
Ouch.

>>1824952
Ouch indeed. I got an error trapper soon afterwards.

>>1824946

>>1824961
does anyone know why error trappers happen?

i never had them as a kid that i can remember, but since ive been playing more "seriously," ive gotten them enough to be paranoid about saving. is it all the extra files we download?

at the end of the day its all good. the error encourages good save habits. im just curious what causes it.

>>1824901
I fucking love me some Spaghetti. It usually takes a while to build but looks usually really cool. Here, have some Spaghetti I built in RCT3.

Ravioli Ravioli give me the Stromboli

>>1819127
>in Nausealand

FUCK
YOUR
SHIT

IT TOOK ME 2 DAYS TO GET THIS FUCKING JOKE

>>1825010
It probably has something to do with newer system architectures and processors. RCT is written in C/Assembler and therefore relies much on the way the CPU and OS work together - thus more likely to cause errors

>>1825439
RCT1 never produced errors though, to my mind at least.

>>1825472
RCT2 is a little bit more complex than the original

>>1825426
There's a joke there beyond the RCT one?

>>1825489
Neausealand sounds like New Zealand, that's the joke.

>>1823960
Didn't someone post their completed Typhoon beach recently and it was quite neat?
Maybe it wasn't finished, I didn't count.

OK, so what's the secret to vertical coasters?

>>1825528

>>1809626
>>1823951
Which one do you mean? Mine isn't completed yet. I set it back until I finish my collab contributions. But jea I'll try to keep it comfy.

>>1825550

honestlsy, im not sure.

threading the loops a couple times, and having the giga blast through definitely helped me... i think this ended up being the highest excitement rating ive ever gotten on a vertical, dumb luck? yes, probably.

>tfw no ideas at all for the hexa collab

ugh, probably gonna scrap this one

>>1825589
The fact that I had to build 2 extra coasters to get Spellcaster's rating above 9.50 makes this feel like a hollow victory.

>>1825645
Why? It looks gud.

>>1825645
Nigga clean ur paths

>>1824964
Somewhere in Switzerland a coaster designer is screaming.

>>1825820
I'm actually curious as to what a coaster designer would come up with in RCT

>>1825832
Given the limited options, probably the same stuff we would.

>>1825832
John Wardley - the designer behind a large number of the rides at Tussaud's parks (Alton Towers' Nemesis, Air, and Oblivion, as well as Nemesis Inferno at Thorpe Park) was supposedly involved with the game's creation.

So probably something better than us. If they were to create something they'd use advanced versions of No Limits or an AutoCAD program however.

Getting there.

>>1825858
consider redoing it from scratch.

>>1825820

>>1825861
I managed to get it. It meant taking out the 3rd camelback which had a 90 degree twist.

>>1825472
I used to get error trappers in RCT1 back in the day if I tried to change the volume when the game was maximized.
>>1825869
Steep twists will kill your ratings if you're not careful. Lots of laterals on those things.
>>1825550
Treat it like a compact hyper-twister that's capable of inversions. Avoid using the one piece steep-to-level transitions unless you know the trains will be going slow.

So it's basically impossible to create a giga coaster with negative Gs that are too high?

>>1826093
That's going to be painful.

>>1826150
RCT2 guests confirmed to passionately hate their thighs

>>1826150
gigas are completely fucking broken

>>1826150
>>1826215
>implying

>>1826231

Has anyone here tried Theme Park Studio at all? I'm tempted to get it.

>>1804560
What's wrong with Roller Coaster Tycoon 3?

>>1826428
see
>>1820729

Again, RCT3 isn't a bad game. I think it gets a bad rep because it's an Atari game, and that Chris Sawyer had less (if any) involvement with developing. I play both RCT2 and RCT3 and they're excellent games.

>>1826428
It's not that great, Chris had nothing to do with it, they tried to make it 3d, etc etc.

It has pools though.

>>1826426
It's a watered down version of No Limits that will probably never be finished. NL2 is more complex but you can do anything with it (and it will be coming to Steam soon)

>>1826465

>>1826465
Is there a free version of nolimits somewhere?

>>1826474
there a NL2 demo out there

good luck learning how to use the damn thing

when you guys decorate your rides with scenery do you make the ride first then the scenery or vice versa?

>>1826584
ride then scenery

>look up newton to check that its independent of nolimits
>page has an ad for k'nex coasters
They've come quite a ways since I did them as a kid. Used to be two lengths of tubing that snapped on to serve as rails, with fairly elaborate structures to hold the track. That pre-crossbeamed track seems rather shitty, though, and odd that they think people building elaborate coasters in a program would want to subject themselves to the tedium (and thumb-devastation) that is k'nex support structures.

I do kinda want to try building scale roller coasters with metal rods and bending and braising.

>>1826598
My favorite knex coaster is this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z_AK_4YYUw

>>1826598
>odd that they think people building elaborate coasters in a program would want to subject themselves to the tedium (and thumb-devastation) that is k'nex support structures.

I used to build K'nex coasters back in the day, shit was great. Really fucking satisfying to see a coaster you built yourself run in real life.

>>1826585
Build the ride and then add scenery. No use doing scenery for a ride that might not work.

>>1826606
>look at related videos
>mfw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoFpdgen3o0

>>1826478
Holy fucking CAD, Batman.

Though I might get it just for riding others' rides. I think my attempts would be shit anyway

>>1826478
Yep, tried it, failed. at least the prebuilt ones are pretty cool.

>>1826606
>>1826621
Aw yes movie maker madness. I always really loved KNex coasters, but they're always too fast to look like real coasters

>>1826641
That goes for pretty much any small model rollercoaster.

>>1826648
I'd make a video with 60fps and slow it down so it looks real.

>>1826648
>that arrow suspended model with a corkscrew

i'd really like to build a park or a section of a park with architecture based on santorini. i'm not sure how to integrate rides into something like this though

Why do all my coasters with inversions suck dick?

This didnt go fast through a single turn/loop

>>1820930
Awesome!


>tfw you cannot deliver this properly

>>1826897
>.jpg

Just gonna dump this here.

>>1826897
Here's what I can get just off the top of my head in order of what is most harmful to ratings:

Your inversions are too tightly packed, you probably want to either remove some, or just give your riders more space between them

Your lateral G's are fairly high, but not too bad, i've seen worse anyway.

Your vertical and negative vertical g's could also be lowered, but this shouldn't have that much of an impact on the ride.

In general, rides without traditional lift hills are always much more intense, and 7 inversions for a ride that short is a bit much.

Spaghetti time.

>>1827383
>Riddler's Rectal Revenge.png

>>1826897
>no block brakes whatsoever

>>1827408
yum

I give up, fuck water coasters

Pictured to the right: the first abortion of an attempt

>>1827759
I've seen worse ones

>>1827767
Well here's one of them

See, I figured here it needed to be more water than coaster, but also have those signature coaster elements. But the game said, "nah."

>>1827759
>be doing 5 Corners
>reach water coaster
>first attempt gets an excitement rating at around 5.5
I'm so tempted to give up

>>1827793
>mixing the support colors
Monstrous.
>>1827794
You got that far.

>>1827805
I'm in the process of just getting more money. Eventually I'll buy all the land and just improve the rides later.
I've finished 3 coasters but only the Lay down is over 7.2

>>1827805
you against mixing colors?

you some kinda support racist, son?

>>1827820
blueballed can speak for himself. but i for one am tired of people acting like their steel coasters are actually woodies! sure you can dress up your steel coaster with wood supports all you like, but that doesnt make it a true wooden coaster! this mixing of the coaster types is disgusting. you steel cuckolds love watching your smooth elagant trains run over nice dark wood eh? you are the cancer that is ruining this coaster community.


these steelies need to fuck off back to wherever they came from, and leave coaster making to the

>>1826606
>try to figure out which kit has that track type
>divine that it's "Son of serpent"
>Price: a fucking grand
What the Christ.

>>1827948
>mfw two fucking chain lifts

>>1827948
I'd build something cool with this set I have, but I don't think I have the time.

>>1824946
WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO

>>1827794
>5 corners
We don't talk about 5 corners.

I suppose noone here has heard about the lego compadible coaster dynamix stuff?

>>1828034
post water coaster pls

>>1828069
My only problem with coaster dynamix is that it costs too much.

For all those railcutting fags out there. You can do the same thing with the clip on rails of knex coasters.

>>1828078
Lots of underground segments, footpath boosting, and scenery.

>>1828034
Wait, why isn't the scenario completed?

>>1828381
I can feel chrome dome's eyebrow twitching from here.

>>1828381
scenario was glitched from what I remember

>>1828381
It only checks if the scenario is completed at the end of every month.

At the obvious risk of revealing that I haven't played this game in years, how does one exit the game without turning your computer off? Is it intentional that the ride never ends?

>>1828519
Press the x at the top of the window.
lol

>>1828519
>click on disk icon
>quit game

>>1828525
>>1828531
Fuck, must be the location of my panel at the top.
Running it on Linux, and on a shitty machine at that, so it runs... surprisingly well, actually, at the cost of acting a little oddly.

>>1824946
>Crome Dome
>Crome
What did you do?

>>1827712
I dont \understand block breaks

>>1828726
http://www.rctmart.com/fossil/BlockBrakes.html
Welcome to the present, anon.

>>1828735
So what, just make block sections so people have a chance to catch their breath?

>>1828740
It's more of a safety and efficiency thing. If you design a block sectioned coaster a certain way, you'll only see it stop outside of a station. it also eliminates station brakes failure crashes

>>1828740
No, to section off your ride so you can fit more trains, and thereby, paying riders on it. The trick is to place them so the segments created are roughly equal and trains don't sit idle waiting for the next one to reach the next block or eventually lead to a hit on ridership because either people want to get off your slow ride, or not enough people can get on, lengthening queue times and hurting the ride's popularity.

>>1827931
I dunno man; some of RMC's renovations of wooden coasters that needed some love look great. I for one am looking forward to the new Cyclone that is going up at SFNE. Also, I don't think anyone is saying these renovated rides are wooden.

>>1828020
Too many steep twists. I got the coaster to work eventually here. >>1825869

>>1828579
It came like that.

>>1828381
>>1828424
Because the scenario is a faggot. But honestly, I suspect it's the water coaster. RCT1 had them classified as Water Rides and I wonder if that root classification means the game doesn't count as one of the five rollercoasters for the scenario, similar to if someone built a dingy slide as one of the five.

>>1828418
>mfw

>>1828459
This is bullshit, I've waited it our for several months and still have nothing.

>>1828747
I've had blocked coasters that had brake failures; it's a lot rarer though granted.

Personally I don't use blocks on mid course brake runs since they bring the train to a near stop; I do have one at the end of the ride just before the station though.

Started Icicle Worlds today. It's a neat snow theme map. The research tree doesn't give you much at the start, but it's getting better.

Thoughts on my terrain coaster?

>>1828982
Pretty good. The dive after the second lift hill looks a bit weird but having it completely banked would also look odd, so try which ever one.

I'd also change the of the ride to brown; having it fairground white looks a bit unnatural for a terrain coaster.

>>1829061
I tried not banking that curve, and it looked the best, but ended up happier with the stats this way.

Not particually great, but I just wanted to make one without worrying about it being perfect
>No Block Breaks
>No breaks at the end

Kinda bummed my big drop pulled such bad Neg G's

Also its been awhile, glad to see your still here

If anyone has better ideas for a name, I'm willing to take suggestions.

but yeah, r8 muh woodie

>>1829061
I think I will stick to the wooden brown, now that you mention it.
>>1829406
Still a fairly unique name. I like the layout.

still no one has explained why rct 3 is bad.its always the same "well its not rct 2..." but that doest explain anything..

does anyone have some valid reasoning why most people prefer the 2nd to the 3rd?

>>1829831
Sprites age better than 3D.

>>1829406
Damn, that is one of the best compact woodies I've ever seen.

>>1829831
- Runs like SHIT even on modern computers.
- The terrain tools are horrendously shit.
- Underground mode is an ugly looking hack.
- >>1829861

Other than that, p. good.

>>1829940
>- Runs like SHIT even on modern computers.
Runs fine on my system. Dunno what specs are yours but I'd like to think I have an average computer (8GB ram, 2GB graphics card, decent processor) and it runs fine.

>- The terrain tools are horrendously shit.
They could be better, I'll grant that, but they're still workable.

>- Underground mode is an ugly looking hack.
If you're referring to when the rides go underground, then yes I can agree to this. If there were a way to disable the lights I would do it. If you're referring to something else, I don't follow you.

>>1829861
To each his own there. I do like RCT2's aesthetic but I also like seeing variation in my park guests.

>>1829775
>>1829940
Thank you, thank you.

Added some more scenery, water, etc. and got the rating up a few more points.

>>1830012
Really impressed with that, would ride

>>1830012
Gorgeous!

>>1830012
Compact brothers unite.

>>1830535
Fuck yeah, son.

Currently working on bringing the excitement up to 9. The tricky part is weaving more rides in and around it without wrecking the aesthetics.

>>1830558
Keep at it broski, your ride is pretty GOAT-tier

>>1830558
At what point does it stop adding excitement?

>>1830572
Not sure, but apparently it's still going. Put a maze underneath, we're at 8.90

>>1830561
>>1830572
oh my god

I did it

>>1830609
go-kart view

>>1830609
10/10 would visit. The log flume above the station of the rolloercoaster bugs me how it does the two turns and no supports.

>>1830609
Well played.

>>1830615
moved the turn a bit for ya. Also enclosed another brake section now that the flume is out of the way.

>>1830625
My autism is at rest.

Hopefully these look more like actual dive machines instead of spaghetti now

Rating is down from the 9.53 one, but fuck it, aside from adding another loop in a meaningless fashion i'm lost for ideas

>>1830614
Jesus P. Christ I decided to up the chain speed to see if I could increase the average speed and with it, the excitement.

Got a bigger boost than I could have hoped.

>>1830647
>all of that integration without feeling forced or cluttered
>even that mini golf

comfy as hell