/vr/ - Retro Games

I have a thing for big wood

OpenTTD is comfiness supreme but if I sit down with it I spend the whole night

Curse adulthood

Thanks for posting a new thread. Have some comfy farms.

Finally getting back into the game, after a long absence due to University and stuff, and I'm a little rusty, but I messed about tile inspect and what not, pretty proud of the results when it came to the go kart track.

>>5295564
those buildings are giving me a big wood

Here's my Magic Quarters so far. It needs a little bit of filling in, but I like the start.

I'm doing a mix between Ocean Park in Hong Kong and Grona Lund in Stockholm with some friends from New Element. It's weird and fun and lots of spaghetti

>>5296873
Whats with the waterhugging woddie track? Will it be rafts?

STOP GETTING ARCHIVED YOU JERKS.

>>5296873
oh yeah. I love that interaction

What kind of quickies you guys do?

>>5297529
we're dead, doggo

>>5298374
Gonna flex a bit don't mind me

>>5297289
yeah it's the planning for a rapids ride. The zone with the purple grid will be a starflyer custom flat

So I made a launched bobsled coaster, sort of. It's just a chain lift set to about 40mph, but it works well enough.

>>5298974
That's such a strange corruption of the bobsleigh coaster. I like it.

>>5295539
>>5295564
Saw this on NED earlier, looking damn good although the woody might be a little too big for my taste. Love all the diagonal stuff and the path covers.

Nothing like a nice simple woody.

>>5298974
>launched bobsled coaster with a hill as the first element
Bold move.

>>5298974
Huh, never thought of that possibility.

>>5298974
nice

>>5299543
Three things:
- A coaster always look better with supports beneath it, never let it touch the ground if you don't have too. Just lift the whole thing one tile (or lower the ground beneath it) and it will look much better!
- Try to use all momentum, you have enough speed for another element or two. Maybe a turnaround beneath the first one?
- All your turns are to the left, try to vary between left and right turns for a more interesting ride.

I just want to go back to the early 2000s, you know? I remember when I went to Six Flags Holland, before it became Walibi World.
That day was pure magic.

I wonder what happened to that boy I was then.

>spent hundreds of hours building custom coasters in RCT as a kid
>was too much of a pussy to actually go on any rollercoasters
>to this day, I've never actually rode one

How would you guys go about bridging this gap, I'm trying to avoid straight track since I've used it a lot already in the coaster, just looking for some ideas right now on how to complete the track without it looking weird.

>>5301450
you could go straight into a zero-G roll for a simple, elegant solution.

>>5300837
they're fun anon, start small and work your way up just like you do in RCT.

>>5301450
a) A small airtime bump
b) Zero-g roll
c) Dive-loop/Immelmann/etc touching the tower. See image for embarrassing mock-up

I seem to remember having seen "curved stations" on river rapids, is this possible or do you have to have one ordinary straight station piece as part of your circuit?

>>5302089
I think there was some really hacky shit you could do with the tile inspector to move the entrance/exit and possibly even change the platform, but it's easier to just use a single station piece.

>>5301450

Is Openloco dead?

>try to build a minetrain/log flume design
>every iteration turn out worse than the last
fugg

>>5302168
start with the terrain/surroundings to give yourself a good idea of how the rides will flow. If you'd like a hand with it, hmu on discord and I can host a server so we can build together. What you have isn't bad honestly. The log flume is a little bit long, and the mine train seems really tame, but it's otherwise nice

>>5302089
you can have two stations with a turn between them, with one station having an exit only, and the other an entrance only.

>>5301450
had a crack at it. Never done one of these before

>>5302361

>>5302273
The mine train is tame by design, the final design will probably be smaller. I'm quite happy with the current log flume. But I should probably break up the path a little. And I think I need to get more colour in there somehow.

So I took two elements that I really liked, from Shnupz and from the two anons that said to add the Zero-g rolls, and this is what it came out like. First time doing one of these coasters, but I'm happy with the outcome, thanks for the help.

>>5302149
Dunno, but looks pretty bad

>>5302861
I'd probably put that zero-g on the top of a hill, currently it looks like the train would traverse it too fast.

I've never played rct. what is it's relation to transport tycoon? one is logistic managment and the other is building a pretty theme park?

>>5304079
In non sandbox play RCT is about managing a theme park. You have to make money through ride tickets or entrance fees, keep your guests happy with rides, food and drinks, and complete a scenario specific goal.

The design is starting to come together. It looks like a fucking mess in this half finished state though, hopefully it will look better when some more buildings are finished.

>>5303683
F

>>5304331
I love the lift hill into inclined turn.

There's something erotic about Mack track, it's to bad that there are no inversions for the Giga track in RCT.

>>5302089
Seconding this, it would make for some neat custom flat rides if it were possible.

Reminder that OpenSC2K has been resuscitated
https://github.com/rage8885/OpenSC2K

>>5307480
OpenStreetsofSimCity when?

You ever just look at your region in transportation mode and think of how hard it must be to get around?

Redpill me on long breaks at the end of coasters. Isn't just one medium break enough? It will show down at the station anyway and it will save some time.

>>5309467
I mean brake of course.

>>5309467
>>5309472
It's mostly about muh realism. I'm not entirely sure but I think a single brake is enough to decrease the breakdown rate.

>>5309467

I always just assumed that sudden stops fromi 60 to 25 would increase the intensity. I have it so that each break section actually decreases the speed by about 5mph for each section, that way the train has a much smoother transition from fast to slow.

>>5309467
Do you even use block brakes, anon? Block brakes make rollercoasters with multiple trains safer.

>>5310036
>Do you even use block brakes, anon?
I never had a crash because of not using them, so no.

>>5310325
Bruh, there are scenarios with prebuilt rides that crash.

>>5310036
>>5310325
>>5310332

I mean it really depends on the ride.

experimenting with a yarnham/victorian gothic theme

>>5310815
at that point you might as well make CSOs for your stuff.

https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2/commit/4e9d2ce76412ff79a35699e63c76c08c29333f82
you ready for rct1 style paths my bros

>>5311593
Give me a quick rundown on what this is supposed to do.

>>5312142
splits paths between the actual design and the railing, like in rct1
it isn't actually implemented fully afaict, probably requires new save format, but the base is there

>>5312216
fuck yeah, beige tile on wood support

Are the trees too suffocating? Should I just leave more open areas?

>>5314107
Open areas can look nice but so can trees. Don't have your whole park covered in trees, but don't be afraid of having dense vegetation in some spots.

>>5314107
Is that a nice autumn themed area? I like it. It works for that.

>>5315469
The entire park is autumn themed. Wanted to make something like a fair.

>>5315614
Nice use of diagonal. Nice woody in general, only thing I'm not a fan of is the underground turnaround.

>>5315614
That works really well. You don't really need much more foliage diversity in a park that small.

>>5315614
>four corners info kiosks
Stealing this idea.

Story time from back when collab parks were a big thing
>always wanted to put the biggest, most impressive coaster on a single collab slot
>decide to do a true hypercoaster
>200ft height hyper-twister engage
>split chain lifts because you can't fit one in a slot that small
>track outside of the boundaries
>lots of vertical hills
It was the ugliest thing ever. I never even finished the slot.

>>5320312
Reminder that big coasters in collab spots always look shit, you're better off with a small coaster that takes no more than 1/3rd of the space total, if you build one at all.

Holeee FUCK, I've literally just gotten in to OpenTTD the last week on a whim, looking for more management games for tablet/mobile, and goddamn its fun but how do I git gud?

>build a massive continent-spanning transport links (train, boat, HGV) to merge the only two Steel Mills on the map to the only Factory on the map
>spend about five years building this monster of a transit system, already making plans to turn it in to a 6-lane monster from 2
>spend ~10million on planting trees and bribing the local city to let me demolish five blocks so I can clear a path for the rail
>build a huge artificial landmass to fit this monster Terminus right in the centre of the city, destroying the natural lake system
>finally line up the subway tunnels to the factory station
>look to see if the route is successful
>first steel train gets to Foness Ridge factory
>its fucking closed down, 0 factories left on the map

Also, any good mods or whatever they're called? I got the zbase textures from watching some tutorials, but it might be fun to compete with a couple of AI or something?

Pic related, all thats last of the system since I ragequit the file

>>5320363
We had a huge collaborative coaster going with pic related (not the inverted one). I don't have the finnised pic but everyone built the part of it that was on their spot.

>>5302149
>>5303683
Is Locomotion worth playing anyway?

>>5320770

The sad fact is OpenTTD just does it better. Unless you want prettier graphics and the addition of a few new modes of transport like OFFICAL trams then there isn't much of a point other than to try cherry coke over regular coke. I wish they would work on Locomotion, having proper multiplayer and giant ass maps would be amazing and would blow OpenTTD out of the water.

>>5320439
>How to git gud
By having a good time!

If you want easy money, just do aviation.

Hey, i'm writing a small essay, about the multiple tycoon series. Like roller coaster tycoon, mostly going to talk about facts, and my personal experience and fun growing up with the game.

Anything additional you guys think I should add?

Just curious; what gave you guys a reason to continue playing RCT, Zoo tycoon, (ect) till today?

writing an essay, just want other people's point of views, other than my own.

>>5322490
Replay value on these games is really good. There's always something unique to create.

>>5320656
That was the Comfortable Squares collab! It turned out pretty good, actually. They really took that rollercoaster places.

>>5322490
Art is timeless. Gameplay is simple and pick-up-and-play. You can always come back to it, and it doesn't require much effort.

idk if i'm feeling this or not

>>5323193
That's actually really nice and has that innawoods feeling.

>>5322995
this. RCT is one of the easiest games to switch on and immediately have fun.

>This vehicle has duplicate orders
Am I doing something wrong? I don't have a circular route, so having him go back to the start when finishing the route would make no sense.

>>5323764
that feeling might be gone now tho

>>5323858
Let's see the orders
and possibly a map of it's route

>>5324069
I don't know how to explain it, but I think I have it working right now.

Only issue I have now is that I don't know what to do in the game. It seems like the magic it had years ago is just not there anymore.
Am I getting old? Are games a thing of the past for me? Am I playing games wrong now?

>>5323995
It's different, but it's still good. It's got that Factory Capers feeling to it, but without looking like ass.

sup we started a multiplayer map on discord
read OP and join us

>>5325447
Off to a comfy start.

>>5322490
Great creative potential, plus sprite-based games have aged remarkably well

>>5323193
The garden and carousel are cute as fuck. I'm not sure about the entrance, maybe it's to grey?

>>5326447
Default Six Flags, can't really be helped.

Bump back off of page 10.

any ideas on what to add in the open space?

>>5329442
Throw a thin coaster on the edge area, one or two coasters on the north east empty area, and some small attractions in the remaining area.

>>5329442
I would do a loopscrew or smaller powered launch with a couple flat rides or a water ride mixed in.

>>5329442
Small coaster? A wild mouse would fit in there.

lol gay.

>>5329451
>>5329460
>>5330156
maybe something like this?

also how the fuck do you make ncso gokarts not look weird

>>5320848
But cherry coke is better than regular coke.

Are you qualified to be a Master Planner for Walt Disney?
https://jobs.disneycareers.com/job/glendale/master-planner/391/10700756

Are you qualified to be a Master Planner of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts?
https://jobs.disneycareers.com/job/glendale/master-planner/391/10700756

>>5331898
we're qualified to jack off to anime and play a 20 year old game

>>5331898
Only if Disney exclusively builds with a grid system.

>>5331898
I imagine anyone qualified gets enough practice with modelling software and physical model building that sim games simply don't have enough depth.

Can somebody help me with OpenTTD?
Last time I played the game was like 6-7 years ago, and it seems like a lot has changed.

Seems like a shitload of vehicles were taken out of the game or something since then. Don't remember there literally being no road vehicles before 1950. Same goes with the boats. Seems like there's almost no options anymore.
Am I supposed to download packages for all of them?

What's a good game to get into this genre on PC?
>tfw bought a japanese copy of SimCity for the SNES for 5 bucks
>don't even have a super famicom but I do have a super retro trio

>>5332897
How far back are you starting? As I recall, most road vehicles are introduced shortly before 1950. If you start before then, you might not have any available at all.
The game should be fully playable with just the default OpenGFX packages.

>>5332954
I was starting at 1900. It's perfectly playable, don't get me wrong, but I am missing a lot of variation. I also have no clue where the mail trucks went, so maybe something changed which I am not aware of. The variation that vehicles had before seems less.
Are there any good packages out there for road and water vehicles in particular?

>>5333050
I'm afraid I can't answer that, since I never play with mods that add vehicles. I'm boring like that.

>make a behemoth that even with STATION BREAK FAILURE people don't die
>some small ass coaster gets more riders by a buttload

>>5333068
>right turns: the ride
>split lift

>max launch settings
>max laps
>short track with 5 loops

>>5329442

Fill it out with a Lake and any kind of invert/suspended coaster

>>5315614

COMFY LEVELS OVERFLOWING NNNNNNNNNGH

>>5333068
RCT doesn't have block brakes which are essential for maximizing the amount of riders on a coaster. It's a good game but it has very obvious limits once you've become accustomed to the features in RCT2.

>>5331898
I wonder how many "I play RCT, does that count?" applications they get.

Where can i get sim city 2000? I really want to play it again

>>5333847
GOG, if you don't mind paying.
Of course, GOG is easy to pirate.

>>5333068
>those queue line lengths for the ferris wheel and scrambler.
Anon...

>>5333872
Elaborate please.

>>5334146
GOG has a cheap version, you can also pirate it easily.

>>5333068
I like your main path and gardens.

So did a small amount of decoration to the ride, still not finished yet. But thought I'd post some progress along with the stats of the coaster too.

>>5334156
Eraburatu purisu

>>5333807
I once tried to take city planning classes at college because I liked Sim City. It turns out that real city planning meetings are more about water drainage than anything creative, and it was boring as shit.

shout out to /HoMM/

>>5336323
Man, I haven't played HoMM 3 in a long while.

>>5335732
Different angle, with more foliage and an updated enterprise station, probably the best thing I've done in this game in all the time I've played it.

Playing night mode in any tycoon or sim game is maximum comfy.

>>5336595
Looks pretty cozy, anon

>>5336323
Damn that looks cool, good work anon!

>>5337041
So glad they have that in Sim City 4. I'll build during the day, then slow the simulation and look around at night.

Internet regulations made the internet gay.
>Look for no-cd patch for some games because my laptop has no cd drive, so I have to import the raw files from a usb where I put the games on when I ripped them from the original disc
>Only one fucking thread about a no-cd for simcity 3000
>"talking about no-cd patches is not allowed. Better yet, no-cd patches are illegal"
Guess I have to do some more acrobatics to play a 20 year old game I already own legally.

>>5337782
No-cd patches are a copyright infringement, which is a civil issue unless they are sold. But, moderators are universally idiots. Just pirate the game. I have a portable copy that requires no installation or disc image.

>>5337860
Isn't it retarded that a fucking no-cd is seen as copyright infringement, that that is how copyright laws work and are seen as acceptable?
Did you make the portable version yourself? Sounds interesting.

>>5337871
No, I snatched SimCity 3000 Unlimited GOG CLASSIC-DEFA. A purchased GOG copy might actually be portable; I don't know and I'm not finding out from searches.

>>5337871
>>5337881
Oh, I misremembered. That release is regular ass GOG and must be installed. The other one I used in the past was custom done by someone named "InnoCYNt," which I probably snatched from gazelle.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/910880/Mad_Tower_Tycoon/

Stopping by just to point out this game exists if anyone's interested. The dev doesn't say it anywhere, but from what I'm seeing it's basically "Sim Tower" almost exactly, only with some more stuff and modern graphics.

Added a double wide Go-Kart track, as well as a monorail station, this section of the park is coming close to being finished apart from a few buildings to house toilets and other things.

>>5338116
I mean, it's not /vr/, but neat.
I love SimTower.

>>5337782
And yet one of the oldest game crack and trainer repositories is still up. Still has that 90s internet feel, too!
https://www.gamecopyworld.com/games/pc_simcity_3000.shtml

>>5338165
I uh, I spoke too soon. I just noticed there aren't any no-cd patches for SC3k there. Gay. I'm positive there were before.

>>5338173
>I'm positive there were before.
Yeah, that's exactly the problem I'm bumping into a lot now. It also seems like all the discussions about no-cd patches are retconned off the internet or something.

>>5338165
>I mean, it's not /vr/, but neat.
>I love SimTower.
I know, but Sim Tower is /vr/ and gets mentioned a fair bit, so I figured I'd let people know this exists.

>>5338241
I look around the site a little, not every game has had their patches removed. It may have been an DMCA action from EA.
But still gay.

>>5337782
A 20 year old game that you had to keep the fucking case to in order to install it. If you didn't have that long-ass key on the case, you couldn't do anything with the CD. I do not miss that method of DRM.

The last update for the night just added some more scenery. It's starting to feel super comfy.

>>5338379
Which I still have *dabs on em*

Don't die on us, we've got plenty of more content to come!

LGR did a Sim City video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrScy1icWjI

What are you working on, Anon?
I'm currently working on a railroad network around the entire 2000X2000 map, like the trans-Siberian railroad.

>>5341813
I'm trying to finish a RCT game on Magic Quarters that I started probably a month ago

>>5341886
Ended up fitting a wild mouse coaster in a corner. Objective is 300K park value, and I'm sitting at 344K right now. These scenarios are more about maintaining a park than just getting to the needed value right away.

>>5341774
Man, 30 years...

>>5338921
I saw a really cool custom ride someone made where they took the gokart track and replaced the karts with dirtbikes. I wish I could find it again.

>>5342318
For a while you could play the game in a browser on the Sim City website. That was my first exposure to it, actually! I thought it was really neat.

Yoooooo I just became tycoon of the century. What's good, punks? I have that Donny T. money, know'm saying?
Just a young nigga from Nürnfeld trying to make a change, now these mufukkin streets are MINE! I decide who does what and where he does it. I'm the king, baby. I roll the nickles.

>>5344349
Almost looks like an artificial island.

>>5331331
Use Monorail or Steeplechase track for the rails.

>>5332981
>>5332985
Can't say I love the layout but you've got a good selection of elements and the pacing looks good.

Was determined to get >9 excitement I thought it turned out well

>>5346419
so I heard you like spaghetti

>>5345171
I actually redid that part of the map with magic bulldozer, and now it's 100.000 citizens.

>>5346419
A 200 ft drop into a loop, huh?
Those Extreme Heights peeps will ride anything.

>>5346419
That super long station really triggers me.

>>5346952
192 can ride it at once it keeps the peeps busy.

>>5346978
You can get lots of trains in without a station that can fit them all at once.

I finally figured out a way to get Simcity 3000 to my Windows computer by dropping all the files on a USB. I installed the game perfectly fine, but when I try to run it, it doesn't do anything and Windows suggests there is a compatibility issue. Even when I try XP service pack 3, it doesn't do anything. Internet is no help either.

Anyone here know how to get it running without giving GOG my shekels again?

>>5347360
Pirate the GOG version, they have no DRM.

>>5346419
I honestly love the scenarios where you can throw caution into the wind and make the most ridiculous shit.

Donut die on us today!

>>5348576
we're not what we used to be.