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That's one of my problems too, and 8it's a reason why I hardly ever download an RCT3 park, because it has some much custom content that wouldn't load because the file had CTRs and CFRs in it.

Your buldings seem to be very small, try making them a little larger with more derails.

I think that only works there though cause their demographic will out grow the park. So though you buy a life time pass, you really wont use it for a lifetime, and they made a lot more money then if you only came once a year till they outgrew the park. If I recall correctly, if you paid even more money, you could get a "Merlin For life" pass that had every single Merlin Operated Venture on it.

I do not intend on offeneding anyone in the RCT3 community by writing this. It's a veiw I've been wishing to express over the past few months. So I present to you: A Rant/Debate On the use Of Custom Scenery/CFRs/CTRs In RCT3 Chances are, if you have RCT3, and you are an active forum or YouTube user and serious RCT3 player who posts their work, you use custom scenery actively. In a recent observation of three seperate RCT3 forums, I found myself to be the only normally active member, out of hundreds, that uses JUST the in game scenery all the time to create my rides and attractions. While this didn't use to be true, the number of players solely using the in game scenery has dramatically dropped. While NCS is still popular in RCT2, it's very rare in Roller Coaster Tycoon 3. Why is this you may ask? When RCT3 took that big leap from Isometeric 2.5-D graphics to full on 3-D graphics, many details and scenery items used heavily in RCT2 were lost, presumably because of the obscene poly count it would take to create them. RCT3 sacrificed many details RCT2 had for the amazing possibilities of 3D Graphics which revolutionized the RCT franchise as a whole. The first few custom scenery sets emerged in 2006, the most popular of which being Pumper's SteelWorx, which allowed users to replace in-game supports with ones that looked better, along with the ability to have tunnels and catwalks etc. This completely changed the mindset of the RCT3 community, who immeaditely jumped on the CS bandwagon, which has been rolling on ever since, picking up more and more members as it moves along. Now, go on to any RCT3 site and you'll see incredibly detailed, rich environments filled to the brim with gobs and gobs of custom scenery, and no in-game scenery in site. There was also the invention of the CTR, or "custom tracked ride" as well as the CFR, or "custom flat ride" which brought the game into a new age of user created content and endless possibilities for RCT3, the only limitation being the poly count the game could handle, as well as the power of your computer. I've seen a good majority of parks fall victim to the poly limit. Take CD5's Six Flags Over South Carolina for example. This was a fantastic park, but suffered in it's final days from lagging and crashing and eventually being split into 4 seperate areas and no park download available. This was due to the amount of CS put into the park. Unfortunately, there has also been a quite noticable effect from CS on many RCT3 parks. They suffer from what I call: "Generic Syndrome". With so many members using all the same CS sets (Shy Guy's extremely overused MainStreet Set for example) and same CTRs (Revolutionary Ride's Jr. Boomerang for example) many parks (not all) have begun to have a very generic look to them. With all the parks using the same CS heavily, much creativity is taken out as members tend to do similar style creations using a specific set thus creating very similar parks, despite all being created by different users. As a result of CS/CTRs/CFRs/CTs, NCS (No Custom Scenery) Users have begun to be looked down upon often as being bad or not as good, simply because they are not using Custom Scenery like a good majority of the community is. Users have become biased towards users of CS and have forgotten that just because it's the scenery the game provided, doesn't mean it's bad and you can't so anything with it. People have forgotten to get really creative and try and use the game's scenery in new and different ways to create an even bettter park. So I leave the forum with this question: Do you think CS/CTRs/CFRs/CTs have had any kind of a negative impact on RCT3 as a whole? Discuss.

My only experience w/ LIM/LSM launches are Cheetah Hunt, V2.5, and California Screamin' Out of those three, I'd say CA Screamin' and Cheetah Hunt tie in force levels.

If I recall corretly what a CM friend of mine said about that... He mentioned that guest would indeed leave the boats, and would either get lost or end up defacing the ride itself...once they apparently found a watter bottle stuffed up the bottom half a one of the Brer Bear animatonics...what kind of an ass does that at Disney of all places.... ^To add on to the standing on coasters thing, the restraints for DCA's California Screamin' can be 3-4 clicks down and still be dispatched...the guy next to me stuck his gut way out, and was nearly able to stand, while still in the restraint...

People standing up on Ripsaw Falls was the reason they added those ridiculous lap bars wasn't it?

Pandamonium is most likely going to be removed this fall according to hints dropped by the park and rumor mills. At Bay Area Bash they specifically mentioned that they had plans for the old theater, but don't expect to see anything happen with it next year. And if they do end up doing something with the space, a dark-coaster is very unlikely.

Heck yes! I've been following this awesome park since the beginning and would love to see it finished!

"Demons run when a good man goes to war" Get that reference and you are officially awesome.

I have to get up at 5:30 every morning, so it no big deal to me. Apparently there are too many people taking AP World this year at my school and the AP teacher is overwhelmed, so we were given a test today: afterwards we find out that if we score less than an 85% we get kicked out of the class.

Just curious, has anyone tried to match Leviathin's stats to those survey markers that were all around the park? It seems as if the location in CW was very...mis-placed...can anyone do like a Google Earth Overview w/ an overlay of the layout to see if there are any comparisons?

I said it many times before, but I'll say it again; Replace a Gertslauer with a Gertslauer. I'm guessing a Eurofighter. That area of the park wasn't exacty the best place for a "family friendly" coaster with the other three major rides being high thrill coasters and GoKarts. (there also is a small kiddie flat added around '05 I believe) The concrete plot that used to be Zonga is big enough for a compact Eurofighter. The park itself has expressed that there are more than enough family rides (I believe the number is in the high 20s) , so one small family coaster won't be that big of a deal. However, the addition of a Eurofighter with their iconic lift hill towers and swooping elements (along /w the steepest drop record mentioned above) it would be a really great way to attract more crowds into the park. While SFDK has focused heavily on families in recent years (which I am very happy about) it seems to be time for the park to add a new major thrill ride into the mix. With the last major coaster addition being V2, I can see this happening.

I love this shot. Shot0490.bmp

... Was there really any point to posting this? All you showed was a cement path and few trees. Criticism: Your Foliage needs work.

This might be my favorite title ever. Agreed

Oh hey, in case you didn't already notice, as an annoying-ass parent, in an attempt to thwart all of your internet communications, I have blocked every website that you visit. Also you've been diagnosed with ADD. We've know for years, but didn't bother to tell you. Did I also mention that were canceling your Disneyland Trip on Sat? You need more study time even though school doesn't start for another two days after that date. Also, until you complete all this work I've set for you, I've stolen all of your iTunes Gift Cards you got for your Birthday as well as the other gift cards you received. Did I mention this all happened in around 5 hours? I'm incredibly pissed off by their ridiculous actions simply because I'm taking an AP Class! One AP Class. As a sophomore. Is all this really necessary? The ADD thing was just the icing on the:" we're making your life suck" cake. F M L

We need to call up one of the No Limits Players from the Games Forum and get them to do a recreation of then layout. I want ot see a POV

Well um.... I can say I never saw this one coming.... It will be interesting to see the layout...

Im sorry but this does not look appealing to me at all... That's not appealing? Busch replacing BBW is not appealing? Brand new ride technology isn't appealing? A giant indoor dark coaster section with Th13teen style drop technology isn't appealing? A ride that everyone can enjoy, enthusiast and GP alike isn't appealing? Zierer creating a coaster that has a very low height requirement, but delivers lots of thrills isn't appealing? A highly themed coaster themed to the freaking Autobahn isn't appealing? Really? Last time I checked, this ride was quite appealing to most people. Care to elaborate on why it isn't?

Some footage of ShieKra from my first trip to BGT back in June:

It's suppoed to be Mine Theming, so those are other mine cart tracks.

Falken has always been one of those really great looking coasters I've wanted to ride...

You are correct, the center track is the coaster and the two other tracks are just scenery.

A side project. NCS Fantasy Coaster Shot0485.bmp Shot0486.bmp