Calaway Park Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Welcome to Pinepark! I've been gone from the RCT 3 scene for a wayyyy long time. I finally picked up a copy of RCT 3 and Soaked for my Mac and I had Wild from my PC days and I used the technique to install Wild on my Mac. I then was inspired by all the amazing parks found on this site So now we have: I hope you enjoy! What's that peeking through the trees? Pinepark Welcome to Pinepark's Entrance Plaza! I decided on a woodsie look, so I could get away from my old boring clapboard entrances and experiment with something new. Kick back and relax and plan out your day before entering the park! Fastpass thingymajiggers will go here when the park begins to develop. Behind the entrance plaza you're greeted by a covered carousel and a small food court. I wanted a realistic look. Something that is monetarily plausible, like something that a start up company could afford. The Carousel's Q line. A little over view of the entrance. Carousel in sunset! Park inspector investigating. There's missing trees in this shot because I took it before I added more. Some of the many seating areas for the guests. I wonder what the inspector thinks? The little seating area before entering the park. I hope you enjoyed the park! I've been away from RCT 3 for quite a long time so I hope it's turned out well. Thanks for reading! Teaser photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the ghost Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 So many cool rct3 projects withing the last few days, looks beauiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPWoCkAxX Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I like it, I love the small Pine Park signs that follow the shape of the letters. Nice attention to detail, the theming is really nice. A little tip though, when taking your photos turn the Anti-Alaising up, it's makes quite a difference in the quality of the photos. Also, they could do with being smaller. I use quite a small screen so it's a tad difficult to view the whole thing at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjaco Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Please size your pictures to 800x600 per the Terms of Service and Posting Rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twister II Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Also, images that are '.png' take a LOT of time to load. Image as a BMP: 2.25 Mb Image as a PNG: 1.29 Mb Image as a GIF: 455kb Image as a JPG: 205kb A lot more people will see this park if you convert images to .jpg. If you can from now on, go in '.jpg' or something similar - this way people on dial-up won't be waiting for 5 minutes for a few pictures. Other than that, looks good. I suggest adding some more color to your buildings. They do look very traditional, but a bit of color wont hurt. Some more bushes/shrubs would look awesome toward the walkways! With taking pictures, I have always found it best to turn up all of the LOD ratios (I can't remember what they're called!) and use the 'Freelook' option. Then take pictures from a guests point of view, rather than a birds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calaway Park Posted October 4, 2009 Author Share Posted October 4, 2009 Please size your pictures to 800x600 per the Terms of Service and Posting Rules. Sorry! I've resized them! Also, images that are '.png' take a LOT of time to load. Image as a BMP: 2.25 Mb Image as a PNG: 1.29 Mb Image as a GIF: 455kb Image as a JPG: 205kb A lot more people will see this park if you convert images to .jpg. If you can from now on, go in '.jpg' or something similar - this way people on dial-up won't be waiting for 5 minutes for a few pictures. Other than that, looks good. I suggest adding some more color to your buildings. They do look very traditional, but a bit of color wont hurt. Some more bushes/shrubs would look awesome toward the walkways! With taking pictures, I have always found it best to turn up all of the LOD ratios (I can't remember what they're called!) and use the 'Freelook' option. Then take pictures from a guests point of view, rather than a birds. Converted! Also thanks for the advice everyone- I'll turn up the LOD ratios and use Freelook in the future. I'd forgotten about both Thanks so much for the responses. I'll work on incorporating more colour and detail into the buildings, as I understand from the Atari Community website that they're a bit boring and ugly so I'll see what I can do! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calaway Park Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 Sorry for the double post, but I have an update for y'all! The entrance of the park has been updated! I tried to add more colour and different wall types- also I cranked up all the graphics to the highest possible setting so I hope it looks good! As you can see I changed a lot of the boring stucco walls to the stone walls. A path behind the entrance building, you can actually enter the park via 2 paths. The carousel! I decided that I would remove the carousel's Q line cover and make a fancier more colourful food court building, so this is what came out of it. Another closer shot. The bathrooms! The most exciting part! The park's definitely getting pretty scenic! What's that? Another building in the background? Yup! It's the guest services building! Here's an overview. Overview of the updated entrance. A sort of 'horizontal' overview I guess from behind the entrance plaza. Artistic shot! Artistic shot! Again! Some more terraforming has been done in the park, you can clearly see why it's named Pinepark! Another shot of the bathrooms, they're shaded by some nice plants so nobody has to see you doing your business. I hope he's grading the park well! And we say goodbye to Pinepark! I hope you guys enjoyed the update- I tried to take your advice better. I did resize the pictures, change them to .jpg, add some more detail to the buildings and try to incorporate some more colour into the buildings. Your opinions and advice are greatly appreciated! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPWoCkAxX Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Looking good, you're really pulling off the alpine theme well. Good job. I'd like to see some more rides now though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calaway Park Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 Thank you very much! The rides will come after the plaza. I want the park to split at the moment into 2 pathways and I thought a neat way to do that would be to put a lake after the guest services/restrooms and then put a Huss Giant Frisbee above the lake and then split the paths into 2 parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPWoCkAxX Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Sounds like a good idea to me! Can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster1000 Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Most of this is really good! I like the foliage, and in general I like your buildings. The restroom building is awful though. Unfortunately, RCT3 comes with disturbing, ugly toilet buildings - customizing the whole thing will be hard - but at least cover those restrooms! Except for that, which came out way to harsh, I enjoy this park alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calaway Park Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 Update! What's that peeking through the entrance!? That's the biggest ferris wheel I've ever seen! The food entrance plaza looks nice in sunset. =] Oh it's got a nice Queue line cover! I feel small standing next to it. Water? You mean it's... It's built on a huge lake!! :O It looks so nice reflecting on the lake! There are stepped seating areas along the lake edge. There whole lake is circled by a huge pathway which will eventually split for a new addition... hold on my shoelace is tangled... The other way. The entrance is nice but it's completely eclipsed by the wheel... It even towers all the way over from the entrance way! I hope you guys enjoyed the update! Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmaxsba2408 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 I have the game but can't play it on my computer. Is that giant wheel included in the game? Park looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calaway Park Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 I have the game but can't play it on my computer. Is that giant wheel included in the game? Park looks great. It's in the Wild expansion pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPWoCkAxX Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 You're very good at this! You're excellent at picking the right camera views and your building style is fantastic. I love the lake, the stepped seating is a really nice touch. Good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbit Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 looks like a great colorfull themepark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBru Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 This looks great! I haven't really checked out many RCT3 parks since I gave it up for RCT2, but seeing awesome projects like this makes me considering changing up games. I love the entire lake/ferris wheel area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorkscrewFoley Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 I have RCT3 with both Expansions, and are you using a hack for the food stands to hide the actual outside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calaway Park Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 I have RCT3 with both Expansions, and are you using a hack for the food stands to hide the actual outside? Nope! I think they were included with wild, I'm using Custom Stalls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorkscrewFoley Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 That's right...slaps forehead. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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