thirstydeer Posted June 17, 2010 Posted June 17, 2010 My original thread about Fox Studios World was unfortunately locked on me so I am forced to start again. Previous posts including screenshots can still be viewed at the original thread: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36600 It's been a while but as I've had to do in the past I put RCT off to the side as other parts of life got in the way - namely switching jobs and moving cross-country. I wish I had a huge update that justifies the vastness of time that has elapsed since my last update but I'm afraid that since getting back into RCT I've had a nasty bout of "creator's block". That is, I've been unable to do solid architecture. That being said I wanted to show a screenshot of some custom supports I've been working on a flying rollercoaster to see how you think it looks. It's the first time I've attempted semi-realistic supports on a large coaster. This is for my Death Star Assault coaster in the Star Wars section of my park. DEATH STAR ASSAULT I'm not showing the whole coaster intentionally as I'm still working on some of the architecture - namely the station, but other then that the ride is done. Opinions are appreciated.
braztaz Posted June 17, 2010 Posted June 17, 2010 Yeah, I like it too. Looking forward to some more photos.
Coaster Cow Posted June 17, 2010 Posted June 17, 2010 Work on the foliage around the ride. If you are going for the forest-y look, make a stronger band of trees. If not, go with less trees and more grasses. If you want a really highly themed are, maybe ditch all the trees for some buildings. The rest looks fine. I like that lie to fly into the helix, especially.
thirstydeer Posted June 17, 2010 Author Posted June 17, 2010 Work on the foliage around the ride. If you are going for the forest-y look, make a stronger band of trees. If not, go with less trees and more grasses. If you want a really highly themed are, maybe ditch all the trees for some buildings. The rest looks fine. I like that lie to fly into the helix, especially. Well the climate point of the ride is a simulation of the trench run from Star Wars. You can't really see it from that screenshot (intentional). Other then that, it is mostly in an open grassy field with some pockets of trees spread out. No buildings aside from the station that I am currently working on.
mcjaco Posted June 18, 2010 Posted June 18, 2010 My original thread about Fox Studios World was unfortunately locked on me so I am forced to start again. Previous posts including screenshots can still be viewed at the original thread: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36600 Actually, you can't since I had to delete them all due to size issues.
thirstydeer Posted June 18, 2010 Author Posted June 18, 2010 My original thread about Fox Studios World was unfortunately locked on me so I am forced to start again. Previous posts including screenshots can still be viewed at the original thread: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36600 Actually, you can't since I had to delete them all due to size issues. Hmm, well I guess if you want to see them click on the banner below.
thirstydeer Posted June 27, 2010 Author Posted June 27, 2010 It took a while, but I finally managed to put together some architecture to complete my Death Star Assault coaster. Most of it has been done for months but I've had the most difficult time putting together some sort of station building and supporting architecture. After many different attempts, I settled on the following structure to be my "inspiration" for the station. To see the image I used as my main reference, CLICK HERE. I decided to build a station similar to the Massassi Temple that was the Rebel base that launched the attack on the Death Star. The temple is located on the moon of Yavin IV, and is named after an older civilization called the Massassi who worshipped an old Sith Lord called Naga Sadow who enslaved the people. DEATH STAR ASSAULT The Death Star Assault is a flying coaster and it was one of the first ideas I envisioned when I originally thought of the park. Many have suggested an inverted coaster but I have other plans for one so that's why I didn't make this coaster inverted. Essentially you leave from the temple and make your way through a semi-forested area until you hit the trench run in the Death Star. At the conclusion of the trench run the ride pretty much ends as you enter the transfer station. Another popular comment is that the supports are too close together. I am leaving that for now, but may come back to it later and adjust them. Just a note that the open space beside the lift hill will be filled eventually.
djbrcace1234 Posted June 27, 2010 Posted June 27, 2010 I like the idea, it's unique. Keep up with this!
thirstydeer Posted June 27, 2010 Author Posted June 27, 2010 That looks spectacular! Wouldn't want to be responsible for keeping the walls nice and grey though! Hehe, never thought of that. Perhaps I should drop a worker into the trench for that very reason
dmaxsba2408 Posted June 27, 2010 Posted June 27, 2010 Was wondering how you were going to pull this ride together. WELL DONE
Dotrobot Posted July 20, 2010 Posted July 20, 2010 Good to see an update on this post I nearly thought it was dead! The coaster is awesome. The layout is better then anything I can pull
braztaz Posted July 20, 2010 Posted July 20, 2010 Is this thread for the park or just the coaster? I'd love to see more of your work.
djbrcace1234 Posted July 20, 2010 Posted July 20, 2010 Click on his banner. ThirstyDeer likes to keep his pictures on his RCT2 site.
thirstydeer Posted July 20, 2010 Author Posted July 20, 2010 Click on his banner. ThirstyDeer likes to keep his pictures on his RCT2 site. Every screenshot I did relating to this park I had posted on another thread here on TPR, but it got locked on me because I mistakenly broke one of the TOU and the powers that be refused to re-open it. So I had no choice but to start another thread, and at the beginning of this thread, I posted a link to the locked one so you can at least see the older screens, but then was informed those screens were also taken off. I simply haven't had the time to re-post the older ones so yeah, use the banner to see them on my site, or go to another site to see them, but I will continue posting updates here.
mcjaco Posted July 29, 2010 Posted July 29, 2010 Every screenshot I did relating to this park I had posted on another thread here on TPR, but it got locked on me because I mistakenly broke one of the TOU and the powers that be refused to re-open it. You didn't mistakenly break one of the ToS. You CONTINUED to break it, among a few others, and you still are.
thirstydeer Posted November 14, 2010 Author Posted November 14, 2010 Just a quick announcement that the park has been lost due to an unforeseen computer problem. Unfortunately, the backup file isn't working either. I am going to start over again so you'll be hearing from me down the road again. It is a mixed blessing as parts of me wanted to start over again anyway - guess I got the push I needed.
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