Richard Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) When I first started playing with Newton I began building mega-lites. I love the little rides, even though I've yet to ride one =( I've seen the punch they can produce! I've been determined to design one but they never seemed to hit the spot. During the Christmas period I've had a lot of time to play around and this layout kinda just flowed out! And I think I have it finalised, it usually takes about a month to be truly happy with a layout but this took a matter of days, I'm actually combing through thoroughly to make sure I did't just get a bit too excited and missed points out. But all I know is it's definitely my next project. Anyway I have a picture here, it's early days still, I may re-evaluate some aspects of the layout (there's a teeny pump in a hill *eye roll*). Also I doubt I'll use these colours, they don't have the right impact. I have a vague idea of theme but I'm not 100% and it'll probably need some 3ds. So yeah here's a little teaser and watch this space. Edited March 10, 2011 by mcjaco
tiger01 Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 Can't say much yet but I'm sure this will turn out to be a brilliant project.
ericm95 Posted January 3, 2011 Posted January 3, 2011 Can't wait to see more. All your coasters are amazing!
Richard Posted January 9, 2011 Author Posted January 9, 2011 A few close up screens of the track. Don't wanna show the layout in it's entirerity but just showing progress with it. I quite like these colours, and I quite like the idea of working an old-school horror theme with the ride. I'll see how it pans out, just been playing around with OC and Wings3D but I'm not having much luck =(. I don't want an overload of 3ds, more on the lines of what Andre did with The Red Dragon. Works quiet over this month so I should have more time to get to grips with things! The good old Intamin transition snap, with a small pop of air. If you like your arse to touch the seat at all, this ride isn't for you. Going straight into the low-lying corner is so last year.
freefallXL Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 WOW! Looks really good! Keep up the good work. I hope to see more!!!
KDCOASTERFAN Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 Perhaps you might want to change the colors on the trains from red to that of the supports to add a little more contrast to the ride? other than that it looks good,can't wait to see a full overview & perhaps a POV when it's done.
Richard Posted February 5, 2011 Author Posted February 5, 2011 This ride will become the next in my "Creatures" series, which are based on mythical, fictional and real monsters. As a follow up to The Red Dragon, this little sister ride will take it's theme from a welsh legend of the Afanc(pronounced a-van-k), or Addanc (pronounced a-than-k). A creature that dwells in a lake and preys on anyone who enters it. It is describes as being a mix between a beaver, crocodile and dwarf. I've made progress on supporting (I over supported it an had to readjust the first half of the ride after carefully analyzing the real mega-lites), and I've also got a color I quite like. I've had to ditch a lot of ideas I had to begin with, but they were a little ambitious, and I want the ride to present in the right fashion, I really like the layout and I want to see it shine. Anyway, onto a screen. The logo/name aren't exactly finalised yet but I wanted to show some form of progress here. This is the s-bend after the first corner.
doublestufforeo Posted February 5, 2011 Posted February 5, 2011 I love the colors to the ride, couldn't exactly make out what the name in the picture said though. EDIT: Afanc? *googles* "Welsh lake monster." Thats pretty awesome.
Richard Posted February 10, 2011 Author Posted February 10, 2011 I lost the entire ride with a computer crash last week! Luckily I still had the newton track file. But it meant starting again with just the track. It's been a little blessing in disguise though, I've rethought out the terrain and supports and I actually think it's looking better. I've almost done supporting now.
FeelTheFORCE Posted February 12, 2011 Posted February 12, 2011 Looks awesome! Can't wait to try it out!
Richard Posted February 12, 2011 Author Posted February 12, 2011 The ride has a logo I've also finished the basic supports, currently adding some flange.
imawesome1124 Posted February 12, 2011 Posted February 12, 2011 Kick-@$$ logo dude. I don't have No Limits so I would love to see a pov when this is done.
tiger01 Posted February 12, 2011 Posted February 12, 2011 The pale blue is much more flamboyant than the red! I can't wait to see the video! I really liked your previous Projects!
ericm95 Posted February 13, 2011 Posted February 13, 2011 I love the logo. I cant wait for the pov and download. I loved your past projects also
Richard Posted February 15, 2011 Author Posted February 15, 2011 I have the ride pretty much how I want it, still got a few things to do. I expect to upload it on Sunday February 20th For the time being, here's a couple of pictures. An overview of the ride The new cartextures
tiger01 Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 ooooo...Airtime... This looks astounding! But is that the best anyone can do with station theming? A great ride needs a great station!
SoCalCoasters Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 Wow! I love the color of that Mega-Lite! Looks like a great coaster, will you post a video for us non-NL players? Just a quick question, but what program do you use for you logos and car textures?
ericm95 Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 The airtime looks amazing! Can't wait for the download
A.J. Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 Richard - Great-looking coaster. Looks like it would be a blast to ride in real life. In fact, it reminds me of something I would design. One thing though - it would be great if you could upload your images as attachments instead of linking them externally. I've been going through old threads in the forum lately, and a good lot of them have dead Imageshack or Photobucket links. If you upload your images to our servers, we won't lose them. Thanks!
Richard Posted February 17, 2011 Author Posted February 17, 2011 Lil' teaser My computer's dying atm though, can't handle video editing very well.
Richard Posted February 20, 2011 Author Posted February 20, 2011 (edited) Background This is the little sister ride to The Red Dragon, taking inspiration from welsh mythology. The afanc was a monstrous creature that, like most lake monsters, was said to prey upon any foolish enough to fall into or swim in its lake. Said to dwell in the lake, Llyn Barfog in North Wales, it has been described as looking like a beaver, crocodile and a dwarf. Ride Design This Intamin mega-lite takes it's inspiration from the existing layout, but also the likes or Rita and Intimidator 305. It was an experiment in air-time, I wanted the riders to either be flying off their seats or being pummeled into them. The preserve the natural setting of the ride, it only has two visible poits from outside the ride area and the rest of the ride remains hidden. Notes You need trackpackager to ride This ride was created using Newton 2 Big thanks for Ed and Andre for testing. MOD Edit: You can find these tracks here: http://www.themeparkreview.com/game_exchange/track.php?id=1593 And Here: http://www.themeparkreview.com/game_exchange/track.php?id=1594 Edited March 7, 2011 by QueerRudie
Iowa Beaver Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 Great ride! I actually waited in the station (on automatic mode) for multiple re-rides. This is probably one of my favorite NoLimits tracks now. By the way, good job with the logo!
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