(RCT3 Custom Scenery): Ccron10's Gondola Ropeway

[Ccron10]

It's been awhile since I've made some CS (custom scenery) items for RCT3 and I figured why not try my hand at creating a new transportation system? One of the downsides about Vodhin's Skyway Set, and I am not bashing it in anyway, is that the gondolas are not similar to most of the ones out there at parks like Cedar Point or Six Flags Great Adventure. I also wanted to design something that's more generic that can adapt to the parks that players build.

Say hello to my Gondola Ropeway CS project, which is based off of Intamin's version of the Skyride. As of right now, I have three versions of gondolas planned:

-Generic: These will be a series of red, blue, and yellow gondolas without any fancy markings or designs on them. They can hold up to four people.

-King's Dominion Skyride: These gondolas will be similar in design to the generic design, but will feature the 70's KD logo on the entry doors.

-Hersheypark Sky Ride: The design on the gondolas will be completely different from the other two and will feature alternating coal bucket and rhine-themed designs on the cars.

 

I plan on releasing more themed designs and possibly other gondolas in the future to make the set constantly evolving.

I know, the question you are probably wondering is, "Will the gondolas move?" The answer is no, because I have now knowledge on how to animate models and because when a player takes a screenshot, the ride will appear static anyways.

Here's the list of pieces the set will include at this point. I'm starting out with the ride itself and may add some extras to go with it (station buildings, storage areas, etc):

 

-Loading/Unloading Station track

-Cable with Gondolas Gentle Slope Generic Gondolas

-Support Tower Gentle to Flat Slope

-Cable with Gondolas Flat Slope Generic Gondolas

-Support Tower Flat to Flat Slope

-Cable with Gondolas Gentle Slope KD Gondolas

-Cable with Gondolas Gentle Slope HP Gondolas

-Cable with Gondolas Flat Slope KD Gondolas

-Cable with Gondolas Flat Slope HP Gondolas

 

Feedback and advice is certainly welcome.

Here is what the station sections are going to look like. I am debating weither to add the bull wheel or not since this section will most likely be built inside a building. I still need to go through and cut back the number polys on the curves.

Here is what one of the towers look like. I'm going to make several of each so that there's an ability to build them pretty tall.

Here is the design of the gondolas. These are pretty much ready to be imported into the game as soon as they are positioned.

These are the KD version of the cars. The generic version won't have the KD logo on them.

To make the ride, my plan is to build a smaller version of the ride in one piece, then make multiple files for each piece and delete certain sections.

More coming soon.

[Kumba2013]

These look really interesting, I would definitely use this in one of my parks. The only thing I would add is maybe make a Busch Gardens gondola.