Thx1138 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 (edited) Hello fellow tycoons, it has been some time since my last post, and I have returned to RCT-3 after some renewed inspiration from a couple architectural threads and posts at another forum, particularly concerning the Frank Lloyd Wright "Falling Water" house... So, I am right in the midst of a new resort and park, "Wright Terrace Gardens", with "Wright Terrace" the featured resort. Now, the main thing about this build, is getting the "house", what will be the lobby for the resort, getting that structure situated over a waterfall and making it all work, you have to actually "trick" the software into accomplishing your ends here... So at first, I considered natural looking landscapes, ones of course built to support waterfalls, like these... But then, taking into account the basic cubism or "rectanglism" of the house, why not build a more artificial type hillside to put this project in? It will lose some of the stark contrast between nature and the modern design, but I could perhaps compensate for that in some ways, and maybe find other aspects to exploit... So here is where we are at with it, I thought you might like to watch it being put up as I build it. Here we start with a very basic 'L'-shaped form... A bit further along, we add waterfalls and reflecting pools... That waterfall is about 60 feet tall! This building both collects and recycles ALL of it's water, it is totally independent of city water and sewer, and what you are seeing is one of the last phases of returning the water to potable: aeration and UV exposure from the sun... Where the prominent patio on the house is, here I have envisioned a swimming pool, and the challenge is getting this pool over the waterfall cleanly with no support structures pools normally have... Now that pool looks maybe small by the pics, it's actually 60 x 170 A few more pieces in place, we turn the waterfalls back on and there's our pool... That represents about three evenings work so far, there is of course a HUGE amount of work to go, shrubbery, rockery, lighting, acacia trees, more waterfalls, the finished lobby, at least two more pools and the actual Wright Tower... Hope you like it and much more to come! Thx Edited August 23, 2014 by A.J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thx1138 Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 A little further along, here a second pool has been added... Also, the floor of what is going to be a Chinese Restaurant instead of the spacious lobby of the resort as I first imagined. Here we see that going up and the back of this part of the build where the real working parts are and things start getting a bit more complicated... Might as well get a head start on the lighting, one of the fun parts, but one that can also be very difficult and frustrating too... On this build as I have been doing the last couple years, everything is built from the inside out, and I want this resort the most functional of all! I decided that at this point I need to do a preliminary "peeps test" just to make sure, if they don't like what I have so far, there's not much point to any of it... And it seems the general peep consensus is pretty good, we have a rating of 645 with only two pools and no actual rides.. plus, we already won the tidy park award. Lighting can be fun and adds a wonderful extra dimension to RCT, and there are many types of in-game and custom lighting, but as mentioned it can also be a huge pain and especially lighting pools, they are the hardest, next is shrubbery. I had to take flood lights on poles and sink them down and fudge a bit to get the lighting just right, the top pool still needs some too. And I finally got the roof over the Chinese restaurant... Here I have added the top two tiers, whew, didn't think we'd ever see it... I'm going to cover that top "crazy paving" patio with some more attractive path covers, there are many styles available to choose from. You wouldn't believe how much trouble I went through trying to place that brown overhanging planter guys, it took almost a full hour! Some of this custom scenery ("CS") is a real pain to put up... I tore up a good section of the main pool last night trying to get one little Eames garden light in place... in the end it just couldn't be done.. was actually "impossible" and I had to abandon it and move along. I added some boulders at the base, just a few, it's easy to get carried away with something like that, and any more would start to take away from the overall instead of enhance... it took more than an hour to decide just how to place the few I did include... A lot has been added to the back. that large glass canopy is illuminated along with another one of my patented illuminated planters waiting for dusk... I put four of them here, just what this side of the building needed, some light and shrubbery... Still going to put low planters between them. I still have a lot of details to put into this part of the build like, I need lighting and more interior work in the Chinese restaurant, but we are more finished than not and soon I must start building the stack, "Wright Tower" and all of it's associated parts. It must be the most functional high-rise yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster6 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 this is absolutely amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoshiCraft2011 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I like this. It's a nice break from all the amusement parks posted on this forum. Keep up the good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thx1138 Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 Thanks for the nice comments guys! Oh, and it is indeed an amusement park, I just spend a lot of time on the build up front and put the attractions, most of them last. (Hm, maybe that's why I always get so few posts, would it help if I started each one with a path leading to a merry-go-round? lol) I managed to get the Chinese restaurant pretty much squared away, I spent quite a bit of time and feats of acrobatics just getting those four lights on each overhang for a total of eight lined up... I had to tear off the roof a couple times and do other upheavals to put in the tables and chairs, the interior lights, the double buffet and Asian-style scenery... Inside I have tried to put together enough adornments for this expansive floor space... And I see the Loudermilk twins made it through the main gate... ^ I was very much worried about getting actual working tables and chairs because in-game scenery can't be placed directly on pathways like that black tarmac, so I had to tear the roof off once again and do major surgery to the tarmac and other things beneath the restaurant... It's really a Chinese/American restaurant, they have Chinese dishes like spaghetti, and also many American favorites like Chop-Suey. I still have plenty of odds and ends to attend to here at Wright Terrace like lighting and enclosing the shop stalls and a bit more shrubbery of course (!) But if you look closely in the top left corner of this pic you can see what will be another huge project for this park: Wright Plaza... And I'm just tinkering around with ideas for that Building for now, first I have to finish and then put up a high-rise next to what we have so far. (Something else you guys here should know, many of my posts are pasted from another site where I post which is not an RCT site, so I realize my "tips" for the most part are nothing new to many of you. ) Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subject_12 Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 This is woefully under seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thx1138 Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 This is woefully under seen. Yes, there doesn't seem to be much interest in threads that detail the build... (or perhaps I have BO. So, while I had a bunch more screens detailing the steps and have put them in other forums, perhaps I should just post the finished product here... So there is Wright Tower and the new triangular pool. Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoshiCraft2011 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Nice! The pool and the tower fit nicely. Both are very modern in design. Keep this project running! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillseeker4552 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Wow, I can tell you put a LOT of time and effort in to this. Keep up the work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thx1138 Posted October 18, 2014 Author Share Posted October 18, 2014 Something new has been added to the Wright Terrace build... Gravity... And Green Lantern... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCI Wooden Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 (edited) This is stunning. The amount of detail you put into this. The coasters look great but the "house" looks amazing. I have a hard time planting a good looking garden In RCT3 so I can't imagine the amount of work you put into this place. This is my favorite thing I have ever seen on the "Roller Coaster Games, Models, and Other Randomness" forum. Please, keep this up! Also, I like your updates from your perspective and not some imaginary visitor. I love everything about this place! Edited October 20, 2014 by GCI Wooden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollercoasterbuff Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Ok, So I just saw this thread finally and when I saw the first photo was of the Frank Lloyd Wright house, I got really excited! I live an hour from there. Just went for my first time on Thursday! It is a very cool place. I guess it is in the Smithsonian's list of one of the top 28 places to visit before you die? It's number 27. Well worth it. You've done a really great job constructing something that completely follows the essence of his architecture. Really great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoshiCraft2011 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Great update as usual. The coasters seem really compact and fun. However, catwalks and maybe even custom supports will make them better. This is an excellent project that just needs to be seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thx1138 Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 This is stunning. The amount of detail you put into this. The coasters look great but the "house" looks amazing. I have a hard time planting a good looking garden In RCT3 so K can't imagine the amount of work you put into this place. This is my favorite thing I have ever seen on the "Roller Coaster Games, Models, and Other Randomness" forum. Please, keep this up! Also, I like your updates from your perspective and not some imaginary visitor. I love everything about this place! Thank you for the very nice response and glad you like the park and presentation, thanks again, I get so few posts normally, one as nice as that makes it more worthwhile to put them up! So we had the stack and the new triangular pool and some empty space between... I wanted to try out a new building style I have been thinking about for a couple weeks now. We start with these pillars... I wanted to put a ring of neon around the triangular pool and couldn't find one critical diagonal piece, but here I used some of the neon I do have... Looks like a stylized someone holding an invisible clarinet or sax? ^ Neon is one of those things I try and use in moderation, it's easy to get carried away with it and lose your sense of overall good taste! I figure a smooth jazz club... Steely Dan and stuff like this> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8x5FdL2qr8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9g-Z5nFg5Y I really didn't have a firm idea or a theme or name for this place, it's formal and semi-formal dining on the upper floor with a more relaxed and piano bar atmosphere down below... But I did have a rough idea of the design, so let me present "Akimbo" and you might see why I chose that name... They look like a pair of widgets and might prove as unwieldy to fit in to the design, lol. (Yeah, just call me Jon Taffer.) Now, after several days and many versions I was able to come up with a roof for the crazy structure, it was important that those two beams over the main floor be left intact... So here is the main floor, it still needs a few do-dads and trim and shrubbery, but is shaping up into a pretty swanky joint! I'm going to trim that entranceway with neon too. ^ It needs quite a bit of work, here is the lower section with a modest stage, the kitchen hasn't been worked on at all yet... I was very tempted to just leave the place open air with no walls. But overall it is making a nice addition to the complex... Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thx1138 Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) Great update as usual. The coasters seem really compact and fun. However, catwalks and maybe even custom supports will make them better. This is an excellent project that just needs to be seen. Thank you very much Yoshi, and I am enjoying the progress you are making at the Topaz park! I really need some updated scenery sets like the trees and shrubbery I see at your park and others, also I have no support structure sets at all and agree my coasters really need them! (I wanted to build a couple coasters, as a break from architecture, also in case some of you guys were wondering if I build coasters at all, and if this was even an amusement park, lol. ) You can't really see them in the pics, but I put the robtic arm ride next to Gravity as a companion ride, also the flight simulator in the corner, and next to Green Lantern, you can see it pretty well, a green graviton ride with it's flying saucer. I was thinking the robotic arm coaster would be perfect for Gravity, but the robotic coaster is sooo cheesy, I guess they expect all the thrills to come from the arm because you sure aren't going to get it from the track... not even a banked turn much less anything else, and very expensive too, what a disappointment! Of the two coasters, Gravity gets the higher rating, 8.1. Green Lantern is in the mid 7s. And just look at those peeps! Here is what they are afraid of...! Thanks again for the nice responses and pertinent tips my friend! Thx Edited October 20, 2014 by Thx1138 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thx1138 Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 Ok, So I just saw this thread finally and when I saw the first photo was of the Frank Lloyd Wright house, I got really excited! I live an hour from there. Just went for my first time on Thursday! It is a very cool place. I guess it is in the Smithsonian's list of one of the top 28 places to visit before you die? It's number 27. Well worth it. You've done a really great job constructing something that completely follows the essence of his architecture. Really great job! That would have been great to do Cyrus, I only had the pics to work from, and knew I was only going to stylize the resort to the house. A friend at another Rct-3 forum was talking about building an exact replica, as close as RCT-3 custom scenery permits, a working replica of the house. I myself am pretty busy with this park and only have pics of interiors, perhaps you would be the best one to try that! _____________________________________________________________________________________________ I finally got most of the outer walls for Akimbo put up along with the kitchen, but it still needs some interior work, here's what I have so far... It took a very full evening to get the back roof just right, I also found a very strange defect with the neon light custom scenery that took several hours to figure out... The entrance which still needs a door and you can see the receptionist, it all looks like it will work pretty well... Here is a detail of the kitchen as it is going up, with fancy door, and I have since put up lighting and walls and a roof and it just needs a few touches here and there and it's finished. So the Akimbo build is pretty much squared away for the time being... Now, between the new restaurant and the Wright Terrace structure there was a big hole that I was using for a temporary park entrance... I had imagined a monorail station there, and I knew I would have to make enough building space to put a theatre on it, but ended up pretty much maxing the space out and adding a shopping mall too... It started out like this... Then I decided it should have two levels of shops and also an elevated disco bar... Here is a little shop that is pretty much finished, the peeps go in, buy a sandwich and can actually sit down and use the accomodations, this scenery actually works and I have tried to make everything including the high-rise as functional as possible... (I have since changed the color of that stall) Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCI Wooden Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 This place is huge! How big are you going to make it until you stop (let's hope it's a long time because you don't see much architecture stuff on this forum, and there is nothing on here that goes into as much detail as you do)? I really like the new Akimbo area, the neon was a nice touch, and those abstract cement-things (the white pieces that look very interesting) are cool. Keep up the good work, also, will we be seeing anymore rides in the near-future or is it going to stay architecture for a while (I would be completely Ok if all you did was architecture, you've put so many tiny details into this thing it's remarkablel!)? And if you decide to do another coaster, could you make either an Arrow or Morgan hyper, or a woodie. Just a couple suggestions... Can't wait to see more updates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoshiCraft2011 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Excellent! I just love that modern office/apartment building thing and the new modern restaurant! There's not much architecture-based parks here in the forums, so Wright Terrace Gardens is an excellent break. Keep up the fantastic work! Oh, and by the way, the shrubs I use for Topaz Park are vanilla, but a lot of other stuff is custom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thx1138 Posted October 21, 2014 Author Share Posted October 21, 2014 This place is huge! How big are you going to make it until you stop (let's hope it's a long time because you don't see much architecture stuff on this forum, and there is nothing on here that goes into as much detail as you do)? I really like the new Akimbo area, the neon was a nice touch, and those abstract cement-things (the white pieces that look very interesting) are cool. Keep up the good work, also, will we be seeing anymore rides in the near-future or is it going to stay architecture for a while (I would be completely Ok if all you did was architecture, you've put so many tiny details into this thing it's remarkablel!)? And if you decide to do another coaster, could you make either an Arrow or Morgan hyper, or a woodie. Just a couple suggestions... Can't wait to see more updates! I like to switch between rides and buildings, when one starts getting a bit stale I usually have enough enthusiasm and fresh ideas built up for the other, lol. With this park, part of the idea in making a resort "complex", is to limit the amount of custom scenery, this park will have a lot of terraced gardens which I really haven't begun yet, but you look out over these terraced hills that somewhat resemble hills of Chinese rice paddies, but with thrill rides and coasters at the tops of each. The "gardens, these wil be glass greenhouses scattered about, that is where much of the food for the resort is raised. But, I had a park that was pretty well developed and once I reached about 750 peeps the software locked up. It was this park from a couple years ago: The "Plaza"... The park was named after the main feature, this large glass shopping mall/indoor amusement park with thrill rides, three pools and a couple coasters... I also had some pretty nice builds in that park like this nightclub, the "Trocadero" This Chinese restaurant, "Pink Panda"... This theatre, the "Blue Taj Cineplex"... in fact that's my next project for Wright Terrace Gardens, a new theatre. (I think I have a thread set on these here somewhere guys, "Welcome To My Worlds"...? it's probably buried a long way down the board, lol) But I believe what really crippled that park, was this building, "The Wedge"... For this current park, instead of covering the park with pathway, the peeps ride a monorail between three or four different complex' that should hopefully limit the amount of peeps, but if they get to be too much I'll simply remove some path at the entrance... So the building here at Wright Terrace Gardens will have to slow down some as far as the elaborate structures, I don't know how much more can be added, but I am able to accommodate 1100 at the time of the two coasters I just added, so I hope there is some head room left, lol. Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thx1138 Posted October 21, 2014 Author Share Posted October 21, 2014 Excellent! I just love that modern office/apartment building thing and the new modern restaurant! There's not much architecture-based parks here in the forums, so Wright Terrace Gardens is an excellent break. Keep up the fantastic work! Oh, and by the way, the shrubs I use for Topaz Park are vanilla, but a lot of other stuff is custom. Maybe I'm thinking of some other things. Here is some detail on building the triangular pool and Wright Tower... ___________________________________________________________________________ Here we have the base of Wright Tower going up along with the upper floor of the new restaurant... (Yes, I decided to ditch RCT and go Lego! ) Here is the floor of the house restaurant, still haven't picked a theme for the restaurant if any, maybe a fancy New York style steak house or "surf-'n-turf" and a lounge area maybe... I like to make sure land masses line up for stairs early on and use game glass as a measuring stick too. ^ One last look at the giant Lego before the stack goes up... __________________________________________________ So we left off with a giant granite lego and a rough idea of Wright Tower and a LOT of work ahead of us... and one thing I really, really wanted for this build and have for years before I ever heard of the falling water house, was a triangular pool, a right triangle... These pools can be a very frustrating experience, I almost gave up the notion twice to settle for a couple multi-level, lapped rectangular pools, glad I persevered because the result was pretty much what I wanted... Placed it right across the big Kleenex box to break those rectangular lines... And next to the new pool we have the pathway part of Wright Tower up over the lobby, this will make it fully functional and allow peeps to wander the rooms and floors... Here we see the first floor of rooms on top of the lobby. The rooms are 1300 sq. ft. with a 200 sq. ft. patio space. Lol, RCT-3 interior scenery is pretty hit and miss, sometimes you have to make sectional sofas out of glass blocks etc, lol. So here is the high-rise, it's 10 stories of two deluxe suites for a total of 20... I could have made it much taller and thought about adding at least two more floors... But, for the sake of the game software not locking up, I settled for a more modest 10 floors. Now, I guess it's okay, but it really needs something more doesn't it, something to set it apart from all the other "big glass box" buildings we see... Wright wradiators... Inside we have done our best to accommodate you in spacious luxury, (and notice the shrubbery all the rooms have big screens, 100 meg internet access and full work stations for those using the cloud... I think that's one of my favorite movies playing on the tele...^ There are still a lot of details to be tended to, some major things like installing the elevator for those lazy peeps, but I do feel as though we have crossed a major milestone, whew! Now it's on to the new restaurant next door and also a theatre that is another part of the complex. Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoshiCraft2011 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I would like to recommend a few custom scenery sets that may or may not help with the building process. Some great sets for interior furnishings are StationJimJr's Furniture and Hotel sets. These sets contain sofas, cabinets, television sets, and I think that one of them even has an Atari 2600. For catwalks, ATH Catwalks are a no brainer. They are simple catwalk pieces that add a touch of realism to your coasters. I know I've said this a million times before, but this project is simply fantastic. Keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thx1138 Posted October 21, 2014 Author Share Posted October 21, 2014 I would like to recommend a few custom scenery sets that may or may not help with the building process. Some great sets for interior furnishings are StationJimJr's Furniture and Hotel sets. These sets contain sofas, cabinets, television sets, and I think that one of them even has an Atari 2600. For catwalks, ATH Catwalks are a no brainer. They are simple catwalk pieces that add a touch of realism to your coasters. I know I've said this a million times before, but this project is simply fantastic. Keep it up! Yeah, I tried the hotel set, but I get a message that Microsoft needs to search the web to open the file, are some of those Apple? Oh buddy, I'd really love to get a nice set of RCT-3 interior scenery instead of having to make do the way I have been, especially when it comes to interior CS! (Been waiting for years! Another thing I'd like, is a Las Vegas set, yep! I see you live there, perhaps one of us should do a Vegas build, I did one years ago in RCT-2, it was pretty funky, no custom scenery, but I did as well as I could with what I had to work with. Here is some more from WTG... ______________________________________________________ Here is the yet to be finished lobby... Lol, I don't even have the back wall up yet, I hope she brought a sweater today.^ You can see the entire back of the building needs to be put up before I proceed much further... But it should come out really nicely and enhance what we have so far. Each room has a nice spacious, breezy patio and just look at that shrubbery! And here in this long shot you can see the beginnings of the next big project: "Wright Plaza"... Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCI Wooden Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 When can we expect another update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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