Screenshot / Raven, Track Final, Landscape first pass
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24-September 14
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After looking to both the real coaster and all it's angles, I decided to take some liberty and change it up a bit [see the hills past the lake turn] and decided to go with an "Inspired" Version rather than a 1:1 recreation.
As you can see, I just started/ mocked up how the land shall be shaped, and most if the area between the station and the lake is woods and camp grounds [though they sit much more closer to the lake and away from the coaster and park].
The flat area next to the station is where a kids area is and shall be started when I get the station and other parts of the coaster done. -
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Great improvement! Looking a lot better than your first take, glad to see that you took some of the suggestions into account!
Yeah, I thank you guys for helping
Not bad. I like the flow over the lake a lot. Going up out of it, I dislike the up, 45, and then the second up. In the valley, keep in mind that you are lower than the lake here, so either change this, or make sure that you incorporate some sort of river with waterfalls/whatever to make sure that the place doesn't look like it's prone to flooding. End gets a little choppy, I'm sure you'll smooth this out. First drop, make the bottom more gradual (throw in a few 30 degree slopes, not just a flat section). And as I mentioned on the other screen, station area feels too big. But surprisingly the rest of it feels pretty okay.
@navalin, "some sort of river with waterfalls/whatever to make sure that the place doesn't look like it's prone to flooding."
IRL, I don't think it's as extreme of a height difference, if at all (this is the Midwest we're talking about, not much in the way of topography changes). I've never been to the park, so I don't know from a first hand experience, but you might be right about it being a slightly lower elevation than the lake. Map imagery makes it look like the lake is possibly a constructed reservoir, but I still doubt that the valley that your ride dips into is 30-40 feet lower than the water level, because that's a pretty massive dam. I would be building hills up on either side of it instead of digging a valley for the coaster to ride into, or at least to get it so that the bottom of the valley is no more than 10 feet below the lake. It also looks like there's no river coming out of the reservoir, but there is a small stream. Water has to go somewhere, so just make sure you keep that in mind to avoid the landscape looking a bit unsettling.