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So after milieu bombed, I decided to try and take that and move forward. I decided to make a new park (the full theme will be disclosed next update, gotta get a park logo first of course... righto).

The architecture itself looks better than my previous stuff (moreso in the second screen though, but even so, the first screen still is cool in game).

The first theme is an 1800s port town. Guests have two ways of getting there. One side has a bridge, and the other requires a short boat ride over. I've got some neat stuff in the area and more planned. One won't be disclosed until the park is released (which is no biggie since it's not even that great a thing although I still get a kick out of it).

Anyways, here are the two screens. The first is of the port entrance when people dock from the boat ride. The second is of a better building style for me. And while I know it's rather plain in colors, it's more dynamic and sensable than bright colors. I promise though, that I'll have brighter themes in the park. I promise that the greens, greys, and browns won't dominate my parks anymore iris =)







Comments and criticism appreciated.

Enjoy.

- Freak

Looks awesome I always love your realistic but still themed style.

Oh yay! New project from freak......

Anyway, from the screens shown, they are quite nice, but I am not sure about the river rapids being white....hmmm....

I'm not too sure about all of that one roof texture in the second screen. Try to mix in a few others.

But other than that, it's looking very nice.

I think you should try leaving your comfort zone. You use the same trees, same colours, same textures, same style with all your parks. And while it looks good, I'm not sure why I should like this more than any of your other works.

Trust me, I definitely will be in the other areas of this park, but I can't really see a better way to do an 1800s port theme... I'm not going to use a bunch of color for this.

And as for trees, well, again, seemed appropriate. Not to mention, RCT has very few trees that don't look like shit imo. The later ones in the tab are basically it aside from 2 or 3 others.

the lombard tree you use, is actually one of the few i don't use.

This is just incredibly boring stuff, and it doesn't appeal to me whatsoever. I don't know what you exactly want with an 1800's port theme, but this looks just like all your other "themes" as natelox pointed out. You should definitely try to be more creative. Add all kinds of 1800's port stuff, reasons for that building.... make the building look DIFFERENT than every other second LL building. (probably every third rct2 building?) There is just totally nothing to hold my interest for more than a split second in that second screen. If you continue like this, this will be the regular freak park i open up and close just minutes after. I hope you get my drift, here.

It's ok. Nothing too special or too creative.

You should definately try to use more roof textures. And I seriously do not like the white rapids with the kart track.

uhm, well, i don't think this is about being creative, trying new things or impress others with your overly genius new composition of things.
honestly, natelox, i think finding a comfort zone is quite good because i would think it makes you enjoy the game more, and as long as that is the case, all is well.
sure, i see where you're coming from, because the screens don't look different from any other work rctfreak2000 has done so far, but hey, if he likes it, he should keep doing it.
so in other words, i'm glad there are still ll players around, especially old ones who have an idea of the game and community. just enjoy yourself with the game and don't stop building. the improvement is admittedly little, but it's there nonetheless. for me, that's all what counts, improvement.

I really don't like that rapids hot-dog thing on top of that building. It's really out of place.

I really don't like that rapids hot-dog thing on top of that building. It's really out of place.

agreed

It looks ok, I see a bit of vTd's Dulaney Steelworks area in this screen for some reason.

It looks good except for the go kart roof... Everything else looks very 1800s-ish.

I love that second screen for some reason. I don't know why as it's not a very exciting building. The first screen is ok but that rapids thing has got to go.

Wow thats awsome freak, your definitly one of my favorite parkmakers, cant wait till its finished.

I like the second screen. The combination of white and rusty textures together with the tree selection is beautiful. I'm not so sure of the colour of the rafting on the roof on the first screen, though.

MfG
BG

I like the second screen. The combination of white and rusty textures together with the tree selection is beautiful. I'm not so sure of the colour of the rafting on the roof on the first screen, though.

MfG
BG

Thanks.

I did change it to grey, so it looks better now.

I've been messing around with some stuff, and it looks better as a whole in the entire section. I just have to fix the naming glitch in the game, otherwise I dunno if I can finish this park with everything unnamed...

By the way: One thing I always wanted to ask you - Did you ever look into the building with the green 'C' on it in Cataclysm?

MfG
BG

By the way: One thing I always wanted to ask you - Did you ever look into the building with the green 'C' on it in Cataclysm?

MfG
BG

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*gasp*

You rule. lol. I don't even remember when I asked for that! So awesome you are. I must have missed it while I was looking at the park the previous few thousand times. I seriously go to it for inspiration all the time.

Alright guys, due to some bug in the park that I couldn't fix with trainers or the Saved Game Modifier, I'm just gonna have to start over. I've got an old version with the landscaping done, but no architecture. This means I can try to improve this newer version of the area.

I'll start a new topic when I get enough done.

Thanks all.