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Ok since I'm a newbie at NE you guys are probably dreading this but I really want to know what you think.

It's not a big park and I'd love to continue working on it according to your imput about my technique (or probably lack of it!). Be totally honest but if you're going to say something bad, please also be constructive so I know where I'm going wrong.

Anyway here's a part of the entrance. I've always been rubbish at buildings.


Not much to go on, I know but I've only started it and as I said, I want to build it with some guidance...

It looks like a pretty good start! The main thing you could improve would be colours. It looks like you've just used the default red and yellow and it gets a bit gaudy when used so much - eg the bright yellow floors. Also your fountain is a bit bizarre with the trees floating on the water and red and yellow waterfalls!

Keep at it - it's mostly a question of practice. You seem to be on the right lines!

Yeah for sure the colours are wacky! They don't look quite as crazy on the crappy screen on my PC but when I see them in all their glory here on my Mac they look nuts!

Thanks for your reply.

Ok since I'm a newbie at NE you guys are probably dreading this but I really want to know what you think.

Nah, not really, you have to see my first screens back in the day

I think you have some good basics, like your building forms, open pathing and variation of textures..
But like xophe said, the fountain is bit bizarre with different colours of water and trees floating on the surface..

Looking forward to see your first ride though!
Because that's what usually makes a good park great

SF

Agreed with Xophe, ditch the red/yellow waterfalls. Make them teal/lightblue. And try to use different colors as well, it gets a bit boring with just the red and yellow. The part with the train rail looks good.

Does every new member sing ''stop the catbox''? I used to sing that too, and now I impersonate Dame Edna at gay bars!? Is it possible to change your undertitle?

LMAO, I set the member titles to say that stuff. They should be updated and if you want it changed you need to PM a admin about it.

As for the screen... very bright and I am not a fan of the brick texture on the building to the left. Also as mentioned the fountain is to weird. Yellow/red water and trees on the surface... I think you should re-do it all.

Good luck getting into parkmaking. The best thing you can do to get good is look at great ne parks and borrow some ideas you like.

Thanks for the help guys. The weird fountain is GONE! I'll finish off the entrance plaza later. At the minute I'm building a B&M invert because I couldn't wait to start on a ride. It's finished in terms of layout but I'm not looking forward to the supports! eek!

I suddenly have a craving for McDonalds?

it looks pretty okay.. the buildings are very charming, although i'm not sure how i like the colors. oh well.. gotta be a first time for everything!

i would suggest to start experimenting with different land heights and foliage combinations.. my favorite thing to look at in parks (well, besides rides) is foliage and how many different moods people can accomplish with what starts out as just a bunch of trees. i'd really like to see what you can do it terms of landscape. make me proud.

Hi Daisy,

I think it's a good start. You don't want to see my first park . I like the shape of your buildings! Try to give the building better colors, this is a little bit to much yellow . Please try to think what's logical. The trees are on top of the water. Please remove those.

Yeah, I really want to build a terrain coaster at some stage. Is it best to lay out your track around the bumps in the land or the other way around???

I sometimes try to cheat by building coasters on flat land and then raising the land under the hills of the track but I know that's not quite the same as a real terrain coaster

haha you don't want to see my first park, either. not too good

go ahead and try forming a rough landscape first and then try to adapt a coaster to it.. it's alot harder though. for your first attempt i would suggest coaster first and landscaping later.

p.s. i think i'm going to make you my wife. you're a girl, you play RCT, you love to drink and you have an irish accent? the only two questions i have now are 1) when can we set a date? and 2) where have you been for the past 5 years?

p.s. i think i'm going to make you my wife. you're a girl, you play RCT, you love to drink and you have an irish accent? the only two questions i have now are 1) when can we set a date? and 2) where have you been for the past 5 years?

1) A set date for "our wedding" or a set date for the park?
The park will probably take a while since I've so far only got a little Intamin, a B&M invert and an entrance plaza that will be torn down and re-worked. Although I'm sick at the minute so that means I'll do piss all work and just knuckle down to RCT.

2) For the last 5 years I've been lurking in the background trying to build up the courage to come on here and submit something.

Like the title says - here goes...

OK so this update probably isn't worthwhile since there's still no themeing done but I want to know what you think anyway.

Two coasters. The first is "Monkey Bars", a B&M invert (sorry but I love them).



Then there's this fairly modest but fast Intamin, "Marvo Ging".



Comments are much appreciated.

''Monkey Bars'' and ''Marvo Ging''? WTF did those names come from? The layout of Monkey Bars looks good, but change the name, unless you have a good reason to name a rollercoaster ''Monkey Bars'' and what does ''Marvo Ging'' mean?

I like quirky names.


I'm glad you like the MB layout because I'm really pleased with it too. I meant to say in the post that I'm very nervous about the supports... do they look ok or am i using them all wrong? They can be quite tricky to get right, especially with inverted track.

The Monkey Bars supports look good. The lifthill and supports of Marvo Ging is a little to much in my opinion. It looks like a bunch of cages in a row.

From the loop to the cobra roll, that layout is insanely pointless. And there is WAY too much straight track before that dive loop.

Monkey Bars would look much better on NL. (Saying that it has a somewhat decent layout)

Yeah I might give it a go in NL sometime. I could refine it a lot more there for sure. The turn after the loop is kind of supposed to be a inclined helix like the one on Talon but obviously RCT won't let me build one of those, that's why it looks a bit awkward.