Ask the Experts / Casinos Chairty Park

Hey there how is everyone today...I was just writing down some ideas and a layout for my new Park !! It is all about gambling but in a theme park....The Casinos took some of there money and made a Charity Theme Park out of it. I was wondering if anyone knew where I might be able to find some scenery objects such as :::

Horses
Jockeys
Poker Chips
Cards
Slot Machines
Craps tables
Dice
Poker tables
Chairs


or anything you think would be a good addition to it


This is going to be a big thing for me actually and its going to be the best park ive done so far



Well ive been trying to make custom objects with the object creator and here is what I have .... Basically i want to make a wall in the style of a dealer chip for poker right .... well how would i rotate and or move this around to be an actual wall...

And whats the best types of files to use MY chip looks a bit disoriented check it out .....






You can also check out a previous park i had done a year or two ago on my photobucket if your curious lol

Thanks !!

I dont know exactly what your asking but this object is not looking good atm. at least make sure its in an isometric view.
I think you should look at Dimension Realsm of Creations by kumba, he made a kind of casino in that park.

First things First ... how do I change to Iso View?

To let you know I want to make a Wall out of that chip ..... iso view.... = Solved

If you see the chip is disoriented in color Is this because I converted from JPEG to BMP (for the object editor)

How can I solve the looks of it ?? (The colors basically)

Anddd When I change to Iso view will it convert back to normal colors ?? ^^^

Edited by bl665, 16 September 2009 - 05:33 PM.

if you use a program like Paint Shop Pro you can use perspective correction to get it into an iso view. just toy with your image editor.
dont convert it to a greycale bitmap like you probally did. and make sure the top left pixel is the color you want to be transparant.

To create something like a sign (or card) which is flat, open up your image in MS paint. Go to Image > Stretch/Skew, and set the vertical angle to 26 degrees. Then open up the RCT2 Object Editor and upload your BMP file. It's best to start with a BMP file to begin with, because if you start with JPG and switch to BMP, you'll lose color quality. So if you're collecting files off the internet, make sure you save them as BMP and not JPG or GIF.

Here's a picture to help you out.




Mind you, that method will give you one of the crappiest pieces of scenery imaginable and people will hate you for it. They will destroy their hard drives in an attempt to rid themselves of that piece of crap. But, that's the basic idea on how to make custom signs. It's advised that you use a more advanced photo editing program to add things like shadows or 3D effects before skewing it.

hahaha Awesome !!! thanks a lot for the help:D lol now I finally know what I need to do !!!

And as far as the scenery item being really crappy... when I edit shadows/3d effects will that change the look or is there really any way to change custom scenery like that to look good ?

Are you a magician?

@ FM -> 26 degrees works for you everytime?
strange, cause the isometric view in rct2 is 30 degrees so you should expect that it had to be an 30 degrees angle.

Are you a magician?

No ?lol what do you mean ?



And as far as the angle goes .. should I use 26Degrees or 30Degrees?

Levis, I thought the same thing. But when I tried 30 degrees, the object/map lines weren't parallel. So I'm guessing that maybe RCT2 graphics aren't entirely isometric.

Wow! I feel helpful.

Ok well Here is an update I finally got started and finished with some scenery here is a pic .... Its not very great if there is a way to change it let me know !!

at least make sure you use a wal instead of small scenery and make both sides. and make sure you apply shaddows to it (so make it about 25% darker).

You have a "magic" folder so i just thought, you know... and to me a briefcase resembles work.

Edited by Goliath123, 19 September 2009 - 04:44 AM.

That's like.. 50 times better than the circle you showed us before. But yeah, make it a wall, and have the image on both sides, like Levis said, and that's a perfectly usable piece of scenery.

at least make sure you use a wal instead of small scenery and make both sides. and make sure you apply shaddows to it (so make it about 25% darker).

Ok I will and as far as shadows go...im using the Gimp if you have ever heard of it and it wont let me change shadow effects due to it having pixels or something any help


"You have a "magic" folder so i just thought, you know... and to me a briefcase resembles work"


Lol hell ya ima magician haha jk I dunno why its there lol



"That's like.. 50 times better than the circle you showed us before. But yeah, make it a wall, and have the image on both sides, like Levis said, and that's a perfectly usable piece of scenery."



Thanks man .. Ya I sort of have been trying to figure it out hahaha and do you mean both sides like NE and NW or all four in each view ? can you explain im slow haha sorry

Edited by bl665, 19 September 2009 - 12:16 PM.

Hey Guys well I darkened it 25% this is the other wall I have going on. Check it out

I'm trying to say "make it a wall, instead of a full tile piece."

haha ok well here i think this is going to be right !!

The one on the left is much better. Much smoother and more realistic.

Also, you have No Limits? I'm jealous...

ya True it is hmmm maybe I should switch well see .... and hahah Yes ive had it for a while its like my thing ..... if coastersims.com was still up id give you a link to a few of the rides hahaha anyways ima keep working on this scenery after work lol