RCT Discussion / Park Updates

24-January 04

G Force Offline

Yea, the Blitz.
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CoasterCreator9 Offline

Warbird Cove is progressing; the park itself is nearly complete - I just need to work on adding life to the surroundings (Read: Do the surroundings) including some foliage tweaks, addition of some smaller boats along the piers, surrounding buildings and city life setting, etc.
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Jappy Offline

Getting there! The Indian and Indonesian areas are done, only the Western Frontier and Australia to do. After that, surroundings, back stage, fixing little things and it's finished...!
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Lagom Offline

Wow, map looks huge, and you build fast. Looking forward to it.
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RWE Offline

95%!

Searching for testers at the moment, who want to have a look into it before the release. Send me a PM, if you want!
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Lagom Offline

Looks very nice, RWE. Can't wait to check it out.

One thing though (two). I would reconsider the ground texture under the water, and also cut down on the waves a bit. But yes, rest looks very nice.
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G Force Offline

I agree with Lagom. Not sure the water has to be that deep either, or at least all the same depth.
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RWE Offline

There have been people who really liked it and people who don't liked it so far...i changed it a thousand times and i feel like the current one is really fitting well with the waterfront facades and the boardwalk when taking a closer look.

I'm gonna see what the testers think! Thank you for your comments!
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Louis! Offline

Sent it my way baby
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RWE Offline

Sent it my way baby

Sure!
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Scoop Offline

I'm down too
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olddtfan51 Offline

I would love to test it.
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][ntamin22 Offline

Vermillion update

April 26th 2017 Status: Back at it after NEDC4. I've got a new map planning photoshop file that has proven really useful but I'm sinking a lot of time into making it look pretty that I could be spending in-game. Still no real plan for filling out the blank area in Kingdoms, but I'm trying out a few layouts in hopes it'll proceed naturally from there. Possibly a kiddie/family area, but the Vermillion parks don't really do the "here's the kiddie area with all the kiddie rides" thing. If I can find a theme that fits well like Seussland or Fantasyland that has a higher concentration of family-oriented stuff that might be best.

Spoiler

A sampling of cross-map work recently:

- (carryover from Feb. update) Heavily considering dropping a few rides and just opening areas up. Things are very typically "][ crowded" at the moment in a lot of places and I think it's holding the parks back.

- Huge amounts of planning. The entire Eastern third of the 9-map square was largely just a list of things that should probably go there somehow until recently, when I started laying out what the terrain should look like and placement of stuff.

Planning notes:

The planned golf course map is probably going to be less golf course than anticipated because golf courses are big.

Added a hotel on the primary resort map where I had a new gap thanks to some parking lot shuffling

rerouted planned monorail extension so that one track will now be a dedicated airport line

rerouted resort loop surface road so guest access to the hotels is much more straightforward

added a tunnel to the massive highway interchange

removed flyover ramp that used to go to SS parking because...

SS parking is now a shared MEGA PARKING LOT with VK parking. The idea is that one parking tram loop will run between the two parks with a stop (or two?) in the middle section of the elongated parking lot that connects them both. Think something like Kings Island and it's waterpark - shared lot, same paid parking entrance, different entrances to the parks.

outlined potential monorail extensions to the North and West of VE - possibly for staff access, off-map resorts, monorail depot, etc.

planned out a breakwater/causeway link between the VA event theater on map 6 and the marina/bridgehead area on map 7.

planned out a waterfront resort on map 7 modeled on the Fontainebleau Miami Beach.

Roughed out the monorail station and entrance to SS with a lazy river loop

planned additional monorail stations for map 7 resort and map 9 golf course/resort

- Shifted the highway on map 5 south a bit to allow better placement of the bridge ramps on map 8

- built a proof-of-concept bridge on map 8 to make sure I can do what I want to do without exceeding RCT height caps

- Worked out a Fahrenheit-clone layout because Louis never built me one (Thanks to G Force for layout feedback)

- Worked on developing a PTC family wooden layout (Thanks to sens for layout feedback)

- Tried a few GCI layouts in the blank Kingdoms are

- Got about 70% done with the Very Large Boat on VA but then didn't finish it in time for #BoatDay2k17

- did somefiddling with pool decks and I think I've finally got a lip I'm happy with

- uploaded a screen of the beach area at Bayside

- reworked some of the shared Bahia Crown / Hillside pool complex to include a swim-up bar under the monorail crossing

- reworked the parking/ring road for Bahia Crown

- considering doing a HK Disney approach where some hotels just have parking off-site in the main garages and you get valet service, I don't really want to do the logistics of a plausibly-sized garage or surface lot for all these hotels when I could be much happier just making hotel buildings

- added an indoor coaster to one of the empty buildings in Little Kingdom on VK

- opened up a resort entrance to Little Kingdom on VK where there used to be some shitty buildings

- might get some tester feedback on the Kingdom of the North area in VK, it's one of the bits of the whole project I'm feeling isn't really a great fit at the moment.

Currently there are [9] maps started. The 3 main parks are actively being built on, if only in small patches, the waterpark map is in early blocking in, and [7] resorts are under construction.

(Map1 - CPLD) Vermillion Escape: 95% Complete, 6/6 Coasters

(Map2 - SVKY) Vermillion Adventures: 55% Complete, 7/8? Coasters

(Map3 - SEGU) Vermillion Resorts - Hillside: 70% Complete

(Map4 - HNSN) Vermillion Kingdoms: 50% Complete, 5/7? Coasters

(Map5 - WLTN) Vermillion Resorts - Bay Shore - Bahia Crown: 50% Complete

(Map6 - ????) Vermillion Adventures Event Theater: 5% Complete

(Map8 - DZBY) Vermillion's Solero Springs - Costabella: 10% Complete, 1.5/5? Coasters

(map9 - ????) Vermillion's Harpy Forest Resort - Harpy Forest Course: 5% Complete

Isla Hernando: Released

The Vermillion Resort is the life work of one man, known to the world simply as Hernando. When he first bought a few acres on the riverside, he planted the trees that are still on the property today and turned his orchards into the finest for miles around. Hernando always loved entertaining the folks who would come to pick their own fruit, so he began to add attractions and soon expanded across the river to create a full-fledged boardwalk. Hernando's Boardwalk has grown over the decades into one of the finest multi-park amusement destinations in the world, with rides, shows, and all sorts of incredible experiences for visitors from around the world.
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Lagom Offline

So, lately I've been working 10-14 hours a day, and haven't been able to RCT as much as I wanted. But nonetheless, I'm back on track and Gröna Lund is currently about 95%. Much valuable work has been made. Lots of details have been added all over the map, and I really like what's there. Having so much fun with this.

Some fun(?) facts:

In-game years: 648
Saved games: 801
Guests: 3829
Object Data left to use: 82122(!)
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Poke Offline

Looks like another spotlight to me.
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G Force Offline

Needs more boats and Cena path.
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Liampie Offline

That's a nice test for Seaquarium. Can s large map containing a relatively small park win spotlight?
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Louis! Offline

This looks incredible.
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RWE Offline

Amazing work, dude!
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mintliqueur Offline

Wow, looks fantastic from the overview! Can't wait to check this out in game!
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