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I like them all.

Another hotel....

i find it a bit boring actually. it's quite monotonous.

i find it a bit boring actually. it's quite monotonous.

Lets just say that I'm seeing too much hotels lately...

I... kinda... don't... like... it.

It's bland, repetitive, boring, but somewhat nice. I like that roof thing, but PLEASE fix it up more...

Better.

Change the benches.

The challenge of building a hotel is making it LOOK like a hotel without it being repetitive or monotonous, which is not an easy task. Its good to see people trying new stuff in RCT2 tho. I agree with tyandor's statement....I think rwadam's hotel in NASCAR Experience has inspired a few too many people to build hotels. I might just try one myself here someday. Anyway, on yours, I like the tennis court, but the balconies and facades are repetitive and quite boring to me. The roof, with all that path stuff on it, almost creates an illusion that there is no roof. Good luck, to ya on this...

Lets just say that I'm seeing too much hotels lately...

Really? Well perhaps you live in a poor starving country because where I am architects are striving to create thrilling and inspiring designs for their hotels. And i know for a fact this is the case in the rest of Europe....

Better.

Change the benches.

Those are sport benches... and only for the tennis court. It fits just fine for the courts. We won't use those benches for the rest of the park though.

And about the large amount of the hotels.... Yes, there will be a lot of hotels in this park. Probably six total. We're trying to make them all different. And don't worry about this being a 'hotel' park.... The map is a full 256 x 256 so it won't seem like it's dominated by hotels.

Really? Well perhaps you live in a poor starving country because where I am architects are striving to create thrilling and inspiring designs for their hotels. And i know for a fact this is the case in the rest of Europe....

Since when do you decide to take over the posistion of cynical hard-ass? Your bad at it, quit. Go back to your day job.

Try as he might.

While you may have distinguished different hotels, they don't seem to have drawing power.
They need spunk. Something that makes them scream the theme you're going for.
Right now they just look like your old, run-of-the-mill hotel. Not something fit to be an "official" resort hotel.
I think the major problem is color schemes... the dull and mismatched colors don't fair well.
A brown, light blue and white palette doesn't necessarily look all too inviting, does it?

Mick has made a great looking Rainforest Cafe for the park. There needs to be some more theming around it before we release a screenshot of it but one will come soon.

Looks ok but i think the balconys look a bit too repetative.

^ Well, usually hotels will have some sort of repetiveness. The style of us four (except for Kai) is more of a traditional style. I just don't think some awkward fantasy hotel will work for this park since we go for realism. But not all of the park will be this way. Like the Rainforest Cafe, it is based on a real picture, but looks better and crazier than any restaurant I've seen in RCT.

The park is at a slight stand still right now. Mick and Kai can't take it right now and I'm a bit busy. RCTNW has it, but I'm not too sure how much he can do now.

The Le Meridian Hotel has been demolished. RCTNW found out that we are getting very high on our sprite limit already.... and we're still in scenario editor mode! In its place will be some beach cottages instead.

What's the map size?

^256 x 256

Which one is Le Meridian?
So do you have most of the park in place if you are nearing your sprite limit? Or do you have quite a way to go?

^256 x 256

There's your problem with the sprite-limit... You have to leave lots of space empty with such a mapsize.
Remember something about the sprites: how larger the mapsize, the more landscape data you have what you have to take off the total limit. A larger size allows less objects per square. Even if u use only the same surface of for example an 200X200 map.

I think it looks good, Great color scheme and structure to the hotels. But i think everyone is getting carried away with the whole resort and hotel building...It adds alot to the parks and makes them more interesting. But everyone is starting to make them,and most arent that good.