Rivers Of Adventure - NEW - "Phobos Twister vid Inside!"

[n747]

A new park is in the works. Rivers of Adventure.
http://img76.exs.cx/img76/6614/d6-RoA1.jpg
it was created out of expanding off of one coaster, which i havent named yet (heck, the park isnt open yet!)
http://img76.exs.cx/img76/7023/9a-RoA6.jpg
theres an action shot of its first drop. i wanted to, when i first got the game, try out the tilt coaster because it was something i had never seen before. so i created it, but realized that it could use some scenery, so i built a stronghold around it, and that ended up defining the entire park. heres two more shots of that coaster.
http://img76.exs.cx/img76/7443/82-RoA4.jpg
an action shot of the intense helix.
http://img76.exs.cx/img76/5126/17-RoA5.jpg
the station was especially hard to make.

I searched through the coaster arsenal of RCT3 and discovered another odd ball coaster type. and i needed a small, compact design for the hills in front of the park, so i went with it. i think its called an "inverted wild mouse"
http://img76.exs.cx/img76/1979/54-RoA8.jpg
it has no name as of yet either.
http://img76.exs.cx/img76/7805/96-RoA9.jpg
heres a another shot of it, with a teaser of my inverted shuttle coaster.

as the park filled up with 3 coasters, the remaining space was getting pinched down, so i used the classic vertical coaster design to fill up some negative areas.
http://img76.exs.cx/img76/4808/52-RoA7.jpg
action shot of the first drop.
http://img76.exs.cx/img76/1433/e0-RoA2.jpg
action shot of the wide overbanks.

theres currently 6 coasters in the park - a tilt coaster, an inverted wild mouse, an inverted shuttle coaster, a vertical drop coaster, and a double racing floorless that i havent shown yet. with those 6 i also have 2 water rides and a roto drop. the park is slowly filling up and quickly reducing my machine's RAM! but its a great park so far, and eventually itll ready for the peeps.

and i leave you with an "skyline" shot.
http://img76.exs.cx/img76/3476/b7-RoA3.jpg

[cac2889]

Wow. Quite impressive. :up:

You did a great job giving your park the appearance of being inside a jungle. Keep up the great work, and if you can post videos, that would be great! :)

[n747]

haha, thanks very much. i still have to try out the video capabilities of the game, but no worries, ill have video too - well, thats IF my machine wont lag too bad. its chuggin right now, especially when i want to place paths....really odd i know. thanks again for the reply.

BTW - its F11 that takes vid and it gets put in its own folder in the My Movies folder, right?

[belloman]

WOW!!! That looks awesome! Very nice theming! I like the first Screenshot of the drop to the log flume. I like how you made it look like a jungle!

[n747]

well, after a long hour of filming and more time getting the movie fixed up.....

http://spartan117.simvision.net/Images/BRrct3_0001.wmv

**VID REMOVED 12/03/04** - feel free to email me if you want it.

nitro747@sbcglobal.net

voila!

still dont know how to externally record sound, and a few minor bugs on the ride such as leaf bleed...but enjoy!

oh yeah and please dont mind the immense buffer times, the compressed vid ruined the quality too much.

[rct addict]

sorry if i missed it but what kind of 'coaster is that? i'd like to make one like that. :D

[n747]

hey, the coaster type is "tilt" coaster. hope to see your designs pretty soon!

[marnetmar]

That's a beautiful park you have going there n747, the themeing is outstanding throughout the ride. Only 1 minor problem I saw in the video was at about 1:55 I got smacked in the face by a plant, no biggie though. Great music choice for the video also, it fit perfectly. Looking forward to more from you in the future :up: :up:

[n747]

indeed, when i first started the ride, the park was completely stark and as time went on, the buildings rose then the plants followed and silly me hadnt ridden the ride in a long time, went to film and saw the plants bleed. well, i didnt want to film for another hour, so i kept it as is.

thanks for your kind words, i hope to impress with some of my other creations.

[cac2889]

Great video! :)

I really enjoyed how you synced the music with ride. When the music stopped right when the car reached the top of the tower and then the boom, everything blurred and you rocket down the hill....very cool. :D

Best video I've seen yet. :) Keep up the great work!

[zordork]

thos pics look cool, downloading the vid now, i will let you know what i think when i have watched it.

[DJDanny2020]

Thats pretty sweet mate, i like it!

Its amazing how trees and landscape changes the whole ride around to make it look great!

Downloadin the video now, great job!

[CoasterExpert]

The vid is so great I did not know which way was down

[RCT4me]

It looks great! Except all the supports are missing, lol.

Edit: From watching the video, there are tree collisions and turns that need to be banked. Not good.

[n747]

haha, so you noticed! RCT3 does a pretty crappy job on layering peices together, so if i want a bush next to my support base, it removes the entire base. same thing with the structure, the supports merely disappear, so i was like "ah screw it, looks better with the scenery"

haha, thanks for your replies. i tried doing a pretty intense coaster in the heart of a massive crater, but realized all too quick that it was too much of a pain to fix. right now, believe it or not, im working on Vanilla Hills! haha, got to get that Tycoon rating before i move on... actually, that park is turning out quite awesome despite the limitations. maybe ill post a few pics of it later.

Rivers of Adventure will have at least...hmm...3 more coasters to add to its arsenal bringing the grand total to 9. works out well as you arent always looking at a mass of steel. the coasters will be...drumroll please..

A Multidimension coaster on the edge of Hydroponica (the area with the greenhouse "pills"

A Giga coaster on the back edge of the park, similar to Goliath at SFMM.

A followup coaster to Blackbeard's Wrath - Redbeard's Revenge - not sure what type though.

and i lied, one more - probably a wild mine car dark ride to bring the total to 10. still doesnt hold the world record (i think its...12 at Ceder Point) but a pretty good number nonetheless.

thanks again for your replies and i hope to see some of your works too.

well, again, thanks for the replies. im glad to hear that this park has

EDIT - indeed i've stated many times that there were tree collisions in the vid, since then they have been removed. and not all turns on a coaster are banked, in fact having too many banked turns can result in a rocky ride. the only place i could think where you are talking about is towards the end of the ride, before the double corkscrew and after the cobra at the end. those were intentionally placed to increase the lateral Gs in that section. they arent too fast that they hurt the ride's specs, they are just right in giving the guests an unexpected surprise.

if you have ridden Ghostrider at Knott's Berry Farm, you'd see that the coaster's last section of helix is actually flat and man does it give you an awesome feeling. the pressure of the Gs mixed with the curvature of the track pushes on you till it finally releases into the station.

so while the curve may seem that it needs a bank...ive intentionally left one out for that same effect.

[CoasterExpert]

Could you give us the stats llike Escitement Nausea and Intensity and also how many lateral gs Blackbeards wrath has

[n747]

no prob

Excitement - 8.25
Intensity - 7.58
Nausea - 3.62

Max Pos - 5.91g
Max Neg - -1.90
Max Lat - 3.46

Total Airtime - 23 secs
Drops - 16
Highest Drop Height - 184.05 ft
Inversions - 8

Max Speed - 79.26
Average Speed - 35.54
Ride Time - 1:41secs
Ride Length - 5305.48 ft

there you go

[RCT4me]

haha, so you noticed! RCT3 does a pretty crappy job on layering peices together, so if i want a bush next to my support base, it removes the entire base. same thing with the structure, the supports merely disappear, so i was like "ah screw it, looks better with the scenery"

For supports, fish around the scenery window to find substitutes. You can also use them as custom supports. I don't think theres many, but you can use the latticework, though it's not as easy to use since you have to place it when the track is at a certain height.

[Bitter Jeweler]

That was a great ride!
great soundtrack also!

Can't wait to see the finnished park!

[SkyTearer]

Looks awesome, when will be be available for download?

[Milkdud]

Excellent coaster bud! I loved everything about it! The best part about the video was the music, especially when it gets all quiet right at the top of the drop- AWSOME!

Also when you said you thought Cedar Point had 12 coasters, try again. Top Thrill Dragster was thier 16th coaster (maybe 17th but I'm almost positive its 16)! I'm going there this summer, I can't wait! :)

Anyways, my fav. pics were the first and second one (but i also liked the coaster with the tall hydroponic green house pillar things) :)
Good job, keep it up.

Edit: Oh and I forgot to add that the stronghold you built around the tilt coaster was GREAT!

[RCT4me]

Top Thrill Dragster was thier 16th coaster (maybe 17th but I'm almost positive its 16)!

It's 16. :noob:

[adrenalinaddict]

Blackbeards Wrath - adrenalin addict accolade awarded:

First vid I've watched (more than) five times

Very exciting coaster, like the building too, esp the 'windows' you pass before the lift, very Doom-like. As a fan of some of Rob Dougan's tracks (Clubbed To Death etc) wish our uni pc's had headphones so I could hear the music!

Noticed the top of the lift/drop looks a bit alien like so anyone designing an alien (or alien vs predator dueling) coaster could make use of that...

[n747]

adrenalinaddict - AWESOME! im so pleased to see my vid and my park is getting such recognition. For the past few days ive been working on scenerios (defaults, not customs!) so getting a bit more experience in the scenery pieces and i'll definately check out the steel girders under the generic scenery as ride supports, thats a GREAT idea! now at 10:20pm PST, im gonna load up the park and start on a new coaster...maybe a...aha, im not gonna tell! but if you liked Blackbeard's Wrath, you'll like this one a lot!

Ceder Point has 16 coasters eh? haha, shows how far out i am of "education" on the matter. Although i must say that strata coasters should not count as the total. even in RCT3, you cant make a very good strata. and the only one ive seen that actually does more than just up and down is Xcellerator at Knott's, and even then...

I've also noticed my picture hosting went down for a little bit. no probs though. It'll be up before tommorrow.

Thanks again for the awesome replies. you guys make the agony of filming worth it!

[rybolton]

Great work n7, looks amazing!

[CoasterExpert]

Hey Ive noticed because I don't got rct3 yet that lateral g's don't really matter in this game because 5 lateral g's will actually give you a great injury since in rct2 more than 3 lateral g's will set in low excitement and high intensity in the 11's. But I guess that is more great I guess

[n747]

True, the game might be a little undersensitive to Lats. probably because it doesnt make for fun rides if every curve needed to be taken slower.

but anyways - time for an update to the park!

ive been working on the new coaster in the back section of the park for about 2 days. first night i made it, tested it and such and it came within acceptable limits. but i didnt want another super intense beast in the park, so next day i chopped off half of its original height and started adding scenery around. and what im gonna show you is a hybrid Standup/Strata coaster that came out exceptionally well. but its not quite done yet. so no finished screens. just teasers. take a gander at ... The Green Hornet

http://img76.exs.cx/img76/7109/6e-ROA20.jpg

http://img76.exs.cx/img76/4233/be-ROA21.jpg

http://img76.exs.cx/img76/9889/6f-ROA22.jpg
this pic was too distorted to show up in the reply.

and this next section is the Floorless Racing coaster i was talking about in the previous updates.

http://img95.exs.cx/img95/2818/0d-ROA23.jpg

http://img95.exs.cx/img95/4886/c0-ROA24.jpg

http://img95.exs.cx/img95/2108/3b-ROA25.jpg

http://img95.exs.cx/img95/8971/1d-ROA26.jpg

http://img95.exs.cx/img95/4632/2b-ROA27.jpg
same with this one

and thats it in The Rivers of Adventure. come back soon for finished screens of Green Hornet and possibly a new vid.

[CoasterExpert]

Cool coaster especially the racing one

[n747]

thanks coaster expert. the racing ones were surprisingly, one of the easier caosters to make. right now, its getting a bit tough to decide which few coasters will complete the arsenal in Rivers of Adventure. not to mention the terrible LAG that plauges the game.

[Nuppe]

Great work!!! I like it very much... The scenery, the ride - it's all the way I like it!!!

:D

[n747]

Hmm, one reply. oh well.

heres a little something ive been working on in one of the lakes

http://img76.exs.cx/img76/6433/48-ROAtransblue.jpg

Transbluecency - a spinning wild mouse set in a large "underwater" room

also added a new Giga Coaster and a mulitdimensional coaster too. as the kinks are worked out, you'll see more of those too.

BTW - what would you guys like to see? how can i get you to respond? any section of the park you want to see, or maybe a certain vid?

[n747]

hmm, zero replies. okie dokie.

well, infentesamily (sp?) small update on the RoA. heres a skyline shot giving you some teasers of the new Giga coaster and the city area, with the green hornet intertwined. next up should be a vid for TrAnsBluECeNcy and a follow up post for Green Hornet. and maybe a vid on it too...

http://img95.exs.cx/img95/5124/9c-ROA30.jpg

thoughts? critisisms?

[rybolton]

Great looking work there n7. I'm impressed.

[chazz889]

OMG :o How long did it take you to get this far. Also if you could PM me I want to make a vid but dont know how.

[Enduro]

Ive just havent posted cause your park intimidates mine. Heh but everything looks sweet, The way it flows through the jungle in the video is sweet. Also I liked the way the music built up until you get to the top and its silence.

Also the dueling coasters look nice and looked pretty fair against each other. Also the last coaster "Hornet" looks sweet when it corkscrews over the path. I can imagine im one of the tourist heading to get into the line to ride it.

Also if you want more publicity, put your thread page in your sig with a bright color to catch others eyes, then try going to other park threads and commenting and then asking to add their park to your sig and they add yours in return. If you would like me to add your thread to my sig then visit the Seven Wonders of the World and leave me a comment :D

[rct_ian]

That underwater coaster looks Brill:up: :up: :up: :up: :up: :up: i would love to see a vid of that!!


!IaN!

[Enduro]

n747 can I ask what video editing program you used to make that movie?

[TecWzrD]

Originally posted by rct_ian
That underwater coaster looks Brill:up: :up: :up: :up: :up: :up: i would love to see a vid of that!!
!IaN!

Ditto! N747, you have an really sweet looking park and i can't wait till ya finish it :D

[ElBlufer]

Your theming is perfect...cant wait to d/l your park! Is the "Underwater Coaster" actually underwater, or is it designed to look like it. I'm guessing the latter.

Cant wait for more Vids!

[DCatNorth]

Originally posted by SkyTearer
Looks awesome, when will be be available for download?
ya I was wondering the same thing when your done if your gona let others try it out

Otherwise from what I have seen this park is amazing. Until looking at your video I didnt believe how much you could really design your own parks until now.

[ElBlufer]

Can we get a few videos

[baseball617191]

nice video and pics...could u give the stats

[n747]

wow! im friggen honored to have all that response! i was expecting nothing really! haha, wow, thats what you call a surge of inspiration!

well, onto the replies!

OMG How long did it take you to get this far. Also if you could PM me I want to make a vid but dont know how.


huh, thats a good question. the park started back with the solitary tilt coaster, and that took numerous days just to build up the scenery around. all in all, id say it has taken a good 2 weeks. and yeah, ill PM you and go over in detail the steps to making a vid.


Ive just havent posted cause your park intimidates mine. Heh but everything looks sweet, The way it flows through the jungle in the video is sweet. Also I liked the way the music built up until you get to the top and its silence.

Also the dueling coasters look nice and looked pretty fair against each other. Also the last coaster "Hornet" looks sweet when it corkscrews over the path. I can imagine im one of the tourist heading to get into the line to ride it.

Also if you want more publicity, put your thread page in your sig with a bright color to catch others eyes, then try going to other park threads and commenting and then asking to add their park to your sig and they add yours in return. If you would like me to add your thread to my sig then visit the Seven Wonders of the World and leave me a comment.


thanks alot for the response here, i dont know how good my stuff is or if its worth the trouble if i dont get response, but again that stuff you said is quite awesome. and i love what youre doing at your park too. ive been out for 2 days but ill get on over there and reply. the duelies did pair up nice and only after a few alterations. Hornet was an experiment in what would happen if the game's limits were dropped and two coaster types merged into one. and so far, it has worse LAG than youd ever believe. when you ride it, it looks as if its filming. and the publicity idea is a good one too, ill check out the use of that valuable resource. plus id be glad to put your park in my sig. oops, one more thing. the program i used to alter the raw footage of the coaster is Windows Movie Maker v2. just play around with it a little and youll get awesome results.


aboot the "underwater coaster" - its made to look like its underwater, but in fact is in a deep room and ended up not how i wanted it, but the lighting in the room is pretty cool and i have some raw footage of it already, all i need to do is get it into WMM and fix it up. if i knew how to make an underwater coaster, dang, that would be awesome!

Once the park is finished, of course itll be up for DL. still major pieces of it missing - theming, stations, other attractions, and services/food/drink/other park junk. but rest assured, the park's bohemoths are all set in stone and the only work to do is to get the rest of the menial stuff done. possibly a redo on one of the coasters...its not as "generic" as i wanted it. which reminds me...

has anyone had success in finding a way to create a reverse incline inverted coaster with large half loops instead of (why frontier didnt have them in, i had no idea) small half loops, to resemble the granduer of Deja Vu?

phew, long post. well, look out for a new vid of transbluecency and a possible new vid of Green Hornet, as well as developments on the entire park.

THANKS AGAIN! YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!

[DCatNorth]

no, your the awsome one

I dont know if it was that cool scenery at the beggining of your video or just all the different coasters themselves but I am amazed by your park and cant wait to see it when its complete.

[-[A.S] Fanie-]

Dude u gotta give me some tips to be able to build awesome rides like yours, cause at the moment, i suck at rollercoasters.

[n747]

hey, id be more than happy to fill you in on some of those secrets of coasterbuilding. if you have a messenger, itll make it all the more easier. i prefer MSN, and heres my address

nitro747@sbcglobal.net

hope to hear from you! oh yeah, and thanks!

[-[A.S] Fanie-]

Sorry, i have aol, but here it is anyway EBITUSA16@aol.com, thanks

[n747]

okies, you have AIM possibly? if then my name is mike74786. and if not, i have no probs doing an email tango.

[Enduro]

Looks like its coming along very nicely indeed. You have some awesome ideas for your coasters and the scenery you use with them. Like just for 1 example transbluecency. Also in the screenshot above I like how the coaster goes through the big city and whips around the skyscrapers. If you made the colors red and blue you could call it Spiderman :) Cant wait to see this park when its done. Oh yea Ill add your park to my sig if you would like, I just need to know what your quote/saying is so I can put it infront.

[n747]

hmm...hows about...

Rivers of Adventure- "Your Expedition Awaits"

and yours is like your sig?

[Enduro]

looks good, sounds good. heh your park when it comes out will be too good to be true ;)

[Simbolism]

OMG - this is truly amazing. You are an ARTIST!

My favorite ride? The Green Hornet
Why? It's a Standy THRU A FRICKEN CITY.

WHEN DO WE GET IT?

[n747]

haha, thats a friggen awesome compliment coming from an artist of your callibur! Enchanted Park is just as scenery intense as Rivers of Adventure is so its quite awesome to hear that from you. I absoluetely love your park as well, the buildings...the scenery, its all awesome and blends great. again, thanks alot.

should be an unrelated update sometime today. its a new scenerio with a big martian-like lagoon with a woodie equipped with an out of station launch system. hope to get it up soon.

Thanks again!

[n747]

just as predicted, i have an unrelated update for you all.

For the past day or so, ive been working on a tough scenerio set in a "Space/Primal Lagoon" (i know, weird combination) the details arent set, so im just gonna let the pics tell the story.

**CLICK ON THE PICS FOR THE TRUE SIZE/DISTORTION**

http://img76.exs.cx/img76/7518/64-Phobos1.jpg

an overview of the coaster and midway.

http://img76.exs.cx/img76/2244/e2-Phobos2.jpg
an action shot of the cobra roll that frames the enterance of the park.

http://img76.exs.cx/img76/9614/96-Phobos3.jpg
an ariel of the launch run for the woodie.

hope to have more updates on Rivers of Adventure soon!

[-[A.S] Fanie-]

NICE!:up: send us videos of these coasters:D

[Milkdud]

Awsome! I love the combination of the steel buildings and the brightly colored martian plants. Its very colorful and looks GREAT.
Also, can I ask you what you mean when you say that the green hornet is a hybrid standup/strata coaster? I dont get what you mean by that.

[n747]

haha, thanks you guys.

Hybrid Strata/Standup is the combination of the track type (standup) and blistering launch speeds (strata) and while it doesnt reach for the stars, it still spans the height of a medium rise skyscraper, which is pretty dang tall!

next up should be the vid of transbluecency. hope all goes well...

[-[A.S] Fanie-]

How do u build coasters underwater???????

[n747]

haha, silly man.

of course you cant build coasters "in the water" but you can build them under the water. so i made a room deep enough to hold a coaster, added blue glass walls, added a few lights, created concrete floors, added a ceiling and roof, and blended the top with the bottom, added trees on top to conceal the ride below. the ride came out really unique and i cant wait to show you.

now question - how do you create a snippet of film without riding the ride, but also not getting the RCT UI in the films? like i want to do a panover, but how can i achieve this without the pesky UI showing as well?

[davidmc]

I'm afraid that I don't see any Leather Goddesses in that last update. I'm :downcast:

[n747]

Leather Goddesses? what in the world are you talking about?

anyway, i cleary stated that this was an "unrelated update" strictly for the fact that i didnt want to make another thread for a scenerio that might take a while to complete. im trying to "help" by staying away from clogging the forums with my crap. haha.

[davidmc]

Well, you did name that Phobos Lagoon.

Scratch 'N Sniff baby (you'll have to read the link to know what the heck I'm talking about here, too) (http://www.csd.uwo.ca/Infocom/lgop.html)

[n747]

hmm, might be a little rusty on mythology... i meant Phobos as one of the moons off of Mars. Deimos and Phobos i think are the names....and no, this isnt a reference to Doom either...haha.

[rybolton]

Wow n7, awesome work! :eek:

I can't wait to give it a try.

[whiteking4]

hope to see some vids soon

[gamerkd15]

I gotta know! How did you make the lights turn on as the coaster was passing by? This is like in the first 15 sec of the video that you removed. It was so cool. Also, how did you get your nickname? Its the most original I've seen.

[n747]

um, what exactly are you saying. ive reviewed the film a number of times since your post...is it the green light that indicates for the coaster to proceed?

[gamerkd15]

That's weird. Maybe its the wrong movie. Could you email it to me to see: m7m14@yahoo.com. Thanks.

[n747]

my movie overexceeds the limits, for sending - do you have a messaging program? like AIM or MSN?

[gamerkd15]

LOL, yea. AOL sn: gamerkd14
(sn mean screen name)

[n747]

here it is, updatin time!

well, after days upon days of searching for the right program to "crop" out unwanted pieces of film, i have a brand new vid for you all to check out. now bear in mind that it is...big, to say the least. again, i tried reducing the size...and the quality went kaput. so here it is, the vid of the park's first dark ride - TrAnsBluEcEnCy.

http://spartan117.simvision.net/Images/n7vid/fluke_0001fixed.wmv

enjoy.

[sevey13]

What video editor are you using?

[sevey13]

Also, do you need a new host for your blackbeard gvid? It was my favorite on the site!

[gamerkd15]

Cool Video! I also would like to know the editor you use. I tried importing my video on Video Explosion Deluxe but it said it had the wrong format. Would you know why I have this problem? Thanks.

[PDohm123]

I have to say, from the screen shots I've seen, and the comments I've heard, Rivers of Adventure sounds like a very awesome park. I'm downloading the vid from Transbluecency, to take a gander at it.

You know, I feel like I'm soo far behind the rest of you all in terms of building a park. I've been using the generic 128 x 128 map (making some adjustments like adding a second entrance/exit to the park, and changing the terrain for respective themes), but, from what I've seen of all the original parks, everyone is doing something different.

I want to create a park called "Carolina Adventure Park - Where your Adventure Begins". If it weren't for the performance lag and crashes, I'd have the park finished by now. My scenery looks so....organised compared to the rest of you...I feel like I'm never gonna be able to match you guys.

[-[A.S] Fanie-]

Send in pics of your park:D

[PDohm123]

Well, the park's not finished, and, until I get the right graphics card to really enjoy the game (as well as figure out what's an actual bug, and what's just a performance crash), the park'll probably undergo several metamorphoses. But, I can take pics of what's already been completed, and get suggestions.

But, just so you all know, I use pre-built coasters and imported coasters. The only one I've managed to build, was the Borg Assimilator, and that was based off of the Borg Assimilator at Paramount's Carowinds. Building a rollercoaster from scratch is *not* one of my strong suits, plus I like a lot of the designs that are available. I excel better at the themeing and music for the different rides (I've got so many mp3's, wma's, and wav's to fit every ride in the park).

But, the pics'll have to wait til tomorrow. I guess I could at least start a thread about it.

What do you guys like best "Carolina Adventure Park - Where your Adventure Begins." or something else?

[marnetmar]

Very cool video n747 :up: :up: That looks like a Very fun ride.

[Bitter Jeweler]

In the words of Mr. Burns...

EXCELLENT!

Nice job. Very interesting effect.

[Enduro]

Interesting choice of coasters. Ive never even seen that one used before in a video. Never the less, great movie. Seem like your park just gets better and better.

[rybolton]

Sweet job n7, lovin' it!

[n747]

haha, thanks alot guys.

i had to search high and low for the editor i used. its by a company called Ulead and im currently using the 30 day trial of their product "VideoStudio 8". its a hmm...what you call noob program that has some very very usefull filters, but i wouldnt recommend the damn thing to anyone...unless you can mentally deal with slow response time, screwed up preview viewers, and the more than occasional freeze. it did what i wanted it to do which was take a piece of raw ingame vid and convert it into widescreen, uninterrupted vid. i exported the clips in MovieStudio8 as wvms, then went to my good friend Windows Movie Maker v2 and pieced the movie together in that. yeah, its a pretty wide workaround, but the result came out pretty good.

PDohm123 - dont be afraid to show your work, Rivers of Adventure is on the standard sandbox mode with the same square settings. and i was a hardcore fan of the original so the coaster building comes natural to me - but dont worry, keep at it and itll become natural to you too. i hope to see your park pretty soon.

hey sevey, ill take your offer on that. as it is now, my screens are hosted by imageshak, and i can host one movie on a private server at a time, so hosting it elsewhere would be awesome indeed. i must warn you its pretty dang big - if theres a way to compress without losing quality, that would help immensely. just tell me what i need to do, and do you have access to a messenger program? if so my MSN is well, my email so...

nitro747@sbcglobal.net

and AIM is

mike74786

again, thanks for the replies...and a big thanks to bitter! haha, i worship your vids! so its quite awesome to recieve that compliment! again, thanks!

[PDohm123]

n747: Thanks. I do plan on trying coaster building, but only after I get a new graphics card. I'm kinda used to usig pre-builts for Carolina Adventure Park. I really wanna be able to make a vid with that.

BTW, mikeyca uses a program called fraps. If you've seen his vids, you can tell what all you can do with them. I may end up using theirs, because, for some reason, I have to buy Microsoft Plus! in order to use certain features, like transistions, in Windows Movie Maker.

[PDohm123]

I relaly like this park. May I add to my siggie?

[n747]

no probs PDohm123. some programs work better for some people and others work better for others. and yeah, you can add my park to your sig. thanks alot.

[sevey13]

Nicks Video Site is my favorite. It will host anything less than 55mb for free.

http://www.tycoon3d.tk/

Please hurry! I want that video! *drools*

If you want my email-

sevey13@gmail.com

[PDohm123]

Hey guys, feel free to add my park to your siggie's. Just make sure to stop by the thread and make a comment about it. It's gonna be a huge project for me.

[n747]

yeah, that vid uploading site is a bit primative - i think its been uploaded, but no linking filename came out of it. so...im kindof at a loss. how are you supposed to name the file for linking?

[n747]

http://www.nicksvideo.com/tycoon3d/BRrct3_0001.wmv

this is the direct linkage...then maybe the vid never went through...

[ElBlufer]

Originally posted by n747
http://www.nicksvideo.com/tycoon3d/BRrct3_0001.wmv

this is the direct linkage...then maybe the vid never went through...

I'd try uploading again.....

[n747]

same thing happens when i re-upload. it says im supposed to get a "page with link to movie file" but it never happens.


Ok as the time moves on and as this park gains more forum publicity, i cant help but wonder... should i have used Scenerio editor instead of Sandbox mode?

yeah, i shouldve...


Can i move a whole established park without losing my best rides and scenery? im sure its possible...


is it worth the move? what do you think?

[sevey13]

You can send me the file via email, and I will look for you

sevey13@gmail.com

[n747]

if only, do you happen to have a messenger program instead? the movie file exceeds size limits.

[PDohm123]

n747: All you have to do is move your park's .dat and .bak files to your "My Documents/RCT 3/Start New Scenarios (or Scenarios)" folder, and it'll show up in the Scenario Editor when you select it to load. You can also leave the park where it is, go into Scenario Editor, click on file options> load game. There'll be a drop down menu. Click the arrow and select "Parks". That'll show your park in Sandbox mode. You'll be able to do whatever you want now in Scenario mode.

[n747]

oh, lifesaver you are. makes total sense though. thanks a million.

[Milkdud]

Just saw Transblucency and thought it was AWSOME! :D I just loved the part when you finally dip into the 'underwater' room and the music gets all loud and crazy :) Great job! :up: :up: :up: :up: :up:

[PDohm123]

Originally posted by n747
oh, lifesaver you are. makes total sense though. thanks a million.

You're welcome. Anything for a friend ^_^

[tikitiki]

bump...So anything new?

Cheers Tikitiki

[WoddenWarior]

Awesome Vid!

[n747]

hey, i got a bump! awesome!

haha, well anyway, i just finished up a pretty big paper that i needed to get done so thats been eating up some of my time.

no update, but im gonna be entering the Green Hornet into the new coaster vid competition. It will be a lot like Transbluecency...except a bit more refined. and a bit more in your face...you know, like TV is!

Real life news though, Knott's Berry Farm just opened up the next greatest coaster, Silver Bullet (ready, aim, scream). Kindof exciting seeing how i live fairly close to it. i cant wait to ride it, although im gonna let the crowds die out first! This 16 million dollar monster was placed pretty close to the front of the park, and it ate up a pretty large area too. i wonder what coaster Knotts will cram in next...

[GiveTM_a_chance]

Wow!:eek: I love the video of TrAnsBluEcEnCy. Its impresionant. As impresionant as the whole park. All that scenery look like you are in the jungle and the coaster in the city is also fantastic. You are doing a great work with your park, so I will add you to my signature. Keep it up!:D

[BoRJoYZeE]

I just say that spinning coaster video and it was NICE!!!!!!!!

I really love that ride.
the music was great also with the ride.......

nice job

[Phil]

transblucency was amazing, i can't wait for your whole park man!!!

It has gotta be one of the 5 amazingest parks in my opinion :D

[n747]

haha, wow, the big whigs decided to pay a visit!

I was in complete awe of your Nintendo Park, i mean, the amount of tenuous detail is immense, truely immense. i continue to be amazed.

and Astro world...dang, that has to be some of the best architecture in the game so far! thanks a lot for checking out my meager park. im gonna update a huge section of it today and if possible, make more room for a hotel and parking garage.

Rivers of Adventure needs to go back to its roots...Adventure, so a few of the park's mediocre areas are going under the knife. not to mention a few mistakes in ride designs... hey, not everyone hits the nail on the head the first time! haha, thanks again for the ongoing support, i cant wait to see the latest and greatest from the masters!

[Milkdud]

Can't wait for the update! :D

[belloman]

Just found the Transblucency video today.... and I have to say that it was awesome!!!:) Can't wait for the update!

[PDohm123]

Dude, you couldn't make Rivers of Adventure any better than it already is. I mean, it is amazing. I especially love that screenshot of the tilt coaster, flying around a tower via a helix. Absolutely beautiful shot. It looks like that could be a real coaster with reporters taking pictures of it on it's first run.

[n747]

Haha, the snippets that i havent shown you are going under the knife. that pic of Blackbeard's Wrath's helix surprised me as much as it surprised you. the control of the camera is pretty amazing.

CONSTRUCTION UPDATE 12/14/04

One section that i havent shown is the front.
http://img81.exs.cx/img81/4969/roa412ky.jpg
as of now, its a pretty mediocre enterance plaza, with an out of place info center. you see, when i first started this park weeks ago, i wanted to make an awesome sci fi park. so i started messing with glass structures and i made a big green glass box. it looked pretty cool, but as i built the first coaster...i kindof knew that it wasnt gonna be a scifi park anymore. so i removed the big green box in front and am soon going to replace it with a themed food court and information center.

http://img81.exs.cx/img81/5677/roa427il.jpg
this is the bridge to the Temple of Fire...well...the soon to be Temple of Fire. See that big slab of cliff to the right? thats where the peak of the temple will eventually be. you can also see the return track of Transbluecency.

http://img81.exs.cx/img81/7572/roa439ch.jpg
this is the unfinished "Scallawag's Lagoon". It sits to the rear of the Blackbeard's Wrath fortress and eventually will encircle the entire lagoon. In it should be some pirate themed objects, and a Jet Ski water ride.

http://img81.exs.cx/img81/6048/roa448zd.jpg
this is the area that doesnt fit in. I tried doing a desertlike, out of the jungle into the dry, arid sun. but when i tried to place 2 coasters in there, it just didn't add up right. so, take a good look at that section, cause soon it will be the Rivers of Adventure Resort Hotel and Parking.

http://img81.exs.cx/img81/9214/roa455vi.jpg
and lastly, ive only shown a few teaser shots, but here is the goliath of them all. this giga coaster, ive ridden a few times, is pretty dang fun. super high, super fast. with an intensity thats actually lower than the excitement. this along with a few others needs a station building and themed que.

well, thats the Rivers of Adventure construction update. much more work is to be done!

[GiveTM_a_chance]

Your park is incredible, the more I see it the more I like it. I love the bridge to enter the temple, its very real.
Alos the goliath coaster looks superb, I want to ride it soon.
Excellent job, keep it up.:D

[belloman]

"Thats a thing o beauty"!!!!! Amazing.... please post a of the "goliath of them all"!!! I want to ride it- it looks so fun.... anyways- Your park is looking good!

[tikitiki]

Woot!Woot! Its your Birthday, It's your Birthday! Again great job! Unfortunatly nicksvideo has actually overloaded its sites allocation limit!(bandwidth limit) So i have provided two allternativel links below to upload your videos
Edit: When they get out;):

1.www.rct3exchange.com/video.php (http://www.spiretech.com/~ralex/rct3/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=AddDownload)
2.http://www.BetaGeeks.com

Cheers Tikitiki

[n747]

I bring you the grand opening of the Grand Tropocallia - Rivers of Adventure's exclusive resort hotel.

http://img156.exs.cx/img156/153/roa509kk.jpg

Heres a shot looking from the west quarter to the right.

http://img156.exs.cx/img156/4663/roa516bn.jpg

heres a shot from the ground. not alot to say aboot it. it was tough to build, and i think it came out pretty damn fine.

http://img156.exs.cx/img156/951/roa529wi.jpg
here is what i think is the most stunning night shot ive taken of the park so far...if that made any sense...

http://img156.exs.cx/img156/9100/roa537ew.jpg
here is an overview of the complex. still lots of theming to be done. also you can see a new coaster i just installed. its a classic reverse incline boomerang. but of all that ive seen, no one utilizes the 45 degree angle for the incline. its shown to be more smooth, takes up a little more space, but much smoother.

well, one section down...too many to count to go!

cya laters.

[tikitiki]

Thats da:eek:n good!

Cheers Tikitiki

Ill be glad to see more progress!

[n747]

haha, thanks. i just exited RCT so i have no new screens, but the brand new go kart track i installed is freaking awesome.

its still very much incomplete...lots of scenery left to do.

any suggestions on the park? or any section you want to see up close?

[tikitiki]

HOW BOUT A MOVIE of a ride or two. ?? You can send it to me and ill get it up :)


Cheers Tikitiki

[AnkhMCT]

Very nice work.

Are you going to offer a download of this park when it is done? I'd like to look around it.

I love the resort. Much larger than mine, but I have two! 8)

Keep up the good work!

[PDohm123]

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD! Book me a room in that resort!

Dude, That's bloody awesome! You get 100/10 stars for that resort! I love how the monorail goes right into it, like the guests could ride to the hotel that way. Now I know what I can build to take up some room in my Halloween Land, because it's a huuuuuuge section of the park, and I need to be able to add some scenery, and a resort would be awesome. I wish I could save my custom building, but for some reason, every custom building I've saved, ends up getting corrupted and has pieces missing. Even the Spooky House I downloaded from the forums here, got corrupted, and now has bits and pieces missing. It's frustrating.

[circleVision]

The hotel is beautiful. Great job n747.:up: :up:

[GiveTM_a_chance]

That hotel is AWESOME! what a beautiful architecture you have there, is like a real hotel. The terraces are beautiful done. The first shot and the night one are the best. I hope to do the same quality of hotel as you in my next hotel of Nintendo LAND.
Keep it up!:D

[Milkdud]

/Jaw drop
Holy cow! What a resort! That building is stunning!!!

[tikitiki]

I am starting a petition for 500+ more screen shots! SCREENSHOTS SCREENSHOTS! Also if you don't know what i am talking about i mean a movie! MOVIE! MOVIE!

Cheers Tikitiki

[Phil]

Hi.. I think your park is really great so i thought i'd post here because it has become unlooked at. I really like your tilt coaster, and all your other coasters are brill, the hotel is amazing but overall the whole park is so amazingly fantastic I couldn't stop thinking about it!

BTW transblucency ROCKS!!!

[n747]

haha, thanks guys. the hotel did come out better than i expected.

well, as the park reaches 0 fps my reflective water has oddly dissapeared, so from now on, its default blue all the way!

The sector around the hotel has been filled, and ive started reworking the city area and getting that finished up. its a long arguous process though. so i decided to jump from Rivers of Adventure to Phobos Lagoon to test out the modifications of the scenerio.

and ill say it...

...

you'll have a new vid of Phobos Twister in a few hours.

hold on tight and get your last licks of transbluecency before it goes back into the vault.

thanks again for the replies.

[Your_Name_Here]

That is a great park! I like transbluecency the most. And the hotel is great! Great park!:up: :up: :up: :up: :up:

[Phil]

Sweet i can't wait! Only thing is it's 5 past midnight and i want that vid now lol!

[tikitiki]

just do a movie on the monerail so we get to know much of the park....

Cheers Tikitiki

[PDohm123]

I built my own hotel/resort...didn't turn out as fancy as Grand Tropicallia. But then again, I built it in the Halloween Land area of my park. Since I'm starting to suffer crashes when I try to build/adjust entrances to a ride/existing ride, I'm going to stop construction. I'll start taking screenies of what I have completed so far, but until I can find a way around the crash (assuming it's a bug with RCT 3 and not my graphics card), Carolina Adventure Park may have to be on hold :-(.

So, I'll just enjoy myself watching your parks develop ^_^

[n747]

TRANSBLUECENCY IS CLOSED!

well, it was inevitable that id have to shut it down. having a private server doesnt allow overused access of space, there are still big limitations, especially if its a friend's server!

well, as Rivers of Adventure fill up, i wanted to return to the scenerio i had started a few days back. It features a wooden coaster with a smooth launch system to propel the trains up the first hill.

haha, theres an ongoing joke in it though, theres a pretty tight section of track where if in real life you stuck your hands up, theyd be stuck to the trellis!

http://spartan117.simvision.net/Images/n7vid/PTvid_0001.wmv

hope you enjoy the show. i wont give a release date for Phobos Lagoon, but bear in mind that testing is going quite well.

and for the Rivers of Adventure release date...lets say...

2005...sometime!

[Phil]

Brill coaster gj

[tikitiki]

HAHA Try using tycoon3d.com The worlds fastest and easiest video uploader avaible on the planet!

If you want somethin better try pluto or mars. I heard they got good discounts for this kinda stuff...LOL

Anyway good movie...HAHA...How can I say that when I was the one that even put it (mostly) together :) Phobos Lagun is being worked on right now ;) but as n747 said I'm not going to say when it'll be released...

Also N747 I got Ulead installed so I can do all of it...now but I only have 30 days until the trial runs out unless you have an avaible activation key I could use....

Cheers Tikitiki

[vortexian]

What a twister! And when do we see that coaster behind the hotel?

[tikitiki]

http://img156.exs.cx/img156/9100/roa537ew.jpg

You mean this one or the monorail?

Cheers Tikitiki

[vortexian]

Originally posted by tikitiki
http://img156.exs.cx/img156/9100/roa537ew.jpg

You mean this one or the monorail?

Cheers Tikitiki
Me? I meant Phobos twister, of course.

[tikitiki]

You just watched it!

[vortexian]

Oh Sorry,. With the twister I meant the phobos. But behind the hotel is an inverted wild mouse coaster. That was the one I meant. It's one of the first coasters build.
here's a screenshot of it
http://img76.exs.cx/img76/7805/96-RoA9.jpg
you can also find it behind the monorail.

[tikitiki]

ohh okey...i don't know...I beieve very soon. I am working on something right now O.o

Cheers Tikitiki

[PDohm123]

Cool video. Makes me wish I knew how to make a vid :-(. Kudos on Phobos Lagoon ^_^

[n747]

haha, thanks for all the replies guys.

sorry to confuse all of you - the park is named Phobos Lagoon - the coaster is named Phobos Twister. In the background, the coaster in the distance, thats Paralyzer. see a running theme with the Ps?

anyway, the wild mouse coaster in the back is getting a little touchup. some de-intensifying and its own station platform and que. Right now ive focused my efforts on the Concrete Jungle, because its such a pain to do.

ill keep you updated, and thanks for the replies!

[RTCnoob384]

i wonder how many inversions are DUH!wait i know FGHWAGADS!!!There were FGHWAGADS inversions the most inversions one one coaster was a total of FGHWAGADS!!!!

[Your_Name_Here]

I think you mean fghwgads. no a.

But I was wondering the same thing, how many inversions is duh? I didn't get that part...:bulb: :confused: :(

[PDohm123]

He said duh because it was pretty obvious what that number of inversions was. If you missed it, watch the vid again.

[n747]

wow, you guys are too much. :haha:

Inversions - the point in which a coaster goes from flat to upsidedown. yeah, its an unofficial definition.

if you didnt catch that the coaster only went upsidedown once..then you must have been flinging yourself upside down from your computer chair somehow.

and for anyone who didnt catch the fghwgads thing, visit homestarrunner.com and search the site. its pretty dang funny.

thanks for the feedback and hope to hear from you again.

[belloman]

WOW!!!! Excelent resort!!! Too bad my SCREAM hotel isnt that good, but it only had so much space... but I know what I'll build if I have any extra space in my park-a resort!!!

Good Job and keep it up!

belloman

[rybolton]

Great vid n7!

[tikitiki]

Bumb pidy bumb :)...Any new news?!

Cheers Tikitiki

[Simbolism]

n747,

RoA has been one of my favorite parks on the boards since I joined in October. I can't get over how creative and clever your parks are. The themeing, the architecture, and the rides... OMG... the rides! All top-notch.

And then you go ahead a build the Grand Trop!?! That thing is simply amazing.

My hat's off to you!

BTW, the link for the Transblucency vid is broken for me <pout>

Don't stop, my friend - you're on a roll

[tikitiki]

Yes he had to remove the link because he was on a friends private server...I'll get up the vid soon again

Cheers Tikitiki

[ZackyG]

Hey how do you guys make a video of your park?? please tell me how so i can join in the fun..thanks guys

[n747]

hey guys, no update on RoA...yet

ive been getting Phobos Lagoon ready for its grand release and later tonite i shall have a teaser vid displaying the park as well as an 05 fireworks show for your enjoyment. ive been filming all day, so expect an awesome vid hopefully to the quality of MikeCya. ive been fiddling with the Attract Sequence editor...

[CoasterExpert]

cool park so far

[Teirmose]

I have been quietly watching you wonderful park grow since you first started this thread. I am amazed every time you update it for our viewing pleasure. You are one of the many talented people in this community.

In your video, were you told us to keep our hands in the car... brilliant. I laughed out loud. That was a great video. It ranked right up there with Bitter Jeweler and Mike Yee when it comes to presentation.

I do have one bone to pick. It is not with just you though...
It has to do with all these great parks and rides, be it pictures or videos, which are eating away at my play time. I seem to spend more time here, at the boards, roaming the threads and finding superb workmanship such as yours that keeps amazing me so much that I think I am getting addicted. If I have developed an addiction to these boards, I am sorry but you will be includes in my law suit for lost time when it comes to working/playing in my own park. Lol
;)

Please keep up the good work and if the lag becomes too much for you, please don't let it stop you from someday releasing this park to those of us who would really love to roam around in it. I have learned how to view large parks a piece at a time. You will never hear me complain to a park creator about why you released a lagging park. I love huge parks with lots of detail. I can work around the lag issue, even if I have to cut the park in half to view it at full speed. It is an easy thing to do when you’re only visiting a park and not creating it.

Ps.
In reference to your video, where you told us not to stick out hands out. What if, I happened to stick my foot out the side of the car? Would I have a legal case to file ageist you for not warning me about the danger? I was just wondering...... as I limp away from this post....

:up: :up:

Hey I just noticed, this thread only rates 4 stars. What’s up with that?
I just voted for 5 stars on it, but it did not change. What up with that as well?
I'll have you know, My vote is very important, as I place my thumbs in my imaginary lapels and do my best impersonation of Foghorn Leghorn . This thread demands 5 stars. I say son are you listening to me. I say, I swear the boy must have peanut butter in his ears. This thread deserves 5 stars.
:rolleyes:

[Milkdud]

LOL Teirmose, your a funny guy :p. Most of your posts make me luahg really hard lol. Anyways, I just rated it 5 stars too..but I guess my vote isn't all that important either :( cuz it stayed 4 still. Oh well, at least I tryed :D

[Your_Name_Here]

My vote must reign supreme. I just voted 5 stars and now it is!;) My thumbs are mighty.

n747, the park really does deserve 5 stars though. It is awesome.:up:

[Phil]

n747 or whatever your name is your park is still really cool me want it to be out. Oh and to teirmoise I can't be bothered to read your long boring post but I got to the part where you say you spend more time on forums then anything else. It was same with my wasted 75% of a year playing runescape, about half way through that time I spent almost all day on the forums rather than the game.....

[n747]

awesome! i never thought the thread would make it to 5 stars. but anyway look out for the last Phobos Lagoon vid before the grand release in about an hour. also has a fireworks display for the new year and uses the new flyover techniques that Atari shipped with the game. although i have yet to figure out how to reduce file size without losing notable quality, any suggestions?

the file will be fairly huge so be aware. i swear ill get a compressor sooner or later. haha, by the time the file is done downloading it'll be 2005 PST! anyway, check back in an hour or so for a sweet surprise.

[n747]

change of plans - ok

the file is 80MB...im not posting an 80MB for the community...thats rediculously big...what can i do to retain quality but diminish size?

MikeCya - im lookin in your direction...

[tikitiki]

try sending it over to me I maybe able to compress it :)

Cheers Tikitiki

[PDohm123]

Has this park been released?