DRP's Cave-Struction Set: Cave Building Blocks--ON HOLD UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

[DarkRidePerson]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/ASSAS/Custom%20Scenery/DRPcavernzlogoWeb.jpg
My logo, coolio huh?

DRP's Cave-Struction Set is a set of building blocks that one can use to build their own cave and/or cavern. The set uses a unique design that includes three kinds of pieces: blocks, walls, and transitions. Blocks are single tile pieces that can be used as ground or as roofs. They can have decorations attached to them, such as stalagtites (mites) and crystals. Walls are just as the name might imply, the filler in between the blocks. Transitions are unique curved pieces that transition in between walls and blocks, creating a rocky tube effect you often see with caves. The pieces also contain corners and diagonal pieces so you can create large open caverns with various props and perhaps even some special effects such as waterfalls.

Here are some examples of the basic pieces.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/ASSAS/Custom%20Scenery/PicsCavernz02.jpg


More updates will come soon
I'll Be Back
-DRP

[skippytim]

YAY!
Looks great!

[Rybo-XL]

your gonna have stalagtites and stalagmites right?

and a few more rock textures?:D :up:

Sweetness, loks good!

[osudenny]

Looks Great

[TopxXThrill]

whoo, someones been busy! and you just started this evening... :D

[DarkRidePerson]

your gonna have stalagtites and stalagmites right?

and a few more rock textures?:D :up:

Sweetness, loks good!
Yup. There will be a whole bunch of bocks with decorations and different textures.
Your matterhorn actually gave me the idea for this set, because it is so hard to build caves in rct3.

Here are some more pix:


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/ASSAS/Custom%20Scenery/PicsCavernz03.jpg


Another Update Soon!
So, so soon...
-DRP

[Rybo-XL]

Really? cool, I thought everyone forgot about that, but here's some news:

Matterhorns returning better than ever, hopefully your set will fit the bill:D

Good luck BTW;)

[Stroh]

Fantastic! Looking great!

[CoasterSim.Fan]

Nice idea. Looking good so far except it looks like the piece in the first picture can use some retexturing.

[DarkRidePerson]

Fantastic! Looking great!
Thanks.

Nice idea. Looking good so far except it looks like the piece in the first picture can use some retexturing.
yeah. During the testing process I Tend to only texture the parts that are visible, but I'll get to this eventually.

[shyguy]

This looks great! I'm hoping my Rumbling Ridge Bobsled ride will benefit from this set. Now I don't have to design the stalagtites and mites! :D

[rctmaniac]

yay gdgd another pack from DRP-this will be very useful for many a park

[poekie1337]

and it will be very usefull for the RCT3 players who dont have soaked/wild (like me:p )

great!:up:

[jonwil]

Even if you dont have Soaked! or Wild!, if you install the latest patch for normal RCT3, you will be able to use tunnels (including all the different kinds of tunnel entrances)

[poekie1337]

yes, if you have the amarican version:downcast:
and I dont want to get into the register, too dangerous for me.

@DRP : are you planning to make diagonal tunnels too?

[lovinlife67]

This looks pretty cool.

[DarkRidePerson]

yes, if you have the amarican version:downcast:
and I dont want to get into the register, too dangerous for me.

@DRP : are you planning to make diagonal tunnels too?
Yes, inclined tunnels and diagonal tunnels will be possible

[weasel497]

I LOVE YOU!!!

On a serious note: These look really great and I can see them used quite frequently in my new parks!

Thank you so much for bringing more realism into the game!

[DarkRidePerson]

Another Update folks. Here are three more pics (actually it is one image with three screenshots inside that are resized. I thought I would try this out to see how it looked)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/ASSAS/Custom%20Scenery/ThreePicsCavnernz01.jpg


More will come soon.
-DRP

[rctmaniac]

wow very classy!

[Mayhem101]

The light effects look cool and with some of Marnetmar's rocks, your lightz, The_Cook's cliffs and RCT3 terraforming, we could make one heck of a Cave/Cavern for our rides!! This is gonna be sweet!

[niccum_123]

Can you make some of these peices that cover the sides of the White water Rapids ride? That way we could have a stream flowing in the mountain/ cavern.

[DarkRidePerson]

Can you make some of these peices that cover the sides of the White water Rapids ride? That way we could have a stream flowing in the mountain/ cavern.
Could you be more specific as to what exactly you would like?

[ytivarg]

Will there be any 'curved' caverns? I'm thinking these would make great tunnels for rollercoasters... but if they could curve at loose angles, that'd be fantastic!

[DarkRidePerson]

Will there be any 'curved' caverns? I'm thinking these would make great tunnels for rollercoasters... but if they could curve at loose angles, that'd be fantastic!
They can curve, but not at the same angle a ride can. However, the pieces are arranged so that you can create corners that are as wide as you want, so the turns can fit.

[niccum_123]

What i meant before was can you make them basically cover the adventure theming and grass skirt on the White Water Rapids ride.
And to fit the complex curiture of the ride.

If you need me to go deeper in detail i have pictures of every peice in the rides that the cavern would cover. Just so the ride is not Adventure themed.

[washingmachine]

where can i download The_Cook's cliffs?

Edit: nevermind

[ytivarg]

They can curve, but not at the same angle a ride can. However, the pieces are arranged so that you can create corners that are as wide as you want, so the turns can fit.

I kind of understand what you're saying... clarify this question... I'm looking to make tunnels similar to those found on Millennium Force. Not necessarily the material, but the shape:

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/9803/millenniumtunnels8jf.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[DarkRidePerson]

I kind of understand what you're saying... clarify this question... I'm looking to make tunnels similar to those found on Millennium Force. Not necessarily the material, but the shape:


To your question, I would suggest putting the ride track inside of the tube from the Aqua Blasters slide. You need to have the options.txt cheats on to do this.

]What i meant before was can you make them basically cover the adventure theming and grass skirt on the White Water Rapids ride.
And to fit the complex curiture of the ride.

If you need me to go deeper in detail i have pictures of every peice in the rides that the cavern would cover. Just so the ride is not Adventure themed.

Sorry, with this set, there isn't a way to cover up the white water rapids. However, I was able to figure out a way to make a river flow through the cavern. See pic below for instructions.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/ASSAS/Custom%20Scenery/RiverForCavern.jpg

[infiniteblue]

This could be very useful, especially for the Alpine Coaster. Some of those bottom sloped ones could make an interesting ice slide thing.

[niccum_123]

Iguess if i wanted the boat to flow through the cavern i could just use that method just with the Wite Water Rapids ride. Will there be peices made for s-bends?


Lookin' Great

[DarkRidePerson]

Iguess if i wanted the boat to flow through the cavern i could just use that method just with the Wite Water Rapids ride. Will there be peices made for s-bends?


Lookin' Great
You can try, but the results may not look very good.

For the S-bends, no, that would be far too complicated. However, you could create one tunnel that moves into diagonal, and then back into straight pieces, that might work.

[weasel497]

This looks awesome!!! Can we have an expected release date? I wanna start my newest park... and I cant without this set!!!

[DarkRidePerson]

This looks awesome!!! Can we have an expected release date? I wanna start my newest park... and I cant without this set!!!
I cannot really speculate on a release date. This set is going to be huge. Like...50 pieces kind of huge... it'll take awhile

[Jag100]

wow looking great

[DarkRidePerson]

Sorry, no real update today. But, to wet your appetite, here is a pic.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/ASSAS/Custom%20Scenery/PicsCavernz04.jpg

[jammys]

this will be great for bobsled coasters. cant wait for another update.

[DarkRidePerson]

this will be great for bobsled coasters. cant wait for another update.
Your wish is my command
Here are some pix with some new pieces highlighted. (the lighting got messed up when I took them, sorry) Stalagmites and stalagtites have now been added as well as a brilliant column piece. Next stop: Crystals that are recolorable (challenge, ooh...) Also note that the name of the set has been changed to DRP Cave-Struction as well as the logo.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/ASSAS/Custom%20Scenery/PicsCavernz05-Web.jpg

[Spinout]

Wow, this is an amazing pack. I think this will be one of my favorite packs. Awesome job!

[Uries]

I really like this pack, but all the pieces seem too artificial when I look at it, good for rides where you want that effect. I hope that there will be pieces to make rougher edges and variations in the walls/cieling, floors, if you want to make more natural looking designs.

[Vodhin]

This is coming along nicely! Are you playing with vertexes now?

[DarkRidePerson]

This is coming along nicely! Are you playing with vertexes now?
Right now??? As I speak (type...)??? No... I am about to watch the episode of The Twilight Zone I Tivo'ed and then go to sleep later. But if you ask whether or not I am at that point within the project, somewhat. I am currently making sure every single piece lines up perfectly.

[skippytim]

Looks great, cant wait!

[camandjack]

I can't wait!

[immeldude]

Anything new yet DRP?

[DarkRidePerson]

Anything new yet DRP?
not yet. I am working on a ride and as soon as I am done (most likely tomorow) I will continue with this set.

[flobenj12]

It's awesome congratulation!!!!!!!

[immeldude]

any chance of a yeti or two in there?:rolleyes:

[DarkRidePerson]

any chance of a yeti or two in there?:rolleyes:
perhaps...:rolleyes:

[jammys]

any chance of an update soon?

[DarkRidePerson]

any chance of an update soon?
*above*
I am working on a ride right now, but I will get back on this after I take care of that and a few other things.

[immeldude]

forget all that other stuff:p ,we want this pack.

[Aceana]

Are there going to be different textures, or just one?

[DarkRidePerson]

Sorry guys, but I am putting this set on hold until MnM leftoverz comes out. That way I can be sure that I am making a completely original set. There is no point in creating this set if it has the exact same mechanics as another set that comes out.
(I am not saying that MnM leftoverz is going to be the same, I just don't want the "cave market" to be oversaturated.)

I will pick this up again soon, don't worry ;)

[immeldude]

aaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!! (hurry up MNM:p )

[DarkRidePerson]

aaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!! (hurry up MNM:p )
Well, it isn't just the leftoverz. I have to run through the cliff faces and the rockwork to see if they have the same mechanics as my set. If they do, then there is no point in useing mine, thats all.

I will most likely still continue this however, later in the month, so don't fear.

[errt]

We can wait. But continue! It will be a great set, I think it won't be so difficult to use as Leftoverz or the cliff faces.

[rctmaniac]

I'm sure it will be worth the wait DRP!

[infiniteblue]

[quote=DarkRidePerson]<snip> I have to run through the cliff faces and the rockwork to see if they have the same mechanics as my set.<snip>[quote]

From my experience with the Cliff Faces set, I can say that this set is unique in comparison. I'm not sure about the RockWork set, but the pics seem to suggest that its more akin to Leftoverz than this set. But that's just my opinion, you can take it or leave it. I hope this set does get finished, though. It's a really cool set.

[~Coaster Kid~]

Drp

WOW such a great set but i now see were your coming from there are like 3 other rock sets but ppl are using them 2 make caves/caverns i know that you see no point in releasing them if this continues but i was thinking why dont you just make a cave accessories set and end this competition for cavern sets and make sotof a addon set like make things to go inside of them such as recolorable crystals like these in jorney to the center of the earth

http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/8328/crystals17xl.jpg

http://img430.imageshack.us/img430/8729/crystals29yp.jpg

mabey even some hangin strings and clumps of moss
im not tying to make the things you have already made sound useless but instead of putting it on hold and waiting for others to make their packs contiue making you wonderful creations by making these things this is just a sugestion but either way i bet this set will be great if you choose to make a accessories set or continue a cavern set

[Cyberleader]

^LOL! Well, taken from my idea there in my thread I see!

[PhiLBert425]

Well who ever came up with that idea (whether it be Coaster Kid, or Cyberleader) came up with a very good idea, and point.

DPR,

We have all these rock, cliff, and cavern packs available to us now, but what we don't have are any objects that we can really put in them such as columns, stalagmites, stalagitite, crystals, moss, or what have you.

And I can furthermore tell you that from my expeiriences with rocks in RCT 3, that you can never have enough rocks. In real-life rocks are every wear and they take on numerous shapes, sizes, textures, and colors. And in RCT we try to mimick that image. I mean isn't that why we're hunting for new custom scenery in these forums, so we give our parks a more realistic look?

Amazing job so far! I hope you continue this project very soon. If at least not your cavern tunnels, then objects that can be used in conjuction with the many other rock packs we have available to us.

PB

[Cyberleader]

http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=521914 et moi

[shadowlvr]

DRP,
You really should consider continuing this. I'm forever searching for custom tunnels and caves and this might actually work. So please continue.

[weasel497]

Sadly, I think DRP has left us :(

[msdavis13man]

This is a really cool set! It could probably be used in many places in my new park!

[kh2kid]

I should have been following this the whole time. I could really use these for a mine ride I wnat to make.

[robo268]

this is long dead and Drp has left us for some unkown reason but maybe will return

[Jonnyears]

I hope that DRP will return- Their name will
remain on the list for now incase DRP decides
to come back

[772pilot]

True.
I was really hoping to use this in my Submarine Voyage.

[DJDT]

this would be sooooo cool to have. if DRP returns to this thread, maybe he could do this:
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/sites/e/excelsior_tunnel_operation_orpheus/excelsior_tunnel6.jpg

various mine wood braces with or without lights.

[sr3d]

Someone lock this thread it's just being continously bumped from page 59652954298452984528 and DRP has obviously left us :(

[andrew555000]

can you please release this pack.or return to it.

[Old-Spice]

no, this is done, no more, drp will never come back to the site again...... please stop bumping old threads....

[RCT3robin]

but he need to come:P His set is awesome^^

[DJDT]

Biogal, close this thread.

[marnetmar]

Since DRP hasn't posted since 06-25-2006, I believe this thread is in a deep come & should remain undisturbed.