Vampire - 3 Blind Mice 2023 by TCD

Sit back, hold tight, the Vampire is taking flight!

This project was the culmination of a contest called "3 Blind Mice", where 3 people are randomly assigned one of 3 roles (Track, Supports & Environment), and each person has 2 weeks to anonymously work on the ride before it is passed onto the next role. I was assigned the Environment role, and since I was presented with an Inverted Coaster I decided to let the time I spent hosting Vampire at Chessington World of Adventures influence the theme style. After navigating around a cliffside you will enter the main centrepiece, a medieval church. There is a small indoor queue portion, then after ascending the stairs you board the ride in the large open-air station and take off into the woods. After a high-speed first half where you burst through the church roof, the ride enters a 2nd launch right into a large cave, before finally returning to the station.

Please Note: There are some changes from the contest entry that was submitted due to the amount of time I have had to tinker with this waiting for the results. All changes are listed below for transparency, and they do not change any of the core environment/ride. If you wish to see the entry as submitted, here is a download link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d0F38RbW4cp3HIYFti86g5WMvDQoozoC/view?usp=sharing

Fixes to geometry for performance
A minor support fix by the storage and a couple other additional flanges on a few stanchions
Station segment spacing
Minor tweaks to the MCBR block settings to avoid the train running through it on a manual block mode stop
Changes to the yellow stripes on the station platform
Emergency lights inside the station, storage and pathways to catwalks
A height stick next to the operator booth
A merge point before baggage with a height stick
Fencing around the maintenance access ramp
Tunnel access & emergency lights
Operating instructions in the operator booth
Wait Time Board

Credits:

= Creators =

Trackwork - GeCoDe

Supports - Bullero

Environment - Thomas Codling Designs

Contest Hosts - A113, itsamaliab, Fintamin, Pear, Ride_Op, Savage.Coasters

= Nolimits 2 Community Assets =

Aether Systems Assets - Element115

CCTV Kit, Doors Kit, Retro Light Flicker - SecretImbecile

Gothic Wall Lamp - PhyterNL

Light Effects Kit - CoasterGalaxyWorld

Emergency Exit Signs - SpigotYML

Instant Animations, Physical Fog - Bestdani

Gate Script, Trees Remastered - TheCodeMaster

NL2 Texture Kit, Light Kit - RobbinBob

Time Props - marco669966

Red's Speakers, Red's Panels - RedThirteen

Foliage - Mike Sheets

Onboard Audio, Waiting Time Sign - M34

= Royalty Free Assets =

Cemetery Set, Candles - zqyyy036

Rustic Candle Stick Set with Holders - Allen-Entertainment

Church Pew - Cheryl W.

Phone - Velichko M.

High Candelabra - Modelfundgrube

Throne - sketchinbane

Textures - textures.com

= Audio Used =

Vampire Theme, Vampire Queue Ambience - Graham Smart

Vampire Announcements, Area Ambience - Chessington World of Adventures

Towers of Doom (Launch Audio) - Blizzard Entertainment