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It needs to pass the road two times, where you do it doesn't matter. So what you describes is ok.

So If I make my jet coaster station start in the yellow area, cross the road with a lift, then go up the mountain, then have it strut its stuff up on the side of the mountain and then come back down across the road, that is ok?

So, it is really nice to see some people being enthusiastic for this contest :).
As said earlier, we're gonna start this Sunday. We had the results of the roundup already, so now you could prepare yourself to be challenged by the Golden Height Contest.

As promised, we give you the rules today and we'll reveal the building area.

First some rules about the template

• You must build your coaster within the green/yellow area.
• You must build the station inside the yellow area. Storage don't have to be inside the yellow area, you can also make it in the green area.
• Of course, you can't change the mountain setting.
• You can make yourself a custom station or theme your coaster, but you won't get any points for this.
• You cannot design your coaster less then five meters above the road. So it has to be above these 5 meters. To help you, we put a clearance above the road, your train may not touch it with the clearance enveloppe. Supports aren't allowed there either.

Some more rules about your coaster:

• The managers asked us to let you design a coaster with a minimum length of 800 meters/2625 feet.
• You can make only one tunnel, and it has to be shorter then 80m/262ft
• You cannot build this tunnel underneath the entrance road.
• Number of stations + number of storages = number of trains
• Talking about the entrance road: your coaster must be on both sides of the road, so your coaster has to pass the way at least twice.
• We decided to put no maximum length, so Togo, you can design your longest mountain side jet coaster. There is also no maximum height, but keep it realistic.
• There is no capacity requirement, but don't make a coaster with only car with 4 seats :)

And here is your building area:

We know it is a very hard terrain to make a coaster on it, but somewhere, we have to challenge you.

Next up are some tips made by your judges:

• Make sure the footers don't clip with the terrain.
• There are some flat areas provided in the area, so there you can place most of your footers.
• You can design a wooden terrain coaster or a giga coaster or a dive coaster or ... Choose what you like the most. Multiple entries are allowed!
• Make sure your coaster looks great, has some nice interactions with the road and the terrain.
• O, and one minor thing: make sure your brakes are the correct ones: magnetic breaks can not hold your train in real life, so that is no Block Brake.
• Make your coaster as realistic as possible, you don't have to make an accurate B&M or something like that, you can also be an invented coaster building company, just make sure it looks realistic.

Well, I hope we can have a lot of entries :)
Sunday, a download link for the template will be placed.

Greetings Pifpoefpaf123 and Ward

PS. Do not hesitate to ask a question about the contest. We're both in the NLC-discord or you can place your question here in the topic or send it with the Messages option or ... We're here to help you making the most beautiful coaster in a mountain setting :) .

^Yes, that's correct

definitely a neat roundup, strong showing this year. good job y’all

Sirius, by Myself

My first finished coaster in quite some time, Sirius

Yes! Sounds awesome count me in this!

Bullet Coaster at Happy Valley Nanshan?

Was a great Roundup and there were some seriously stunning entries! Congrats to all involved!

me as well

well time to start work on Roundup 300

No and no

count me in

Hello, I have updated the coaster objects demonstration park "97 degrees" (Steam Workshop)
I have introduced Script Parameters for the objects and changed the Block Display Design of the panel so that it can also be directly used for other coasters instead of just demonstrating the idea and usage for custom 3d model designs:

Greetings Daniel

So I'm in too

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Congratulations to all the winners! Look for an email soon to confirm your shipping address for your Glowies!

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I think I'll join this!

MrMoop posted on November 19th, 2018

This might sound like asking to much but would anyone want to help me make custom trains? I cant script and i dont know how to use blender yet (only sketchup) But i just started learning autodesk

Yea, it would be a good idea to create a thread or tutorial on this for beginners. Especially having almost no scripting or 3D modelling experience being in 8th grade makes it hard to try and figure this out.