Gerslauer must really love their "double-down", or I'd rather call them double-wiggle. After Pegase Express (where it's a double-up), this one, there's also the new bobsled at Jardin d'Acclimatation that has a first-drop like that.
Here's my updated simulation:
Yes, the first-drop is that weird, here are the pictures I took this afternoon:
Captfido87 posted on January 6th, 2018
https://imgur.com/51B1vT4
Does this pass? The track itself is in within the green line, which is a little hard to see. The track connector piece is sticking out of it a little bit. Also I know about the footer, which will be fixed. What do you folks say?
I'd probably say no: The footer is clearly going over the green border.
Also you can embed images from imgur like that:
Delay posted on January 6th, 2018
^Are you planning on making this coaster infinitely long?
He tried that. His computer said no, and crashed.
Looks a lot of fun :
Does anyone here have a train that looks like... well a train or a monorail? Just out of curiosity
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/399179724892536834/399179831243440129/screenshot-2018-01-05-21-06-25.png?width=1147&height=598 Working on some wooden coasters with some intentionally bad banking
^ Wow that does look awesome.. Is that a double down I see??
Out of the blue, a new Gerstlauer has popped up in Columbia, and it looks awesome:
I like that a lot, good job!!!
Tim posted on January 5th, 2018
I really like that layout a lot, Tim! It actually got me thinking about a spinning layout I attempted and never finished.
I had a few ideas of what I wanted to do with this ride. I had a 70s disco theme in mind, it was going to be great. I just lost interest in it, though, and I think THIS was one of the main reasons:
I just got so frustrated with trying to pull off the spine on this noninverted loop. I could have just used the XCar spine (which if I ever come back to it I might end up doing), but I just didn't want to deal with the rails looking off when it transitioned between the two rail types. I tried my best.
https://imgur.com/51B1vT4
Does this pass? The track itself is in within the green line, which is a little hard to see. The track connector piece is sticking out of it a little bit. Also I know about the footer, which will be fixed. What do you folks say?
After a little hiatus due to some much needed vacation time this is FINALLY coming to a close. Only a little bit more tweaking and then it will be ready for download and I cant be happier to say that. With that being said here is a little image and if you haven't seen it yet, a video. Stay tuned.
Tim posted on January 5th, 2018
Oh a Spinning Coaster? These are such a rare treasure in NL2. In fact a NL1 recreation of Winja's @ Phantasialand was what got me into NL in the first place. I really adore the corkyness of these things. Maurer's Spinning Coasters will always have a special place in my heart. So underrated.
Easily one of the most ambitious projects I've ever seen come to life on NL2. It's insane to see how well this project came along from the early concepts and designs to where it is now. I'm really excited to see it when it all comes together.
How's optimization as of now? Curious if I'd be able to explore this in the Rift with even a somewhat decent frame rate, of course I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't priority. I just can't help but ask haha.
Jetcoasterfan posted on January 5th, 2018
I used 0 fraction and 0 air resistance. The lift is only 80 foot tall and the length is 7,340 feet long.
I bet the Beast's designers wish they could have done that.
Can we have a tip ?
Why is there a censored word in the ride title?
Long Beach? Oh hey, I know that place.
But for real, this is turning out amazingly. I appreciate how much effort you're putting into this project. Can't wait to see the finished product.
Time for my first real update on NLC, and it's a pretty big one! Over the past couple of weeks I've been putting a ton of work into the exterior of the attraction and the area surrounding it, really trying to capture the feel I'm going for. Unfortunately, I wasn't totally able to capture the tone I was going for with the environment, because I wanted it to feel like a beach, and beaches are open and endless. A ride, however, is the exact opposite. It's extremely limited and enclosed. So with those parameters, I tried my best to compromise and retain what I could of my initial vision.
In this first image, you can see I've made some changes to the lighthouse, making it a bit more realistic and cute. I've also added a pier that juts out from the mainland, allowing offride viewers to get close to the action while retaining the theme.
Here's a couple of better views of the interaction between the ride facade and the rest of the park area.
From this view looking north from the pier, you can see where the commuter rail will go. The train will pass between two layers of the rocks, separated by a chain link fence which may or may not be totally visible here.
The ride takes place in the fictional town of Mountain View, completely unrelated to any actual cities with the same name.
As you can see, I've fully furnished the surrounding area with lamps, trash cans, benches, the whole 9 yards. The buildings take a bit of a dip in quality because they aren't the focus of this ride, they're really just background props within the scope of the project. A lot of the scenery you see is inspired by Big Thunder Trail at Disneyland, Grizzly Peak at California Adventure, and the cities of Oceanside, Carlsbad and Long Beach, CA.
And to cap things off, here's the cave that brings guests into and out of the area. It travels north, under the railroad tracks. Ideally, this is where the area would connect to the rest of a theme park.
With all of that out of the way, I have a few more things to finish on the exterior (on the high school side) before wrapping it up. After that, I'll move back to the inside (where RCW is currently working), to finish and polish all of that scenery. Once that's done, it'll be time to get the Cherry Bomb costume made for our actress, and film the live action scenes to really bring this ride to life. After that, I'll mix the soundtrack and we'll be all set!
..it's a bit easier said than done.
So what do you all think of the outside?
TCM your picture is amazing
