I also recommend while making rolls to go into the utility setting and changing the offset to 2, makes for more barrel rolls than inline rolls, and will smooth out some of the curved turns. Also you can make your breaking section first so you know the section going into the station will be smooth, and don't be afraid to take off angle snapping.
Great info! I did actually turn off angle snapping when I was rebuilding it(the blue coaster) but you're right that most of my time lapse had it on and I wasn't even thinking about it until later. :P
Also don't use the in-game holding break piece on the dive coaster, just use really stronge breaks instead so then u can make the drop look more realistic
I'm totally going to use that G-force tip! I didn't know those numbers before, and I was wondering why my coasters which looked fantastic kept getting horrible ratings.
That is very true! "Practice makes perfect" I still have a long ways to go but wouldn't be where I'm at without the time I spent in previous games. And I truly mean it when I say it's a good idea to try to recreate real roller coasters!
1:34 I highly recommend this process of making the entire coaster bank offset 7 and then go back smooth a group of four track pieces at a time back and forth four times. Time consuming? Yes, but it makes for a smooth and proper banked ride
I watched this video after designing some of my own and agree with every bit of it. I used to build a complete coatser and then test. I spent a lot of time scrapping and restarting.
A good thing is to follow the "roll" that mean if you make an inversion to the left you need to make a inversion to the left after for keeping the momentum, in case you need to bend to the right just make the second part of the inversion (if you can) and smooth it until you can't see straight track.
Thanks a ton FF. Last question. I am having trouble quickly placing ivy on the walls and tops of buildings. Is there a super fast way I can paste those texture to an existing building? For example, I wanted to spruce up the bland ATM building by attaching Ivy to the left and right side. Then plop one on the roof too. This was to make it blend better with fairy tale campaign. I spent way too much time dawdling with the rotate commands and still couldn't get it flush.
Hmm, I'd have to see it to be sure, but I'll try giving some advice. Are you saying that it wasn't flush against the wall or that you couldn't get the angle the way you like? If it's the first one, then try hitting F to center it, then if you hold CTRL and drag your mouse you can move it in and out which might be faster than trying to use the advanced move. If it's the latter, I'm not sure how else to advise outside of using the rotation tool. You can try placing it while editing the building or placing it independently of the building, not sure if that makes a difference. I hope that helps. :\
Yes you understand! When I tried to use the rotational tools I fiddle with it forever and still can't get it flush. For something so simple - attach ivy to vertical wall piece it was taking forever and still looked poor. "Paste flat texture to wall" seemed like it should have been much simpler than I was doing.
I started watching this video and noticed you were making a wing over drop which is used on b&m wing coasters such as swarm and gatekeeper but I noticed that you were using a 4D coaster train and in my head I was like trying to tell you but then I realised it was a video
Great series of videos! One question: would you rather recommend getting used to the building and landscaping tools in sandbox mode or with the restrictions of scenario rules?
I'm not sure it really matters much. Landscaping costs money if you're not in sandbox so there's that, but it still doesn't really cost that much compared to what you'd think it would be, so after a short amount of time in a scenario or challenge mode it's pretty easy to do anyway.
Foxy Fern ah cool. I've been holding off playing so far due to lack of time, but I'm looking forward to sinking a couple hours into it this weekend. If it's not as expensive then I guess there's nothing that speaks against learning the ropes in scenario mode :) Thanks!
Hey Foxy Fern i'm having a rather weird problem with a coaster. When i do a test run it's excitement, fear and nausea are all in the green, however once it goes live the excitement drops by 2.0 points and the fear and nausea both go into the orange. Is that a bug or am i missing something?
Hmm, that sounds like a bug to me. It definitely shouldn't change if you haven't modified anything on the coaster at all between testing and opening it. Have you tried saving it as a blueprint and then demolishing and rebuilding it? If it is indeed a bug it's possible that might fix it.
Very informative video. Was completely unaware of the G Force numbers, and you explained air time in a way that I think finally made sense to me. Thanks, +1 Like!
Only started playing this 2 days ago, and ya all my custom coasters end up having 3 excitement, 10 fear and 15 naussea :-| While I am testing the track, the excitement seems very high, like 8's. However when I use auto-complete to have the auto tool connect the end to the station and run the full test, excitement drops to very low indeed.
I would recommend only using auto complete for a small section at the very end of making your roller coaster(you can see me use it in this video at 3:30). Auto complete only cares about 1 thing: connecting your tracks together. It's not going to worry about how it affects your coaster's ratings. Also, check the overall fear of your ride as you're building it. If there is any ONE spot where it goes up really high, that will decrease the excitement of your entire roller coaster regardless how fun the rest of it is, because people won't enjoy the death-defying section.
Highly informative. Though i think half of the information flew over my head. (Some of it is a bit too advance for me) I think i can improve my coasters with what i understand from this video.
some people do nail it, so i don´t blame the game...i´m not that much into riding coasters irl, maybe that affects my instincts to guess what is good for a coaster...xD
I also recommend while making rolls to go into the utility setting and changing the offset to 2, makes for more barrel rolls than inline rolls, and will smooth out some of the curved turns. Also you can make your breaking section first so you know the section going into the station will be smooth, and don't be afraid to take off angle snapping.
Great info! I did actually turn off angle snapping when I was rebuilding it(the blue coaster) but you're right that most of my time lapse had it on and I wasn't even thinking about it until later. :P
Also don't use the in-game holding break piece on the dive coaster, just use really stronge breaks instead so then u can make the drop look more realistic
I'm totally going to use that G-force tip! I didn't know those numbers before, and I was wondering why my coasters which looked fantastic kept getting horrible ratings.
Awesome, I hope that helps you out!
I love building the coasters, but I never get them completely right. But that is part of the fun, just gotta keep on trying.
That is very true! "Practice makes perfect" I still have a long ways to go but wouldn't be where I'm at without the time I spent in previous games. And I truly mean it when I say it's a good idea to try to recreate real roller coasters!
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The Smiler: *welp*
1:34 I highly recommend this process of making the entire coaster bank offset 7 and then go back smooth a group of four track pieces at a time back and forth four times. Time consuming? Yes, but it makes for a smooth and proper banked ride
Would love to see a video with tips on how to use stations for multiple trains!
I know it's nearly 2 years old but this video was very helpful. I like the way you presented all the info and the background music. :)
+Erilis000 Thank you! Glad it’s still relevant after all this time.
And if it's a Arrow, Vekoma, Togo, or random Chinese knockoff ignore all of this
exactly.
Not vekoma anymore, and not all arrows, and not Japanese Togo’s but yeah
Just found your channel and it’s just AMAZING
Gosh, thank you! I wish I had time to keep it going right now! Soon, I hope.
Great video :) Subbed :D
Hey thanks dude! I was just watching some of your PC videos the other day actually!
Woo! It's a small world (planet) :P
JONTI :DDD!
I watched this video after designing some of my own and agree with every bit of it. I used to build a complete coatser and then test. I spent a lot of time scrapping and restarting.
at the start I got to admit that coaster reminds of me swarm at thorpe park. At the time of writing it so happens i was there today and went on it
Thank you so much for this!! I've been avoiding making custom coasters because my G ratings kept coming out too high, now I know what to aim for! x
Glad to know it helped!
A good thing is to follow the "roll" that mean if you make an inversion to the left you need to make a inversion to the left after for keeping the momentum, in case you need to bend to the right just make the second part of the inversion (if you can) and smooth it until you can't see straight track.
Great Video, well put together, keep up the good work!
Thanks a ton FF. Last question. I am having trouble quickly placing ivy on the walls and tops of buildings. Is there a super fast way I can paste those texture to an existing building? For example, I wanted to spruce up the bland ATM building by attaching Ivy to the left and right side. Then plop one on the roof too. This was to make it blend better with fairy tale campaign. I spent way too much time dawdling with the rotate commands and still couldn't get it flush.
Hmm, I'd have to see it to be sure, but I'll try giving some advice. Are you saying that it wasn't flush against the wall or that you couldn't get the angle the way you like? If it's the first one, then try hitting F to center it, then if you hold CTRL and drag your mouse you can move it in and out which might be faster than trying to use the advanced move. If it's the latter, I'm not sure how else to advise outside of using the rotation tool. You can try placing it while editing the building or placing it independently of the building, not sure if that makes a difference. I hope that helps. :\
Yes you understand! When I tried to use the rotational tools I fiddle with it forever and still can't get it flush. For something so simple - attach ivy to vertical wall piece it was taking forever and still looked poor. "Paste flat texture to wall" seemed like it should have been much simpler than I was doing.
Extensive, informative and a revelation to me. Thanks for the great video liked and subbed!
Thank you, welcome to the channel! :)
Shockwave at Six Flags Over Texas gets up to 5.9 G's, it was great :D
Great video! I don't have the game, but this was a lot of fun
u deserve more likes
I started watching this video and noticed you were making a wing over drop which is used on b&m wing coasters such as swarm and gatekeeper but I noticed that you were using a 4D coaster train and in my head I was like trying to tell you but then I realised it was a video
0:10 Just found myself trying to drag and zoom the camera...
PLS TELL ME THE NAME OF THE SONG PLAYING... I REMEMBER THAT SOMEWHERE
Try to keep your laterals under 1
Hi,
which PC configuration do you use?
Hey! Sorry for not responding to this sooner. The stats of my PC I built about 1.5 years ago are here: pcpartpicker.com/list/zfrQrH
No problem ;) Thank you
Great series of videos!
One question: would you rather recommend getting used to the building and landscaping tools in sandbox mode or with the restrictions of scenario rules?
I'm not sure it really matters much. Landscaping costs money if you're not in sandbox so there's that, but it still doesn't really cost that much compared to what you'd think it would be, so after a short amount of time in a scenario or challenge mode it's pretty easy to do anyway.
Foxy Fern ah cool. I've been holding off playing so far due to lack of time, but I'm looking forward to sinking a couple hours into it this weekend. If it's not as expensive then I guess there's nothing that speaks against learning the ropes in scenario mode :)
Thanks!
You're welcome! One thing to keep in mind too is you can use undo(ctrl+z) to back track your landscaping and it will also refund you the money for it.
Hey Foxy Fern i'm having a rather weird problem with a coaster. When i do a test run it's excitement, fear and nausea are all in the green, however once it goes live the excitement drops by 2.0 points and the fear and nausea both go into the orange. Is that a bug or am i missing something?
Hmm, that sounds like a bug to me. It definitely shouldn't change if you haven't modified anything on the coaster at all between testing and opening it. Have you tried saving it as a blueprint and then demolishing and rebuilding it? If it is indeed a bug it's possible that might fix it.
Turns out it was a block section. I had two trains and the second one was blocking the first.
Oh, good to know!
Very informative video. Was completely unaware of the G Force numbers, and you explained air time in a way that I think finally made sense to me. Thanks, +1 Like!
+Beard glad to know it helped! :D
How to build coaster that run at 70 80 mph but low fear? Below 6? Is it possible? Im stuck
Maybe with a launch.
Nice vid!
Thanks!
Only started playing this 2 days ago, and ya all my custom coasters end up having 3 excitement, 10 fear and 15 naussea :-|
While I am testing the track, the excitement seems very high, like 8's. However when I use auto-complete to have the auto tool connect the end to the station and run the full test, excitement drops to very low indeed.
I would recommend only using auto complete for a small section at the very end of making your roller coaster(you can see me use it in this video at 3:30). Auto complete only cares about 1 thing: connecting your tracks together. It's not going to worry about how it affects your coaster's ratings.
Also, check the overall fear of your ride as you're building it. If there is any ONE spot where it goes up really high, that will decrease the excitement of your entire roller coaster regardless how fun the rest of it is, because people won't enjoy the death-defying section.
Highly informative. Though i think half of the information flew over my head. (Some of it is a bit too advance for me) I think i can improve my coasters with what i understand from this video.
Yea some of it is some pretty detailed stuff. If you have any specific questions about things feel free to message me here or on reddit!
May be using a bunch of these tips in a video, I'll credit you :)
Awesome, I'd love to see your video when you're done with it too, let me know!
Realy really great video m8 i r8 8/8, gr8
i swear i wahtched 20 of those vdeos and still get shit-stats on my coasters xD
+blubbness Yeah idk. This game doesn’t seem to be as easy to nail down stats as RCT3 was.
some people do nail it, so i don´t blame the game...i´m not that much into riding coasters irl, maybe that affects my instincts to guess what is good for a coaster...xD