Get that super-steep drop you want!

[KingDingbat]

I just discovered a trick in the coaster editor that helped me out. It might already be common knowledge, but I didn't know it so I'm sharing

I've always been kind of disappointed in the limited angle you could make your drops on the track. It seemed that about 45 degrees was as steep as you could pull down on a track down hill. I knew though, it was still Alpha, and not even an officially supported feature so I was just going to wait.

Then I discovered that, after you build the track, you can mold it further by "pushing and pulling" on a completed coaster to tweak the track.

Then I realized you can GO BACK and edit your existing lift hill to be as steep as you want, (even inverted) even though it's limited during initial building. Just tug on it and pull it down, and then use the "smooth" tool to make it pretty. (This method usually makes for a pretty nasty looking track at first, but always looks nice after smoothing. Just get the rough angle you want first, and then use the Smooth button.)

Hope this helps someone make wicked drops on their coasters!

 

[harag]

I just discovered a trick in the coaster editor that helped me out. It might already be common knowledge, but I didn't know it so I'm sharing

I've always been kind of disappointed in the limited angle you could make your drops on the track. It seemed that about 45 degrees was as steep as you could pull down on a track down hill. I knew though, it was still Alpha, and not even an officially supported feature so I was just going to wait.

Then I discovered that, after you build the track, you can mold it further by "pushing and pulling" on a completed coaster to tweak the track.

Then I realized you can GO BACK and edit your existing lift hill to be as steep as you want, (even inverted) even though it's limited during initial building. Just tug on it and pull it down, and then use the "smooth" tool to make it pretty. (This method usually makes for a pretty nasty looking track at first, but always looks nice after smoothing. Just get the rough angle you want first, and then use the Smooth button.)

Hope this helps someone make wicked drops on their coasters!

And the official coasters are not even in the game - once it comes out you can actually tweak each NODE rather than the sections (I saw it in the live stream), also you can create your own drops/loops etc by tweaking with it and most important - smooth tool

One thing I hate at the moment is that you can't turn the track exactly 180' (upside down) it sort of snaps from about 150 degrees to 210 so having complete upside down isn't currently possible (even when snapping is turned off). But not complaining as coasters are not officially in the game yet and they are still working on it

 

[EmSay]

There is a way, or a trick for the 180° invertion.
You have to play between the bank deg and the lenght of the track.

 

[harag]

There is a way, or a trick for the 180° invertion.
You have to play between the bank deg and the lenght of the track.

Really.. thanks I'll give it a play, this is one thing that bothered me.

 

[KingDingbat]

...once it comes out you can actually tweak each NODE rather than the sections...

That is AWWWESOME!! I wondered why those dots were there. I can't wait for THAT!

 

[harag]

That is AWWWESOME!! I wondered why those dots were there. I can't wait for THAT!

Yes, I spotted it in the live stream video they did, they had wireframe selections on the node in debug mode, and the tweaked several different ones. didn't look like what we currently have.