One of the main reasons I've enjoyed playing Planet Coaster is the ability to build fantastic fireworks and water jet shows. I've always wanted to build a realistic plaza and put together Halloween scare zone lighting and effects, or a Christmas light display. I've wanted to have a central Disney like fireworks show to end the night. Planet Coaster has made some great strides in allowing that to happen and the parts and pieces are all there for some great simulations, but the programming interface can be tricky to work with, especially the way it's implemented with a list of cues instead of a timeline layout. One dream I've had that I think would be a game changer for hardcore fans is if there was some way to implement 3rd party lighting and show control protocols to control the lights, pyro, etc. in Planet coaster. Let 3rd party software control the lights and programming to allow for more flexibility and quicker sequencing. There is lots of entertainment control software that can output protocols such as ArtNet or sACN. It would be amazing to see Planet coaster be able to input that control data and apply it to lighting fixtures and maybe even include some new moving light fixtures. I'll admit that I'm more of a big picture dreamer and can visualize the concept more than the specific way it could be implemented, but I envision running planet coaster on one computer or monitor and actually being able to run lighting software in another window or even on another computer (since most protocols such as artnet are network based). There could be a specialized control sequencer prop that allows you to select lights and set an address for them. (artnet uses DMX addresses to send control data to individual lights. Just look for lighting visualizer software videos on Youtube and imagine being able to incorporate something like that into your theme parks. I'd love to hear other's thoughts on this as well.
Moving lighting and more complex show control via 3rd party
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