Planet Coaster on Steam

[TheWetDolphin]

Hi all,
So when/if Planet Coaster becomes available on Steam, do you think the game would be fully complete? Or do you think they will release it on Steam while it is still in Alpha/Beta? Because I really want to see the steam features used in Planet Coaster like the other game! [happy]

 

[Scott1]

I'd be shocked if it came to Steam before full release, and then it'll probably come a little after that. They'll probably do the same as Elite: Dangerous, which I think is on Steam but released there after launch

 

[Periocus]

Hi all,
So when/if Planet Coaster becomes available on Steam, do you think the game would be fully complete? Or do you think they will release it on Steam while it is still in Alpha/Beta? Because I really want to see the steam features used in Planet Coaster like the other game! [happy]

How do you know the workshop is better then the coming Blueprints?

 

[breezerHOG1]

Hi all, So when/if Planet Coaster becomes available on Steam, do you think the game would be fully complete? Or do you think they will release it on Steam while it is still in Alpha/Beta? Because I really want to see the steam features used in Planet Coaster like the other game! [happy]

The alpha and/or beta will NOT be on steam. That is confirmed.
There is a good chance the full game WILL be released on Steam, but a release date is not confirmed as of yet. IF they release it on Steam and you already own the game, they will give you a code to transfer over to Steam (like EliteDangerous)

How do you know the workshop is better then the coming Blueprints?

UGC and blueprints are not the same thing. We don't know if PC will utilize Steam workshop or have its own variation of UGC, but currently it seems as though Frontier would like to make their own UGC, separate from Steam


all of this and more can easily be found by using the search feature
- https://forums.planetcoaster.com/showthread.php/77-Steam-Support?highlight=steam
- https://forums.planetcoaster.com/sh...ster-arrive-on-Steam-and-when?highlight=steam
- https://forums.planetcoaster.com/sh...ow-do-we-get-Steam-keys-later?highlight=steam
- https://forums.planetcoaster.com/showthread.php/1080-Planet-Coaster-on-Steam?highlight=steam
- https://forums.planetcoaster.com/showthread.php/1511-Steam-Accounts?highlight=steam
- https://forums.planetcoaster.com/showthread.php/4642-Why-Steam?highlight=steam

 

[Periocus]

UGC and blueprints are not the same thing. We don't know if PC will utilize Steam workshop or have its own variation of UGC, but currently it seems as though Frontier would like to make their own UGC, separate from Steam.


all of this and more can easily be found by using the search feature

How do you know what Blueprints means in PC and how it will be like? How do you know it won't be the base for UGC overall?

 

[Joël]

How do you know what Blueprints means in PC and how it will be like? How do you know it won't be the base for UGC overall?

Blueprints means you can save things you've built in-game. It has not yet been confirmed what can be saved as blueprints. I can think of things such as coasters and buildings, but the actual features of blueprints have not been announced yet.

UGC means User Generated Content. This is something else than blueprints. UGC can be a lot of things, such as scenery objects, but also coasters, coaster cars, animatronics, effects, music, and lots more. UGC is external content made by users for use in-game, and blueprints are saved designs of things already in-game. Of course, it might also be possible that blueprints can be UGC, but that depends on what and if the developers are going to make possible in Planet Coaster.

 

[breezerHOG1]

Blueprints means you can save things you've built in-game. It has not yet been confirmed what can be saved as blueprints. I can think of things such as coasters and buildings, but the actual features of blueprints have not been announced yet.

Any chance of saving terrain? or is that only with full park saves? Can a coaster with underground/tunnels be saved and reloaded with the same features? (and can we please hurry up alpha 3 [praise] pleeease!? blueprints are going to be SOOO AMAZING!!!!!)

UGC means User Generated Content. This is something else than blueprints. UGC can be a lot of things, such as scenery objects, but also coasters, coaster cars, animatronics, effects, music, and lots more. UGC is external content made by users for use in-game, and blueprints are saved designs of things already in-game. Of course, it might also be possible that blueprints can be UGC, but that depends on what and if the developers are going to make possible in Planet Coaster.

This is awesome [up] cant wait to see this in action!!!! Along with the other online sharing features

 

[Abletudu]

Joel, thanks for the reply. I think that once something (UGC) has been successfully imported into the game that it shopuld be able to be saved as a blue print so it could readily used again or shared.

 

[Periocus]

Blueprints means you can save things you've built in-game. It has not yet been confirmed what can be saved as blueprints. I can think of things such as coasters and buildings, but the actual features of blueprints have not been announced yet.

UGC means User Generated Content. This is something else than blueprints. UGC can be a lot of things, such as scenery objects, but also coasters, coaster cars, animatronics, effects, music, and lots more. UGC is external content made by users for use in-game, and blueprints are saved designs of things already in-game. Of course, it might also be possible that blueprints can be UGC, but that depends on what and if the developers are going to make possible in Planet Coaster.

So actually you don't know if the workshop will be better then blueprints.

 

[breezerHOG1]

So actually you don't know if the workshop will be better then blueprints.

I think you misunderstand their is a difference between the two, we can have both and utilize them together. Its actually a really good thing! Blueprints will arrive in the next Alpha update, UGC will arrive in the full game, Steam support may arrive later [up]

 

[Periocus]

I think you misunderstand their is a difference between the two, we can have both and utilize them together. Its actually a really good thing! Blueprints will arrive in the next Alpha update, UGC will arrive in the full game, Steam support may arrive later [up]

No i did not. There are many definitions what the word "blueprint" means. For example detailed plan to do something and many more.
It is not just a copy process.

At Steam it is called workshop.
Pariktect decided to go with Nexus.

I am not saying it is not just copy and paste, but it could be much more. Noone knows except Frontier.
Until then saying "Workshop is better." is a really interesting hypothesis nothing more.
So we have to wait and see.

 

[Mikeysaurus]

Any chance of saving terrain? or is that only with full park saves? Can a coaster with underground/tunnels be saved and reloaded with the same features? (and can we please hurry up alpha 3 [praise] pleeease!? blueprints are going to be SOOO AMAZING!!!!!)

If you try moving your built coaster it will automatically create new tunnels in the location you move it to therefore i'd assume that the blueprint for this would work in the same way. Obviously if you've raised or lowered the terrain around it will integrate it respectively.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

If you try moving your built coaster it will automatically create new tunnels in the location you move it to therefore i'd assume that the blueprint for this would work in the same way. Obviously if you've raised or lowered the terrain around it will integrate it respectively.

This is great news!

 

[TheWetDolphin]

I'd be shocked if it came to Steam before full release, and then it'll probably come a little after that. They'll probably do the same as Elite: Dangerous, which I think is on Steam but released there after launch

Ok, thanks for the reply [happy]

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How do you know the workshop is better then the coming Blueprints?

I never said the workshop is better than the coming blueprints, I just want to see the stream features used in Planet Coaster [happy]