RCT 3 PC Welcome To My Worlds

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Hello fellow tycoons,

I have been playing the Rollercoaster Tycoon series for about ten years now.

I started with RCT-1 and cut my teeth on the Razor Rocks scenario. That's the first time I really felt like a "Tycoon" and pretty much maxed out the game.

RCT-1 was a lot of fun, but it was frustrating when it came to building structures with the very limited scenery available.

(You ended up making "buildings" out of raised terrain and covering them with pathway rooves, lol.)

For years I played 2, but nowadays I build in RCT-3 pretty much exclusively.

Here are some screen shots of my latest projects, post your own if you like...

My latest park is named "The Plaza" and is so named for the large glass shopping center off to the right in this nightime aerial view...

It is still very much a work in progress so I have the roof off, but there are three swimming pools, one rollercoaster so far and a half-dozen thrill rides along with the shops and food court...

The Plaza is not just an amusement park, but is really designed to be a whole community with hi-rise resorts, office towers, restaurants, theaters, etc along with rollercoasters and thrill rides.

Thanks in advance, much more to come, I love RCT shop-talk and don't be shy about commenting and sharing your favorite screen shots, post 'em here!

Thx

 

[edm18]

Wow. Those are amazing. First two shots are almost photo-realistic. You should be designing for real parks. I'd definitely pay money to visit that place. Great work.

 

[Thx]

Wow. Those are amazing. First two shots are almost photo-realistic. You should be designing for real parks. I'd definitely pay money to visit that place. Great work.

Thanks for the nice comments and good to meet another RCT fan!

Oh, wouldn't that be a great job: Chief Parks Designer, lol?

I'd definitely have RCT-3 as a development tool and what a great medium for presentations to the big execs!

Here are some assorted builds...

I re-did the Trocadero nightclub in RCT3.

Here is the old one from RCT2...

Kind of hard to have a nightclub with no "night".

Here it is in 3...

Much more "Euro-style" and lighting is everything here.

Finally found some cafe chairs that I can use, so many custom sets lock the game when I open them...

Also, I did an RCT3 version of the "Taj Cineplex" from my Miami Beach RCT2 build, here is the old one...

I had always planned to put more razzle-dazzle etc on the roof, but never got around to it.

Here is the Taj in 3...

Now it is the "Blue Taj" Cineplex.

This one was built from the interior out...

Three large screens, 600 seats and two concession bars.

I need to place a few more lights in the lobby...

I have added a few lights since this pic...

Those chaser lights flash in sequence and look beautiful as some of you may know and have them...

These are part of the Plaza park build.

Thanks again and lots more to come.

Thx

 

[Thx]

Hello again folks,

Last month I started a new project: "Wright Terrace Gardens" inspired by the Frank Lloyd Wright "Falling Water" house...

Now, the main thing about this build, is getting the "house", what will be the lobby for the resort, getting that structure situated over a waterfall and making it all work, you have to almost "trick" the software into accomplishing your ends here...

At first, I considered natural looking landscapes, ones of course built to support waterfalls, like these...

But, getting to make these waterfalls actually work can be quite a pain, I had made up my mind to build a new landscape especially for this build...

But then, taking into account the basic cubism or "rectanglism" of the house, why not build a more artificial type hillside to put this project in? It will lose some of the stark contrast between nature and the modern design, but I could perhaps compensate for that in some ways, and maybe find other aspects to exploit...

So here is where we are at with it, I thought you might like to watch it being put up as I build it.

Here we start with a very basic 'L'-shaped form...

A bit further along, we add reflecting pools...

That waterfall is about 60 feet tall!

This building both collects and recycles ALL of it's water, it is totally independent of city water and sewer, and what are you are seeing is one of the last phases of returning the water to potable: aeration and UV exposure from the sun...

Where the prominent patio on the house is, here I have envisioned a swimming pool, and the challenge is getting this pool over the waterfall cleanly with no support structures pools normally have...

I had to go to special means to get what I wanted, here I have to put a base block in place, then raise the land so I can place a pool section, then I have to take the land back down, 3 steps for what would normally be only 1.

And we keep up this process...

Now that pool looks maybe small by the pics, it's actually 60 x 170

A few more pieces in place, we turn the waterfalls back on and there's our pool...

Here a second pool has been added...

Also, the floor of what is going to be a Chinese Restaurant instead of the spacious lobby of the resort as I first imagined.

Here we see that going up and the back of this part of the build where the real working parts are and things start getting a bit more complicated...

Might as well get a head start on the lighting, one of the fun parts, but one that can also be very difficult and frustrating too...

On this build as I have been doing the last couple years, everything is built from the inside out, and I want this resort the most functional of all!

I decided that at this point I need to do a preliminary "peeps test" just to make sure, if they don't like what I have so far, there's not much point to any of it...

And it seems the general peep consensus is pretty good, we have a rating of 645 with only two pools and no actual rides.. plus, we already won the tidy park award.

And I hope you like it so far too, there is a ton and a half of work yet to do!

Much more to come, there is a ten story high-rise: "Wright Tower", the finished Chinese restaurant, another restaurant I named "Akimbo" for the design and a shopping mall along with a few other things, so stay tuned, we have only gotten started!

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