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They have announced plans for a $2 Billion dollar theme park called "American Heartland" to be built in Oklahoma. Designing it are a large numbers of former Disney Imagineers and personnel. While I question how successful a theme park would be in an area that gets cold weather in the winter and is in/near tornado alley, the plans for it are really interesting. In many ways it's similar to Disney's planned Disney America Park from years ago. A video that shows an overview of the park plans... https://youtu.be/bHhAHnXecXA

The lighting on this was so well done! Bravo!

One would hope that Dumbo wasn't like an over-grown pigeon on top of that ride...

Yeah, I think it was more of a demonstration as entertainment rather than guest participation.

Coney Island had an attraction called 'Fire and Flames' at Luna Park back in the early 1900's (ask Citytrader...he was there...) that this reminds me of (I read about it in a history book of course...).

I THINK the sign is actually "Le Vingt-Sept", which if I recall my French class from 50 years ago that I skipped out of continually, means "Twenty-seven", the same as the number there. I'm not exactly sure the significance of the name in the game. I think there's like 24 shops, not counting the info, first aid or restrooms, so maybe that's it? I forget what that shop even sells...I think it was quiche or something? I know bacon and eggplant were add-ons...now I'll have to go look... 😄

I certainly remember Elch, so welcome TrimoParks!

Totally atmospheric... Well done indeed.

That river is very nicely done! You really should start a full thread, love to see more.

No hobbies to compare to any of those above. As some may know, I'm an American living in Brazil, so a good part of my time is spent trying to mentally translate everything from Portuguese to English and back. While I can read Portuguese fairly well, and can understand spoken Portuguese, me actually speaking it is still rather difficult. I'm of the type where someone shares a joke and five minutes later I laugh after finally figuring it out! It doesn't help that we mostly speak English at home - my Brazilian partner is fluent in English! While I'm retired (I did so at a tender age of course...), I also take care of our English Cocker Spaniel Bu, who, although he is only four years old, has severe cataracts in both eyes that they were not able to operate on and has now about 90% blind. We live in a highrise downtown and it just takes a little longer to go down 18 floors and then out for his 8-9 bathroom /sniffari breaks dodging all the people each day. But he's worth every minute. I did spend quite a bit of time figuring out how to use Blender and the TMTK Editor to create items for Planet Coaster...665 items so far. I'm like the OSUDenny of PC (old-timers will get that reference...). Some of them are even worth downloading! Mr Bu (which is short for "Buddy") at Doggie Day Care with his homies...

You're known for your terrain work, but I think your lighting is just as good. Lighting is something I always struggle with, so I appreciate when I see it done right...

Great details on that queue! Those windows work perfect as roll-up doors too.

Hey JB! I think Citytrader has you beat, age-wise, by a century or three. As he says "Age is only a number..." Yeah, but when it's over three digits it's a big honkin' number" It's wonderful to see you here as well, you're one of the few who takes time to make comments and observations on member's threads all the time which is always appreciated!

Now that we've found a quiet spot to rest our feet... It's time to retrace our steps back to Victory Field's Main Gate... (Yep, I know Disney would have tried to avoid a dead-end path, but in this case it was either that or an exceptionally long and boring path clear to the otherside, so I went with the dead-end...) There's a sign directing us to Camp Lehigh...the name might ring a bell... Picnicking area ahead... Inside the large hangers are several flat rides...first up is The Flying Ducks Hosted by none other than Donald Duck... Followed by the Junior Flight Trainer for the little ones... Quonset huts with food services line the road...gate to Camp Lehigh in the background... If you turn to the right just before that gate there's a quiet area with food, restrooms and a great view of the coaster... Now we come to Camp Lehigh itself...a special Strategic Science Reserve area of Victory Field... The posters give a hint as to it's purpose... (Yep, Disney Synergy on full display here!) Cap himself displaying some special moves for visitors... Camp Lehigh features two flat rides - Elixir and Psychia. Outside of Victory Field there's a path leading to the Walt Disney Studios, or further down will cross the railroad tracks to the Seaside Boardwalk are of the park... There's a secondary gate to Victory Field located along the way... Now it's time to visit the next area...Seaside Boardwalk 1890, a celebration of ocean boardwalks, turn of the century amusement parks, and America's favorite - the Circus! That's it for this edition...

Thanks guys!

Well over 25 years and you STILL haven't gotten rid of me! Much like three day old leftover burritos, I keep coming back up I guess. I tend to linger on... RCT Station, RCT Depot, Atari Forums I, SGW, Atari Forums II, Frontier and assorted others I don't recall...exterminators have been kept busy all these years. Yes, I'm living proof that old people can still....um...er...what was I saying? Who are you whippersnappers and what the hell am I doing here? Get off my lawn!

While we're here, I'll add a few night-time shots of this area...

Now onto the next part of this bench...Victory Field 1943... This area is a tribute to the World War 2 era, however we wanted to kind of distance it from the "Allies vs Axis" theme and go instead from the angle that this airfield is mainly for training. The main coaster (yes, there finally IS a coaster in this park...) is V for Victory, and while it does include flying through a battlefield the 'enemy' isn't noted. I think that's how Disney would likely have handled it. Animated characters show up in this area because they were a big part of Disney's war effort, and because it's located so close to the Hyperion Studios section. Let's start the tour... The main gate... Behind is the headquarters building. At this time the Air Force was still a part of the regular US Army... Heading down a path lined with military equipment... Quonset huts feature assorted shops and guest services facilities such as restrooms and first aid stations... Our first ride...Wild Blue Yonder The USO served service personnel, a job it also performs here at Disney America... There's a side entrance that leads back to Hyperion Studios... Heading past Wild Blue Yonder to the back corner of the area, water tower, shops on the right, main hanger building for V for Victory coaster on the left... Interior of the hanger with station... Heading out to the main runway... Control tower signals you're cleared for take-off... Barrage balloons to be avoided as well as fighters ready for a dog-fight... Watch out for gun emplacements along the cliffs! Luckily we made it back to Victory Field and a safe landing... Past V for Victory the path continues... Ahead is the Victory Canteen Food Court... Around the corner is the Disney Theater, showing the war-time animated feature "Victory Through Air Power"... Several more Quonset huts before our next ride - Flying Ace! A quiet rest area at the end of the path... We'll pause and rest ourselves before we move on to explore the other half of Victory Field... ("V for Victory" coaster was a Workshop find called "argentum 2" by DarthFart that I tweaked and added on to....)

Now THAT is a realistic entrance! Well done!

Very VERY cool! This is just like the drive-in we used to have when I was a kid...even the layout is about the same, just need a spot to pull over before the entrance to hide a couple people in the trunk. You've certainly captured the feeling for it overall otherwise...only other things missing are the occasional cars with the windows rolled up that you couldn't see inside because of the fumes, and the odd post with missing speakers (likely found as a pair next to the rear window on someone's car...handy for that cool stereo sound from your new 8-track player...). Even the over-priced fay old pizza and hot-dogs are there! Great job!

While these were created for the project Citytrader and I have been working on, he mentioned that several people had been looking for something similar, so here's an early release of some of my TMTK creations. If fact, these were my very FIRST... Lucky you. First up is....drumroll please...a Barber Pole! Not just ONE Barber Pole...but TWO! A small one... https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2455466702&searchtext=barber And a larger one... https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2455467565&searchtext=barber But wait! If you act now we'll throw in this THIRD version ABSOLUTELY FREE! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2455468396&searchtext=barber Yes, it shines in the dark...isn't that AMAZING??? (Not that it shines in the dark but that I actually figured out how to make it shine in the dark...). Now, the usual fine print: These objects are based in part on a similar Barber Pole available in the SketchUp Warehouse. Tweaks and wholesale remaking by moi, textures by moi, inspirations totally based on the original creator who's name didn't appear on the file and which no longer seems to be available sadly. The fact that I managed to take something, tweak it, managed to figure out how to use Blender, created textures, made them actually line up correctly on a cylinder, AND get it imported with the TMTK Editor AND actually show up in the game, while astounding in it's own right should not be inferred that further similar items may or may not be forthcoming in the "future" (AKA whenever I get around to it...). Okay, so I lied. I DID make more items. Sorry! Anyways, I hope the one or two people who might actually find a use for these enjoy them...

For some reason when copying and pasting the text from sgw, the screenshots show up as links rather than enbedded...not sure what I did wrong, but I'll try to figure it out and fix it!

DA Set M-N 45 Items, 9MB TMTK Items with names starting with "M" or "N" Magna Carta sign, Mercantile Sign Decal, Assorted Historical and National Flags, Mexican Coat of Arms, Mexican Mural, Assorted Large Mickey Mouse Short Posters, Lit Mickey Mouse Movie Screens, Mickey Victory Field Logo, Eight Part Mountain Backdrop, Mural Decal, Music Neon Sign, Nantucket Sign, Neon Fluer, New Orleans Coffee Signs, New York World's Fair items and Lit Sign Decal Night-time DA Set 0-Q 30 Items, 5.6MB TMTK Items with names starting with "O", "P", or "Q" Vintage Oysters sign, Palm Reader sign, Neon Pam Reader signs, Assorted National Flags, Disney On Parade Sign, DA Park Map sign, DA Park Map display, Patriot Inn Sign, Pawnbroker sign, Philadelphia Banner, New York Fair Photo Spot parts, Pies Neon Sign, Disney Pin Board, Pinocchio Billboard, Po Boys Neon Sign, Polish Coat of Arms, Pond Water Base tile, Portuguese Tile wall, Produce sign, Quonset Hut End Wall Plain, Quonset Hut End Wall Shop, Quonset Hut Roof. Quonset Hut textures match Citytrader's Hanger Wall Set Night time Finished Quonset Hut examples... DA Set R 15 Items, 2.8MB TMTK Items with names starting with "R" NYWF Railroad Poster, R and D Drugs Neon Sign, Railway Express Diamond Sign-Large, Railway Express Diamond Sign-Small, REA Sign-Large-Part A, REA Sign-Large-Part B, REA Sign-Small, Restaurant-Cafe Neon Sign, Restaurant Neon Sign, Ring Of Fire-Ring, Ring Of Fire-Flames, Riverboat Billboard, Betsy Ross Flag - Large, Betsy Ross Flag - Small, Vintage Rum/Gin Sign Night time Circus Ring of Fire assembled... DA Set S 37 Items, 4.9MB TMTK Items with names starting with "S" Yes, we're getting close to the end! I feel like I'm channeling OSUDenny from the old RCT3 days, he was such a prolific creator! Recolorable Seahorse Decal, Recolorable Seahorse Decal - Lit, Seaside Promenade Sign, Assorted Historical and National Flags, Recolorable Shell Decal - Lit, Shimmer Curtain wall, Singer Sign, Sleepy Hollow Carved Sign, Smith Store Sign, Snow White Billboard, Sorcerer Mickey cutout, Spain Coat of Arms decal, Stitchery Banner, St Louis Fair Billboard, St Louis Fair Flag, Assorted Sufferage Banners, Vintage Surgeon Sign, Sweden Coat of Arms decal, Assorted Synchronized Swimmer Decals, Swiss Coat of Arms Sign, Night-time... DA Set T - V 47 Items, 7.7MB Seven items to recreate 1939 NY World's Fair Trylon, Tea Crates, Vintage Texaco Signs, The Pearl Neon Sign, Tile Dome Roof - 1/4 Octogon , Toy Soldier Sign, DA Trashcan Cover, Two Sisters Restaurant Signs - Lit, UK Coats of Arms decals, Uncle Sam Sign, ISA Banner - Large, USArmy AirForce Logo decals, USSR Coat of Arms decals, USSteel decal - Lit, Vaudeville Poster, Verticl Hotel Sign - Lit, Victory Field Decals, Assorted Victory Garden Posters, Vintage Coca-Cola Neon Signs - Lit, Vintage Coke Sign, VooDoo Club Sign decal - Lit Night time Completed Trylon with Archer figure for size comparison. Takes some work to get lined up properly, I'll upload a blueprint of the completed Trylon for ease of use... The 1/4 Octagon Tile dome matches in-game textures fairly well, created to use on my recreation of the original Walt Disney Studios Building, may not sure any other purpose... Set W-Z 52 Items, 6.7MB TMTK Items with names starting with"W", "X", "Y" or "Z" Washington Inn Sign, Washington Banner, Washington Decal, Waterfall Texture Walls, Waterfall Static decals, Walt Disney Studios Banners, Westinghouse Pavilion Murals, NY World's Fair Book, NY World's Fair Murals, 1904 Fair Whirlpool Sign, Willie's Chicken Shack Neon Sign, Women's Vote Signs, Wonder Bakery NYWF Signs, wooden bench, Assorted Vintage Woolworth Signs, 1939 NYWF Flag, NYWF Pennant, Wright Bros. Flyer parts, Yankee Doodle Mickey Album Cover Night time Completed Wright Bros Flyer...based in part on SketchBook model, creator unknown The link to the Google Drive folder with the zipped Disney America Park TMTK files can be found here... https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/175wiNXMPaKe7X8cDaRzK8nzuSScL2VWk?usp=sharing There are also some blueprints we'll share and we'll be posting those here shortly as well... NOTE: Since this was first posted at Shyguys World, I've added around 100 more TMTK items that aren't included here yet. These appear mostly in benches 4,5 and 6. I'll gather them up and add them to the Google drive folder soon...

DA Set E-F 24 items, 6.8MB TMTK items with names starting with the letter "E"...or "F"! Various American Eagle signs, "Eat Here" Neon signs, Assorted National flags, Elektro Sign, Erie Harp shield, assorted 1939 New York World's Fair signs and logos, Farmer's Market signs, FDR Posters, Feltmans Menus, New Orleans Fleur Signage, FORD decal, Ford signs, Ford V-8 Signs, French Liberty Painting, French Republic Coat of Arms, French tapestry, Fresh Fish Neon sign Night-time DA Set G-H 24 Items, 5.6MB TMTK Items with names starting with "G" or "H"... Assorted historical and National flags, Riverboat Gamblers sign, glass block wall - off-grid (matches Citytraders glass block wall set...), Large GM decal, Gold Eagle plaques, Gold Incan Shield, assorted banners, USA Great Seat decal, New Orleans Billboard, Groceries sign, Hanger roof pieces (match Citytraders Hanger Walls set...), Hat (fit on stationary female figure), assorted feathers for hat, Hills Bros Art, Hills Bros Ad decal, House of VooDoo sign, Hughes Rocketeer Sign. Night-time DA Set I-L 24 Items, 6.6MB TMTK Items with names starting with "I" through "L" Assorted Historical and National flags, Jazz Gumbo Neon, Colonial signage, Kingdom of Egypt Coat of Arms, Kingdom of Italy signage, Assorted New Orleans signs, Large Disney Character Font Signs, Statue of Liberty Signage, Louisiana Pacific Expo signage, Lucy's Chicken Neon sign Night-time DA Set Liberty Torch 4 Items, 802KB Four objects that recreate the arms and torch from the Statue of Liberty. NOTE: These items feature heavier than normal LOD's to help the torch remain visible from such distance. Based on SketchUp model by unknown artist. Not re-colorable.

Disney's America Park Project Thememaker's Toolkit Releases By Citytrader and Wagi With the release of the individual benches from our lengthy Disney America project, I wIll be showing some of the Thememaker's Toolkit items created for this work, these items were used on several of the benches. Besides the glass block wall set Citytrader released previously, and the Barbershop Pole set I released (both have their own threads here...), there are 588 640 additional items. Yes, 588 640 items ...we've been busy... All these items had been uploaded to the Steam Workshop previously and have now been made public. For anyone who might want to download and explore each bench as it is finally released can avoid having to find and download 588 640 individual files from the Workshop by downloading zipped copies of the items we'll make available later on. That way you can unzip and install the files directly yourself. There's about 15 individual zipped folder, broken up alphabetically for the most part. I'll post a screenshot showing what is in each zip. Here is the link to the Disney America TMTK Folder on Drive... https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/175wiNXMPaKe7X8cDaRzK8nzuSScL2VWk?usp=sharing For those who don't want to install everything but see something in a screen shot you might be able to use, you are free to pick and choose what you install this way as well, or download it from the Workshop First I'll point out that I am NOT a graphic designer! I didn't even know how to use Blender when I started (and still don't know how to use it well...) Most of these items are relatively simple, many we used rather than using billboards as those have a marked impact on game performance for some people. Some files may be a little on the heavy side texture-wise, some items will no doubt have bloopers, the way the Toolkit Editor is set up precludes making many changes later, thus why some bloopers remain even after we noted them later. Many items may not suit your purposes, but they usually suited ours and we're happy to share if you can make use of them too... Most items will use "DA-" in their name. A few made earlier use "Banner" instead, and there's a set of "ColonialTopper" pieces as well. There's also a couple strays that ended up with a misspelled title like "DA_" or "DA0"...hey, I have fat fingers... So the first set I'll share a screenshot of is "DA Set Misc". This includes items with numbers in their titles, "Banner" or "ColonialTopper", along with a couple oddballs. 75 items, 10.9MB (download link to be added soon...) Lot's of US flags with varying number of stars and sizes, Depression Era posters, Disney America banners, 1939 New York World's Fair posters, comic books, 1904 St Louis Fair banners, posters, book, 1930's Ford auto and truck billboards...most items are two-sided with same graphic on the back. Screen of how the Colonial Toppers go together. The large size has a small blooper with a slight gap between the large dark rook and the bottom of the cupola. You can get around it by copying the cupola and lowering the copy down to cover the slight gap...or just pretend it's not there! Blueprints of the assembled Colonial Toppers have been released in the Workshop... They ain't perfect but better I guess than having none which is what Frontier gave us! Trying to wiggle out of any blame, huh? ;D DA Set A 34 Items, 7 MB (download link to follow...again, individual files are currently available from the Workshop...) These are items with names that start with the letter "A" (duh...) Set includes several multi-section cutouts to create an Alp Mountain backdrop, assorted signage from Colonial and 1930/40 periods, assorted historical and National flags, Assorted Art Deco style trims, Automat walls, Aztec Mural, Aquacade Sign, small aquarium block Several pieces at night... DA Set B 58 items, 12.3 MB (download link to follow, currently available in the Workshop...) TMTK Items that have names starting with the letter "B"! Assorted banners, Barber Shop Poles (previously released), 1939 Beechnut Circus signs, assorted historical, British Colonial and national flags, assorted "Brazil Block" walls, Brazil 1939 Coat of Arms, assorted murals by Brazilian artists, Brazil posters, British Empire signage, British Lion decals, BYOWF (Build You Own World's Fair) game box... Some pieces at night... DA Set C 64 Items, 14.4MB TMTK items beginning with the letter "C" Assorted Cafe signs, Canada signs, Canada murals, Old Canadian flag and Coat of Arms, Carnival Wheel, assorted 1930/40 signage, Chernabog cutout,assorted Circus signs, banners, posters, cutouts, circus ring, clown car, assorted New Orleans signage, assorted colonial signs, Coca-Cola logo cutout, Coca-Cola brick wall, Communications Pavilion murals, assorted crates, assorted historical and national flags, crossed USA flags. Select objects at night... There is also four wall pieces (one meter wide, two meter wide, left and right one meter angles), based on Vampiro's wide stripe wall set and used with his kind permission and sharing of his textures. They are not an exact match, but sure worked for our project...thanks Vampiro! There's a special piece I made, it's a clown cannon, and there is a pair of clown legs that fit down inside... (EDIT:) Blueprints of the assembled cannon with clown and decorations, as well as the clown car with lights have been released in the Workshop... DA Set D 24 items, 6.2MB TMTK items beginning with the letter "D" Disney America flag, Disney WWII Posters, Disney cartoon clouds and sun, Disney Studios signs, Art Deco murals (3 parts), Dr Pepper brick wall sign, Dr. Pepper sign, Doctor Office signs, Dentist Office signs, Dry Goods Store decal, quarter Dome piece, Disney plush and ceramic cut-outs for store shelf displays Night-time Poster detail and plush cut-outs Quarter-Dome piece. It's far from perfect, but we used it on the bench with added ribs that covered the bloopers...