Maxie

Sorry for the delay! I went back and altered a lot of the sections so it feels like the real POV in game and a few sections had to be done over and over again to get it a closer match. We're almost at the crypt now! just the 2nd lift to import into game then I can use the drop track that I began this whole project with! Here's a few update pics though. All fine detailing will be added at the end still. Until the track flows perfectly, theres no point adding detailing as it just gives me more work to modify as I go along.

A little more track piece testing.

A little bit more track imported and tested.

Hours of reference photos haha! The entire ride will have every detail once finished. Even down to every track bolt and even wheel wear on the rails (i made sure my plugin always forced track rail to be facing up so i can add the rail wear) I will also add every sensor and trim brakes etc etc. But first i need to make sure the train completes the entire circuit past the underground section and the droptrack reverse speed (currently too slow)

I've imported the first sections (sorry I work all week so most of my progress is done when I'm free at weekends) Station to top of lift block brake is tested so far 😊 I should get most of it tested this weekend (hopefully)

This is awesome! Great work 😀 I love it!

mock up of the full track is done 😃 I'll begin coding it into the game tomorrow to test a full circuit. rest of the woodland section lift into crypt switchback final curve into crypt I've tried getting it as close as I possibly can to the real thing by watching this video a million times 😂 I'm so glad to Attraction Source for their 2 POV videos for this ride!

A few track section updates (Sketchup side not imported just yet until I have the design put down) Detailing will be added once ive tested the track in game :) Droptrack entry and exit Helix from station Underground section to switchback First drop into helix Part of the woodland section

Nice :) The ovl files are a nightmare honestly. My issues are whats hard coded into the game cant be tweaked in the ovl files and it annoys me. I have to find really obscure workarounds to force the outcome i need.

Sorry for the delay! I promise I'm working hard in the background! I have made the front car but I'm not happy with how it looks (kinda squashed compared to the real thing) so i need to adjust the width by 25% but that means a redraw of all the wheels and bogeys etc. BUT I'll post the first attempt As for the track, The plugin has been altered to just draw the entire thing for me to save time in the long run (as I plan after th13teen to create a fully modular downloadable set with multiple options that rct never had. you kinda just input the entry and exit angle now and the rest stays as default and it just draws the whole thing ready to export Example 1 entry is 45 degrees and exit is 60 degrees Example 2 entry is 10 degrees exit is 70 degrees I'll leave the train scaling for now and focus more on the track so peeps can get more of an update than just a car! :)

Link car is almost done (except for restraints and wheel animation) I think it looks alright so far tbh 🙃

Small update on train I've been working in the background on getting the correct scale and rail height. I'm happy with this and I believe it should be a good alignment with the station platform and enough spacing to prevent clipping of cars. No textures yet so sorry its all jet black! (I was focusing on functionality first) Detailing and restraints will be added soon (once I get the full train cart modelled, hopefully this weekend)

Today I worked on the plugins I use for Sketchup (I really dislike blender!). This post is placed here to show in advance how each track section will be made on the recreation. So if it looks like its posted in the wrong place, it's merely here as an example of the design process :) The idea behind the "Tools" is to help speed up and automate a good 50% of the track building process by doing the following: 1. Create a Track guide (treat it like a central spine) 2. add ties to the guide (entry rotation, exit rotation, minimum space between ties, distance between rails) 3.add left and right rail splines (normal, join and alt if needed) 4.export the spline to a ModXML file below is a few pics of this to help visualise whats going on :) Draw start and end point Here I use a spacing of 3 x 3 in game squares (12m x 12m lines) Select Track Guide to create "spine" Select start and end point of line then move handles to desired location (i used the golden ratio for a curve which is 55.228% the length of a line in bezier curves) Select Track type (I only have intamin family currently which will be TH13TEEN track so 2 rails with only tie bars) fill out information you require (entry angle, exit angle, minimum distance between ties which will round up to end of the line using as many ties as possible, distance between the rails) add left and right track splines by clicking each tie along the "fishbone" export the spline data to ModXML These tools combined all allow for curving of track sections smoothly between each other (RCT3 is very happy when you give it smoothness!) So that's todays update! I'll work on the underground track section from drop track to switch back next :)

So I've finally decided to finish what I started back in 2014! Sorry to everyone over at SGW who was watching the old Project in hopes for an update :/ This is a personal project to me as I sank 5 years of my life into this, only to abandon it. But this time every detail I can possibly add (within reason) will be added to this! Even if you won't even be able to see it in the final build. This thread will follow the entire build process from construction to end. so you're going to see sections that will be covered up, however you guys can see the level of detail hidden behind it all! I hope you guys will enjoy this as much as I do making it :) Beginning with the foundations and track supports Station with struts added Some details had to be modified to allow it to work in RCT3, But I will do my best to keep the scaling and as much as I can as close to the original as possible! (maybe 90% as some information I cannot get) I have no idea how to make the images appear in the thread lol 😅

Im not sure if this is a "me" issue or not, but i am from the UK and all pictures uploaded on this project are saying "content not viewable in your region" Which is a shame as i enjoy seeing peoples progress photos and videos :) Are you using a file uploading service or directly on this site? 🤔 Also can anyone else from the UK confirm this is happening to them too?

I may end up just focusing on custom tracks and cars as i love roller coasters :) but never say never i guess!

Im glad i found this place as i assumed all the old places were long gone, but to see some names i recognise makes me happy knowing the community never died for rct3 :) Plus i have unfinished business after spending 5 years of my life reverse engineering the files to be able to make a working drop track and switchback for th13teen, only to just give up on the project! But the good news is the files still work! So i will attempt to motivate myself to finish it! :)

Whilst rummaging through my files i found my old fireworks show i made for Vpyro. I remembered uploading it to youtube but noticed its partially private due to copyright strike on the music (can't say i expected anyone to find it tbh) But with the link its still viewable so thought i'd put it here for anyone who enjoyed the good old days of making fireworks shows on rct3 :) I made it to showcase my animated lasers and my animation skills before moving into custom animated tracked rides :)

Hoi everyone! I don't know who remembers me from vpyro or shyguys world but in 2014 i was maxamillionaire :) I recently stumbled upon my old files from RCT3 and my Th13teen project and now have a strong urge to finish what i started so many years ago! Looking back at my files i wonder how i even did half the stuff i did but now i found this place and hopefully a few familiar faces remember me from 2014! :)