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Lovely update! I really like the Carthay inspired building. At first I was like WhErE iS tHe ToP? but it's not a 1-on-1 recreation and the flat spire top works quite beautiful by itself, the windows on top look good. The giant street lamps are also nice. The picture with the main street reflection in the lake and pink clouds is gorgeous. Jeej for the new PC and I'm sorry about the crazy real life stuff, take your time, we'll still be here when you're feeling better!☺️

Hi all! Today I wanted to take a look at the only finished habitat I did for this park. This habitat has seen many inhabitants throughout the years . It was build in 1871 and later expanded and moved in 1895. The habitat is build around a Moorish Temple inspired shelter that houses Ratite (Ostriches, Rhea's, Emus, etc.) The zoo has a rich (and sadly bloody) history with Belgium colonial past in in Africa. The democratic Republic of the Congo was occupied by Belgium during colonial time and suffered greatly because of it. During this time the western world also got it's first introduction to Okapis in 1901. Later they where transported back to Belgium and put on display in the zoo. The zoo has a long history with Okapis because of this. Today the Moorish Temple doesn't house Ratite anymore but is the home for Okapis in the zoo. ~Moorish Temple~ The habitat is located at number 22 in the middle of this snapshot. The backside of the building is build directly on the zoos outer wall and someone's backyard. I did waaay more landscaping and greenery then was probably their back in 1933. I love the tile work on the original building an was really happy I could use the ceramic tiles from the game to emulate the look. All the doors lead to individual night shelters. In the early days of zoos it was custom to house each animal individual at night. Funfact! Kiwis are part of the Ratite group that includes so many large birds but apparently also these little nuggets. The blueprint I used for this build. Overview of the build ~Time Travel Time~ Current day pictures of the zoo with the Okapis occupying the Moorish Temple. Some old photos from the Antwerp city archives that show the Temple when it housed the Ratite. That's all for today, hope you all enjoy! ~Dexter~

Honestly my reaction when I saw these facades in real life haha. Thanks for the comment!

Don't feel sorry, I did speed run this whole build (and 5 pages of updates 😇) in just a month looking back. I really got into a creative flow with this park it has been a joy to build so far. Thanks for the comment, I'm happy to share my end results but also the way I build. I've posted on Reddit in the past but those where mostly just the glamour shots of finished stuff. I like how these threads can be like a dairy for the park and show chronologically how it al came together. I also gives me room to ask for feedback and hear tips abd suggestions from the community! (Like how Shyguy helped with the scaling of the tram stop and Citytrader noticed the missing catenary pole on the tram)

Thanks for the comment! The riverboat was a lot of fun is only just fitting the parade float base/car so it can make bends without swiping out the crowds with the hangover parts in the front and back. I've thrown a ton of bunting and confetti on top, added the barbershop quartet animatronic and 2 Major entertainers on top to make it come alive with movement. It's fun to give some PC1 pieces new life again. The train locomotive from PC1 is also a perfect parade float 😋 I also added a ton of windows looking back at the pictures again haha. Dang! That sound very time consuming and complicated. I just record screen record a minute, upload it to the site, select the piece I want to convert and get the GIF. It honestly takes like 5min max from being and recording in game to having the GIF ready. The thing you do need to look at is the file size though, because the higher quality you can't always upload 10 second gifs on a Parkcrafters post. I usually have to go around 6 or 8 seconds max to stay under the upload file size limit. Hope this will make it easier and faster for you to use!

I used this online site/tool Ezgif to make mine. They have an option for 30 frames. 30 is the max so they'll only allow a gif with 30 frames per second to be 10 seconds max. If you pick a lower the frame rate you can make longer GIFs. I always try to go for 30 frames per second to get the highest quality.

Hi all, short update!Some weeks ago before I got distracted by Buena Vista Street I had just finished a parade for this park was trying to make parade gates work. I didn't want to go fully custom so I dressed up the existing doors from the Viking theme and played around with the trigger points because parades work like tracked rides in this game. In the end I managed to place a trigger for the first float to set the doors to open and a trigger for the last float to set the doors to close. ~Open the gates!~ ~Close the gates!~ ~Trigger Points~ Trigger 2 is for the first float and opens the 1st gate. Trigger 1 is for the last float and closes the 1st gate. Trigger 3 is for the first float and opens the 2st gate. Trigger 4 is for the last float and closes the 2st gate. I just noticed I haven't posted any pictures of videos of the parade in this topic. I had a lot of fun making it but also had quite a few crashes which made me take a step back from this park. I still want to do a proper filming of the parade so please have some patience. I did post a simple video of it on reddit 2 months ago link if you want a sneak peak. The riverboat float was a later addition so it's not included the previous link but I did also make a reddit post for that one. Hope you all enjoy and see you next time on the boardwalk at Paradise Pier! ~Dexter~

Hi all!I'm very hyped for the possibility of the new DLC including Art Deco and Hollywood-like elements that would work perfectly for Buena Vista Street. I'll wait for the reveal before moving on to new facades. In the meantime I had some fun with drainage decals on the streets. I didn't take separate pictures of them so they'll just show up in the new pictures. I also started work on the small guest information building on the Carthay Circle that includes the wait time boards and park map. For the last part of this update I took a stroll along the street at night to adjust the lighting and added more lights to the top floors that could use more lights. The Carthay Circle Theater is still a placeholder building but also added lights to the tower and it already looks very pretty. ~Carthay Circle Afternoon~ It took some trial and error to get to this point. I didn't have an elevation study for this building so I had only the floorplan an photo's to guide me. The arched window pieces from the Small Town set were very useful to this building. I still need to redo the wait time boards so the picture is just a placeholder. I also need to add the little podium/stand thingy in from for the cast member. I'll also add in the shelves for the brochures and maps later. Next to the building is also room for drinking fountains and a braille map so they'll also come later. The backside is also still blank. ~Carthay Circle Sunset~ ~Buena Vista Nocturna Street~ That's all for tonight. 🌙 Thanks for the homepage spotlight and see you next time on Buena Vista Street! ~Dexter~

I've got a complicated relationship with generative ai myself but I can't deny that it must be really thrilling to see your game world turn 'real' like in this picture. PC2 made a major jump in light quality that PC2 is simply lacking. Your ai enhanced picture brings your park into PC2 lighting and beyond!

So many memories flooding back to me with this park!! It really does feel like how RCT3 felt and looked in our minds compared to the actual game haha. I can just hear the thundering waterfalls form that gif and picture with the iconic bridge, great job 😁

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll keep that in mind for when the black squares return.

Really cool to see it al in motion like this! I like how grand the caves feel, the colorful lights are a pretty addition.

Thanks Shyguy, really happy that I can now take these pictures without the stupid black squares. There is still enough in this park that now can be photographed at night, I didn't place al those individual bulbs for nothing, so there is more to come 😋

Great atmosphere! The barrels are a neat detail.

Red Pandas! 😍