shyguy

I think I'm more excited about the things coming in the free update than anything in this new DLC. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy with any new content, especially new scenery pieces, but the new rides don't excite me and I probably won't use any of them, aside from possibly the "Soarin' Theater". There's nothing very innovative in this. It's all very PC1 level. I expect this set was in the works very early in the game's development and the release was put off until they had time to bring the base game up to the standards people were expecting it to be in the first place. There are so many other things people are asking for, and I do expect to see some of those things coming to future DLC sets. So, it's a nice start. Hopefully we'll get better later on.

I've probably tweaked the design and several elements of these restrooms more than anything else in this build so far. I expect I'll find more things to change in the future. No, I'm not anal at all.

The signs around Expo 3000 are all being replaced. (Changing from in-game font to billboards. While the game's fonts are a big upgrade from PC1, they have there own set of problems, especially when viewed from a distance.) A screenshot of the original Restrooms sign.

And for those who were expecting this thread to actually be about the building of a park... We have foliage!

I'll have to check it out. Thanks.

Very colorful!

I really love this new area. You did a great job squeezing it in and making it work. And now a JB type comment...In the third screenshot, is that a fish out of water, flopping around on the sidewalk? 😋

More purdy pictures. When you say you use reShade, is that a specific program? Or a Photoshop feature?

Very nice so far. Love that lift hill. I'm not sure is that is mist or water, but it looks great.

Eventually, you do plan to have animals in your animal park, right?

Yes, PlanCo 1 has no Madhouse ride. This was done with 2 modular buildings...the seating area and the set piece (rotating shell). For screenshots, I manually rotated each building. For JB's benefit, the peeps are animatronic props, not real guests (if you didn't know).

Frontier invited several of the big youtube content creators to their studios, and one in particular, is gushing about what he learned and seems extremely excited about the future of the game. https://www.reddit.com/r/PlanetCoaster/comments/1n9w2ly/so_cats_out_of_the_bag_then_mind_you_it_was_never/?share_id=n9B_4MG5mr-BPZzxqZEZ9&utm_content=2&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

I typically pop around, checking out the various PC2 Discord channels for any info on the game, and I can honestly tell you that Planet Coaster 2 is not dead. Frontier has ambitious plans for this game, which is what I already knew. It's sad that their poor communication with the community and the way they made some (seemingly) sudden decisions to stop support of the forums and the (possibly) end of the Unlocked streams created this mindset. The game got a horrible start, which was totally their fault, and they've spent the majority of this last year trying to fix that. And honestly, they still need to do quite a bit more fixing. But, there is a lot planned for this game and I do feel that a lot of new content is on the way. Whether or not Frontier can pull it off and give the community what it wants is still up for debate. But regardless, the game is certainly not dead.

Professor Fate's House of Madness Fate's House of Madness is virtually untouched from its original version. The pre-show/waiting room.

Is anyone talking about the glowing green smoke rising from the cauldron? Presently, none of the smoke effects show up at night in PC1 or PC2 from what I recall.

You could be right, but honestly, it's a bit premature to make any comments on the upcoming DLC, as they really haven't shown us anything.

That's pretty much what I figured. I just hadn't opened the game to check for myself, but now I don't have to. I'm actually pretty happy with this update. It shows Frontier is willing to change things and give players more freedom to do what they want without the many restrictions put on the building tools at launch. Yes, progress on this has been really slow, and many of the things we've gotten over the past several months should have been in the game from the start. But the alternative would have been for Frontier to have waited a year to release the game, instead of releasing it prematurely as they did... which is the mindset I've been in, as I've considered this an early access game and I've put off really getting too far into creating anything significant as I wait for them to get all the features ironed out. This gives me a bit of hope for the future of the game, but I'm still very cautiously optimistic, as Plokoon says. Still waiting to see just what the DLC will include. They're really going to have to hit this out of the park to win back a lot of players who aren't as encouraged as I am.

There's a tease of a new coaster in the last scene. 😉

Grid pieces may also be scalable now too. Looking at the video, the scale icon is not greyed out when they are rotating the grid based objects. Not sure though, as these objects contain vendor shops, which certainly couldn't be scaled. Although that would be pretty cool, especially for your Wizard of Oz park. You could gave munchkin vendors. 🤣

They are backpacks.

Wonder Beach Boardwalk opened its doors for one day to host a sneak preview of the Vertigo coaster. Lots of small changes have been made to the ride and area around it. For one, the ride entrance got a new sign. The Vertigo Gifts shop got a slew of new merchandise. Camera's have been mounted atop the ride. The new Vertigo Photos stand, to sell on-ride photos. New transfer tracks have been added to the ride.

Is the Barnstormers a real or faux ride? Sorry, I'm too lazy to open the game and check for myself. 🤔

I'm sure PC2 development is not ending. They didn't spend all the time and money over the last several months giving us free updates, just to stop development. I'm sure they have many DLCs planned and I expect to see at least a few of these released before Frontier decides to pull the plug. And the success of these DLCs will determine how long the game is supported.