May 28, 20241 yr Author Sure! Here's a shot of the parking lot, the entrance area, the start of Main Street, and over to the left is one of the backstage areas with storage, catering, and cold storage; Another shot of Main Street and the backstage area; To the west of Main Street is Professor Marvel's Land with the backstage area in the lower left, and Main Street lower right; The Gale Farm is east of Main Street. You can see the Gulch House in the lower left, and parts of Main Street lower right. The rainbow bridge is also visible in this shot. Over the bridge is Munchkinland, but we don't want to give that much away yet! Hope that helps!
May 28, 20241 yr this is awesome. THX. Main Street seems so much larger when you were showing the individual shots. You really packed a lot in the little square area.
May 30, 20241 yr The overview shots reveal so much, wow - you guys have managed to stuff so much detail in such small areas. I also LOVE that rainbow bridge into Oz, super clever idea! there's this illusion of the reality, but it's not really really real, like it's beside and inside and inside and beside, but never on top.. nevermind, just kidding but not really
June 7, 20241 yr We'll head back to the main entrance to The Land of Oz...over the rainbow. There's several other paths leading there from Professor Marvel's World or the Gale Farm, but this is the main one... The Rainbow Bridge is right behind Miss Gulch's decrepit mansion. The horse-drawn trolley makes a stop there as well... The rainbow I used for the paving as well as the two rainbow arches were Workshop finds. I just tweaked everything to fit and added the 'clouds'... You can also access Oz the same way Dorothy did, by exiting the Twister Ride in the Gale Farm and crossing a smaller version of the Rainbow... Where you exit through the living room of the Gale home... That Twister lifted up the Gale house and took it for a ride before dropping it somewhere else... Oops! Seems it dropped right on top of someone! Seems like the Coroner has already been here... Let's skip that grisly scene and head back over to the main bridge. This definitely isn't Kansas anymore! Next time we'll explore the wonders of Munchkinland...
June 7, 20241 yr Even though the pathway is broad, I would probably stick to walking on the Yellow Brick Road... just because. In our first glimpse of Munchkinland (2nd pic) I thought, "Oh , the Munchkins live in termite mounds!" But I get it now, those are just the thatched roofs of their fanciful houses.
June 7, 20241 yr Unfortunately Planet Coaster doesn't have in-game re-colorable brick paths like I think we had in RCT3, so we had to go with pathcovers. Trying to line them up with an in-game path under them was a royal pain, so we decided to just run the Yellow Brick Road down the middle of a wider path. That of course brought on it's own problems with trying to create angles and curves on the TMTK pieces and then discovering that the terrain the path was on had to be relatively flat or level at least in width... Thus why the YBR as laid out isn't perfect, but at least it gets the idea across... I never thought of termite mounds! LOL! I need to play Planet Zoo...
June 8, 20241 yr love the green/gold monorail colors and the crooked witch house. Not a lot of people can build off grid like that.
June 8, 20241 yr 6 hours ago, Wowman said: Not a lot of people can build off grid like that. Luckily there's a few off-grid TMTK pieces in the Workshop that make it a lot easier! Plus I first built it upright, then rotated parts of it to their final position, so I don't claim any special skill! LOL!
June 8, 20241 yr I get it. Doing it itnt really that hard, I think many players just understand the concept of how to do it. (and...I should do it more)
June 9, 20241 yr Our walk through Munchkinland continues... The path at center is one that connects with Marvel's World. The Story of OZ is a darkride that recreates many of the scenes from the 1939 musical, using animatronics and projection screens (our version does not...) Where it all begins...the start of the Yellow Brick Road... On one of the rooftops there is a birds nest and a 3D sparrow...this bird was modeled for me by CTRSind for our RCT3 version of this park years ago! Surprisingly I was able to figure out how to import it into Blender and the TMTK Editor to use here once again... Thank you CTRSind! Munchkin City has a host of dwellings and shops. Here under the windmill is the Mayor's office... Just across the Rainbow Bridge is Unc Numkie's Burgers. Unc Numnkie was well know for being a Munchkin of few words..."Eat...Drink...Pay" could be considered a lengthy conversation from him and represented his business mindset well... Glinda The Good Witch has arrived in her pink bubble to welcome those who "dropped in" to Oz... "Munchkin TeaTime" is along the waterfront... We'll quickly pass that gruesome scene of the Gale house with some Wicked Witches sister's legs sticking out from under and instead hurry on down the Yellow Brick Road...up ahead I see the Munchkinland Waterworks coaster... There's more to see coming up...
June 9, 20241 yr I like that backdrop behind the start of the Yellow Brick Road. It helps with the illusion of being in Munchkinland... well, except for the Gondolas floating overhead. I also like the lime slices in the pond next to Glinda's bubble; to flavor the water with a little citrusy tang... oh wait, those are probably lily pads... nevermind. ;-) Those big colorful blossoms (gladioluses?) really add to the appearance of Munchkinland.
June 9, 20241 yr Thanks JB! The backdrop of course is a billboard. I wanted to make a TMTK version that was a cut-out, much like the Alp mountains I did for Disney America, but with the size limitations they have (8mX8m...), I figured it would take 8 to 10 separate sections to combine to equal what the one billboard has. But....it's still something I have thought about doing anyways. Although the gondolas would still be flying overhead... LOL! 🤨 The 'gladdies' are actually a couple of different colors of Morning Glory blossoms photos that I made into two flower shapes, then designed a couple different stems to attach them to. Put them together and saved as a blueprint so we could just drop them down like the ones in the movie. But they do, indeed, look like gladiolus's! You'll have to talk to Citytrader about the lime slices... 😄
June 12, 20241 yr Author I like lime slices! Especially in cocktails! I built those with what I had available when I first started Munchkinland. I kept my fingers crossed that Wagi would say "Hey! Those lily pads look terrible! Why don't I whip up a good looking one for you?" Alas, it was not to be! 🤣 Wagi, as usual, did a fantastic job of plussing this area up. He has a wonderful eye for detail!
June 13, 20241 yr THIS AREA IS SO CUTE I'M GONNA DIE Seriously LOVE what you both are doing with this park! You both are hitting the nail right on the head with Munchkinland! It all looks so beautiful! there's this illusion of the reality, but it's not really really real, like it's beside and inside and inside and beside, but never on top.. nevermind, just kidding but not really
June 14, 20241 yr Thanks for the kind words Wolfpaw! Continuing our tour of Munchkinland... We cross a bridge over the stream and follow the Yellow Brick Road... Houses and shops line the road...this one features Sleepy Heads Sleepwear... Upstairs is the meeting room for the Lullaby League... Citytrader did most of the structures, either he made them or tweaked some from the Workshop. He tried to position all the doors at Munchkin height...children would access the interiors easily, but adults will have to bend over... Structures are varied, with some mushroom houses in the mix... I tried to make custom TMTK signs for the different vendors using names from the OZ books...some have parts that are lit at night as well... Little Bugs kiddie ride was a perfect fit... The Lollipop Guild has their own ride... A few giant shamrocks pop up here and there. (We had giant shamrocks in our RCT3 version of the park too, so had to have them here as well!). On the other side of the Yellow Brick Road is the Munchkin Waterworks coaster...you might get wet... Off a side path under the Waterworks... There's a Wee Togs Shop - Munchkin Fashions... Just past the Lollipop Guild ride the Yellow Brick Road curves as it heads towards Yellow Brick Country. You can see a bit of Tin Town there on the right, the Tin Woodsman stomping ground...The entrance path to the Munchkin Waterworks coaster is to the left. The path straight ahead continues through the rest of Munckinland to a bridge that leads to a side entrance to the Emerald City... The wonders of Munckinland haven't ended... Lucky Finds - Ojo's Gift Shop is a small gift shop... Just past it is the entrance area for Locasta's Lunch Hall...a sit-down restaurant... The shop on the left is Doctor Pipt's Elixer of Life... aka oveer-priced bottles of water... Behind Locasta's Lunch Hall is a quiet outdoor area with a windmill, waterfall and some other vendors, along with picnic tables to dine or rest at... Yellow Brick Treasures has a shop there... It's a quiet, shady area next to the lake... There's one other building that's considered part of this area but I don't have a daytime screenshot of it, so in a couple days I'll try to add one to a few night-time screens we have to share as we wrap up our tour of Munchkinland... Edited June 14, 20241 yr by Wabigbear
June 14, 20241 yr I LOVE the colors! Unapologetically garish, which is befitting the Munchkins. And I like how the Yellow Brick Road zig-zags and curves even where it doesn't have to. It gives it a whimsical and organic feel. Although (you knew there would be an 'although', right?), the YBR appears to be just a vinyl sheeting overlay, as seen as we cross the bridge, it's just covering the wooden beams of the bridge. Love the ride signs (and names) and shop signs (and names)! The shamrocks in RCT3 were made by (I think) RCT-Spanky. There were only two of them in the set I think, but they were very useful. I used them often, when it was appropriate. And your shamrocks here look very similar to Spanky's; a nice call back to the old RCT3 days! Seeing a bit of the Emerald City and the giant Oz Wheel in the background is drawing me towards it. LET'S GO! I have to say again how successful both of you were in bringing Munchkinland to life. Wonderful!
June 14, 20241 yr Author We actually have had a lot of issues with the YBR! Wagi made a ton of nice brick pieces, but as he pointed out, it's nearly impossible to place correctly if there is even the slightest rise or fall in the path! It can prove very frustrating. The Emerald City will premiere soon, don't worry! Edited June 14, 20241 yr by citytrader
June 14, 20241 yr 48 minutes ago, JB said: The shamrocks in RCT3 were made by (I think) RCT-Spanky. There were only two of them in the set I think, but they were very useful. I used them often, when it was appropriate. And your shamrocks here look very similar to Spanky's; a nice call back to the old RCT3 days! Yes, I think you are correct, it was Spanky's shamrocks! We used them a lot in the RCT3 version, so I felt we needed them in this one too. In the screen of the backside of Locasta's Lunch Hall, the red rocks with patchwork tops that the windmill sit on are yet another RCT3 callback (along with CTRSind's little bird earlier...). Those rocks were originally made by Krypt. He graciously shared the models with me and I made a set for the RCT3 Oz park with similar patchwork 'terrain'. I still had the models and was able to re-create them in Blender to import into Planet Coaster. There's a couple other 'call-backs' to be found in this project...
June 17, 20241 yr Not only is the scenery and everything just absolutely spot on but THAT LAYOUT! The winding paths... always keeping you intrigued and having that payoff just inches away, keeps you wanting to explore this land and always pulls you to want to see everything! One of my favorite projects on PC so far! there's this illusion of the reality, but it's not really really real, like it's beside and inside and inside and beside, but never on top.. nevermind, just kidding but not really
June 17, 20241 yr 6 hours ago, Wowman said: nice. love this land. Reminds me a bit of my Magic Gardens in Enchanted Lake. You know we had started on Munchkinland not long before you showed the screens of Magic Gardens and when I saw them I saw all sorts of things I thought would work in Munchkinland, so you were certainly an inspiration so it SHOULD remind you of the Gardens! The mushroom houses and some of the giant flowers came from that, we mixed them in with the more traditional thatch roof ones. Just no giant water hoses or bugs in ours I'm afraid! LOL!
June 20, 20241 yr I wanted to show off just a few more images of the Munchkinland Waterworks Coaster, so let's take a quick look... I also was missing a screenshot of the Munchkinland Marionette Theater. This was a structure the Goddard Group had included in their plans for the real park... Here's their artwork... And here's what I inspired to build. Not an exact replica, just the flavor of the sketch... Back in the Munchkin City the Mayor and Coroner's offices... Just in case you forgot where you are we included handy signage... Citytrader sometimes forgets why he entered a room, let alone an entire theme park... And another one...this marks the transition from the Haunted Forest on the right and the bridges that carry the Yellow Brick Road over the water to the Emerald City on the left... Edited June 20, 20241 yr by Wabigbear spelling error
June 20, 20241 yr More beautiful pics! Even the Coroner's Office is bright and cheerful! I really wish I could visit Munchkinland in real life.
June 21, 20241 yr Author The Goddard Group had designed a small train type mini coaster and a kiddie log flume for the Munchkin area, and I think we did the best we could within the limits of the game to bring this area to life. Edited June 21, 20241 yr by citytrader
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