Posted October 10Oct 10 Haunted Highlands returns.I Some are familiar with this project, its been on going for years now and I have been out of it for a bit to work on some PC2 stuff but jumped in again to transform the park for Halloween again. There is a whole history to this park that, maybe I will get into later.
October 10Oct 10 Welcome to ParkCrafters.I just got back from my first ever visit to the Knott's Scary Farm event and this certainly captures that Halloween overlay feel. It just needs the scare actors waiting for you inside the fog. 👻 "Do you think it's just sunshine and singing and pretty colors when you grow up? Well I should say not." --Hattie Dorsett (Sybil)
October 10Oct 10 Welcome to ParkCrafters! So happy to see one of the first Halloween/Spooky themed projects pop up for the Halloween season this year on the site! Looks stunning! 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
October 10Oct 10 Love the fog effects, that really adds to the whole spooky vibe. Glad you brought this back here!
October 12Oct 12 The fog looks especially creepy drifting over the brick/cobblestone paths (your previous post). The creepiest 'scare actor'? The janitor brandishing his push broom! [shudder]
October 12Oct 12 Author Thanks everyone! It's been fun going back into the park, I had been missing it. I have way too much work into it and may never finish it since I can't seem to stop finding things to improve every time I go in. I think there is a metric ton of fog emitters, and the janitors are especially creepy this time of year.
Saturday at 01:43 AM2 days Author Let me tell you about my park, or start to any way.Highland Lakes has a history that goes back to the gold rush days in California but the most relevant portions of the history where when the property briefly served as a fair grounds. The pavilion, which we call the Field House most of the time now, and the Fright House during Haunted Highlands, dates back to this era. Today however the only portion of the structure that dates back that far is the castle like original entrance. The current venue seating arena has been restored to it's original footprint and hosts a circus most of the year, during the Highland Music Festival it serves as one of the stages and most recently James Hype headlined.Since those early days, let's just say things changed a little bitThe park is the largest park in the Fox Amusements chain, other than California Spectrum which, is multiple attractions so, as a single park it is the largest and likely always wil be. The park was fairly substantial when Fox Amusements acquired it but it has been expanded many times since that time. There are 15 major roller coaster, numerous other rides, theaters, pavilions and other entertainment. If we get into more of the history we will cover why there are 15 major coasters. The park expansions were the reason for the massive parking structure, this replaced parking lot space that was re-used for more attractions. (On a fun note this is the first time I ever bothered to include any parking infrastructure in any park I have built in Roller Coaster Tycoon or PC games.)This is the entrance plaza, This is the 3rd entrance the park has had, and the second in this general location. The original entrance still stands, the original buildings are still in the park although one was moved to a different location. The old entrance area is now used for a stage area during the Highland Music Festival. The entrance was moved to this side of the park not long after Fox Amusements purchased the property, it was part of what was then a strategy to expand the park as an amusement park and it allowed for greater crowd flow. The current entrance was added a few years ago because the previous one was no longer adequate for the parks size and amount of visitors. you can see, it will be fairly difficult to get this area too congested.I mean, look at all this space! This was mostly all parking lot before.Maybe the most unique train station you will find in any park that has a train. Pardon all the fog, these photos were taken at Halloween time and we transform the town square into The Magician's Square every year. (For those who know this park was my first RCT3 park, it started out very small and became huge, and this is a re-imagining of it in PC1.This station, is a massive improvement over what I had in the RCT3 park. Much smaller in scale for one, and a far better design, but in some ways it pays homage to the RCT3 version. I spent a lot of time on this, and reworked it a few times as we had more content and better scenery items in the game that could get me closer to what I wanted. )I am running into technical difficulties uploading any more images so, maybe this is a good time to stop for now. Let me know if you want more history... I don't want to be dull. Edited Saturday at 02:49 AM2 days by Fox
Saturday at 02:20 AM2 days I really like how the coasters are lit up in the nighttime pics. I also like the warm glow in the last screenshot.
Saturday at 07:11 AM2 days I'd love to hear more about the history. And maybe a screenshot or two of the original RCT3 park if you have any. You've done a great job lighting the park. I look forward to seeing more. "Do you think it's just sunshine and singing and pretty colors when you grow up? Well I should say not." --Hattie Dorsett (Sybil)
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