AlphaOmega at Obsidian Lake (2-16)

Welcome to Obsidian Lake!

This Park is located in a wide valley besides a lake of volcanic origin. Obsidian Lake is a place where the nature's beauty of a national park meets the thrill of modern day high-tech amusement rides - with the signature ride being the massive Dueling 4D Coaster ALPHAOMEGA, which will flip and whirl you through the air in a spectacular race to enlightenment unlike anything you have experienced before.

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Here I present to you my latest coaster(s), ALPHAOMEGA. You may have seen it before - on the official NoLimits Roundup 100, in which I came in on 7th place. This is the video I had posted there:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDVceE22-hI

I also talked about it in the wonderful NL2 Cast with nSeven and TheBeatles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7qXmFMUU54

This project has been in the making (on and off) for almost 2 years. It was my first real attempt to start a bigger project in NL2 after several weeks of practicing the new hand building. I've always been fascinated by both Dueling Coasters and 4D Coasters (sadly I haven't had the chance to ride one yet) so I figured it wouldn't hurt to combine them.

ALPHAOMEGA is a moebius coaster with 2 stations, which means that both sides are essentially part of one big circuit of nearly 4000 m (13000 ft) of track and a total height difference of 74 m (240 ft). Both rides do multiple inversions, high-speed dueling maneuvers and feature a face-to-face head-first vertical drop in the beginning. Also each train has it's own synchronized soundtrack which I made by recutting soundtrack pieces from Matrix: Reloaded and Matrix: Revolutions.

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Important Notes:

- When riding, DON'T CHANGE THE SIM SPEED! It messes up the onride music and will substract from your experience.

- Yes, the existing 4D technology will not be sufficient to be used in ALPHAOMEGA, it would at least be painful to ride and cause major wearout because of it's high speeds, strong forces and numerous seat rotations. It's meant to push the boundaries of what is possible with the 4D concept while maintaining realistic G-forces, even though the real trains might not be up to it. So you might call this a part-fantasy coaster.

- The storage tracks are non-functional, but they are meant to be accessed by lowering the 2 blocks after the final brake like an elevator, which isn't possible to do within NL2

- Obviously, Lake Obsidian isn't much more than ALPHAOMEGA at this point, besides a few loosely indicated paths and two rides. I only recently decided to turn more of the surroundings into a park over time and to update it once in a while with a few smaller coasters and attractions. So stay tuned and please don't downrate for promising too much in the park description ;P

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Thanks to

- Bestdani for the complex onride music script, testing and feedback
- Baadrix for testing, feedback and lots of good advice
- nSeven for the great foliage
- anyone who gave me feedback on the forums, youtube or facebook
- anyone dropping a constructive rating


Have fun
Zampano