Magu is scripting: *hello CC world!*

Hello dear CCcommunity =)
With the great help of Oscar, i??????m able to be a user on CC! Thank you for this!

I??????m a long-time NoLimits User with some experience with RCT3 and TPS. And other tiny stuff which have something to do with modeling.

With the release of NL2 the whole situation is nearly, completly new for me =) So much things to play with and so much new possibilities! And well, it looks like the real thing! Yeehaaww.

I??????ve modeled a few pieces for RCT3 and had learned very much about modeling for a PC game! Everybody who want to model should go through an RCT3import marathon.. once in a lifetime It??????s very.. exciting! RCT3 will be forever a very-welcome part on my desk. It??????s simply epic and what the community has done for this grandpa of a game.. is amazing!

The new girl in town is TPS. After a few trial and errors i was able to import my first cube into the game. I??????m excited how far this project will be going and what the user will do with it. Especially the upcoming flatride-designer will maybe generate a few very CRAZY ideas from crazy, creative user

As the thread title described very well,.. the only thing i don??????t understand is "scripting" i tried it several times but it??????s not my thing. I??????ve created a simple rotation-script which can be used to rotate objects in NL2. Not more or less. It??????s a low.cost version of Phyter`s emergency-light-script So i did not the most work of it

That??????s all folks! No hidden secrets inside!

Nice greetings, Magu (MGrides).

Ps.: As you can read, i??????m german. Sorry for the mistakes

[TTD03]

Hey there, welcome to the site.
The site was recently updated about a month or two ago and currently there are plans for another future update.
With this in mind, the forums should become more active than they are now.
If you have any questions about anything, you are more than welcome to make a topic about it!

Welcome.

TTD03 wrote:

and currently there are plans for another future update.

That's news to me.

Welcome, hope you have a great time here. Once you get the hang of scripting, it really opens up tons of possibilities in NL2, and really makes a lot of it more flexible to work with.

I remember when I first got the hang of modelling, and the model spree that came about afterwards

[Oscar]

Hey Magu!

Glad I could get your account sorted! I wish I could help you with scripting but I don't know anything about it. However, Projektion is quite good. Check out his forum posts and script uploads. They're very nice!

Welcome back,

Oscar

[TTD03]

SkyArrow wrote:

Welcome.

TTD03 wrote:

and currently there are plans for another future update.

That's news to me.

It's called Phase 2 Recode.
Hasn't been publicly talked about too much besides the Premium forum so i'll leave it at that.

Thank you all for the kind words =)

Some VERY fresh work:

A Star Flyer...


A monorail...


And a Windseeker...


...and of course the observation tower in the background

A Round Up:

...still very W.I.P xD

A Chair Swing:


As you can see.. it??????s still W.I.P .. and no worry, i recently got some help!=) We??????ll see how that will turn out.
There is more ... coming soon. All the Rides will having color textures instead of BIGsized jpg??????s. Mater one is: Every user can coloring the rides for own needs with a simple NLmaterial

Later i??????ll make a topic to put that all in

Nice greetings!

this is exactly what I was waiting for to put into the park im working on.
http://www.coastercrazy.com/forums/still-un-named-park-sneak-peak-t32933.html
I need a few more rides. thank you for providing for the community.

YES! Now people won't have to either have a park with just coasters or use the same pre-made swinging ship, ferris wheel, and enterprise in just about every park with at least 2 coasters.

Thank you, both of you!

Speaking of Ferris Wheels...i wished there was a smaller Ferris Wheel. And here it is:

Please keep in mind, they are not animated, yet! It will take a while, until they are ready. I??????ll plan to release them in pieces, so if one is ready, it will be available

I love that last Eli Bridge style "roadside carnival" style Ferris wheel.

[TTD03]

How did I know cool5 would post as soon as ferris wheel was mentioned?

[Turbo]

Welcome to the site! Your rides look fantastic!

one question about them, what kind of lag (if any) do they cause in parks?

[mkingy]

Awesome work! Looking forward to seeing further developments!

Thank you again for all the kind words! And now i know that i have to make another ferris-wheel, for another post of cool5

@Turbo: The models in this state are the full modeled Versions. It??????s the first LOD which you can see if you??????re close enough! ALL models will have at least 3 LOD`s for a better performance. As i said: I??????ll mostly using colors instead of big textures to have a better performance (all colors are seperated and easy changeable with a NL2material).
The plan is, to have the abilitiy, to make a full park with several rides. I have an eagle eye on it. It should be also possible to have the rides in a park if you??????re on a weaker pc. The problem is not to make a full-rounded and hyper-detailed ride. The challenge is to make that low-poly.

I??????m experiementing with the third LOD which will have alpha textures and a few polygons. To make the high-detailed models low-poly isn??????t the problem, but it should look good enough

Nice greetings! =)

These custom rides show that NL is still developing not "developed"! Really cool additions! =)

[TTD03]

I agree, as long as there are fans of NL with their creativity, NL will never be truly "done" with developing.

That??????s true! =)

I made some updates and changes..

First of all, the Star Flyer got new double-seats.

Also the Round-Up is taking shape!

Of course, there have to be a family ride... as well.

And this is a new ride.

They are maybe similar with the movements and experiences, but well, i let the ideas flow. I don??????t want to constrain myself

Nice greetings =)

[TTD03]

This is fantastic work!

I think its awesome that you've been here a week and already you have contributed more to this site than people, myself included, have in 4 or 5 years. These look awesome

Thank you TTD03 and CKidd!

The rides are slowly ready for the hardest part at all: ANIMATION / SCRIPTING!
This will maybe take the most of the time. As i said, i have a rotation script and can rotate some things but .. maybe the rides will deliver you the full experience. We??????ll see what happens
If i don??????t get them running with some superb help of experienced scripters (who are doing probably the most work), i??????ll upload them with only the rotation.

The rides will be released in parts and in a "Park.Set" which will contain a few other things. It??????s simply a Folder which will be updated and grow bigger with time

Here is something funny:

I was searching for some decoration and the dog po(o)ped up.. it reminds me of the "dogfart-coaster" and the name was born XD It??????s not meant serious.. but i couldn??????t resist!

Next stop will be the Paratrooper. I had modeled a very high-detailed model and now i have to make a low -poly version of it:

...of course, with all the details, it looks great in NL2.. but i don??????t think it would be good for the performance.

More coming soon!

[TTD03]

You're Welcome!
I love the dog thing, it's so creepy

Amazing! I'm so glad someone is really into the flatride-making. If you give others permission to use it (and they credit you for the work of course), then we could see some incredible parks being released.

[TTD03]

^ Indeed!

Thank you guys =)

It would be awesome to see some of the rides in other parks, doing their thing!

...more coming soon!

The first ride (of all) done a great step forward!

=)

Have a nice weekend!