On a new multiplayer map passt summer, the thought evolved, to connect all 'Patrick's Rock' attractions by one single, common company, in a kind of round-trip-pattern.
Thus, a co-player, simply called 'Oldstead', came up with the idea to set up rollercoasters at each Patrick's Rock and to have a downright "theme park" line, transporting aaall the visitors to each Patrick's-Rock-Roller-Coaster :)
Even though I'm confident, other people might have built roller coaster themed round tracks in the past, I've never seen any pictures of them and didn't find any such reference in the forum...
So
-> I'd like to start a Roller Coaster Gallery here today! ;D
I've planed a mini series, presenting a creation every so days and would like to begin with the the originator's coaster.
Oldstead's Blue PrintOldstead heched the idea, but couldn't stick around long enough to accompany the project as vacation ended.
Still Oldsted sketched out their vision of a Simutrans roller coaster =)
preview.png
Also see the coaster completing one round..
Good thing the multiple height vertical slopes were introduce some while back ...
I want to get off MR. BONE'S WILD RIDE.
(https://i.imgur.com/C5MsN.jpeg)
https://i.imgur.com/C5MsN.jpeg
With the new cloning scripting tool, such attractions are now much easier transferred into new games and locations ...
For the first rollercoaster combined with a Patrick's rock, the idea for me now was,
to have a chain of attractions molded after real world roller coasters.
Starting off with simpler circuits and increasing in size and complexity from location to location.
Thus, the first actual Patrick's-Rock-roller-coaster on the map went to be the following, quiet humble contraption.
Montañita de CalimaThe inspiration for it was based on the real live coaster found in Cali, Colombia.
See more details at https://rcdb.com/11907.htm (https://rcdb.com/11907.htm)
Montañita de Calima.png
Ride along in this video:
Now all we need is an extension request to allow for basically slope tools on bridges, or at least raised ways. Which would allow (with pillars) actual roller coasters to be built. And that functionality *would* actually allow for some neat possibilities we can't easily do now, but it's probably too much work for the benefit. heh
Quote from: Isaac Eiland-Hall on December 08, 2025, 06:00:39 PMNow all we need is an extension request to allow for basically slope tools on bridges, or at least raised ways. Which would allow (with pillars) actual roller coasters to be built. And that functionality *would* actually allow for some neat possibilities we can't easily do now, but it's probably too much work for the benefit. heh
Ehem... Why would you say this, before you have seen all the rollercoasters which are still to come? ;)
Because as awesome as they are going to be, they'd be even more awesome with custom roller coaster ways. lol. Also because I had the idea and don't think it'd be implemented, so no reason to wait on saying it. :) I certainly don't mean to steal any thunder, but if you think my comment ruins things - please honestly lemme know, I'm happy to remove it <3
I have quarter finished patch on elevated ways with slopes and random terrain. Unfourtunately the extended patch is too many small parts for the pillars, that cannot be done by hand.