Parkitect Megathread

[Coasterkidmwm]

Yeah I don't see a difference lol but oh well.

[mkingy]

If you look really closely at the edges where the different surfaces meet there's some shading

[Oscar]

ohhh now I see it. I too couldn't see it before lol

best game ever. (More excited for it than RCT:W)

[mkingy]

Devlog Update 82 + Pre-Alpha 7

Hey! It???s been a short month for us due to Pre-Alpha 6 being a week late, but here???s Pre-Alpha 7 anyways!
As usual, grab it from the download link that you received back when you purchased the game. Use the key resender if you lost your download link.

The full change log is at the end of this post.

Devlog
Garret created a new Star Shape ride during the last art stream (which you can still watch here), and here it is done and in the game:



I???m really happy with how the animation turned out, especially with these physics-driven seat beams. I was also more careful with taking measurements for rotation speeds etc. from footage of real versions of this ride instead of eyeballing it (although my estimates weren???t too far off). I should go back and do the same for some older rides.

Pre-Alpha 7 Changelog:
- added Star Shape ride
- added deco builder categories
- added Ambient Occlusion (can be disabled in graphics settings)
- added some new deco objects, stone bench, new dirt path platforms
- added visualizations for the remaining person stat values
- added some more people outfits, hairstyles & hair color variation
- reduced people walking in circles on wide paths
- improved builder window loading times
- overall performance improvements
- fixed workmen dropping crates when loading savegame
- Linux: fixed decimal number input fields not working properly with a non-english locale
- Windows 10: fixed empty coaster/transport ride tabs when installing the game to C:/Program Files

Credit To Parkitect Developers

^ Let me say that "Star Shape" does provide (NOT "is trying to provide" anymore because I can see that ride is well-scripted!) a realistic action!

[Coasterkidmwm]

I wonder how many updates until the game enters beta.

Time for Update 83!

[mkingy]

Devlog Update 83

Devlog Update 83

It???s been a very busy week for us!

Pre-Alpha 7a was released earlier this week with a couple of good fixes, so you should get that if you haven???t already. Pre-Alpha 7 introduced a few issues on some Mac and Linux systems, but we???ll have to wait for Unity to resolve those.

We added some decorative TV screens to the game that show a slide show of your park:


Delivery crates received stickers showing their contents:


There???s a new animation for the mechanic, so you can actually see him fixing the ride now instead of magically making it work again:


And most flat rides received a setting for adjusting how many rounds they go:


Credit To Parkitect Developers

[mkingy]

Devlog Update 84

Devlog Update 84

Garret spent a lot of time this week on money balance. As usual with balance it???s nothing final, but you can actually build some profitable parks now. Feels better and is a good first step towards a working economy

There???s been a suggestion over on our subreddit recently to allow connecting paths to the ride entrance/exit from the sides instead of just from the front that gained a lot of support, and we were able to make it happen:


And we added a toggle for looking through scenery:


Scenery can???t be clicked in this mode, so this allows to access shops, rides, paths or whatever else was hidden behind scenery, and you won???t accidentally delete it.

Community Update

You might remember [url]https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKtsBEmyHXPIsBaPugmUOnQ]H-POPS[/url] as the guy who added the first custom flat ride to Parkitect a while ago. He???s been very busy since with creating a fantastic looking modding tool that allows bringing custom objects into the game without requiring any code. It also has some other helpful features like setting up collisions on objects, which has been tricky to do for mods so far.

And most of all it has really great tools for animating rides with just a couple of mouse clicks:



It???s making use of the games code for ride animations, so ride animations created with this are able to perfectly match the feeling of our own rides.
We also gave him some of our internal tools for integration into his modding tool.
This is not available yet, but it looks like it???s progressing nicely

Luuk Holleman from ParkitectNexus released a nice Billboards mod recently:


These billboards can show your own images, and it even stores them in the savegame, so you can easily share them with other users of this mod!


Credit To Parkitect Developers

That ride is running way too fast. I hope you will be able to customize the speed.

cool5 wrote:

That ride is running way too fast. I hope you will be able to customize the speed.

The actual ride that was released as a mod runs at the normal speed.

Wow these neat billboards have just had me think of a screen which is above the entrance of a 3D Cinema in RCT3! Never forget that thing!

[mkingy]

Update 85

Art Stream
Next week is the last Wednesday of the month once again, and that means it???s time for another Art Stream! Join us on Garrets Twitch channel at 2pm PST to chat while watching some new Parkitect art being created.

Devlog
We???re all very busy currently, working on many different parts of the game at once and it feels like we???re getting lots of good stuff done. It???s exhausting, but that???s alright
We finally found a look for flowing water that we???re satisfied with:



The object deletion tool was improved to allow deleting stuff much faster, which is mostly useful for scenery. Simply hold and drag the mouse around after right-clicking an object to only delete objects of the same type/from the same category:



And we added the first park utility building, the Staff Room:



For now it???s simply a place for staff to take a break so they don???t have to hang out on benches with the park guests.
And another first: we added the first dark ride, the Ghost Mansion Ride!



It???s a slow ride with self-powered trains.
The cars can rotate into any direction as defined by the track designer:



Similar to brake segments the segment length influences the rotation speed, so you???ve got a bit of control over that. For example here???s a rotation on a short segment:



And the same rotation on a longer segment:



This ride is more limited in its build options compared to big coasters with their loops and whatnot, but having this rotation option makes it still interesting. Pretty happy with it overall

Credit To Parkitect Developers

OMG Darkrides and castle scenery will look so good together. This game is really coming along!

[Coasterkidmwm]

Perhaps they'll have a similar setup for 4th dimension coasters when and if they exist.

YEEEEESSS this is BEAUTIFUL.

It must be fun to see a segway track ride!

[Coasterkidmwm]

http://themeparkitect.tumblr.com/post/1 ... re-alpha-8

Spiral slide and pre-alpha 8 is out!

^ I guess that the building piece colors are vivid compared to those of RCT3. I also noticed that the Spiral Slide looks far better or has got a cleaner image.

[Coasterkidmwm]

http://themeparkitect.tumblr.com/post/1 ... -update-87

They're adding the square of death!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yay!

That can be doubled up as the rideable object at the art museum!

[Coasterkidmwm]

Lol I love the Square of Death. Any bad idea that turns into a good idea is always great in my book

what a pretty name. That'll attract more riders!