Originally posted by Roelywoely You guys are lucky, cause in the Netherlands we only may fire fireworks @ 31th december (my birthday woohoo). You guys may do it 2 times, and if you don't like it, just build a coaster and stay inside, with a headphone so you can't hear the fireworks. Spooky - mine's...

And Sadly, his mother Doris Thompson wasn't far behind.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lanc ... 835027.stm

May they rest in peace together.

You took the words right out of my mouth there RCFlyer, on the hard drive front at least. If you're building one yourself (or getting a mate to) make sure you go with SATA (versus EIDE) - it's at least 30% faster but the same price! (At least over here they are <!-- s:P --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/i...

Best bet if it still jumps is to defragment your hard drive - definately sounds like a fragg'd drive to me...

Right click on "My Computer", click "Manage" then click on "Disk Defragmenter". The rest is self explanitory.

How about a page that lets us review our last X downloaded coasters or something then? I for one tend to loose track of where it is by the time I've got around to riding it :S

I tend to stick in the 90-100 range, but if it's a complex woodies then it'll drop to 30-40 when there's loads of supports in view (normally only until it gets halfway up the lift hill). Running on a 1.4 P4 Mobile w/ ATI Radeon Mobile and 256MB RAM... Thought it'd run crap on my lappy, but I was soo...

Do people not realise that reverse psychology kicks in when they put something like that? lol

I for one try to rate every ride I download, even if it's poor!

Ohhhhhhhhhh, Georgia - the only place I've ever been in the US... lol

Bloody nice it is too. Think I might move...

Aren't you always in a drought over there though? :S

And at that point, I'll help WWS rewrite it to run on Linux

And prolly host it for him too B)

lol

7000? Nah, it'll be 10,000 before ya know it dude

Congrats on the milestone B)

Won't be long before they'll give you pay per impression adverts at this rate.... lol

Hell mate, you don't have to explain yourself. You wanna bitch, you go for it. If I was in a bad mood I'd have a go at you without thinking twice <!-- s;) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_wink.gif" alt=";)" title="Wink" /><!-- s;) --> Hope things get better for you soon though <!-- s:( --><img src...

Or do away with the ball and let them kick poop out of each other (which, admittedly, they quite often do anyway...) B)

Bleugh, frogs suck. I say no more...

Does anyone know of any similar tutorials I can get my teeth into in the meantime? I've gone through the stuff that comes with the program, but that teaches you how to use the program, not how to build a coaster (if you know what I mean)... I'm looking for tips on how to make things smooth, what mak...

Eek, 30%...

I'm definately out of the loop atm (pardon the pun...)

I look forward to it

Thanks B)

How's this coming along? Could do with a guide like this myself! lol

I'll even BETA test for you if you want

I think anything that'll help newbies to track design wouldn't go amiss - simple stuff like making it obvious where turns are too tight (since both sim and editor are based on the same physics engine, this shouldn't be too difficult). An easier way of making a smooth turn wouldn't go amiss either - ...

Or get 5.1.... lol

Eek! Fate must've drawn me back. Intaminfan's just pointed out that it's been exactly one year (to the day!) since I last posted! lol

It all depends on what you want from your coasters really. If used well, then music/other sound effects could add a whole new depth to the atmosphere on certain rides. However, if it's used badly (just a big bass track banging the whole way around) then it could spoil an otherwise good ride. I'd lik...

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Well, a big howdy to everyone that remembers me <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) --> Thought it was about time I got my backside on here again. God has it changed! I'm not gonna promise that I'll be as regular as I used to be, but hell - I'll t...

Any other changes you've made lately? I'd say primary culprit would be increasing your desktop size or colour depth, or increasing the graphics settings within NL itself. If you're strapped for video RAM, I'd say stick your desktop at 16bit 800*600 and run NL at 16bit 640*480 - make sure you don't e...

Personally, I'm not 100% against piracy. I say, if you must, download a game from Kazaa, Warez sites or whatever, but if you like the game then pay for it! I've always thought demos were a little too restrictive - there's just so much you can't do with them <!-- s:( --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_...

Fairy muff then - can't say I didn't try <!-- s:P --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_razz.gif" alt=":P" title="Razz" /><!-- s:P --> Shame I've got no ingenious ideas for the bandwidth issue, eh? <!-- s:( --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_sad.gif" alt=":(" title="Sad" /><!-- s:( --> Of course, if most...