Un-Official Contest: Microcoaster

There are manny beginners on this contest...

Count me out. Too hard to come up with a good idea thats not boring. [dunno]

when u say 2.5 to 10 in height, do u mean from the ground?

i guees i will see if i can come up with something before time runs out.

[Metazoanhaddock]

hey, if I'm building a woodie, and something intrudes into the tunnel, but it's behind the generated handrail, is that a tunnel intrusion or does it pass?

Tunnel intrusions behind the handrail pass.

@Tidus: Station buildings can exceed 10 feet from the template edges, and even go outside the template. However, the track vertices of the station must stay between 2.5 and 10 feet above the ground, and cannot exceed 10 feet from the edges of the template.

Originally posted by e572

Dose anyone have tips on makeing good loops? Mine always look squished on the top.

I would definitely recommend using Newton. You still have more than two weeks, you can probably download Newton and watch the tutorials on YouTube, and still have time to build a coaster.

how about 3ds. Do they have to be innside of the template?

Originally posted by Omnigeek6

Originally posted by e572

Dose anyone have tips on makeing good loops? Mine always look squished on the top.

I would definitely recommend using Newton. You still have more than two weeks, you can probably download Newton and watch the tutorials on YouTube, and still have time to build a coaster.

Thanks for the tip but I think I will pass on this contest. I still feel I need more practice useing nolimits.

I think you should postpone the contest. Im sure alot of us would contribute something but don't have the time right now.

[Metazoanhaddock]

I know terraforming isn't allowed, but could I put in a 3d mound of dirt with, say, an old mine shaft entrance in the mound of dirt as one singular 3d object? It wouldn't be terraforming, per se, but I just would like to know so I dont get DQed.

3Ds do not have to be inside the template. 3Ds which blend with the terrain and appear to raise it are allowed within reason. A small mound of dirt is all right, but if you try to bend the rules by making a bunch of 3Ds hills and valleys which fills the template, I will DELETE THE OBJECT before judging. Due to issues like support footers, this may lower your score. Also, tunneling underground is not permitted. Please remember that the template would be surrounded by walkways IRL. Some would have to be demolished to make way for the station and lines, but this means that you should keep most of your theming inside the template, except for "park-related" items like benches and 3Ds walkways. So, you know, don't go crazy with the 3Ds.

@ianko66: You still have almost three weeks to make and submit a track, and the submission deadline is well after the NLT round ends. There should be plenty of time. However, I will make a deal: If, on June 1st, fewer than 12 tracks have been submitted, I will extend the deadline to June 14th. Still, try to turn your track in on time, because there are unlikely to be that few tracks submitted.

I have dicieded that the only way i will get better is by trying so I will try your contest (disregard last postings). I think I have an idea...[?]

Hmm, this should be interesting to see...

The tracks done. Now for the station...

Sorry, I started building my ride now and noticed what I didn't like.

Originally posted by Dirk Ermen

At 25% speed, the G-force rating can be jumpy since it's showing the direct forces. So all shocks included. Therefore, I recommend testing at 50%. Where the G-forces don't jump (as often as with 25%) because of the shocks.

You have yet to respond to this...

If vertical Gs remain between -1.5 and 4.5

If you want a compact contest and say that Gerstlauer is the best type of coaster to do, that is an insanely small positive amount. 5.0 would be more respectable. I am completely ignoring the lateral forces too. Oh well, it is only worth 2 pts.

i guess i will give it a go... first NL contest!

if i want to make a walkway around the ride on the outside, for scenery purposes like you said, can i? and can i turn the boundaries into a support structure? (without changing them of course)

Originally posted by khrulez

i guess i will give it a go... first NL contest!

if i want to make a walkway around the ride on the outside, for scenery purposes like you said, can i? and can i turn the boundaries into a support structure? (without changing them of course)

Walkways on the outside are permitted. However, turning the boundaries into supports is a bad idea. Don't forget, the footers can't go out of the template either.

[Metazoanhaddock]

hmm...alot of people ive never seen before with <10 posts in this contest.....

where were they for the NLT?????!?!?!?![:(!]

Originally posted by Omnigeek6

Originally posted by khrulez

i guess i will give it a go... first NL contest!

if i want to make a walkway around the ride on the outside, for scenery purposes like you said, can i? and can i turn the boundaries into a support structure? (without changing them of course)

Walkways on the outside are permitted. However, turning the boundaries into supports is a bad idea. Don't forget, the footers can't go out of the template either.

Do you ever respond?

I was seeing how much I could annoy before you made me respond

Force testing will in general be done at 50% speed. However, if there is a very fast transition, I may test at 25% speed so I can see better.

You will still get a score deduction if you go over 4.5 Gs on a Eurofighter. From Gerstlauer's website, I have found that most Eurofighters max out at around that much, with maybe 2 or 3 exceeding that. It is perfectly reasonable to stay under 4.5 Gs. It is also perfectly reasonable for me to expect you to not exceed 1.5 lateral Gs. I've seen values on Gerstlauer's website like 1.2 lateral Gs max. Not to mention, it isn't that difficult to stay under those limits, even on a heartline roll.

^I never said that the lateral force guidelines were unreasonable. I just said that I broke them [:p]

[slosprint]

well one thing led to another and somehow I lost my entry... F*ck...

You LOST it?

FAIL. Hurry, you might be able to rebuild it and still make the deadline!

[slosprint]

yeah...

Edit: the new project will be an S&S el loco the likes of which have never been seen.