The EDGE - Terrain Eurofighter

Hi there!

Here is my lastest creation. This is a coaster I made for a French contest, meant to be the last one on NL1.
We got a nice template with a cliff, and a few rules:

Kingstree is a small family park located at the top of a cliff. But they want to go big. Design a coaster along that cliff in accordance with these specifications:
- The coaster shouldn't have a height difference between lowest track point and highest track point that is above 80 m
- It must feature at least 5 inversions, unless it's a wooden
- Station should be in the blue rectangle, coaster in the orange area
- In game, use Gerstlauer Eurofighter, Maurer X-car, a B&M or a wooden.
- Newton????????? authorized, not AHG
- 3Ds should be yours

After a few tries with various coaster styles, I picked the Eurofighter.
I had to choose a 1 car train because I had an idea in mind : This is a terrain coaster ; This will need a heck of a lift hill ; Why not use a ropeway instead?
As I'm also fond of ropeways, I motivated myself into this project.

One month later (the contest was lanched on November 30th), let's see how it turned out...


[the EDGE]
(awesome name, I know)


The station is a block and the pre-launch is not really interesting.


Here we go! The launch shoots you under the ropeway's upper station. Inside the tunnel, lies a small surprising pop of airtime.


Then comes the top-hat, with a cool amount of airtime and a breathtaking view of the valley.


You can see that its standing above a huge gap, thanks to the special support structure.


Here's a view from below. Vertiginous...


Comes the first inversion of the ride, a corkscrew/zero-g.


Then the coaster twists aroung the ropeway's tower.


It's a kind of cutback and, once again, it's quite high up in the air.


Artistic shot of that unique combinaison between a coaster and a ropeway's tower.


The first set of MCBR comes right here. But, uh oh, that quiet-looking turn ends not so well...


We're droping upside-down!


This is the Smiler-inspired drop, but with a S-turn at the top.


That drop leads into the pretzel loop/norwegian loop.


Here it is, right in front of the famous cliff.


After a second set of MCBR, the coaster has a last element to offer. Isn't that what we call a twist ending?


It's an upward heartline roll, followed by a half non-inverted loop. The funny thing is that it's the same element than the one featured on the Dive Machine in the last NL2 video update, even though we weren't aware of each other's idea!


The coaster part is over, but not the ride. Thanks to this transfer track, the train will be able to board into a gondola.


Let's get back up here.


During the trip, enjoy the scenery and take a rest after the wild ride you've been through.


If the coaster is a Gerstlauer Eurofighter, the ropeway is a Doppelmayr 3S. 3S stands for 3 seils, which means 3 cables. Two of them are still and support the gondolas, and the third one moves and pulls them to the top.


Here we are, back to the station.

I hope you enjoyed the ride!

I struggled making it, mostly due to the fact I do all the scenery with supports, and I had to convert everything in the CK, because the whole thing is off-grid, and I wanted to copy/paste a few elements. I use a lot of square beams, and those connect well in NL but not in the CK. So every knot has to be redone with two nodes instead of one if you want to avoid ugly gaps. Not to mention that objects with different colors has to be exported separately.

I'll not released it now, as I might do some slight last minute tweaks, but I'm glad I finished it before NL2 comes out! =)

I'll leave you with this overall shot. Click to see a larger version:

[Goku1910]

This is a really neat idea. Looking forward to it.

Dude this is AWESOME.

Really really great.

I think with the new transfer tracks this idea might work in NL2. I hope you xperiment with it and find out, when its released

yeah, you?

OMG dedicated to the original EDGE!!!!!!!

[Dirk_Ermen]

Originally posted by Edge

yeah, you?

I was already wondering if you would come online just to see this

You really have a sweet spot for moving tracks, huh? Anyways it looks sweet, and I hope NL2 caters towards your style of building.

Thanks for the kind comments guys, and glad to see you, Edge! [:p]

From what we know, NL2 only manages a few preset transfert tracks, so my ideas (that and the Arm-lift for instance) are not possible yet, nor is a free-fall track section. But that might be possible in a future, as it's something the team is working on.

Anyways, here's the POV!

Looks great nice use of the terrain and interactions with the environment.

BTW, can i download that template somewhere?

[Coasterkidmwm]

This reminds me of that failed suspended bendy thing Walibi Belgium or Holland tried to build. I think it was called Vertigo.

After watching your POV, why is the bottom of the pretzel loopy thing unbanked while it turns slightly? I see no reason for that., unless the hill it's on is tricking my eyes.

BTW, can i download that template somewhere?

Sure, here is the trackfile:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/lws76mg76gso4u7/contest.nltrack
And the terrain texture:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/hepumxumtpwcx5z/contest.tga

This reminds me of that failed suspended bendy thing Walibi Belgium or Holland tried to build. I think it was called Vertigo.

Yup, the Vertigo was at Walibi Belgium and it was a prototype by Doppelmayr. They completely failed on this on, but when it comes to ropeways, they rock. On the market they're like what Intamin or B&M are when it comes to coasters.

The bottom of the pretzel loop is almost perfectly straight but its entrance is kinda weird (the half loop does a vertical rotation) so I guess that's what fools you. [;)]

Here you go guys, it has been released!



Download: http://www.coastercrazy.com/track_exchange/detail/20007