Amistad Park

[Rtoups]

Hey. I am proud to post my first park, Amistad Park. I first put this park up on the Atari forums a few weeks ago, i was hoping to boost its popularity by showing you guys here on VF. Here is the link on the Atari Forums: http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=551794
Here is a pic of how the park will be laid out.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0031-1.jpg
A pic of the parks inverted coaster, Gates of the Gods. This ride has a story behind it which is on the atari forums
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0032.jpg
A pic of the Torii Cafe, a hilltop restaurant that will provide unbelievable views of the rollercoaster.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0041.jpg
And the ride that i am currently working on, Attack on Porto Bello. There is a story for this as well on atari forums. Here is a layout.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/AOPB-overview.jpg
Here is a pic from the ride, inside the forbidden caverns. I thought it looked nice.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0051.jpg
Please tell me what you think, and please please PLEASE, if you are a member on the atari forums, check out my park there. There are tons more pics and stories for the rides. Please comment!

[reillysix]

Looking good, hope to see more soon!

[ryguy222]

This looks pretty awesome

[imagineer_me]

This looks good! I look foward to seeing more!

[reillysix]

^ LOL That's my post with a few different words. :p

[ryguy222]

LOL thats his post with a few different words :) (just like this post! :p)

[Rtoups]

ya thats what every body's post is like. I didnt have time to work on it tonight because I got some bloodwork done to test for Mono and i had to see the results. So what they do is measure that amount of titers to see if you have or had the infection. A tighter count greater than 10 can indicate that you had the infection. My titer count was 2379! Ya, the doctor says its was the highest she has ever seen it. But i dont have mono anymore, but i did a few weeks ago and i just got through it without treatment.

[reillysix]

My friend has Mono. I had 11 tubes of blood drawn last time I had blood work, still a bit woozy from that...

[ryguy222]

^^Oh thats why your all woozy...

[Rtoups]

Ok i have completed Attack on Porto Bello and i have recorded a video. Woo hoo. But, i am having trouble getting it from my PC to my laptop so it will probably be released tommorow or friday. So in the meantime, i have created a small teaser video, briefly telling the plotline of the ride. I have also created Flatline Productions, which I will be creating all my videos under. This is my first teaser so tell me how it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co2R3Yp2FCM
And i know you probably wanna see some pics, so here you go.
This is an overview. But i have updated it since that pic so the queue is now a carribean castle and the area before the caverns is a small village.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/AOPB-overview.jpg
Watch out for falling debris! A shot withing the burning fort.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0059.jpg
Going up the sewer/final lift hill
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0062.jpg

[reillysix]

Looking awesome! That teaser is cool too! So when is the next update!?

[Rtoups]

probably tommorow. I should have the vid up by tommorow night. And I may have time to work on my park a bit.

EDIT: I am going to re record it. This time at night and maybe with ride audio. I made a new teaser though and i will add it to youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxz7bM7fsPU

[Rtoups]

Yay i got the video done! No ride audio but there is music, AND ITS AT NIGHT! I have links to youtube, rapidshare, and megaupload. PLEASE COMMENT!

YouTube
(http://youtube.com/watch?v=8WIkZRzdn0Q)
Megaupload
(http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ABX0MUOQ)
Rapidshare
(http://rapidshare.com/files/7761003/Attackonportobello.wmv)
As I said earlier, I will probably be taking a break from this park. This is so I can focus on making some things for the Disneyland Group Project. And I will also be going on vacation so I wont have the game. But I will have my laptop so I will still be on the forums. I will return to this project sometime in january.

[reillysix]

Awesome ride! I can't wait for you too return for this.

[Rtoups]

A disaster has struck Amistad Park! This morning at approximatley 10:30 AM, a car from Queen of the Nile derailed and fell to the ground. Not much is known about the incident. The FBI released this statement today.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/crashreport-1.jpg
The park released this staff and post-incident report:
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/parkreport.jpg
There are no photos of the crashed coaster because the FBI and other government agencies have taken them for evidence. However, Amistad Park has released a previous image showing where the track was damaged and where the car derailed:
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/damage.jpg
If you know anything about the crash at Amistad Park, please tell your local police agency. Please tell your friends about this disaster and keep on watching this thread for more information the crash as it surfaces. Thank you.
Ryan Toups, Amistad Park Owner

[reillysix]

That's not good! Hope it's fixed soon! Such a horrible tragedy.

[Rtoups]

The FBI has released 2 clips of the accident. This footage shows the accident in progress and the aftermath. The FBI is also asking for your help. For the next few weeks clues will be posted about the incident. We are asking for your assistance on finding the person/s involved. The FBI also needs to decide whether Amistad Park and the staff of Amistad Park was negligent in security and looking for any explosives and whether charges should be brought forward. We have not made a suspect list yet. Expect one to be released tommorow or Friday, as well as an evidence inventory. The video will be up shortly.
FBI Footage
(http://youtube.com/watch?v=T2wA21rEdcs)
Paul V. Daly
Special Agent in Charge

Reillysix: Unfortunatly the whole egyptian area is being destroyed. A lot of the pieces of the coaster are being taken apart and shipped to labs for testing, as well as various pieces of scenery. It would be impractical to rebuild the "Queen of the Nile". Instead, development teams are looking at expanding Attack On Porto Bello, but it is just being discussed right now.
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The FBI has agreed to release the file of one of the suspects. John Dominguez, a former park employee who was fired after found smoking and drinking on the job, was seen walking around the ride the night before. Unfortunately, his current whereabouts are unknown. Here are 2 pages from his file. A picture of his file:
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/johndominguez-file.jpg
John Dominguez does have a criminal history. He commited a petty theft back in 2000 trying to steal from a Stop-N-Go convienent store up in Jackson County, Washington. He was sentenced to 6 months in prison and was released on probation after 4. This was his arrest warrant:
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/warrant-JD-1.jpg
This is the crime report filed for the petty theft:
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/crimefile-JD.jpg
These are the most important documents so far. They tell us about his history and let us know whether he should be considered a suspect. He is the only official suspect right now, but there are many "suspicious persons" as of right now. We will be posting more as the case develops.

[imagineer_me]

What a terrible tragedy. How is your park gonna keep going after all the lawsuits? lol! Your park looks great. I hope it doesn't need to shut down.

[reillysix]

Seeing that Disneyland has had a few deaths, I have a feeling Amistad will be staying open. I'm glad they found him, hopefully all charges will be pressed on him and not the park. Although, lack of security maybe a little lawsuit for not seeing this happen. Hmm...

[Rtoups]

that isn't the only suspect, and we don't know if he did it. We have 2 other suspects, a propoganda artist who works for the Peoples Liberation Army of China, and a former soldier who was a security guard at the park. I will be releasing their files later.
John V. Daly, Special Agent in Charge

Thank you for your concern imagineer_me and reilly. No lawsuits have been filed against the park...yet. When the cause of the crash and who did it is determined, people will be more aware of what really happened. Unfortunately, it is likely that we will be sued for negligent security forces. It may make a dent in out budget, but since we are taking out all of the egyptian scenery and selling it we are able to get a lot of the money back.

[mrhappybomb]

oh wow that sucks a good coaster ruined forever I hope you find the guys or girls who did this soon.

[Rtoups]

another suspect has been released. Zhou Enlai was a soldier for the People's Liberation Army and is now a propoganda artist for them. Here is an illustration of him:
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/zhouenlai-1.jpg
here is a profile of him:
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Zhou-Enlaiprofile.jpg
here is a poster he made showing the determination and power of the PLA.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/soldierposter.jpg
UPDATE ON FORMER SUSPECT:
John Dominguez has fled to mexico. yesterday at around 10:25 PM he took an aeromexico flight to Torreon, Mexico. This is most likely our suspect considering he has fled. His boarding pass:
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/boardingpass.jpg

[reillysix]

Wow, we got someone new and people hiding! I hope we can get these two prosecuted!

[SpaceRobotPirateIsland]

no offense or anything, i think this is a bit overboard. thats just my opinion though.:icon_arro :icon_ques

[reillysix]

^ This is his way of filling in the gap while he is in Hawaii and can't play.

[jorgetheviking]

I hope you find out who did this.

[Rtoups]

yes reillysix, thank you for explaining that. Yes since I will not have access to RCT3 on my vacation I did this to give something interesting to the park, as well as boost the amount of people who look at the park. It was first put on the Atari Community Forums and later put on here at VF, and because of this I have gotten a lot more viewers of the park.

[Rtoups]

Well good news. Both suspects are now in custody. The first one was caught in Torreon, Mexico by mexico police, and the second was caught in a drug raid in Pomona. Everything is back to normal and no lawsuits have been brought up.
But I am mad because I really wanna finish Excursia and start working on Futuro, but I can't think of another attraction to put in. I was thinking maybe an Indy ride, but I dunno. I need inspiration!

EDIT: Thank the lord for RCDB! I was browsing it and came across Kraken at SeaWorld Orlando. And than it hit me. "Hey, why not recreate it for my park?" I asked myself. That's right, I will be recreating and awesome coaster. It will not have the same scenery or color scheme, but the track will be the same. It will be called Sea Serpent.

[imagineer_me]

Cool! Was I the first to know about this?!? lol. I can't wait to see the first pics!

[ryguy222]

Cool, yea i have no limits and they re-made it on there. I just had to system recover my comp and i don't have it but i will get some pix.

[Rtoups]

Well I am getting some help from tyc00n10 on the atari forums. He was working on a kraken recreation but his project was halted. He has agreed to give me any pics I need and answer any questions I have. And yes you were the first to know about this since I posted here before Atari.
--------------------------------------Double post added here.
Construction has begun on Sea Serpent, a B&M Floorless. The track has been designed to replicated that of Kraken at SeaWorld Orlando.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0023.jpg
A night shot from the queue. Notice the large crab that jumps out of the top of the waterfall.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0024.jpg
Another shot from the queue. Strange sea creatures attack a ship that crashed into some rocks.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0025.jpg
Because of space problems, I was unable to completly recreate Kraken. From the circled area on, the track is not completely accurate and has some added pieces. That is about the last 20 seconds though so no big deal.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/messup.jpg
Custom supports to be added later. Please comment.

[ryguy222]

Looks pretty good, and it doesn't matter that its completly accurate becuase your calling it something else.

[Rtoups]

Ya I know. Some parts are a lot faster and some are a lot slower. But at least I won't get slammed by people saying "It's not realistic!" because it is modeled after a real ride. And it isn't that different at the end, just I had to angle some stuff so it would work. And I have to put this out here, I swear making the paths to the exits and entrances was as hard as the coaster! The paths always go at weird angles and dont connect. It took a long time to fix that! And has anyone seen the hidden atlantis monsters in the waterfall! You can only see their eyes, and if you look close, a head.

[Rtoups]

The double posting rules here are much more relaxed than Atari. Thats good.
Anyways, today was my last day of winter break. I went on a 3 hour RCT3 rampage to get som intricate detail done on the ride before I have reset my priorities (school being first). I hope you like it.
I put up the railing next to the lift hill, as well as neon lights going up the sides. I will get a night pic of that later. In the middle, you can see the beginning of a maintenance garage...
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0029-1.jpg
Another shot of the lift hill, this time near the bottom. It also shows the rocks near the que and the concrete and glass scenery near the loop. As well as the new concrete walls and floors that now line all the dips in the ground.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0030.jpg
A shot of the base of the maintenace garage. Complete with 3 switch tracks for repairs. This does not exist in the real KRAKEN, but I had some space between the train track and the ride so I am using this to fill it up.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0027-1.jpg
And finally, I leave you a beautiful pic of the loop to win you over while you wait for the next update (which may not be for awhile since I start school tommorow.) Look at the neon!
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0031-2.jpg

[reillysix]

Nice update! I would like to see some more Terrain Forming though. That last picture is awesome too! Desktop worthy!

[Rtoups]

I am not sure if I am going to do much terraforming. Near the maintenance garage there will be some, and some near the lake, but not much. I want to keep it looking somewhat like KRAKEN.

[Ezra]

The double posting rules here are much more relaxed than Atari.
Thats good. Double posting isn't really allowed here either, but we're willing to make exceptions for photo updates like this. :biggrin:

[Rtoups]

Thank you. Its good that they merge because that way it is like editing a post, but it also brings your thread back to the top. But at atari, if you double post, its off with your head!

[Rtoups]

PIC UPDATE!
I didn't have much homework tuesday so I got on and did a little bit with the track and garage.

A shot of the completed garage, with a new break room and parking area for the workers. How do the cars get their? Well, if you look at the hills that nestle the garage, their is a tunnel going through it. The tunnel goes under the train tracks and out of the park.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0032-1.jpg

Another shot showing the tunnel and some new trees sprouting up around the train.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0033-1.jpg

Just some custom supports being added:
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0034.jpg

I changed the track a bit. After it comes out of the rocks, it goes into a zero g roll. Here is a shot of it:
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0036.jpg

And a pic of the roll in action.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0035-1.jpg

Next update will probably be tommorow night. Thank you for taking an interest in this park, and keep on asking questions!

[imagineer_me]

The coaster looks GREAT!!! I love your park and the theming! Here is my suggestions: You should probably do some land coloring and underground coloring. Also the supports look kind of odd with custom mixed with in game. I don't know what you could do to fix that but if you can't do anyting you should at least have the supports the same color.

[Rtoups]

O lol, yes I am going to do some terraforming. Thats why I have not added all the supports, because I still need to terraform and color the hills. And in the final product, the in game supports will be removed. Bear with me! Thanks for the compliment though.

[reillysix]

Nice! Are you going to use the support killer? Just place it under ground to get rid of the shadow and still kill the supports. That last image is another desktop!

Wait... did you turn the shadows off already?

[Rtoups]

Ya i guess I turned of shadows, never really thought of it. The game runs on High Quality with a little lag during day, and some more at night, as well as when I am building underground. But I never build in high, usually I play balanced. I will turn them on next time. And I will add the support killers later.
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I took a break from Sea Serpent to work on the area around it. To the right of the Sea Serpent entrance, the Ride An Elephant attraction has popped up. I decided I needed more children rides (I had 3 attractions total, 2 coasters and 1 splash boat ride). While sorting through the transport rides, I thought that an elephant ride would be a good thing to add that wouldn't take up much of my time. Well heres a pic of it.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0037-1.jpg
Next to Sea Serpent, Sea Serpent Junior with its mild track is nestled inbetween the intense turns of the coaster it is named after. You can also see some of the terraforming I did.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0038-1.jpg
It's not much, but the food court has started.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0039-1.jpg
You may have noticed in some of my earlier updates that some theming has been added next to the train. Well I really don't know what the theme is, just a serene forest with a small lake. Here is a pic of the train going over the lake.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/train.jpg
Another shot at night
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0042-1.jpg
I need suggestions on how to light the forest up more.

[kylekez]

i dunno how to light up the forest, but look at the train on the first pic!

[reillysix]

LOL The speeding train! Nice pictures! The reason I dislike the double post merger is you can't see when thread get updates. Anyway, keep up the good work!

[Rtoups]

lol you guys like the train pic? I edited that, that wasnt take in game. I just used gimp and motion blurred the train. It came out pretty well. My next update will probably later this week, maybe Friday. I have midterms coming up.

[reillysix]

I had a feeling you did some editing to that.

[kylekez]

yeah... uhhhh rtoups........ this is the best RCT3 park iv'e seen in my life.

[Rtoups]

wow. Thanks Kyle. I really don't think it is, compared to things like Wonder World and RCT Spankys park. But I appreciate the comment. I will try to get an update later today. I have been busy with my logo shop which has reopened and I am taking over a park on the Atari Forums called Woodland Peak Resort. The original guy quit for no reason and I am taking it and starting it over, since I didn't like the look of it.

[Cali Coaster]

The double posting rules here are much more relaxed than Atari. Thats good.
Anyways, today was my last day of winter break. I went on a 3 hour RCT3 rampage to get som intricate detail done on the ride before I have reset my priorities (school being first). I hope you like it.
I put up the railing next to the lift hill, as well as neon lights going up the sides. I will get a night pic of that later. In the middle, you can see the beginning of a maintenance garage...
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0029-1.jpg
Another shot of the lift hill, this time near the bottom. It also shows the rocks near the que and the concrete and glass scenery near the loop. As well as the new concrete walls and floors that now line all the dips in the ground.
I'm really liking your park so far Rtoups! The theming is just amazing. And, speaking of the theming, where did you get those lift hill/brake run catwalks? Those look like Phatages catwalks from RCT2, not the catwalks from Jcat's Steelworx. Those catwalks look so much better than the Steelworx ones. :D So anyway, keep up the good work and please get the link for those catwalks!

[imagineer_me]

^ Please dont quote a WHOLE post of pics when you are asking a question. Either post your question with the pic of what it is about. Or just ask the question and I'm sure he could understand what you were talking about.

[Rtoups]

I am glad you like the park that much Cali Coaster. To answer your question, the catwalks are actually in-game. You have to take a 4D coaster and intersect it with the coaster lift hill (using the options.txt cheats) and put it on chains. When the 4D coaster is using chains, it makes those cat walks.
And on to the update.
I have recently taken over a park on the Atari Forums and I am now in charge of building it. It is called Woodland Peak Resort, and here is a link to it. Check it out!
http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=558500
A small food court in Excursia. The matterhorn type ride has since been removed.:
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0044.jpg
The ride was replaced with these, go karts. Not just one go kart ride, but 2 tracks that weave through each other.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0047.jpg
The front of the ride where the entrances and exits are:
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0046.jpg

[imagineer_me]

Cool! Looks awesome as always!

[reillysix]

Woodland Peak Resort.

Shoot, I never saw that park. Better change that name of my new park, before I get to far.

[Rtoups]

lol wood peak is fine.

[summerz]

Wow all of this is AWESOME!

[Rtoups]

Hey. There aren't going to be any more updates until midterms are over. And after midterms is over I am going skiing at Mammoth for 4 days, so the next update be until at least the 7th.

[Rtoups]

Well no in game update, but something almost as good. Since Excursia is coming to an end, I have been thinking about Futuro and how I want that to look like. Here is one sketch that represents the basic idea of one of the attractions. Its is going to be like From the Earth To the Moon. You go through some rooms, get launched up a tube and down into the main part of the ride. It will be fun because it will be the first time I use the lasers in soaked. Here is a sketch I made of the launch tube. Im not that good of an artist, so bare with me. sorry its sideways.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/pic004.jpg

The front entrance will have this poster, inviting guests to take a ride on the Aries Starship. The name, Woodland, is a homage to my other park.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/starship.jpg

The queue line will have posters like these on the walls.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/interior.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/shipstatus.jpg

And finally, Futuro itself will have digital billboards like these which change from one advertisement to the other.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/animation-billboard.gif

[reillysix]

Looks awesome! I like that sketch you made. I got my $3000 sitting right here to get my ticket. ;)

[Rtoups]

Well thats nice, but once the attraction opens, guests will be able to ride the Aries Starships as many times as they want for no price at all!

[imagineer_me]

This looks so awesome!

[summerz]

It's looking GREAT.:biggrin:

[Rtoups]

Well I am back. Sorry for the lack of updates. I had midterms and semester break. I have also been working on my other park, Woodland Peak Resort.

Today was a momentous day. Adventura has officially been completed and has opened. The old supports of Sea Serpent were removed and replaced with the new ones. Sorry I didnt get any pics.
Anyways, construction has begun on Futuro, the futuristic themed land. A photographer took this from the center of the park. What is is?
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0066.jpg

A closer shot. Looks like the ride building for something.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0067.jpg

The same shot at night. Looks at all the colors.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0068.jpg

Thank you for joining me on this occasion. Amistad Park is taking a large step forward!
P.S. I really need somebody to comment on this thread on the Atari Forums so more people will see it. Thanks to whoever does it.

[Rtoups]

A coaster track has been added in and around the bizzare building.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0069.jpg

An aerial shot of the coaster.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0070.jpg

To the left of this immense building, two other coasters have been placed in racing posistion. Very interesting.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/Shot0071.jpg

Please leave comments, and please tell others about this park! Support starving park makers, leave a comment!

[imagineer_me]

This looks great Rtoups! I can't help noticing the coasters look a little odd, a little forced. But I'm sure after themeing and things it will look better! We'll see! Keep it up!!!

[reillysix]

I'm not 100% in love with your graphics card... but the park it's self looks awesome! Keep us updated!

[Rtoups]

I dunno, it looks a lot nicer in game. But after I upload the pics they look grainy and unorganized. Its kinda weird. I noticed that too. The pics dont do justice to what the park really looks like.

[stevo505]

Looking good. I really want to start a nice park like yours, but I'm not experienced with all the CS and theming and all that.

[Rtoups]

I am putting this on hold. I need more inspiration and I want to work on my other park, Woodland Peak Resort. Tell me if you want me to post that on these forums.

[imagineer_me]

^ Yes please do!