Taipan (Download and Video Page 4)

[Anonymous]

A couple of things on that lift-hill support.
You should tighten it at the top, and have it wider at the bottom, and not vertical as you have now.

First do it as tight as you can at the top, and be sure that all of them are equally wide. Then widen the bottom, but be sure that the angle of the beams are about the same all on all supports.

But apart from that I have to say that it really looks great.

 

[Brookes]

Thanks for the comments. Josh thanks glad you like it and no not really thought of any names yet. And ok loefet thanks for the advice I will get to it.

EDIT: I have started to tighten them at the top, and it already makes them look wider at the bottom so will only need to widened a little bit. Going well so far though.

 

[Brookes]

Just a few screens to show the lift hill supports changed a bit plus the first support on the drop. These supports are going to take a very long time.

 

[The Grape Wizard]

Looks better now, cant wait for the finished thing.

 

[Uncle Arly]

These supports are going to take a very long time.

Inverted coaster supports are a bugger, but once you get used to them, they're very fun to make and don't take too long.

 

[Anonymous]

Looks a lot better this time.

 

[Xpress]

Yup, I agree. They look a lot better. Also, you can use the prefabs if you really don't want to support the ride. The inverted prefabs were designed around the Vekoma/Arrow SLC supports, which is why they look soo similar

And mind if I take a gander at the track?

 

[Crazycoaster]

Also, you can use the prefabs if you really don't want to support the ride.

No. Please ignore this, Prefabs are horrible, never use them unless you really really have to..

Plus making your own supports teaches you so much about the game and is so much more forfilling in the long run.

 

[Xpress]

^Making your own prefabs can teach you a ton about proper support making, but if you really don't want to finish supporting a ride (I.E. a 14000ft. coaster) then they're a convenient way to hurry up areas.

 

[Slash]

Also, you can use the prefabs if you really don't want to support the ride.

No. Please ignore this, Prefabs are horrible, never use them unless you really really have to..

Plus making your own supports teaches you so much about the game and is so much more forfilling in the long run.

No I agree with Xpress, if they are the most accurate why not use them?

 

[Dave]

Making your own supports also teaches how to make them quickly and still look great. I can support a ride like that in about 1-3 days.

 

[Brookes]

Update

Done some more on this! Supports on the drop are finished and I've also done the supports on the loop - Kumali style. So here's some screens of how it looks at the moment:

Some of the clearances look a little close but I have checked by running the train past slowly and seeing whether I think a rider would hit their arm if they had them out and I think the clearances should be fine.

 

[The Grape Wizard]

They are some funky supports :--D

 

[Anonymous]

^^ If you lower the middle supports on the loop a bit then it would look a bit better, about 1 meter or so.

 

[Uncle Arly]

Some of the clearances look a little close but I have checked by running the train past slowly and seeing whether I think a rider would hit their arm if they had them out and I think the clearances should be fine.

I would tunnel test if I were you.

 

[Xpress]

Yup, someone hasn't heard of it obviously

If anything is inside of the tunnel, besides the track, or anything above the track, then it fails the tunnel test, meaning in life you would lose a limb.

Making your own supports also teaches how to make them quickly and still look great. I can support a ride like that in about 1-3 days.

His ride would take me about 2 hours to support minimum

 

[Brookes]

Thanks for the comments guys. loefet I will move the middle ones down a bit and Xpress I know what tunnel testing is, I just couldn't be bothered to do it after I did all them supports. :lol: I will change a few of the supports and make sure it passes. And good for you, unfortunately I can't be bothered to just sit here and support.

EDIT: The thing is on one part because of how highly it is banked the riders wouldn't be able to reach the support, but because tunnel test just does it around the whole track it doesn't pass.

 

[Xpress]

^As long as the riders can't reach it, then you're fine.

 

[Brookes]

Little Update

Haven't been doing a lot of this with being on holiday and having to do a lot of revision at the moment. However, when I can I try to do a bit of supporting just doing 1 or 2 supports at a time. So, here's a screen of a bit more supporting I have done and have also changed the colours a bit on the train:

 

[Uncle Arly]

I'm liking the colours on the train!