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RCT3 Please help with (first time using) replacing supports

#21
For a B&M coaster, if you have RCT3 Willd! installed the coaster is named Extended. It has the most track pieces in the game.
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(Jun 29, 2014, 09:11 AM)Frankedj Wrote: For a B&M coaster, if you have RCT3 Willd! installed the coaster is named Extended. It has the most track pieces in the game.

I thought so, but wasn't sure...thanks. Do you know how to set up a station for the Extended coaster? Or a coaster like DasMatze Eurofighter (my favorite track)?
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(Jun 29, 2014, 12:03 AM)aecrouch7413 Wrote: I will post some screenshots when I'm done. It may be awhile. You'll be the first I'll let know...
This is a great inspiration and motivation for me. You must have been doing this for a long time. Smile
The pictures you share are very helpful. How did you guess I was a visual learner? Biggrin I have visited your page and like a lot of your work. I hate putting all that time and effort into something if its not done the right way. Wooden coasters are one of my favorites, but I'm not ready yet to tackle those supports yet. Also, Moby has 2 versions of the supports. One is a little thicker than the other. Does it matter?

Actually it didn't take that long to make. Using Moby's supports, I usually use the smaller version, but if you are building a very tall coaster, thicker supports are better. The only problem with the thick ones is that they don't work well with connectors and footers. Again, if you are making a corkscrew coaster, use Safari J's corkscrew supports. That's what I used in my ride and they are much easier than using multiple different sets.

By the way, if you build scaffold supports or wooden supports, try making a 1x1x1 block of supports and save it as a structure, then it saved a ton of time.
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(Jun 29, 2014, 12:34 PM)Blu Wrote:
(Jun 29, 2014, 12:03 AM)aecrouch7413 Wrote: I will post some screenshots when I'm done. It may be awhile. You'll be the first I'll let know...
This is a great inspiration and motivation for me. You must have been doing this for a long time. Smile
The pictures you share are very helpful. How did you guess I was a visual learner? Biggrin I have visited your page and like a lot of your work. I hate putting all that time and effort into something if its not done the right way. Wooden coasters are one of my favorites, but I'm not ready yet to tackle those supports yet. Also, Moby has 2 versions of the supports. One is a little thicker than the other. Does it matter?

Actually it didn't take that long to make. Using Moby's supports, I usually use the smaller version, but if you are building a very tall coaster, thicker supports are better. The only problem with the thick ones is that they don't work well with connectors and footers. Again, if you are making a corkscrew coaster, use Safari J's corkscrew supports. That's what I used in my ride and they are much easier than using multiple different sets.

By the way, if you build scaffold supports or wooden supports, try making a 1x1x1 block of supports and save it as a structure, then it saved a ton of time.

Thanks all for the help and great tips. I'm probably going to start today trying to build the rc. I'm not going to make it to complicated. Something simple and small. I want to see if I have the basics down and then I'll post it for feedback. I am terrible at naming things so when I'm done if anyone can come up with a name I'll give you credit for it. SmileBiggrin:

(Jun 29, 2014, 12:34 PM)Blu Wrote:
(Jun 29, 2014, 12:03 AM)aecrouch7413 Wrote: I will post some screenshots when I'm done. It may be awhile. You'll be the first I'll let know...
This is a great inspiration and motivation for me. You must have been doing this for a long time. Smile
The pictures you share are very helpful. How did you guess I was a visual learner? Biggrin I have visited your page and like a lot of your work. I hate putting all that time and effort into something if its not done the right way. Wooden coasters are one of my favorites, but I'm not ready yet to tackle those supports yet. Also, Moby has 2 versions of the supports. One is a little thicker than the other. Does it matter?

Actually it didn't take that long to make. Using Moby's supports, I usually use the smaller version, but if you are building a very tall coaster, thicker supports are better. The only problem with the thick ones is that they don't work well with connectors and footers. Again, if you are making a corkscrew coaster, use Safari J's corkscrew supports. That's what I used in my ride and they are much easier than using multiple different sets.

By the way, if you build scaffold supports or wooden supports, try making a 1x1x1 block of supports and save it as a structure, then it saved a ton of time.

Here is the first part of the coaster. I hope I did this right, if not let me know how to correct it. Thanks.


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Here's a support tutorial that I started and never finished. I added some captions to help.

First, build your station and the lift hill

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Then choose your colors

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Open Gadget's (I think) Coaster Goodies, and find the support killer. This set is in the scenery section, not the walls section

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Delete all the in-game supports

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Here's what you should have

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Now go to CoasterJoe's B&M Connectors

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Add the connectors at the correct angles

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Go to "Basic Version 1 Bottom" and recolor it to what you want your supports to be. I'm doing white

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Place them underneath the connectors like this

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Now open Moby's Steel Jungle

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Add vertical supports on all of the connectors. You can go back and change them later if you need to

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For the beginning, sometimes you can do a support like this, which is usually where the chain motor goes

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Here are the basic support styles for the lift hill

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Choose one style and keep using it for the whole lift hill.

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In Moby's Steel Jungle, go to the flanges

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Add the appropriately angled flanges to the corresponding supports

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Make sure you don't put too many. Try to limit yourself to 3 per support, 4 if it is really tall

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Now go to CPcisco's B&M Footers

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These are the colors I usually use. If you use other colors it may seem unrealistic

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Always try all the different footers to get the perfect placement

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Here's what you should have

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Now go to GRP B&M Catwalks. These are also in the scenery section

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Add them along the entire lift hill. At the top, don't stop once it becomes flat, go down another gentle slope

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Somewhere at the beginning, put a spiral stair. You don't have to, but it looks nice. These are in the evacuation set, not the catwalk set

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Now open StationJim's Random things

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Add an anti-rollback device next to the chain.

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Here's your final result:

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