Coding remains brisk with slowing for the next two weeks. The FRCS under DoctorJ's helm spawns extra arms and cars effortlessly on the Eli Scrambler. The ride as previously reported is on a green landscape and that is also in coding progress as well. The coding is also being ported to "OpenGL" to bring in other coders. It is expected though not definite that the frcs and AlabamaCajun's coding for tracked rides may be lumped into one though again the coders need to first talk and figure out the coding direction on issues.
New tripple combo ride the Intamin Sky Jump includes a Parachute Jump ride, Sky Cabin and Observation platform, 3 rides in one... Thanks to GermanTaco for this great work.
New rides are still in progress as well with many new offerings to appear next year. The working FRCS will be a bit slower forthcoming according to the lead coder DoctorJ but in return for his working version of the application, there will be a lot of quality in it and it will also be effortless to use unlike the previous builds of coding under The_Cook who is now coding his application known as TPB3D-CAD for mainly modeling parks rather than modeling and playing them. The FRCS in Cook's version is much more sophisticated and will be limited to only a handful of users as to where DocJ's version will be for everyone to learn.
At last count hitting 150 rides, theoretically 2.6 million plus flat ride combinations are possible and every ride past that magnifies the utilities ability to make a new ride. Add in the TRCS and tracked rides multiply on that too. This will mean for park builders, endless rides to entice online players to visit their parks and resorts. Speaking of resorts we are covering those too as they are a sort of amusement park too. This includes ski and beach resorts amongst others. Ski lifts, snow boarders, chalet's, snow busses, boats, water skiing, fishing jetski rentals and para sailing will all be hit on later on, so TPB3D should cover stuff and unlike theirs, our beach resort will be a real beach too, including crashing waves with sound fx, boardwalks, piers, the real deal so it is all coming, slowly for the next few weeks, but hang in there folks.
Other news, Star_Ranger4 returns for more modeling maybe. Gadget makes the exclusive Modeler's club and three other ride and scenery modelers are one item away from this exclusive modelers club which will immortalize them within the global TPB3D community for all time and their works. Yes we are documenting all this history for those who will follow to know where everything came from, our own way of saying thanks to everyone who contributed
and gave to this project through their time and great talents to help others.
Peeps discussion within the community, yes the peeps will have cams in fact cams on and off rides, watch through the peeps eyes if you must. Path manager too, as discussed originally, will be added. Anyhow all, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah and whatever else for the holiday season, 2010 is almost here and some of tpb3d too we are looking forward to