Boosters for Some Coasters

[EternalSummer247]

In RCT1, there were boosters for Corkscrew and Looping coasters. For some reason, they went away in RCT2. Is it possible to add those to the game, and if so also add them to Twister Coasters? Just a thought!

[imlegos]

We can't until we become standalone from RCT2.

This has been brought up before, and all RCT1 features are planned to be re-added in ORCT2

[X7123M3-256]

The Twister coaster already has it. It probably could be added to the others without the need of a new file format because it's an element that's already in the game, but I doubt it will happen. Most coasters that have launches have them on level track though, and for that you'd need a new track piece. We'll have to stick with using chain lifts as launches for now.

[Duncans_pumpkin]

We can add boosters now if we wanted. Main issue would be deciding how to draw them. Only the implemented coasters can have new drawing functions. No roller coasters have been implemented yet though (junior RC is partially done)

[X7123M3-256]

Question: once everything has been implemented, how hard do you think it would be to implement a launch for the Intamin track that behaves like the cable lift? (i.e with a catch car)

[Duncans_pumpkin]

I'm not sure what that is but I'm sure if you could provide a spec of what its meant to do we could come up with some sort of solution.

[X7123M3-256]

Many Intamin launch coasters use a hydraulic launch with a catch car that attaches to the train. I'm thinking you could have a special piece that, when placed, turns the preceding straight run of track into a launch run. It could function exactly like the cable lift does now, but faster and entirely on level track (the cable lift piece can only be built on a slope).

[EternalSummer247]

44 minutes ago, Duncans_pumpkin said:

I'm not sure what that is but I'm sure if you could provide a spec of what its meant to do we could come up with some sort of solution.

A booster was a flat track piece that sped up the train as it went over it. RCT1 had them, so the design is out there somewhere. The launched lift hill is different, as those aren't flat. In RCT1 you were able to place as many in a row as you wanted, so the train could leave the station going slow and then the boosters would increase the speed to go through hills and loops, etc. They really would all a lot of fun to the coasters if they could be done!

[imlegos]

I feel like they were removed from RCT2 because they could be ubused majorly in 1

[EternalSummer247]

2 minutes ago, imlegos said:

I feel like they were removed from RCT2 because they could be ubused majorly in 1

I used to do reverse incline on Corkscrew coasters and have the boosters speed up the train after it was at the end of the track. It always gave great High excitement ratings.

[X7123M3-256]

Why would you want to do that? I can't think of any examples of a ride with a reverse incline and a launch. There's a couple that have three launches in alternating directions though, like the Premier Sky Rocket and that new Intamin in China.

[imlegos]

Exploiting video game physics to win

[EternalSummer247]

7 minutes ago, X7123M3-256 said:

Why would you want to do that? I can't think of any examples of a ride with a reverse incline and a launch. There's a couple that have three launches in alternating directions though, like the Premier Sky Rocket and that new Intamin in China.

 

Because this is a game of creativity and fantasy? And it got great ratings, peeps loved them. I had it go through a tunnel by raising the ground and the peeps would see an area that only they could see. It was cool!

[jensj12]

3 hours ago, imlegos said:

I feel like they were removed from RCT2 because they could be ubused majorly in 1

They could be used to create good coasters, and they do increase running costs. Making them researchable is an option too (or was that removed too in RCT2?)

Here's one I made a long time ago: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=278846698

I've also used boosters on reverse incline launch mode to make trains go at the same speed backwards and forwards over a certain piece of track. Otherwise they would go way too fast forward and very slow backwards.

On github an RCT1-imported coaster with boosters once showed up, the booster tracks were simply invisible. Not sure if the boosters worked or not.

[Duncans_pumpkin]

The rct1 importer boosters do not work. I can't remember off the top of my head which track element they try to show. I'll have to run quite a few tests when we implement the booster to get the acceleration multiplier correct because at present there is no code for boosters and it would be a real pain to understand rct1 enough to reversed engineer it directly. I could implement that code now without the graphics if you wanted.

X123 okay so it's basically a chain lift but not on a hill. It would require a new piece that tells you where it ends and would require a good think about how it integrates with block brakes. You could use the same code as the chain lift for most of it. Don't think it would be too ridiculous to implement. It would be best to leave this until our new file format though.

[GiraffeMan3125]

Parkitect has the hydraulic launch coaster. See if there are videos online.

[Gymnasiast]

This is an old topic. In case anyone is reading this in 2020: we have implemented boosters on the Looping RC, Corkscrew RC, Giga Coaster, Steel Twister, Vertical Drop Coaster and Junior RC.