Tutorial Wishlist?, Specifically regarding custom RCT2 scenery Options

[tycooner2006 View Member Profile]

I have a lot of trouble with roofs. I would like to see a detailed tutorial on how to make roofs.

tycooner2006

[lucas92 View Member Profile]

Colorable objects. It takes me so much time, drawing every pixel. I hope there's a faster way...

[MidwestBoyInLA View Member Profile]

Roofs (actually, I'll be doing a full building set) and colorable objects (are you insane, boy, they're easy!) are both planned.

[K0NG View Member Profile]

How about 'simple' animated objects...such as waterfalls and the like....I've got SO many ideas for some water works but have NO clue how to do any kind of animated objects.

[MidwestBoyInLA View Member Profile]

Animated objects are tough to do. There are already quite a few waterfalls and fountain objects that have been made. Couger, especially, has several water features. Check Rohn Star's Object Creator list for the link to Couger's site.

[riven3d View Member Profile]

Couger's site has been down for months. Animated object would be a great tutorial to see, im sure it would be a long one

[MidwestBoyInLA View Member Profile]

I was just at couger's site a few days ago:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/steveu01/

(I guess it's his 'old' site, but it has his downloads)

[K0NG View Member Profile]

True...

There are some decent water features out there (I'm sure I have, or have tried them all) but, IMO they're mostly either 'stagnant' (as in been there-done that) or not particularly well done.

Since I have a tendency to use a LOT of water features in my parks.....I'd LOVE to create some new, fresh, never been done before water features. Like I said...I have some SERIOUS ideas that, if I actually had an idea of how to MAKE them......would give new life to the way water works are done in RCT2 parks.

So, I'm just saying that if a tutorial on animated scenery is POSSIBLE.....it might spawn a new generation of animated object creators. Ya never know. I see a LOT of new faces around the community asking how to create things....and not too many legitimate responses....just links to outdated "single tile-non animated balls".....and the like. Seems like everyone that HAS the knowledge is too busy striving for NE excellence to be bothered with enlightening the people that aspire to perpetuate RCT.

I know I'D be making things left and right .....if I only had a clue as to how it's done.

So....go Nike here......and just DO it!

[MidwestBoyInLA View Member Profile]

Well, considering there are few left in the community who even know how to do things like you're requesting, the demand is high for us to do it. I'm doing what I can to help others learn how to do objects, but my time is limited and I'm very busy.

You could always just do what I did... teach yourself. There wasn't anyone around to tell us how to do it. We basically just learned how to do it by opening up similar objects (to those we were making) in the Object Editor and seeing how the game designers build things.

But tell us your ideas for water features. Maybe I can use your ideas when making the tutorials. I'd rather build things people want (while doing the tutorials) than just making things for the sake of the tutorial.

[nmdeviant View Member Profile]

you wrote
'There are some decent water features out there (I'm sure I have, or have tried them all) but, IMO they're mostly either 'stagnant' (as in been there-done that) or not particularly well done.'

' I know I'D be making things left and right .....if I only had a clue as to how it's done.'

I can appreciate your vision but until you've tried doing it you should withhold judgment on other peoples work. envisioning something animated then actually getting it to look and work like you want it to is very time consuming and frustrating....a simple waterfall needs a minimum of 7 frames in all 4 views, you have to adjust your colors, the 'flow' of the water, the timing of the animation...........not to mention the basics of getting your objects aligned in all 4 views, shading them in the correct direction....I've spent hours working on objects and when I finally think they are good enough to release you I see something else I missed.....in the short time I've been doing objects I've come to appreciate just how talented people like Midwestboy, cougar, toon, lightkeeper, Methusalems, the amazing earl, etc really are! They put out so many great things they make it look easy!
I'm not trying to discourage you because as much work as it can be it's also fun and rewarding.....Midwestboy is right the best way to learn is getting the object editor, a good graphic program and jump in with both feet dissect a few items and see how they work..........be prepared to clean out your objdata file regularly because you end up with at least as many failures as you do successes.....and you never know for sure until you load um and try um. good luck