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[Coasteradict]

Something I've been working on for the past couple of days since I've got NL again.



It's 150ft tall and has 8 inversions. One thing I haven't missed from NL is doing the supports T.T

[CW5X]

Supports are always long and for me frustrating to complete. This looks interesting though. Any more pictures or are you saving them for later?

[Zem]

Those supports going over the top of the corkscrew seem to stick out a bit too far.

[Antinos]

I love how there's more and more NLers coming out of the woodwork.

Your ride looks promising. The supports seem a bit thin, but the corkscrew looks good.

[Britfag]

Hey Ellis!
One thing you should consider is the horizontal beams on the top of the supports try putting a larger section of tube nearer the vertical support .. i cant put a picture up now, I'm on my phone.. take a look at Operation: aearth and see if you can see what I mean..
trackwork looks fantastic though!

[Coasteradict]

Hey Ellis!
One thing you should consider is the horizontal beams on the top of the supports try putting a larger section of tube nearer the vertical support .. i cant put a picture up now, I'm on my phone.. take a look at Operation: aearth and see if you can see what I mean..
trackwork looks fantastic though!

Are you on about the little beams that stick out? And that's brilliant that you remember my name after like 2 years of being absent from the site. Anyway new pics:



The reason that support is like that is for clearance issues, though I might but a diagonal support between the verticle and horizontal beams.

Too tight or not?

[CW5X]

I don't think the loop is too tight. Looking at the sharpest point and where the riders' heads would be there appears to be plenty of space. I would agree that it would probably be good to add the diagonal support above the corkscrew though. Otherwise it does look a bit flimsy. The rest of the supports look pretty substantial.

[Britfag]

the NLtrack file is in this thread http://www.sscoaster...500/index2.html
on the last page, look at some of the supports near the track-end.
something about that chunky bit looks attractive to me

[Coasteradict]

Do you mean things like this:

And onto the part I was dreading :/

Cheers for all the replies so far

EDIT: I have just gotten rid of one of the two tall supports closest to the picture and moved the other one more central

[Britfag]

I mean like this

Something about the thin tube being the entire horizontal length just looks a little skew-wiff

[Coasteradict]

Having it go from smaller to large like that looks skew whiff too though :/

Rest of the layout

Cobra roll

First drop


Will probably finish supporting tomorrow, then some small terraforming (making a lake) and tree plantation and perhaps putting some rocks in and it'll be done

EDIT: Supports are done

Fun.....
But it's all done and Flanged

[Coasteradict]

It's finished and I represent to you Cataclysm:


Dl link:Cataclysm.nltrack

Feed back is much appreciated

[CW5X]

Looks very nice. Can't download it just now because I'm not on a computer but the layout looks interesting. I'll edit this post when I download the track tomorrow. Well, I'll try and remember to.

[A.S.C.]

I feel like that name is really overused, but it doesn't look bad. I may check it out later when I have the time.

[Antinos]

The layout, colors, and scenery were awesome. I wasn't a fan of the use of AHG though. Yeah, it made the ride smooth, but that large corkscrew was still pretty pumpy and some of the transitions were a bit wonky. By no means was the ride bad - it's actually one of the better rides one can download from the internet. It just needs a bit of refinement to make it mint.

7/10

[lazor 22]

Cool !

[Coasteradict]

Cheers for all the comments guys

A teaser of my next ride:

[CW5X]

I've tried for ages to make a zero-g roll like that. Did you use Newton or was it freehand?

[Coasteradict]

I've tried for ages to make a zero-g roll like that. Did you use Newton or was it freehand?

Newton but I can do them free hand, want me to make you one?

[CW5X]

Newton but I can do them free hand, want me to make you one?

Thanks for the offer but I generally prefer to try new things myself because I won't get any better by using other people's stuff. But thanks anyway. I got close to making one once but I think I tried to over-complicate things by adding a corner which ruined it when I should have just left it simple and straightforward. I have Newton so I'll probably have a go sometime soon. Might start my own thread too.