Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 has remained popular for so long that it's essentially in development again, only with hobbyists instead of paid programmers. I can't think of a bigger compliment to the original team than fans picking up the torch all these years later to continue their work.
I cannot tell you how nice it is to see new coaster/ride-types being added to _RollerCoaster Tycoon_ that actually LOOK like they belong in the game to begin with and are graphically integrated properly. While I understand perfectly replicating the utterly flawless pixel-art of MicroProse is somewhat of a tall order, it seems like nearly every time a modder introduces a new coaster or ride-type they don't even try, and you end up; graphically at least; with an ugly hodge-podge of reused graphical assets that you just kind of have to _pretend_ looks like what it's supposed to represent. By contrast, these custom and modded Coaster-types look like they could have been in the game since its original release and fit right in with the rest of the fantastic graphical work MicroProse did. Here's hoping that in the future this same approach is taken, and talented modders can help add to the game; with faithful visuals; other things that weren't in the original RCT releases but fans always wanted and always would have loved.
the reason why this is possible is because rct graphics aren't actually pixel art, they're pixelised renders of 3d models of things, i think i've seen the game author's page that shows the actual models once and this means that if your 3d software's settings are *just right*, you can come very close to the original graphics
It’s Simon Foster’s pixel art, not Microprose’s. But yes, my requirement for merging new objects was always that it had to fit with the original graphics. We have also fixed dozens of problems in Frontier’s objects, since they had a _lot_ more problems besides their graphic style not matching.
Even the official RCT2 expansions whiffed it in style with their awful gaudy scenery design. I avoid using it whenever I can because it feels like they put unrelated assets into the game.
That’s probably why they sacked Chris Sawyer, made 3rd party programming doable and they felt that would eat into their pockets, when ironically it would be the opposite as open RCT would sell.
These new Open RCT2 developments are so exciting! I’m hoping that someday we will see new things like banked curved drops on the Arrow/Vekoma track, steep-to-level on wooden track, and additional inversion sprites for train types that can’t normally invert.
The artists did a phenomenal job with this. Been wanting to build some of my favorite coasters for a while now but they were always hybrids. Great job, ORCT2!
This is just amazing. I’m so glad this game is still thriving. OpenRCT is the real RCT3 for me lol. I hope one day we can see the wing coasters and flying coasters with large loops and some flat rides being implemented in the game.
This is FANTASTIC. That was always one of my biggest gripes with RCT2, that there was very little expansion of the track elements from RCT1. Things like medium loops and larger corkscrews are exactly was RCT2 was missing. Also, the barrel rolls with the ability to enter them from slopes, looks soooo much better rather than having to flatten out and then enter the barrel roll, like you have to do in the original game. Would love to see these elements on all the existing track types as well. Also, would love to see the ability to enter a corkscrew from a banked or sloped tack piece as well.
It's so cool that we have RMC's I-Box and Raptor models in the game. I only wish one of the new elements was the Zero-G-Stall, one of RMC's signature elements. It's also cool that the launched lift hill for the I-Box has LSMs.
You can essentially create a zero-G stall by using the zero-G roll and then switching back to the other direction in the middle, instead of using the autocomplete suggestion for the inversion
Same with the Stand-up coaster, along with giving it barrel rolls, and optional sitdown trains (with decent stats). I say this as many TOGO coasters (the good ones) are known for their nearly 90° banking and signature "boomerang curves."
I never understood why Chris Sawyer and MicroProse didn't include those for the corkscrew/hypercoaster models...Magnum XL 200, the very first hyper coaster, had banked turns on the out-and-back turnaround...it was purely just a conscious choice they made, and it makes no sense.
So excited for this, young me would've been astounded at what OpenRCT would bring. As for things I'd like, at the moment I wish suspended swinging coasters had curved banking turns. They aren't all like the original Bat lol!
Usually I just play the OpenRCT2 updates as they come out, but as soon as I saw Deurklink’s video on the new track pieces the other day, I got the dev version as fast as possible. I absolutely love the hybrid and single rail coaster types and these new pieces push them over the edge to me. I immediately built an accurate Twisted Timbers using the new pieces and it’s perfect. Looking forward to the ride overview videos: the hybrid coaster seems to have insanely good stats and I want to learn more for sure
I'm really happy they've added new coaster types and even with new track elements! And like you, I do hope they put some of these new elements onto some of the other existing coasters. I do also have a different wish though, while coasters are great I do also fancy flat rides (borh gentle and thrill) and would like to see more added. Likewise with stalls. And as always, thanks for the video :)
@@RobsRobotChannel No, never tried it, I'm still in the RCT1 scenarios that don't even have access to those. But I know he's previously explained you can charge for bathrooms, so weird first aid stations would be an exception.
Open loco is a thing. I don't think it's as far along or has as large of a community, but you can download it if you have an install of the original game.
There's a huge overlap between the two dev teams so they're moving faster with OpenLoco than you'd expect. Online play is their biggest project and it's no small feat to implement, but it's coming eventually.
@@nickzakos271 there is? Thats exciting to hear! I was having some issues with openloco but I think that was due to using the Disc version of the game instead of the steam version.
What The locomotion community really needs is someone like Marcel to pick up the torch and get real crunchy with that game because I have talked to a ton of people who would love to get into it but just don't get it
With these custom elements being introduced, I'd also like to see them tackle some of the ai quirks the game has. Isn't it the case that guests can easily get lost right now if the only thing connecting two places in the park is a transport ride?
It's because the game treats transport rides as... well... rides. And so guests see them as rides, and will therefore make decisions of whether or not to ride that ride based on their intensity preferences and happiness. In order to bypass this, the developers of OpenRCT2 would have to find some way to at least co-classify, if not completely re-classify, transport rides as valid options for the pathfinding engine. I'm certain that it _could_ be possible, but it would require an absolute _ton_ of work in the pathfinding engine. But it could also open up tremendous opportunities for guests to be able to choose to take a transport ride in order to cross a whole park to get to another ride, or to get back to the entrance to go home. As it is, I don't even bother with transport rides at all because they're basically useless otherwise, but I would totally start working with them again if they could actually function in a transport aspect. Bonus points if even roller coasters could include a little "cheat" checkbox to classify them as a transport ride for the pathfinding engine so that Nevermore Park's "novel transport system" can work, too! :D
The workaround in the base game is that guests will always ride a transport ride if it's free, regardless of its stats or their mood. That's the only way that an elevator/lift design like Sky Tower in the Six Flags parks can work; if you charge anything for that then some guests will refuse to pay it (or run out of money) and get stuck up there permanently. It's a shame they couldn't have at least made it so you can charge different admissions at different stations.
Can’t WAIT to see what else comes out of this. I’d love to see a true exit piece out of something like an Immelmann instead of opting for the half a loop then corkscrew then angle downwards.
I remember there was also a unofficial expansion pack for RC2 somewhere on the internet made by modders long ago. It has for example a swing chain carousel (baffling there was never one in the base game) and other new attractions. I wonder if they ever get added to open RCT2 Maybe you can take a look at it some day? Still weird they RCT2 and Open RCT2 never got that many mods like SimCity 4 or the Sims games.
I'd love to see the Heartline coaser being rebalanced and also getting some new elements it can have in the real world like the 90° tilting chain lift and thehalf loop direction change
When you said you cannot save any ride with the new track elements, I think it would have been good to specify that it only applies to saving the track design itself. The wording was a little unclear whether or not the new park save file format could save the new elements. But having just tested that myself, I'm glad to report that you can still save a park with the new track elements without issue. Can't wait for more new track elements or coaster types! Oh, and speaking of X7's amazing contributions to the modding community, you should do a video on the new alpine coaster type added in the previous development build update. Haven't seen anyone talk about it yet. It's a very interesting and unique coaster type unlike any other in the game. Guests have control over how fast the train goes down hill. Guests behind a someone going slow will actually slow down themselves to avoid crashing. Makes for a lot of funny moments where one pep is going super slow and everyone behind them is bunched up in a long line behind them. You practically hear them screaming "GO FASTER!" Love your videos, Marcel. Keep up the fantastic work!
It really says something about the quality of these ride types when I genuinely believed they were a part of the original game until I watched this video.
I've been watching every one of your videos and finally was able to get a hold of a copy of RCT2 again. Can't wait to try out all the cool things OpenRCT2 adds/changes!
I’m looking forward to seeing the dedicated videos with some efficient high excitement track design options along with the stat requirements for these rides.
Woah that looks really cool! Also are they called Zero-G rolls because they can give 0 vertical G's (since I think normally when it's still you get 1g)
I really hope that in OpenRCT2, they add the small and large banked turns that RCT3 had, they really helped make the excitement and intensity work so well for me 🙏 would be really fun to have that on the vertical drop and twister coasters
Ooooh, exciting! I hope more mods are made with new rides in the future! Possibly even new scenery and other random things! Could you imagine a new entertainer variety? Like, sure, it could be some internet in-joke (like a Slenderman or Left Shark entertainer), or something more legit like a giant cat or puppy or something.
I wish there was a option to add all special pieces to all track types (limited only by available train sprites). For example, the swinging coaster doesn't have boosters, and their helixes and sloped turns are so limited, I can't create a design I like. Spiral and steep (and vertical) chain lifts would also benefit so many coaster types. Actually, more turns in general would be nice with the options to change slope. Also more banking options like soft, medium, hard, and 90 degrees. The wooden coaster in RCT1 I believe had soft banking.
I'm getting flashbacks of when I went on the HULK at Islands of Adventure over and over (there were no crowds, no waiting) until I had concussion symptoms.
one of my top favorite coasters ive been on is the Twisted Timbers, at Kings Dominion. Its so crazy to think what is possible when tech advances. I have not been on Steel Vengence at Cedar Point yet to see how it compares, but its on the list.
Never been on twisted timbers but steel vengence is hands down the best coaster I've ever ridden. Hybrid coasters are really something special. All the dampening and compression/flexing of wood with the capabilities of modern steel rails. I bet we'll see a lot more of them popping up in the future
wOw I thought open rct was great, but I never imagined that whole new coasters would be added! I play so infrequently that I really didn't want to bother doing the install, but this might just take it over the edge
Personal requests and hopes for openrct2 development: 1. Large corkscrew for all inversion type rides(plus giga) 2. Large steep to flat transition track for wooden roller coasters 3. Banked turns for steel corkscrew and 4. Quarter helix - similar to the inverted rollercoaster's helix but now for steel and wooden coasters. Maybe someday. All the same, these zero-g roles look incredible!
For now, these two coaster types seem stupidly OP. Not sure if it’s the coaster type or train type, but it they seem to have something like +3 base excitement. I’ve seen many a custom design while playing online with a mediocre layout/design, and 11+ excitement with only 7-8 intensity.
cool, i'll guess arbitrary ride changing and obscuring is needed for them on other track types. I always wanted a ''giant loop'' as even the large one doesn't cut it in some cases.
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS! So informative thank you so much! im new to open RCT2 and am currently working on A park. Amazing work has been done for the new RMC coasters, d absolutely love ne more element fr these though, A stall would make these even more amazing to see, I would love to see A BnM wing coaster added with the same Elements as the single rail with maybe A longer inline twist elementt aswell? j. I would also LOVE to see An Intamin Blitz Or MACK rides launch coaster added, with option for chairlift or LSM launches? and maybe special transfer eements? maybe Swing launch modes? and finally maybe some new flat rides, they are lacking. in the game. but as OPEN RCT2 is atm its beyond amazing compared to the Vanilla! can't believe im so addicted to RCT2 in 2022 lol. thanks again for your videos.
I know it would be much harder to do, but the other thing that was always missing from RCT2 was more flat rides. The expansions for RCT2 were lame because they were just re-skins of existing flat rides. Would love to see rides like a giant rotating pendulum ride, or a bigger ferris wheel.
I kind of want to see a scenic view "ride" that functions like a completely flat no maintenance observation booth, if only so guests have reasons to wander around the huge maps the game came with.
This is fantastic. One thing I'd like to see explored is a comparison between the inline twist, barrel roll, and "zero-g" roll. In terms of ride stats and when to use one over another. Also, there was already a "single-rail" coaster in RCT1 I thought..
Inline Twist: not heart lined (center of gravity is your heart). Generally found on Vekoma and Premier coasters, an example of one is on Batwing at SFA Barrel Roll: a heart lined inline twist. Generally found on more modern coasters. An example is on Copperhead Strike at Carowinds (it's technically a JoJo roll but a JoJo roll is just a barrel roll that happens just outside the station) Zero G Roll: a Barrel Roll that goes through a camel back. An example is found on Medusa at SFGADV
With these new roller coasters and elements, the next thing I would like them to work on is custom scenario goals. It would be nice to have some new goals or scenarios where you have to complete multiple goals to win.
I want to see a couple of fairly compact coaster designs that make at least some use of these new coasters and their new features. But since saves are not possible, it'll probably take a detailed video on building them.
So, since the origins of various coasters in the game came up some time back, are these two new coasters based off of any IRL designs/concepts/prototypes?
Not even modded. OpenRCT2 is a whole different program and this was programed as part of it. It's nice to see the OpenRCT2 team move away from just emulating RCT2 and into expanding their game with new content.
Hybrid coasters , namely by the company RMC are some of the best rollercoasters in the world right now. I'm thinking lightning rod, steel vengeance, iron gwazi. They should be in RCT for sure! I only have RCT classic on my mobile and I'm hoping it will get added at some point.
I do hope they find a way to add those new elements to existing tracks; I know it’ll be difficult trying to copy the old track styles and render them. I think it could be a way to give coasters that don’t have anything viable going for them some more advantages.
X7 has show off his work on replicating the twister track, so it is being worked on, but he says he is having trouble matching the original lighting and its more likely he will just recreate his own B&M track to add to the game instead of trying to retrofit it. Ultimatly the same result though, so exciting to look forward to!
I would like to see new tracked thrill/gentle rides thate would be fun to build, and some existing ones extended upon. And maybe a useless joke ride, "The qeuee ride" that guests have a chance of "crashing" If they move too fast up a hill.
I would like to see railroad crossings where we don't have to build paths or railroad tracks over one another. Have it in the code to when the train gets a certain distance from the crossing, to turn on an invisible "NO ENTRY" sign to keep people from crossing through.
I talked to Edward Calver, who claims to makes the sprites. I asked him for a corkscrew for the hybrid, but he won't budge. It also needs large half loop left/right, and more options coming down a steep slope.
The hybrid coaster had a corkscrew piece during development but it was dropped in the final version. The large half loops were only omitted because they are hard to make. These pieces could still be added if someone makes sprites for them.
Hybrid - Steel Vengeance - Lightning Rod (Has a Launch) - Untamed - Twisted Colossus - Iron Gwazi - ArieForce One Single Rail - Jersey Devil - Wonder Woman Golden Lasso - Wonder Woman Flight of Courage - RailBlazer - Stunt Pilot
