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November 2024 - Triple Launch Coaster Contest 2!

Hey everyone! One of the first contests we did was a triple launch coaster contest! A triple launch basically means the coaster is first launched forwards, then backwards, and then forwards again. A triple launch can be done right from the station, it can be done from standstill using some form of transfer track or turntable, or it can be somewhere in the middle of the track! Examples of coasters that have a triple launch are Gold Rush at Slagharen, Top Thrill 2 at Cedar point, or Fury at Bobbejaanland. I have made several tutorials on how to make one of these coasters, so it shouldn't be too difficult to make one of your own!

August 2024 - Mine Train Coaster Contest!

Hey everyone! The mine train coaster is a coaster type which you will see in many real parks as a family coaster! They often have multiple lift hills, and most of the times they have some nice theming! In Rollercoaster Tycoon the first mine train coaster you will encounter is probably in Dynamite Dunes, but you will also find one in Katie's Dreamland! You can also find examples of this ride in Deurklink Megapark and Imagination Megapark, where they have been given some fun elements like a switchback, or even a drop track! You could go with the original supports the game gives you, or you could mix some tracks and give the track some beam supports. Show me what you can do!

July 2024 - Heartline Twister Coaster Contest!

Hey everyone! The Heartline Twister coaster is a coaster model that was made by the Japanese company Togo. It is notorious in the RCT games for having terrible stats. However, it can look pretty nice when constructed well! Several of these have been constructed around the world, some with a switch track on both ends, and some with a dive loop on one end of the track. These coasters would always be built in a line, with all the track in a very narrow footprint. In OpenRCT2 most of these constraints are gone! You could make a traditional heartline twister with all the track in a narrow plane, or you could expand the track with elements it could normally not traverse.. You could even merge it with some bobsleigh track and give it some curves!

Mini Family Boomerang Contest

Hey everyone! A very popular coaster type that you see at more and more parks is a Vekoma Family Boomerang! A family boomerang is a coaster where a train is first pulled back up an incline, after which it is released forwards through a layout with several hills and twists, before it reaches a spike at the end of the track, where the train reverses again! It will then traverse the layout backwards again. Most of these family boomerangs have a custom layout, and they can be a great way to fill some space in a park. There are dueling versions of these coasters, and some of them are intertwined with the layout of an inverted coaster!

December 2022 - Alpine Coaster Contest!

Hey everyone! A new coaster type was recently added to the game, which makes this a perfect opportunity to see people build it in a contest! I am of course talking about the alpine coaster! An alpine coaster is a very unique type of coaster, where guests ride in small vehicles along a track where guests have some control over the speed! Every guest in the game will have a certain speed at which they will ride the coaster, so you will probably have to somehow space out the trains so the ride doesn't get a big traffic jam somewhere along the track! These coasters are typically found in mountainous landscapes, as they will typically follow the terrain very closely!

November 2022 - Looping Coaster Contest!

Hey everyone! A coaster type that is often used in scenarios is the looping coaster! It is a coaster type that is based on coasters that were designed by Schwarzkopf, and a lot of them can still be found in parks or traveling around to fairs. There are many different designs for these coasters: There's the well known shuttle loop model, where the trains get launched and travel forwards and backwards through a loop. There's also a Katapult model, where the trains travel backwards and forwards through a circular track with a loop in it. There's also models that look more like traditional coasters with a complete circuit, either with or without loops. Loops are typically the only inversions you will find on these coasters!

October 2022 - Powered Coaster Contest!

Hey everyone! A coaster type that's often overlooked in RCT2 is the powered coaster! A powered coaster is a coaster type which you can find in many real parks, where the train is propelled by motors inside the vehicles! You can usually recognize these coasters quite easily, because most of the time they have contacts on the track for the coaster to take electricity from, and usually there's a friction track on top of the track for a wheel to grip on to. Also, their layouts usually don't have any big hills, but usually consist of shallow slopes and helixes. Some of these rides, like Dragen at Legoland Billund also have a dark ride section!

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Git Gud 102 Quickly filling your car park with vehicles

Git Gud 102 - Quickly filling your car park with vehicles!

posted by Deurklink Oct20th,2021

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Git Gud 096 Shoestring Boat that returns to station backwards

Git Gud 096 - Shoestring: Boat that returns to station backwards!

posted by Deurklink May13th,2021

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Git Gud 094 Synchronizing rides that are not next to each other

Git Gud 094 - Synchronizing rides that are not next to each other!

posted by Deurklink May13th,2021

Git Gud 094 - Synchronizing rides that are not next to each other!

Hey everyone!
In the original RCT2 you could only synchronize rides that were next to each other. In OpenRCT2 this range has been increased so rides that are several tiles away from each other can also be synchronized. However, using some tricks it is now also possible to synchronize rides that are on opposite ends of the map! To do this, you should first build both of the rides which you want to be synchronized. Then when they are both done, go into the Tile Inspector and copy the front piece of the first ride, and paste it next to the other ride. Then do the same for the other ride. You can then make these station pieces invisible. The rides should now be synchronized when you turn on the option in the settings! The video below will show you how to do it!

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Git Gud 093 Vehicle hacking with the Ride Vehicle Editor Plugin

Git Gud 093 - Vehicle hacking with the Ride Vehicle Editor Plugin!

posted by Deurklink May13th,2021

Git Gud 092 - Turning your vehicles into green squares!

Hey everyone!
The heartline twister has an Upper Transfer and a Lower Transfer element that can be used to switch between forward and backward facing cars. This element actually also works on other rollercoasters, and changes the vehicles into an alternate vehicle. For example if you run a Twister train through it, the nose part of the vehicle will be changed into a vehicle with seats, and all the vehicles with seats will be turned into nose parts. However, if you run a train through it which has only one vehicle type, like the floorless rollercoaster train, all the vehicles will be turned into little green squares which use the grass color. These green squares can be used for many cool tricks!

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Git Gud 090 Preventing Rides From Blocking Stat Calculation

Git Gud 090 - Preventing Rides From Blocking Stat Calculation!

posted by Deurklink May13th,2021

Git Gud 089 - Making a Multi-Dimension Rollercoaster!

Hey everyone!
One of the rides that was added to the game in RCT2 was the multi-dimension coaster. Only a few of these exist in the world, and they are pretty intense rides! What's special about a multi-dimension coaster is that their seats are to the side of the track, and they can rotate around their axis! The trains can run either on top of the track or below the track, and by rotating the seats you can let the guests either face backwards or forwards. You can even make them face upwards or downwards if you want to! The amount of different track elements you can use on this type of coaster is quite limited, but by applying the track elements that are available in clever ways, you can make really nice track layouts!

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Git Gud 088 Making a vehicle that rocks back and forth in place

Git Gud 088 - Making a vehicle that rocks back and forth in place!

posted by Deurklink Apr17th,2021

Git Gud 088 - Making a vehicle that rocks back and forth in place!

Hey everyone!
OpenRCT2 allows you to give every ride every available operating mode if you enable a cheat. This can give some really funny results if you use those operating modes on rides that were not made for them. One such fun combinations is using the operating modes for the top spin, like Berserk mode or Beginner mode, on tracked rides like a steeplechase or a virginia reel. Instead of moving through the track layout, the vehicles will just stay in place and rock back and forth! This will allow you to add some really compact but fun rides to fill up some small spaces you have left in your park or your mall, but they can also work really nicely as some moving scenery!

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Git Gud 086 Using queue path pieces to make wooden planks

Git Gud 086 - Using queue path pieces to make wooden planks!

posted by Deurklink Apr17th,2021

Git Gud 086 - Using queue path pieces to make wooden planks!

Hey everyone!
Queue paths normally don't allow junctions, you are only supposed to build them as path tiles that connect on two sides. Some interesting things happen when you connect more than two sides on a queue path tile, however! When you go into the Tile Inspector and select a queue path piece, just like with other paths you can set the edges that you want to be connected. When you select more than two edges, the queue path tile will turn invisible, because there is no sprite for a queue path that connects on three sides. When this path tile is above the ground however, the supports for this invisible piece will still show! These supports have a nice texture that can look great in some situations!

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Git Gud 084 Making a chainlift that releases trains backwards

Git Gud 084 - Making a chainlift that releases trains backwards!

posted by Deurklink Apr14th,2021

Git Gud 084 - Making a chainlift that releases trains backwards!

Hey everyone!
Some real rollercoasters have a chainlift that pulls up a train, and then releases it backwards. In OpenRCT2, it is also possible to make a track that has this behavior! In order to do this, a small piece of chainlift is built on a hill. Right after this chainlift, the track is merged with a dinghy slide so the train gets pulled onto the dinghy slide track. Lower down on the track, the dinghy slide continues, but with a fully enclosed tube style track which bypasses the chainlift. After the chainlift has been bypassed, the dinghy slide merges with the coaster again with a normal open track. The video below does a better job at explaining this trick! It's a fun trick to use for a shuttle coaster, it sadly does not work for a reverse-incline launched shuttle coaster though as forward chainlifts don't work in this mode.

Git Gud 073 - Fixing deleted surface tiles!

Hey everyone!
A question I get very often is how to fix a deleted surface tile. When playing around with the tile inspector it is very easy to accidentally remove a surface tile, or make on invisible. This can often lead to some quite spectacular glitching, but the good news is that it is very easy to fix! If you have deleted a surface tile, you can simply copy a surface element from a neighboring tile, then navigate to the broken tile using the x and y controls in the tile inspector, and then paste it in place! If you have accidentally made a surface tile invisible by using a corrupt element on it, you can simply navigate to the tile using the coordinate controls in tile inspector, and remove the corrupt element!

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Git Gud 068 Painting your land black with a custom palette

Git Gud 068 - Painting your land black with a custom palette!

posted by Deurklink Apr11th,2021

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Evergreen Gardens - But with a container ship blocking the way

Evergreen Gardens - But with a container ship blocking the way!

posted by Deurklink Mar28th,2021

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Git Gud 048 Tips & Tricks for Air Powered Vertical Coasters

Git Gud 048 - Tips & Tricks for Air Powered Vertical Coasters!

posted by Deurklink Mar10th,2021

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Git Gud 043 Making a Schwarzkopf Katapult Coaster

Git Gud 043 - Making a Schwarzkopf Katapult Coaster! (advanced tutorial)

posted by Deurklink Mar9th,2021

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Mekkit University 040 Visual Studio Setup for Vehicle Hacking

Mekkit University 041 Visual Studio Setup for Vehicle Hacking

posted by CarpRunner Mar7th,2021

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Git Gud 033 More tips and tricks for building river rapids

Git Gud 033 - More tips and tricks for building river rapids!

posted by Deurklink Mar5th,2021

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Mekkit University 034 Path Layering (Pathfinding Errors)

posted by CarpRunner Mar5th,2021

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Git Gud 022 Faster lift hills for your water rides (and transport rides)

Git Gud 022 - Faster lift hills for your water rides! (and transport rides)

posted by Deurklink Mar4th,2021

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Git Gud 021 Making a realistic Air Powered Vertical Coaster

Git Gud 021 - Making a realistic Air Powered Vertical Coaster!

posted by Deurklink Mar4th,2021

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Git Gud 019 Making curved walls with monorail track pieces

Git Gud 019 - Making curved walls with monorail track pieces

posted by Deurklink Mar4th,2021

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Git Gud 018 Copy your shops and stalls and save ride slots

Git Gud 018 - Copy your shops and stalls (and save ride slots!)

posted by Deurklink Mar4th,2021

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Mekkit University 019 - Dynamic Frozen Trains (Broken Shop method)

Mekkit University 019 Dynamic Frozen Trains (Broken Shop method)

posted by CarpRunner Mar3rd,2021

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Mekkit University 018 - Dynamic Frozen Trains (Downward Launch method)

posted by CarpRunner Mar3rd,2021

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Git Gud 017 Making open doors (And using them as windows)

Git Gud 017 - Making open doors (And using them as windows)!

posted by Deurklink Mar3rd,2021

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Git Gud 014 Making a 90 degree turn in any tracked ride

Git Gud 014 - Making a 90 degree turn in any tracked ride!

posted by Deurklink Mar2nd,2021

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Mekkit University 011 Pathfinding Freindly Diagonal Path (Remastered)

Mekkit University 011 - Pathfinding friendly Diagonal Path

posted by CarpRunner Mar1st,2021

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Mekkit University 007 Glitch-Free NCSO Roads (Method 2 of 3)

Mekkit University 007 - Glitch-Free, NCSO Roads (2 of 3)

posted by Deurklink Mar1st,2021

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Mekkit University 003 Glitch-free NCSO Roads (Method 1 of 3)

Mekkit University 003 - Glitch-free NCSO Roads (Method 1 of 3)

posted by Deurklink Feb23rd,2021

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Git Gud 010 Using mini golf track to make better looking paths and queues

Git Gud 010 - Using mini golf track to make better looking paths and queues!

posted by Deurklink Feb22nd,2021

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Git Gud 009 Using ride pieces to make better looking stairs

Git Gud 009 - Using ride pieces to make better looking stairs!

posted by Deurklink Feb18th,2021

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Git Gud 008 Using dodgems and flying saucers to make better looking paths

Git Gud 008 - Using dodgems and flying saucers to make better looking paths!

posted by Deurklink Feb12th,2021