Not sure what seems to have happened to the audio here. The narration seems to only be coming out of the left side, but everything is stereo on my PC. No-one seems to have been bothered by it yet, but just so you know, if you hear nothing in the Right then I'm talking in the left...
@@TomTomtiger25Procter haha.. nah! Not sure how YT has managed it, but the commentary is only coming from the left. Locally on my PC it is in perfect stereo. But it's OK, just swap what side your headphones are on so that you're not wearing out your left ear :D
Know I’m very late but when I watched it on my pc I hear it in one ear. Then I went to my mobile and hear in both speakers. My left speaker is a little bad tho so it may be that I’m just used to it here
LOVE your inclusion of disability access and honestly think the theme park sim genre could benefit from a mechanical incentive to make parks disability accessible, alongisde also adding stuff like maintenance access and emergency escape routes and service vehicle routes. My youngest brother is disabled and it always rubs us the wrong way when real world attractions and theme parks don't have good disability access.
It is an important park of theme park design nowadays.. and it also doesn't stop at ambulatory needs now either, theme parks also have to consider sensory needs too. I do wish that PlanCo did have something more inclusive like this, but at the same time I do get why they wouldn't bother. It is a nice touch to add them in and everything I design has an element of disability access added in - even down to who can ride (some rides are not suitable for wheelchair users for example). I can totally appreciate how frustrating it must be in real life..
Holy. I was just watching your videos for the first time and was thinking "Wish there was a video on layout" and you release this. Just discovered your channel and it's really good, just what I've been looking for :)
haha, surprise!!!!! :D It was by far the most requested video too... Welcome aboard!! Hope I can give you what you're looking for (which sounds way creepier out of context haha)
Great tips. But I think it’s also a good idea to start off building a simple, flat park that’s spread out to get the basics. Then to add trees and other scenery items. Then you can start a new park and make it more realistic. Getting the basics down first is a great foundation for getting the hang of controls and visualizing ideas for making it better.
It would be really cool to have a sort of pre planned layout that we could download. Like similar to how the in game scenarios are a very bare bones park. But laid out similar to the "basic" park in the beginning of this video, and then we fill in with our own designs. I feel like I'm good at building individual items, but sometimes integrating them with a larger park as a whole is difficult. So a realistic pre planned park layout could help bridge the gap for people like me that struggle to take things to the next level.
What a good idea.... I do have it on a massive list of things to do... "Starter versions" of parks I've done - as they're called. This is literally just the Entrance, turnstiles, car parks and admin.. The rest is up to you to do. Trouble is, with massive parks, it isn't an easy task, it would easily take hours per park..
As a disabled person, I love the fact that you've included that! It would be awesome if the gameplay also included stuff like adding disabled/wheelchair accessible queue lines, toilets, quiet spaces ect.
I accidentally stumbled across your content the other day when browsing for Planet Coaster content, and thank god I did! Your content is fantastic and this series has come at a perfect time :D Keep up the good work!
3 solid days... for 16 mins! I can crap out a RUMR in half hour... haha (although, totally unrelated, the next ones will be more "live game" than cut together footage.. and not because of the editing cost, but because it is a much better way to explain things)
Great video! Maybe you can make a tutorial for how to build realistic looking buildings or something like that. I've got the problem that I don't know what style to build and which things i should use for detailed walls roofs etc. It's all mixed up... Sorry for the bad English :P great series so far :)
@@rjc358 Bit difficult - there is no real way to make realistic fireworks with the stuff the game gives you.. after-all, the best part of fireworks in game are the bangs and flashes; which is down to the player creating the right show more than anything you can do to be "realistic"
@@Videogame_STX I'm avoiding doing a full-on "buildings" one though because it is just so big a topic and there is no right or wrong answer. I'm not an architect or engineer and nor am I the gatekeeper of what is or isn't right looks-wise because you can make a building look like anything. Your buildings should support your over-all park's theme. But.. what I AM doing is threading in building techniques to ALL of the videos instead. I'm going to do a techniques video, but not buildings per-se (that's the one I mean in my original reply)...
you got yourself a subscriber! not only is this a thorough, helpful, and detailed tutorial, your attention to the disabled community's needs mean a lot when it seems like everyone forgets about us. as someone who relies on a wheelchair occasionally and wants to be a roller coaster engineer, i think making the world's first wheelchair accessible rollercoaster would be an incredible accomplishment to top off the coaster wars
Yay! Welcome aboard! Thanks for coming along. The majority of rollercoasters in the UK are legally obligated to be "accessible" but there is some room for improvement across the whole industry. Modern coasters are adopting this far better and far quicker but that is also driven by the policies in the Park operating them. The problem isn't always that the coaster isn't accessible, it is that the park doesn't fully understand guests who need accessible facilities.
A lot of great tips in here. I will note even on crazy fantasy builds adding many of these ideas into your projects can add alot of immersion and make the insane feel tangable.
I have actually decided to build a park that is uhh... a bit more ambitious? if you could call it that? Sacrificing some of the "Park realism" for the individual theme realism, so the guests can fully immerse themselves in the worlds created. Basically there's four themes that act as completely separate locations with their own vibe and layout. They're realistic, but for what they're supposed to be, not for a park. Fairytale section is a town carnaval, so there are streets and alleyways you can go through and buy things. irl the vendors would actually be dressed as medieval folk and sell stuff like jam or sweets. But on the other side, the Crook's Hideout section is fully tropical and partially in water. In practice what that looks like is any modern buildings or staff areas are either disguised as part of the world, or out of view.
Wow! This is incredible. I don't have the patience to do the work required to make such realistic looking parks, but it's still super helpful and I look forward to applying some of the advice. But this is really good stuff. Thanks.
Great video. Only downside with some of these items is the Oswald Eugene counter. I would love to do a car park, and like to do big parks, but you can't do both
Ok just started watching. You asked for imput so I've got some! Immediate impressions (about 2 mins in) F me that park looks perfect and super believably real. And sound quality and commentary are spot on, like. Already I can tell you deserve more subs. Ok I'll be back at the end!
Alright. Man this was great! I cant wait for the deep dives. As a general overview it is solid tho. I felt a bit overwhelmed and found myself thinking "oh but.. I want more about that bit" and had to keep reminding myself about your plans with the series haha. Wildly inspirational tho no doubt. I personally feel like I'd enjoy seeing maybe a bit of construction in the deep dives, obviously I dont know how you plan to do it, but seeing everything with a bit more of a scalpel would be awesome. Do you do time lapses or live streams? Imma check lol. Much love and thanks for this.
@@AceMaverick I cut SO much out of this too.. I defo wanted this one to be more of an intro to what is coming and found myself trying to over-explain stuff.. So, this IS the streamlined version haha :D Imagine..... lol
Haven't played this game in a while but a recent visit to Universal Orlando and Disney World expired me to build a park on my own and to come back to Planet Coaster. With this tutorial hopefully I can create a very realistic theme park, it's a shame Frontier doesn't update it as much as they used to since Planet Zoo came aorund.
Awesome! Another thing to think about practical-wise would be Employee-Pathways. They don't have to be full-on designated for quick access, but things like maintenance paths for staff-use only would also add to the realism.
Hey man just wanted to say what an amazing job you do at bringing PlanCo parks to life with realism. I so desperately want to start making realistic parks of my own but I'm always put off by the big empty spaces a new park brings. I always find my self starting numerous sandbox files and being too daunted to start committing to building a full park since I have no knowledge of how to go about building things to what I imagine. Do you have a sort of preference of how you started out making parks and developing them into these almost diorama type scenes?
I tend to stick to the parks I've visited and are familiar with... It is way easier to build from what you know - the rest comes after that. Once you understand the under-layer of realism (how and why things work) that starts to influence how you design things because you think practically rather than decorative. Realism isn't always about what you see, but how it behaves in the real world - it is an under layer that makes it feel real. Ultimately, I've made a park story in my head.. I know what attractions I want and in what groups, then I build from there. I don't always plan where things will be in advance because it changes all the time - as seen with the rapids in Raygate lake - the proposed placement changed 8 times before I settled on where it is now.. and Drakeford Manor was in 4 places first...
@@Nerdchacho Thanks so much man! Looks like I might need to make an effort to visit more parks then haha. Or perhaps in the current circumstances watch some vlogs 😄 Really appreciate the tips dude. I managed to make a half decent car park based off the one in Jippety Bay so I've definitely started the foundation of a little project. I Look forward to seeing more vids from you. 👍
Amazing video.. some great things to take from here. What I struggle with is pathing and making it like how you have. Hate the fact I have too much green grass too but I play on pS5 and I’ve not got that much room like you. Gonna start over again and try and make it better.
First off, thank you for all these tutorials and the breakdown (beginner to pro) they are amazing. I saw you do something and I want to know so badly how you did it. The test coaster seat, I've been looking on the workshop and I just can't find anything like it. Did you add your own?
haha.. parking is always the last thing I do too because it has to be half the park - you need to know how big your park is before you can do the parking :D
Oh man, you're going to have so much fun!!! Word of advice though: Don't attempt a masterpiece right from the word go. Have fun with the game. Learn it. Play it for its intended purpose. Enjoy all of the tiny little details Frontier put into it to make it "2016 alive". Put at least 1000 hours in "just playing" before you even try.. You'll need to know the game inside out to do it and for some people that's not fun.. Get bored with the "game" part of it before you try and break it..
Watching this video made me not want to play. There is simply no way I can build to this level. It's unbelievably good how far removed this is from in-game mechanics. Mindblowing creativity.
That's the UA-cam algythingy for you.. There are far bigger creators getting the spotlight - but that's OK, means that my stuff can be considered "the hidden gem" haha
Just subscribed to and visit your Jippety Point park from this video. Such a cute little gem of a seaside park. So vibrant and colorful, and looked fantastic in sunset lighting. I thoroughly enjoyed exploring it!
Thanks!! Jippety Point was so much fun to put together too. It was my first real dive into doing something realistic and it isn't perfect, but it came out well! It defo has that "Indiana Beach" feeling to it..
Wow... I haven't played as I got burnt out having played since ALPHA. This video has me excited again... might just install again... but first I gotta watch the next video.
This is great information! You discussed it in this one, but I'd like to have a better feel for how to place back stage areas. For instance, do most parks supply facilities using the paths, or do they try and design the park so most facilities have direct access to back stage? Do they try and have one main back stage area or break them up into separate areas around (inside?) the park. Thanks!
Awesome idea for an ep! I'll totally build this into a Maintenance Ep.. I do also sorta touch on this during the Back Of House ep of Real Up My Park too - in case you've not seen it yet :)
Amazing video! This was very useful. Thanks. When building your coasters, do you also go for the same level of realism even if it affects the stats, or do you prefer better stats over realism?
What an awesome question! I do a mix of both.. I go for realistic layouts but also aim for all green where possible. But, for some coaster types and the way that the EFN rating is calculated, all green isn't possible. So, in Raygate Lake some of the "E"s are around 5 even though they use a realistic layout. I tend to use real-life design and specification documents I have at work for elements of the coasters to make sure that they are as real as can be, but some-times some "game based decisions" need to be made too as a trade-off between real and gameplay...
Yeah, I try my hardest with console because I know that the PS4 is quite limited.. That's why I made the turnstiles (Ep 8) as simple as I could for this one. I didn't really appreciate just how limited it was until some-one showed me.. I'm trying though, promise! :)
I've been playing the JWE games for years now and just recently got my hands on planet coaster so i accidentally keep making park layouts like im planning ahead for a dinosaur enclosure ☠️
wow such a flood of information and glad this is only an introduction and that you are going to enlarge. So many things you mentioned (car/coach parks, a main road (where?!) maintenance yards, offices, recycling centre, lockers .... all those things must surely just be for aesthetic rather than actual working things surely? I'm playing sandbox tropical and there's an entrance through a tunnel and no roads etc so are you talking about a different scenario please? Where are all those lockers, vending machines you mentioned? I notice you're playing currently and as a fairly new player, I shall subscribe and check out your other videos. Will there be a contents page somewhere with links so we can find particular things you mention in here? Sorry for all the questions and great job btw. How long have you been playing this?
Wow! Loads of questions there! love it! Lemme get started on these: You're right, car parks and stuff are all for aesthetics. They don't function in game but they need to be in your park for it to feel real.. You'll need to create the roads, car parks, tunnels etc for yourself - the maps we get given just have spawn points and a path. As players, we need to make the rest.. The lockers, vending machines etc - these are all Theme Makers Toolkit (TMTK) custom items for the PC & Mac version. They aren't in game as a standard. These are created by other players and uploaded to the Steam Workshop - there isn't a Console equivalent just yet. I've loaded all of the how-to vids into a Playlist and each video has the contents in the Description to help with searching. I think that is about as good as I can get on UA-cam :)
Amazing video,and park is gorgeous,you are really master at this. Planet Coaster is amazing game,only bad thing is a poor optimization which kills the fun... Even with i9 this park would run on maybe 18-19fps lol,and if you have a medium gaming rig it would be just like slow motion. You can build the park but you cant enyoy in it properly because anything below 30fps(which is perfectly enough for simulation games)is unacceptable. I hope developer would do something about this in the future.
Hi, I have the console version, so I don’t know if it’s my case, but some of the things I have seen in the video are not included in my game; are they in a deluxe version? I have them all except for the studios version and ghostbusters version. There are so many gadgets and details that I have never seen. I hope you could answer to my question, thank you Very good video, congratulations
There will be an element of things that you won't have if you don't have Ghostbusters and Studios. The chain link fence for example comes from Studios pack... PC does also have access to Thememakers Toolkit (TMTK) which allows other users to create assets for the game and load them in. I use a lot of them in my builds too.
It's a bit of a trick where you place the paths down and then place a flat roof on top. Have a look at Episode 2 and 3 of the Top Tips series I did.. I show you how to do it in there. It works for both PC and Console :)
It is sort of both.. My career, while not IN design, works very closely with those who do and because of what I do I have to learn everything they do to understand their requirements for what I actually do.. if that makes sense? So, I don't design rides, areas and parks professionally, I have to understand it to do my job.. :)
This might be a noob question, but are those cars from a pack ? Or are they from the workshop? I can’t find any realistic cars in the game unfortunately.
Welcome to the game!!! Sadly, a lot of this stuff is all visual only, they aren't used by guests.. it all just adds to the "feeling" of the park if you're wanting to build something realistic
A cool real life example for fences is this one from Disneyland ua-cam.com/video/VgRYdx3mbh8/v-deo.html They used to not have fences and people would walk all over the landscaping.
That's a really interesting watch!! There is defo something psychological when it comes to fences to protect landscaping. A few of our parks had this issue too.. people would create shortcuts or walk through flowerbeds etc, but put an ankle-to-knee height fence in and they suddenly stop - even if it would take NO effort to walk over. Same with low level walls too. One of our over-sees parks just put low level walls on raised landscaped areas and suddenly people stopped using them to sit on. Never under estimate the power of a good fence! haha
You can set up a custom biome where you choose the paints you want. It is in the scenario settings, but I don't think you can do it on console, you only have the preset biomes..
How the hell you get paths so wide ? Mine only go 10m wide so the only way I can make a plaza is like a circle and just put something in the middle ! But still nothing like the size of some of yours
Slope the land, colour it sand and then fill the lowest part with water. If you struggle to fill with water, check the height of the land outside the park boundary.. you'll need to make sure that your "sea" is lower than the outer boundary. The best map to use for this is the Tropical map because that is relatively flat. You can't get rid of the trees or hills in the background outside the map - that is impossible.
100% - It is also why I never really got on with Zoo... I needed to learn a whole new palette of objects as intimately as I know the PlanCo ones and I just don't have the patience for that. Plus, the animal thing is cool, but they aren't rollercoasters haha
@@chrisgraham1781 well, it has taken nearly 8000 hours if you count the alpha too... and even then you lot still teach me things. Like, I didn't know until the summer this year that there is a projector item and a working garden sprinkler.. 🤣
Haha. My harsh tones have never been called asmr.. sadly UA-cam has decided to mess up the audio on this one. I did repost a stereo version if you prefer that, it is in the playlist :)
Then don't. That's the beauty of the game - you can either do super detailed like the stuff I do, "plop n play" and just let the park do its thing, use blueprints from other users or just bowl peeps into crowds using rollercoasters
This game is great EXCEPT ioots totally ruined by the way you have to make roller coasters. If you make any amazing ride its too scary and too nauseatiing.. ITs actually ridiculous. You basically have to make a tame ride in order for it to work.
@@Nerdchacho i woiiuldnt know how to show it. im not a pro at all. I just play make coasters. I try to make them realisitic but crazy with alot of helixes and lopps and inverts etc. But it seems that on the heatmap the moment the ride goes into any helix or invert or corkscrew etc the fear and nausea just jump to like 15+ and the ride ends up at 20 and nobody rides it. i have no idea why. Totally ruins the game for me.
@@chickendinner2562 that suggests to me that you're not designing them right then.. it is either too fast, too tight, not banked enough or trying to do too much in a short space. In my experience the EFN ratings are relatively close to recognisable reality, even if it does rely a little too much on airtime.
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Not sure what seems to have happened to the audio here. The narration seems to only be coming out of the left side, but everything is stereo on my PC. No-one seems to have been bothered by it yet, but just so you know, if you hear nothing in the Right then I'm talking in the left...
I though the audio was off when I first watched it, I thought my headphones were broken lol 😂
@@TomTomtiger25Procter haha.. nah! Not sure how YT has managed it, but the commentary is only coming from the left. Locally on my PC it is in perfect stereo. But it's OK, just swap what side your headphones are on so that you're not wearing out your left ear :D
Know I’m very late but when I watched it on my pc I hear it in one ear. Then I went to my mobile and hear in both speakers. My left speaker is a little bad tho so it may be that I’m just used to it here
@@simeon3595 nope, you're not going mad.. it is a thing that UA-cam has somehow messed up.. oh well.. best performing video and it is messed up haha
LMAOOOOO I was wondering what was going on because my left speaker is broken so you literally sound like you were EXTREMELY far away
LOVE your inclusion of disability access and honestly think the theme park sim genre could benefit from a mechanical incentive to make parks disability accessible, alongisde also adding stuff like maintenance access and emergency escape routes and service vehicle routes. My youngest brother is disabled and it always rubs us the wrong way when real world attractions and theme parks don't have good disability access.
It is an important park of theme park design nowadays.. and it also doesn't stop at ambulatory needs now either, theme parks also have to consider sensory needs too. I do wish that PlanCo did have something more inclusive like this, but at the same time I do get why they wouldn't bother. It is a nice touch to add them in and everything I design has an element of disability access added in - even down to who can ride (some rides are not suitable for wheelchair users for example). I can totally appreciate how frustrating it must be in real life..
Holy. I was just watching your videos for the first time and was thinking "Wish there was a video on layout" and you release this. Just discovered your channel and it's really good, just what I've been looking for :)
haha, surprise!!!!! :D
It was by far the most requested video too... Welcome aboard!! Hope I can give you what you're looking for (which sounds way creepier out of context haha)
Same here
Great tips. But I think it’s also a good idea to start off building a simple, flat park that’s spread out to get the basics. Then to add trees and other scenery items. Then you can start a new park and make it more realistic. Getting the basics down first is a great foundation for getting the hang of controls and visualizing ideas for making it better.
It would be really cool to have a sort of pre planned layout that we could download. Like similar to how the in game scenarios are a very bare bones park. But laid out similar to the "basic" park in the beginning of this video, and then we fill in with our own designs. I feel like I'm good at building individual items, but sometimes integrating them with a larger park as a whole is difficult. So a realistic pre planned park layout could help bridge the gap for people like me that struggle to take things to the next level.
What a good idea.... I do have it on a massive list of things to do... "Starter versions" of parks I've done - as they're called. This is literally just the Entrance, turnstiles, car parks and admin.. The rest is up to you to do. Trouble is, with massive parks, it isn't an easy task, it would easily take hours per park..
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I don’t get it
Got this game 3-4 months ago, played 37 hours and i can tell that i'm far away from your level of build. I love your videos!
As a disabled person, I love the fact that you've included that! It would be awesome if the gameplay also included stuff like adding disabled/wheelchair accessible queue lines, toilets, quiet spaces ect.
I accidentally stumbled across your content the other day when browsing for Planet Coaster content, and thank god I did! Your content is fantastic and this series has come at a perfect time :D
Keep up the good work!
Welcome aboard!! Thanks for joining and if you need us to pick you up after your stumble... lol ;)
This will be a great series. Looking forward to it. Great job editing btw
3 solid days... for 16 mins! I can crap out a RUMR in half hour... haha (although, totally unrelated, the next ones will be more "live game" than cut together footage.. and not because of the editing cost, but because it is a much better way to explain things)
What's the next lesson you want? Let me know below! :)
Great video! Maybe you can make a tutorial for how to build realistic looking buildings or something like that. I've got the problem that I don't know what style to build and which things i should use for detailed walls roofs etc. It's all mixed up... Sorry for the bad English :P great series so far :)
@@Videogame_STX Funny you say that, it is on the list to do... It's a vast topic though, so needs some thought on how to deliver it
@@Nerdchacho firework shows?
@@rjc358 Bit difficult - there is no real way to make realistic fireworks with the stuff the game gives you.. after-all, the best part of fireworks in game are the bangs and flashes; which is down to the player creating the right show more than anything you can do to be "realistic"
@@Videogame_STX I'm avoiding doing a full-on "buildings" one though because it is just so big a topic and there is no right or wrong answer. I'm not an architect or engineer and nor am I the gatekeeper of what is or isn't right looks-wise because you can make a building look like anything. Your buildings should support your over-all park's theme. But.. what I AM doing is threading in building techniques to ALL of the videos instead. I'm going to do a techniques video, but not buildings per-se (that's the one I mean in my original reply)...
you got yourself a subscriber! not only is this a thorough, helpful, and detailed tutorial, your attention to the disabled community's needs mean a lot when it seems like everyone forgets about us. as someone who relies on a wheelchair occasionally and wants to be a roller coaster engineer, i think making the world's first wheelchair accessible rollercoaster would be an incredible accomplishment to top off the coaster wars
Yay! Welcome aboard! Thanks for coming along. The majority of rollercoasters in the UK are legally obligated to be "accessible" but there is some room for improvement across the whole industry. Modern coasters are adopting this far better and far quicker but that is also driven by the policies in the Park operating them. The problem isn't always that the coaster isn't accessible, it is that the park doesn't fully understand guests who need accessible facilities.
I've come back to planco recently and never really got the hang of it prior. Thanks for your videos. Very informative and great to watch!
I've been playing off and on for years but never got serious about it until recently. You have helped so much. Thank you!!
ive genuinely never thought of half of these things.. rlly cool
Extremely informative video, thank you very much... I always said: "when building something; DETAIL IS EVERYTHING"
This guy is explaining everything as if it's possible for us to learn and understand it.
If only the series went on for 16 more episodes explaining everything in detail...
A lot of great tips in here. I will note even on crazy fantasy builds adding many of these ideas into your projects can add alot of immersion and make the insane feel tangable.
I have actually decided to build a park that is uhh... a bit more ambitious? if you could call it that? Sacrificing some of the "Park realism" for the individual theme realism, so the guests can fully immerse themselves in the worlds created. Basically there's four themes that act as completely separate locations with their own vibe and layout. They're realistic, but for what they're supposed to be, not for a park. Fairytale section is a town carnaval, so there are streets and alleyways you can go through and buy things. irl the vendors would actually be dressed as medieval folk and sell stuff like jam or sweets. But on the other side, the Crook's Hideout section is fully tropical and partially in water.
In practice what that looks like is any modern buildings or staff areas are either disguised as part of the world, or out of view.
Wow! This is incredible. I don't have the patience to do the work required to make such realistic looking parks, but it's still super helpful and I look forward to applying some of the advice. But this is really good stuff. Thanks.
Wow! Just started watching this series and it has been VERY helpful!
Great video. Only downside with some of these items is the Oswald Eugene counter. I would love to do a car park, and like to do big parks, but you can't do both
Ok just started watching. You asked for imput so I've got some!
Immediate impressions (about 2 mins in)
F me that park looks perfect and super believably real.
And sound quality and commentary are spot on, like. Already I can tell you deserve more subs.
Ok I'll be back at the end!
And Jippety is my least realistic park too....... :D Wait until you get to Raygate at about 8 mins lol
@@Nerdchacho yepp lol.. thanks for starting me off slow 😅😅😅 beautiful work man.
Alright. Man this was great! I cant wait for the deep dives. As a general overview it is solid tho. I felt a bit overwhelmed and found myself thinking "oh but.. I want more about that bit" and had to keep reminding myself about your plans with the series haha. Wildly inspirational tho no doubt. I personally feel like I'd enjoy seeing maybe a bit of construction in the deep dives, obviously I dont know how you plan to do it, but seeing everything with a bit more of a scalpel would be awesome. Do you do time lapses or live streams? Imma check lol. Much love and thanks for this.
@@AceMaverick I cut SO much out of this too.. I defo wanted this one to be more of an intro to what is coming and found myself trying to over-explain stuff.. So, this IS the streamlined version haha :D
Imagine..... lol
@@Nerdchacho haha wel i think you stuck a pretty good balance!
Wow this video is so underated!
Haven't played this game in a while but a recent visit to Universal Orlando and Disney World expired me to build a park on my own and to come back to Planet Coaster. With this tutorial hopefully I can create a very realistic theme park, it's a shame Frontier doesn't update it as much as they used to since Planet Zoo came aorund.
I wish they updated the PC version... we can live in hope... And there are 16 more tutorials ahead of you too! Have fun building though :D
Yeah same because I’m going Orlando soon my theme park excitement has led me to playing the game more 😂
Jippety Point looks incredible! I'll have to visit properly on Steam
It will be the one we remake at 10k subs too... :)
This is exactly the video I have been searching for.
Awesome! Another thing to think about practical-wise would be Employee-Pathways. They don't have to be full-on designated for quick access, but things like maintenance paths for staff-use only would also add to the realism.
Absolutely.. while not all parks use them or have the luxury of service road space, it is something that needs to be considered for sure..
That was a very cool video. Your map looks awesome. So many details. Well done, and thanks for sharing.
Hey man just wanted to say what an amazing job you do at bringing PlanCo parks to life with realism. I so desperately want to start making realistic parks of my own but I'm always put off by the big empty spaces a new park brings. I always find my self starting numerous sandbox files and being too daunted to start committing to building a full park since I have no knowledge of how to go about building things to what I imagine. Do you have a sort of preference of how you started out making parks and developing them into these almost diorama type scenes?
I get the same way lol
I tend to stick to the parks I've visited and are familiar with... It is way easier to build from what you know - the rest comes after that. Once you understand the under-layer of realism (how and why things work) that starts to influence how you design things because you think practically rather than decorative. Realism isn't always about what you see, but how it behaves in the real world - it is an under layer that makes it feel real. Ultimately, I've made a park story in my head.. I know what attractions I want and in what groups, then I build from there. I don't always plan where things will be in advance because it changes all the time - as seen with the rapids in Raygate lake - the proposed placement changed 8 times before I settled on where it is now.. and Drakeford Manor was in 4 places first...
@@Nerdchacho Thanks so much man! Looks like I might need to make an effort to visit more parks then haha. Or perhaps in the current circumstances watch some vlogs 😄 Really appreciate the tips dude. I managed to make a half decent car park based off the one in Jippety Bay so I've definitely started the foundation of a little project. I Look forward to seeing more vids from you. 👍
Amazing video.. some great things to take from here. What I struggle with is pathing and making it like how you have. Hate the fact I have too much green grass too but I play on pS5 and I’ve not got that much room like you. Gonna start over again and try and make it better.
First off, thank you for all these tutorials and the breakdown (beginner to pro) they are amazing.
I saw you do something and I want to know so badly how you did it. The test coaster seat, I've been looking on the workshop and I just can't find anything like it. Did you add your own?
Half of the park for parking? I usually just plop a pre built entrance and call it good. You can tell this guy does this for a living, great work.
haha.. parking is always the last thing I do too because it has to be half the park - you need to know how big your park is before you can do the parking :D
Don’t even have the game yet, I’m both intimidated yet very excited over these tips. Can’t wait for the next sale so I can start creating my own art.
Oh man, you're going to have so much fun!!! Word of advice though: Don't attempt a masterpiece right from the word go. Have fun with the game. Learn it. Play it for its intended purpose. Enjoy all of the tiny little details Frontier put into it to make it "2016 alive". Put at least 1000 hours in "just playing" before you even try.. You'll need to know the game inside out to do it and for some people that's not fun.. Get bored with the "game" part of it before you try and break it..
Great idea for a series. I'm just about to start a new park and these tips will come in handy. Thanks so much!!!
Hopefully the series can keep up with your park building! :D
My left ear really enjoyed the vid!
hahaha... put your left speaker next to your right ear to balance it out :D
Watching this video made me not want to play. There is simply no way I can build to this level. It's unbelievably good how far removed this is from in-game mechanics. Mindblowing creativity.
This is great information! I'm shocked there aren't more views.
That's the UA-cam algythingy for you.. There are far bigger creators getting the spotlight - but that's OK, means that my stuff can be considered "the hidden gem" haha
Just subscribed to and visit your Jippety Point park from this video. Such a cute little gem of a seaside park. So vibrant and colorful, and looked fantastic in sunset lighting. I thoroughly enjoyed exploring it!
Thanks!! Jippety Point was so much fun to put together too. It was my first real dive into doing something realistic and it isn't perfect, but it came out well! It defo has that "Indiana Beach" feeling to it..
Im getting planet coaster and this really helps me and thank you so much!
I am very impressed with your realism, great information
Wow... I haven't played as I got burnt out having played since ALPHA. This video has me excited again... might just install again... but first I gotta watch the next video.
This is great information! You discussed it in this one, but I'd like to have a better feel for how to place back stage areas. For instance, do most parks supply facilities using the paths, or do they try and design the park so most facilities have direct access to back stage? Do they try and have one main back stage area or break them up into separate areas around (inside?) the park. Thanks!
Awesome idea for an ep! I'll totally build this into a Maintenance Ep.. I do also sorta touch on this during the Back Of House ep of Real Up My Park too - in case you've not seen it yet :)
This is dope. Gonna be a good series
Fingers crossed!! I've just finished filming the path one and it is coming in at around 30 mins.. Worried it is going to be too long.. eek
Amazing video! This was very useful. Thanks. When building your coasters, do you also go for the same level of realism even if it affects the stats, or do you prefer better stats over realism?
What an awesome question! I do a mix of both.. I go for realistic layouts but also aim for all green where possible. But, for some coaster types and the way that the EFN rating is calculated, all green isn't possible. So, in Raygate Lake some of the "E"s are around 5 even though they use a realistic layout. I tend to use real-life design and specification documents I have at work for elements of the coasters to make sure that they are as real as can be, but some-times some "game based decisions" need to be made too as a trade-off between real and gameplay...
Soooo that was very helpful for the theme transitioning thank you for telling me about this
Thank u for putting this together. It is very informative and well explained.
Any-time!! I hope the next lessons are just as well received! :D
nice bat feature @3:35
I've been looking forward to this!! ~Joe J❤🙃
No pressure or anything then? :D
They are very useful tips but unfortunately playing the console version I have very little building space 🙁
Yeah, I try my hardest with console because I know that the PS4 is quite limited.. That's why I made the turnstiles (Ep 8) as simple as I could for this one. I didn't really appreciate just how limited it was until some-one showed me.. I'm trying though, promise! :)
I've been playing the JWE games for years now and just recently got my hands on planet coaster so i accidentally keep making park layouts like im planning ahead for a dinosaur enclosure ☠️
Amazing video 🎉❤
Thank you very much!
wow such a flood of information and glad this is only an introduction and that you are going to enlarge. So many things you mentioned (car/coach parks, a main road (where?!) maintenance yards, offices, recycling centre, lockers .... all those things must surely just be for aesthetic rather than actual working things surely? I'm playing sandbox tropical and there's an entrance through a tunnel and no roads etc so are you talking about a different scenario please? Where are all those lockers, vending machines you mentioned? I notice you're playing currently and as a fairly new player, I shall subscribe and check out your other videos. Will there be a contents page somewhere with links so we can find particular things you mention in here? Sorry for all the questions and great job btw. How long have you been playing this?
Wow! Loads of questions there! love it! Lemme get started on these:
You're right, car parks and stuff are all for aesthetics. They don't function in game but they need to be in your park for it to feel real..
You'll need to create the roads, car parks, tunnels etc for yourself - the maps we get given just have spawn points and a path. As players, we need to make the rest..
The lockers, vending machines etc - these are all Theme Makers Toolkit (TMTK) custom items for the PC & Mac version. They aren't in game as a standard. These are created by other players and uploaded to the Steam Workshop - there isn't a Console equivalent just yet.
I've loaded all of the how-to vids into a Playlist and each video has the contents in the Description to help with searching. I think that is about as good as I can get on UA-cam
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Awesome work!
BLOODY BRILLIANT!!!
YAY!!! You're alive!
Amazing video,and park is gorgeous,you are really master at this.
Planet Coaster is amazing game,only bad thing is a poor optimization which kills the fun...
Even with i9 this park would run on maybe 18-19fps lol,and if you have a medium gaming rig it would be just like slow motion.
You can build the park but you cant enyoy in it properly because anything below 30fps(which is perfectly enough for simulation games)is unacceptable.
I hope developer would do something about this in the future.
After watching through this, I’m desperately trying to think of ways to salvage my park.
Hi, I have the console version, so I don’t know if it’s my case, but some of the things I have seen in the video are not included in my game; are they in a deluxe version? I have them all except for the studios version and ghostbusters version.
There are so many gadgets and details that I have never seen.
I hope you could answer to my question, thank you
Very good video, congratulations
There will be an element of things that you won't have if you don't have Ghostbusters and Studios. The chain link fence for example comes from Studios pack...
PC does also have access to Thememakers Toolkit (TMTK) which allows other users to create assets for the game and load them in. I use a lot of them in my builds too.
bro your game is on life support
how did you place the flooring on the video? it seems i can only place like... pathways, while your customers can walk anywhere
It's a bit of a trick where you place the paths down and then place a flat roof on top. Have a look at Episode 2 and 3 of the Top Tips series I did.. I show you how to do it in there. It works for both PC and Console :)
You mentioned that you had experience with the layout in theme parks, so is that regarding a career or just visiting a lot of parks
It is sort of both.. My career, while not IN design, works very closely with those who do and because of what I do I have to learn everything they do to understand their requirements for what I actually do.. if that makes sense? So, I don't design rides, areas and parks professionally, I have to understand it to do my job.. :)
@@Nerdchacho that's really cool, I found your channel yesterday, and immediately subscribed because your videos are so inspiring
@@bigt7706 Ahh, thanks so much and welcome aboard! I hope I can keep you here :)
Cool dude.
Started with a realistic park🔥
Don't forget to show us too! :)
Great video
This might be a noob question, but are those cars from a pack ? Or are they from the workshop? I can’t find any realistic cars in the game unfortunately.
They are from the studios pack.. so available to anyone with them.. :)
pro tip if the audio on one side is too annoying, turn on mono audio in windows settings
Omg, that is genius. I also uploaded a corrected version too.. just in case :)
I'm new to this. Is building all these (ticket machines, car parks, etc) get used by the guests or is it just for visual niceties?
Welcome to the game!!! Sadly, a lot of this stuff is all visual only, they aren't used by guests.. it all just adds to the "feeling" of the park if you're wanting to build something realistic
@@Nerdchacho Thanks.. I'll sure be learning a lot from you. 👍👍👍
There's games in planet coaster? What pack did it come with?
🤔 soo... flat rides directly on the path. PC thing?
Is there a series on building the park which was used in this video?
For Jippety Point, no.. It was before my UA-cam days.. For Raygate, yes. That one is here: ua-cam.com/play/PLqJqyfdpgvi6MxmGOQhtRCzLH8wFNDKB1.html
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@@Nerdchacho thanks a lot mate👍keep it up
A cool real life example for fences is this one from Disneyland ua-cam.com/video/VgRYdx3mbh8/v-deo.html They used to not have fences and people would walk all over the landscaping.
That's a really interesting watch!! There is defo something psychological when it comes to fences to protect landscaping. A few of our parks had this issue too.. people would create shortcuts or walk through flowerbeds etc, but put an ankle-to-knee height fence in and they suddenly stop - even if it would take NO effort to walk over. Same with low level walls too. One of our over-sees parks just put low level walls on raised landscaped areas and suddenly people stopped using them to sit on. Never under estimate the power of a good fence! haha
Did I miss a mod or update that adds facilities and employee paths or is it only visual?
Staff rooms have been in the game since pretty much the beginning.. no staff paths though, that is planet zoo
@@Nerdchacho Yeah thats what I ment. I knew about the staff rooms themselfs.
I love the details and buildings you made it looks awsome!
Where are you getting all these cars and maintenance stuff etc.
They are thememakers toolkit items, available on the steam workshop if you're on PC :)
Geez, it is a game!! 🤨😝
How do you get different terrain paints?
You can set up a custom biome where you choose the paints you want. It is in the scenario settings, but I don't think you can do it on console, you only have the preset biomes..
This park looks inspired by a bunch of UK parks lol
So many UK parks.. is as if little pieces of different parks have been mushed into one! :)
I wish you could play concole
How the hell you get paths so wide ? Mine only go 10m wide so the only way I can make a plaza is like a circle and just put something in the middle ! But still nothing like the size of some of yours
Have a look at my pathing tutorial... all will be revealed :)
how do you make a beach on your park??
Slope the land, colour it sand and then fill the lowest part with water.
If you struggle to fill with water, check the height of the land outside the park boundary.. you'll need to make sure that your "sea" is lower than the outer boundary. The best map to use for this is the Tropical map because that is relatively flat. You can't get rid of the trees or hills in the background outside the map - that is impossible.
How do you fill the whole park with water?
Unless you make the whole land mass lower than the mass at the boundary, you can't.. you'll need the grassy plains biome to do this the best..
This must be on PC because a lot if this is not on console... What a bummer
This and Jurassic world evolution 2 are excellent park simulators yet they can be very frustrating to learn.
100% - It is also why I never really got on with Zoo... I needed to learn a whole new palette of objects as intimately as I know the PlanCo ones and I just don't have the patience for that. Plus, the animal thing is cool, but they aren't rollercoasters haha
@@Nerdchacho I get it just a long time fan of the Jurassic Park franchise but you have this game down to a science I have a lot to learn.
@@chrisgraham1781 well, it has taken nearly 8000 hours if you count the alpha too... and even then you lot still teach me things. Like, I didn't know until the summer this year that there is a projector item and a working garden sprinkler.. 🤣
Since when there are cars in planet coaster???
They're assets in the Studios DLC... And one in the Vintage pack too..
Can someone explain cctv?
is this asmr? He started speaking in my left ear
Haha. My harsh tones have never been called asmr.. sadly UA-cam has decided to mess up the audio on this one. I did repost a stereo version if you prefer that, it is in the playlist :)
Just... jaw on the floor. Wow...
I would watch the video but the audio being only on the left channel is unbearable
Have a look at the playlist, there is a republished on with the audio corrected..
Very tedious game. I dont know if I have the patience to make something that detailed.
Then don't. That's the beauty of the game - you can either do super detailed like the stuff I do, "plop n play" and just let the park do its thing, use blueprints from other users or just bowl peeps into crowds using rollercoasters
not angry but your mic only work on the left ear.
Did some-one miss the pinned comment? :D
I dont have the creativity for this
This game is great EXCEPT ioots totally ruined by the way you have to make roller coasters. If you make any amazing ride its too scary and too nauseatiing.. ITs actually ridiculous. You basically have to make a tame ride in order for it to work.
Would be keen to see one of the rides you consider to be amazing that the game doesn't - just to see if I can look into the stats that are feeding it?
@@Nerdchacho i woiiuldnt know how to show it. im not a pro at all. I just play make coasters. I try to make them realisitic but crazy with alot of helixes and lopps and inverts etc. But it seems that on the heatmap the moment the ride goes into any helix or invert or corkscrew etc the fear and nausea just jump to like 15+ and the ride ends up at 20 and nobody rides it. i have no idea why. Totally ruins the game for me.
@@chickendinner2562 that suggests to me that you're not designing them right then.. it is either too fast, too tight, not banked enough or trying to do too much in a short space. In my experience the EFN ratings are relatively close to recognisable reality, even if it does rely a little too much on airtime.
Sound is too low