RCT3 Kennywood Pics: Part 1

I was all set to post my first RCT3 video with a nice background tune, but because iMovie '08 sucks so much, I guess that's not happening. I do have a video, but I want to snip a second off the beginning before the ride actually starts and overlay some music since there's no audio right now. Although I'm supposed to be able to do this oh-so-easily with my oh-so-easy Mac in oh-so-easy iMovie '08, it turns out iMovie '08 is a giant POS. For no apparent reason, the program likes to flip videos upside-down when I import them. How to fix that? Oh, just rotate the clips. Except...for no apparent reason, that mirrors the videos. Oh, no problem, there's a handy plug-in for that. Except...for no apparent reason, iMovie '08 doesn't accept plug-ins. Well, this is all so nice and easy. iMovie '09 supposedly fixes the problem, and I can upgrade for a mere...$80. Damn. Where's Justin Long when you really need to break his face?

Keep smiling, asshole...

So I'm done defending Macs. PCs suck in many ways, and Macs really aren't any better. To justify how much simpler they're supposed to be, everything Mac costs 700 times as much as the PC counterpart. Literally. Take the PC version of RCT3 Platinum. You know, the one that includes the main game and both expansions. $30, tops. I've seen it on sale at times for $10. The Mac version? Um, there is no Mac version of Platinum since the second expansion was never even released. So you can buy the main game and the first expansion separately (that's 2/3 of the PC content, mind you) for...$21,000. Each. Awesome. How easy and convenient you are, Macs.

Anyway, on to my disturbingly time-consuming RCT-ing. It's a little sick that I'm going to more and more trouble for creations that aren't too great in the first place. I'll be the first to admit that my skills in the game are very rough, especially when I was just getting started. And still being restricted to the content of just the main game to this point doesn't help in that regard, either.

Kennywood was my first attempted park, and its coasters my first attempted...coasters. Due to my lack of savvy and the game's own limitations, you'll be sure to find plenty of inaccuracies and omissions. Lots of flat rides simply aren't included in the game, and I either replaced them with something else or left them out altogether. And constructing dark rides is the bane of my existence, as evidenced by my lulzy attempt at the Exterminator. So no Garfield's Nightmare. I know you're disappointed to hear that since it's everyone's favorite ride...

Old Mill, you say? Ha! I have fancy 3D glasses...

I snapped shots of mostly the coasters and included some below. They'll have to tide you over till I figure out a video editing solution. Or till I give up and start posting mute videos. Or just give up altogether. If I were you, I'd bet on the latter.

Jack Rabbit (front)

Jack Rabbit

Double dippage

Jack Rabbit (front, top)

Racer (front)

Jack Rabbit (back)

Racer (front, top)

Racer (back)

First bend

Log Jammer

Bend overlooking the pool

Coming up on small drop

Big drop

Final hill

Looking across at Log Jammer

Olde Kennywood Railroad

Raging River

Aerial view

Nice trees

Starting point

Thunderbolt

Paddle boats and Sky Sling

Phantom's Revenge in back

From the back

Aerial shot

Bowl section

I have more pics that I'll include in a follow-up post later. I'm getting a little nervous about the size of this one (especially since blogger went down for me for several hours). Check back for the rest. If I'm feeling ambitious, I might also list some of the many inaccuracies I'm already aware of (e.g. Sky SLING...wtf??).