University Project 3DS Max Roller Coaster

[stepxunit]

How is this ride made ? in 3dmax ? if so.. how do you control the speed or ?!

[QuadRider004]

@stepxunit i would say if it was 3d max it would have to do with how he used his auto key

[baritonebandboy]

hi im a freshmen and i am using auto cad for the first time. how do u make a roller coster and animate it?

[TBwassup]

There is no way in hell I would get on this ride, lol.

[mixinghoney]

Can you teach how to make a roller coaster??

[shutup735]

Chuck norris can do better.... but still, for a one man team..... i'd say A+

[poofy917]

kool what program is this and whats your major?

[sandrony2004]

I wanna congratulate you for your animation and ask you a favor: can you kindly tell me where do I click o how in the world can I possible control the speed of an object attached to a path constraint? I am an advanced 3ds Max user, but being unable to accelerate or dis accelerate an object or a camera on a path has killed many of my projects, including a roller coaster. Please, I NEED this information BADLY!

Thank you!

[TheEpicIce]

A+ and he used reactor

[MAnaMaNA911]

reactor?

[HCVS13]

A+ man.

[BabsTurtleGirl]

It looks like it's from the game ThrillVille

[andeeholden]

Dude i've worked on 3ds max and it is solid...well done mate! Can't imagine how hard it must have been to make something as complex as this!

[xtremespeed128]

Good, but I think Nolimits is a better program for coasters.

[linus191]

perhaps, but i think they made it as a way to learn 3DS MAX better, not just to make a rollercoaster ^^

[xmadteaparty]

maybe it would have been better with sounds? :)

[unlokia]

To those who say something "sucks": can you do better? lets see some evidence then.. :-)

[torasbjoern]

I agree with you, unlokia. IMO this is well made.

[Camsco1]

this coaster sucks

[Mostertman]

Did you just animate this with keyframes and all. or did you use Reactor or something?

[nana5445445445]

it could be much more authentic if u'd change the gravitaion parameters.

but it still coll :)

[JTickett]

Nice one. Care to give a little more info on what your dissertation is about? I'm doing my dissertation now, I want to use 3d max, but can't think of any ideas. I'm worried that creating just a piece of art is going to be difficult to justify or document as theres plenty of paperwork needed. I just get the idea the dissertation either needs to be a product that can be used, or a solution to some problem.

[doombuddy]

wow, very nicely done! I'm very very impressed. I just made my own, and I got a couple spazms mixed with inability to cope with "allow upside down".

[JTickett]

I get that problem too, if you find a fix, please let me know.

[machineman9]

very nice, how do you make the camera follow the tracks? im doing a project like this of my own (no way as good as yours!) and it is using reactor and a modelled carriage to go around the track... though i need to sort some things out with it as it is very glitchy at the moment

[gibbsies]

theres only one mistake i see, at 00:06 those things are too close together

[Aztec2250]

It's first person. For the sake of my sanity i dont have time to model an authentic looking train. Something i'll probably do after the hand in as its not strictly necessary for my dissertation.

[mrazhawk]

Definitely nice to see someone else releasing their own 3d coaster animation aside from myself. Not trying to take anything away from your protoype, but did you have a chance to create a train design for your ride or was it strictly a 1stPerson POV project?

[spitfire15065]

thats is sick did u work for RCT3 cuz that looks really good