Nadat ontwikkelaar Frontier zo’n twee weken geleden al de komst van een gratis zomerupdate voor Planet Coaster onthulde, is deze update sinds vandaag ook daadwerkelijk te downloaden. Misschien wel de interessantste toevoeging die update 1.3 met zich meebrengt is de introductie van vuurwerk in de game, waarmee je je pretpark van flink wat extra spektakel kan voorzien.
Daarnaast brengt de zomerupdate ook een drietal nieuwe scenario’s, vier nieuwe coasters en drie nieuwe attracties; de Iron Claw, Sky Watcher en Black Out. Verder kun je onder meer met een flinke lading nieuwe scenery pieces aan de slag, komen er video billboards en brengt de update natuurlijk ook tal van bugfixes. Een aantal hoogtepunten van deze patch zie je hieronder, voor de volledige lijst aan patch notes kun je op de Planet Coaster-website terecht:
Fireworks – a new type of triggerable object!Fireworks boost your guests’ happiness Fireworks cost money each time they are launched Fireworks do not cost money until you place them. Previewing from the browser costs nothing Fireworks that are locked in a scenario do not cost money to trigger Fireworks are only triggerable Fireworks have many colour options to get the perfect display New Rides
Iron Claw – The Iron Claw is a classic pendulum ride that’s been very popular in many parks around the globe. This extreme thrill ride holds up to 32 guests at a time and swings them 65 feet in the air while the cabin continuously spins. The sensations experiences are zero to heavy downward g-forces as the guests are flung in all directions and almost completely upside down. Sky Watcher – The Sky watcher is a large observation tower that elevates your guests to 138m into the air to give the most impressive vista of your parks and the rotating cabin offers amazing panoramic views. The movement is graceful and is suitable for all ages. The structure is and elegant and beautiful combination of glass and steel and enhanced with a beautiful lighting arrangement this will give your park an iconic landmark for your guests to wonder at. This ride seats up to 60 guests at a time making it the highest capacity of any ride currently in game. The Blackout – The Blackout is an extreme inverting swing-ship, and has been inspired by the classic Looping Starship. This ride harkens back to the golden age of when the space race was flourishing. With a capacity to hold up to 50 guests and standing at 22 meters it’s a great major ride for your parks. New Coasters
Power Up – The Power-up is a compact coaster ideal for squeezing into those tight spaces in your park. The train design is very open to offer maximum thrills and exposure to the elements. A vertical lift that takes the train uphill at 90 degrees and then the car then turns another 90 degrees upside down and is released into a terrifying plummet through a heart line roll down into a vertical drop and back through the station, back up the chain-lift again where it the rolls backwards through the station again a couple of times until it’s caught and lowered backwards into the station. A short but brutal ride guaranteed to scare the wits out of your guests. Viper One – The Viper One up is a multi launch, twisted impulse, LIM shuttle coaster that consists of two large towering supports that hold up a 66m inline-roll at each end. As the coaster passes through the station the train get hurled up further up the track with each run until it almost reaches the top of each tower and giving the sensation the the train is going to fly off the end of the track. Gnarler – The Gnarler is a new wooden coaster car to help celebrate the addition of painted wooden supports. The train is adds a more modern wooden coaster train design tom the traditional wooden coasters family. The train chassis are incredibly detailed with stylish and beautifully crafted interior and unique lead car. De-Gen and Bolt – Something often requested by the Planet Coaster community was to have the sit-down boomerang coaster car (Trident) to appear on the ‘looping coaster track’ (The American Arrow) and visa-versa. We not only did this by creating two new coasters but we also gave them an upgrade with a new lick of paint and some minor cosmetic tweaks and they look beautiful.
