How do you make a no limits coaster?

Answer 1

It is unlike RollerCoaster Tycoon. I wish I could provide pictures of the basics, but my computer with NoLimits is down as of the moment.

There are many ways, actually, the other ways being by third-party programs. For the original NoLimits way of designing rides, you create and drag vertexes and nodes to make a track. It is a little hard to describe in words but a video or pictures would give you a clear idea. Try searching YouTube for an answer, there just might be a tutorial out there. | Other ways involve free third-party programs, some created by avid NoLimits fans. Some even involve real-life design procedures and get you up close and personal with designing coasters on a more mathematical standpoint.

There are many third-party programs that are out there, but the most common of the "tools", as they are called, are Newton, Purgatorium, Elementary, and Automatic Heartline Generator (AHG), which are "tools" that help create or fix up track, each with different methods. Some methods include simply taking a track and feeding it through AHG to automatically heartline the track, some include designing rides by G-forces (Newton), and some include straight up calculus (Purg.). Some "tools" help with supports, such as the AutoSupport Generator (ASG), and the AutoFlanger, which create or assist in the creation of realistic supports, or bypass supports all together, realistically. As for themeing, any 3D object creation program does the job.

Most people feel that tools are too complicated and prefer "handbuilding" rather than "tooling". However, the results of tooled tracks are incredible, being extremely smooth, designed with G-forces perfectly integrated, and being some of the most insanely twisted tracks while a train safely and comfortably maneuvers the twisted track. This is how most modern rides are designed today, and that is why the ridiculous Batman: The Ride can have a spaghetti bowl of track while G's are perfectly in check and comfortable.

So, there are many ways to build a NoLimits coaster, and it's what you prefer! WARNING: it does take time, patience, and practice to make a good NL coaster, but as long as you are devoted, you will certainly get a lot better for the years to come!

***Soon to be added with pictures of aid.***

Answer 2

Create a spinning-type coaster, add a track trigger event and set it to "unlock spin." Be sure to lock the spin again before the station.