Question about the coaster height.

I've had this question that I need an answer to. How do you find out how high you are while you are building a coaster? For example, let's say I want to build a coaster with a 150 foot lift hill. While I'm building it, how do I know when I've reached 150 feet? Is it those little lite blue squares, with numbers in them, on the coaster tracks that tell me what height I'm at?

Thank you.

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THE BEASTmaster
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Can you take me higher? (CREED) *** This post was edited by THE BEASTmaster on 7/8/2000. ***

Well the little blue numbers do tell you you're height, but they aren't in feet. I'm not sure what formula Chris used. If you take a look at some of your other coasters with the ride heights on, you might be able to get an idea as to how high you need to go to get to 150ft. I'm going to guess and say it's between 15 and 20, but I can't say for sure since I don't have the game open.
-JJ

oh yeah, something else i might add- on the steel twister screen, it sayd the max height is 281. i have only been able to go 225 tops. i built the hill as high as it would go and raised the ground.
-Mike
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48.6mi. - CP
27.2mi. - SFO
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3 MF rides:
3-2, 5-1, 9-2

I believe that the numbers in the blue are meters, which is little more than a yard.

They are in meters.

I was just playing the game and it only let my Power Tower go to 60 which according to you people is about 180ft. If this is the case someone needs to tell Chris to change the settings. I was working on a Cedar Point scenario and I havent got to anything real big yet. But how am I going to Millenium Force, power Tower, Space Spiral, Magnum XL-200???

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Perfect lawyer material,
~Bring the FORCE!~
-Hendo

I'm pretty sure that you can get higher than 180 feet, I think I do it. the units are probably not in meters.

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A bad day at Cedar Point is better than a good day at work.

I think I've gotten to 61 which is around 200 feet, because a meter is a little more than a yard.

Corkscrew coasters go about 240

Maybe in LL Chris will add real height!

Yeah, it'd be nice to be able to go to 320 feet or so. The thing that makes me mad is that a 225 foot drop on a coaster goes 93 MPH. Sorry...doesn't happen. As we all know, physics wont allow that. I'd just like to see an accurate physics formula added so we don't have something 150 feet tall going 75.

Jman

I've noticed that some aspects of rides are a little different. I built a really good version of Magnum, but the height is not 205 feet. The speeds are very accurate, but I believe my first hill is about 150 feet or so. Also, I built a fairly good version of Vortex at PKI, and it's height is not quite right, but the speed is very accurate (including the very slow run through the corkscrews).

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UCSigep
Rides to the top of the World: 8

I made a coaster with a 193 foot drop. It went 82 MPH, real physics said it should have gone less than 75. The difference seems to be about 10MPH off for big rides. Not that bad, but it would be nice to see it corrected. The problems with this is then the coasters you made in the old verson won't work with the new one.

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A bad day at Cedar Point is better than a good day at work.

tsk.
61=239 ft
150=47 about
200=53

base ground=6
max drop=262ft

Well, whatever Chris used is based on just under 4.3ft per unit. That's more that a meter...