The Park builders thread for Tip's, Tricks, and Ideas!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Antwan]

How I get the most out of Create-A-Park..hmm..
Try out variations, if you saw a setup you enjoyed skating try adding to it.
Here's a variation I made of Ghetto Spot's Pole Jam.


Put two-and-two..
I've seen a lot of people digging the fliptrick to under rail lately.
But how many of them have ducked under a doorway to grind,
or even grind up to 180 under?


Don't be afraid to throw random stuff together and skate it.. it can be the most fun.


Sink everything into the ground..
Sounds simple but I've sunken things I've never seen in any park before..
take this mega-terrain for example, sunken in half pipe corner makes a badass ledge
with a curved filler rail in the middle.


You can do more than you think.. check out this sick light rail.

[emericaridr11]

awesome man, now that I have a Cap Card Ill make some great things to share......

[old-skooler-34]

Nice! Glad everyone jumped right on in to share some ideas.

Antwan, Love the idea of just throwing single areas together to skate. I think I might do a whole park as a sort of inventory of ledges, stairs, walls, and rail ideas.

Brick, your right, doing a park with a theme is a lot easier and seems to go together better, I TRY to have a theme w/ every park. Color is also key to the parks overall look. I see some parks that are all gray and the skatable stuff washed out in red/green/blue etc. To me it makes it look like its just tossed together (which is fine of course, just not me).

Knex, also great advice.. Soon as a finish a small area I skate it myself and once there's enough areas connected I start inviting people to test it out. As pathetic as it sounds I'll actually watch everyone skate and see where they go and what they stick to.

Ok, gotta go make sales calls

[oyaben]

Very instructive
Thanks for sharing !!

[adda89ldn]

when i make a park, i usually forget to save and end up joining someones online sesh...

yeah that's not what you're sposed to do. so i don't suggest it.

also watch out for power cuts..

[thesignguy]

here is my tip
don't skate anyone elses park
I have only maybe skated 2 or 3 other parks than my own
makes mine seem like nobody elses
OK maybe bad advice
I cant get away from downward slanted parks
I don't think my parks are like anyone elses, although I would have no idea
watch your meter, worst enemy
use half pads or smaller stuff when possible, if you have 75% of a big piece not showing try and find other ways to make it to save space
don't overload the trees, trees specially big trees suck space like a bitch
be creative, blah always equals blah
I have been using premade corner, ramps, etc etc for my floor. the color change at the lip sucks visually but the generic flat floor is drab.
hide gaps to nothingness, was my main gripe with my last park, it limits filming if you have a 100 foot drop between 2 objects
don't overlap pads, i really hate this because it limits things, but I really hate when a overlapped pad or object changes and flickers ingame
cater your park to your skating, if you cant enjoy it whats the point
use different stuff, you can create just about anything you would want if you put your mind to it
use snap, probably my biggest gripe is that you should be able to turn this on and off easier, if you don't use it it is taking valuable merges. If you have 2 objects snapped they are not merged, if they aren't snapped then it limits you to whatever you want to sink it into or something into it
fine tune rotate is your friend. some objects give you fits merging even though they don't seem like they should. just move around in minute increments, pay attention to when it flashes blue. If you aren't happy with it slightly rotate it to see if you can get better placement. This is extremely useful with transition pieces, a slight rotation can give you a extra foot or 2 in the ground.
nothing better than skating your park before completion, some things seem way cooler than they actual are. I always fine tune pieces every time I play in my park, that's why I hate when I skate someone elses park and it wont let me tweak.

[old-skooler-34]

Color change - What sometimes works for me whether I'm 10% or 90% into a park and feeling stuck is a Color change. My last park "Function Form" I had big issues completing, It went from being bright and cheery colors to dark and dreary to what it is now - Neutral. Although it ended up Neutral in color every color change I did inspired me to finish another section.

Also, texture change on wall components helps a lot too. If you don't like the windows with the city or factory look simply sink a skylight wedge into them.