I failed to become a Rollercoaster Designer…

Ever thought of becoming a rollercoaster designer? So have i. After meeting one a few years back, the legend that is John Wardley who has designed rides for Alton Towers, Thorpe Park and more, i asked him what the best way into the coaster design industry was, and he replied to first learn No Limits 2. So that's what im going to do today. Watch as i (horrendously) build a rollercoaster using a professional software, for the first time.
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[@JustSomeRandomGuy756]

Dan is a very intelligent and professional being and is going to design the coaster at Alton Towers, he shall not be judged

[@JustSomeRandomGuy756]

@AllGarageMusic Yes, or the UK’s First RMC

[@DigitalDan]

😭😂😂

[@mattyorshin]

A small scale launch raptor model sounds fun

[@Silacide]

The urge to give you a whole explanation on how that game works is definitely here

[@cnt8184]

Damn,Dan is going to become the new designer for Cedar Point and will design a Coaster better than steel vengeance called called Octonauts Fish a combinement of octonauts and flying fish,perfect roller coaster

[@DigitalDan]

Sounds amazing! 😍😂

[@clpprbrd]

Pro tip: straight track is easy, click twice on those blue orbs and select the strict option. Do that for the next blue orb as well and the track between those 2 orbs is perfectly straight. As mentioned earlier, select heartline on the trains tab in the coaster settings.

[@DigitalDan]

Thank you for the tips! 🙏🏻

[@Jaydenfok]

I hope you're going to make more yt content on nolimits2 since it's really fun to see you use it. Also, i recommend watching a few tutorials on more advanced parts of NL2 first so you really know what every different tool does. I also did the same thing and became pretty decent at building coasters

[@DigitalDan]

I shall definitely try and learn it more for future! 😭😂

[@AdrenalineForce1]

No limits is so hard at first but with practice you can make rides so much better than planet coaster if you do use it again I'd recommended using quad view when building

[@DigitalDan]

Definitely gonna try and get better at it 😂

[@apothecurio]

NoLimits gets incredibly easier once you have a good grip of its controls.

[@shanghai7392]

The fact that Wardley himself suggested Nolimits 2 is absolutely amazing. You should definitely learn how to use FVD++ to design even more realistic coasters in the simulation.

[@DigitalDan]

I have no idea what that is but I will try it out 😂😂

[@lancehutch]

@DigitalDan It's bassicly a 3rd party software that calculates the way the track should he shaped tor you. However, it's absolutely not nessesary. I hand build and get the same results

[@Gliese710_]

@digitaldan you input the forces you want the ride to pull and then it designs the track around that, you can then export and import the track into nl2 and it’s almost perfect with very little smoothing/editing. It’s harder to learn than nl2 imo but im also smooth brain.

[@lyllified1925]

@@lancehutch theoretically you could never get the same results handbuilding.

[@singlerailindustries1763]

I Was Hoping You'd Get In Touch With Nolimits 2! 😊 Hope You'll Do More Nolimits 2 Content In The Future :) You Defenitly Need More Practise Tho.... 😅🙃

[@DigitalDan]

Definitely want to do more, I’ll do better next time 😂🙏🏻

[@someonecalledray4231]

Dan, if you select all of the vertices (nodes) on the coaster, then go into "Element" and press Depump Vertices, you can smooth the track aha

[@capyybaraa]

Hey Dan. When making the ride use Heartline with the car height to make the turns more smoother/flow. Also learn to use FVD+

[@capyybaraa]

Customise roll points with No lat

[@capyybaraa]

And when using left views. Double click the vertex and then press the close button then it should stay straight

[@DigitalDan]

I will take these into consideration, thanks so much! 👍🏻

[@TomTomtiger25Procter]

I think you should recreate this rollercoaster in planet coaster

[@albomusicman85]

Don't worry about the first 10, 20, 30 rides not being great, but keep doing it until you find your style and method and also, what really helped was posting in the NL community and ask for feedback and you'll improve each new ride!

[@CinematicCoasters]

Yes love ur vids Dan. Ur humor and editing is the best!❤

[@DigitalDan]

Thanks so much!! 😊

[@kyliansumthing6115]

more of this !!!

[@teamfusion1319]

when your track banks on launches, brakes, etc, use the roll feature and just leave it on 0. it keeps it strict, or just make it strict.

[@lancehutch]

Welcome to the No Limits gang :)

[@djreeeeeeee]

Perfect ride much better than ride to happiness just a little to intense and rough in places but its a great ride

[@EmmerlieLouisa]

another amazing video as always!! x

[@DigitalDan]

Thank you!! 💞

[@twistedcoasters1533]

I see that the Project Horizon designer has been found!

[@DigitalDan]

😂😂

[@Noah-bf2sg]

I need part 2! 😔

[@indoraptor2407]

Try activating Heartlining in your coaster properties. This would make your Coaster much better

[@keatonward7693]

Dan sitting back down lol. Great vid as usual Dan hope you’re well bro

[@DigitalDan]

I’ll be standing again soon 😂😂, thanks so much and hope you’re well too! 🙏🏻

[@PointGo_]

A good tip is to select a portion of the blue dots and go onto the elements tab and click ‘depump vertices’ as its the same as smoothing in planet coaster. Good luck!

[@PointGo_]

Oh, and just sit and watch tutorials, it makes it so much easier

[@DigitalDan]

Thank you for the help!!

[@The_Tedstar]

Oh gosh i feel your pain. Nolimits2 is a cruel mistress. But you figure it out eventually (i will any time soon i hope). I can tell you are used to planco from how you make your coasters 😂😂. But yeah, just keep going and you'll be at least passable at making coasters after 50 hours 😬. Good luck 🤞.

[@DigitalDan]

I’ll try and get used to it! Thanks for the help! 😂

[@NekoBurrito9]

Dan you good at making coasters! I hope you make a successful coaster at alton towers 😸😸😸❤️

[@thepokeraider8902]

Keep up the great work ur my fav yt

[@DigitalDan]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@thepokeraider8902]

The coaster looks sick 😎

[@thepokeraider8902]

😂

[@lilly-xq3kg]

hello dan this is great and thank you for doing this this gave me a lot of info because i want to be a rollercoaster engineer thanks again for a great vid ❤👍👍❤

[@DigitalDan]

Thanks so much! Definitely the place to start when going into that field! 🔥

[@lilly-xq3kg]

@@DigitalDan yes dan thanks 😀😀👍👍

[@tomsthemeparkadventures7752]

Dan, I would recommend selecting a section of your tracks vertices then press the depump vertices button which will allow it to auto smooth the shaping for you 👍

[@DigitalDan]

Thank you for the help!! 🙏🏻

[@jacobjimenez-perry8631]

you had me at ‘game’😭😭

[@CUBErt761]

wow that is really cool

[@georgekillen7998]

Dan can you plz go to cedar point and go on all the rides and do a vlog about it and split it up into parts

[@thrillverse]

You've got no limits nailed now onto FVD++ 😂

[@DigitalDan]

I have no clue what that is but I will try it out some day! 😂

[@thrillverse]

@@DigitalDan Basically a more complex version of no limits. You use the forces applied to riders to design the track

[@MatchTerm]

Yoooo! Glad you actually going into NL2! If ya ever need advice, lmk: I think I got pretty good at it

[@DigitalDan]

Thanks so much! 🙏🏻

[@MatchTerm]

@@DigitalDan NP! Can always be reached on disc, same username

[@IT-SPAYDAYFELLAS]

Almost to 30k subscribers!!

[@DigitalDan]

It’s crazy!! Am so grateful 🙏🏻

[@RollerCoasterBeth]

We should just call you mr John Wardley 😂😂

[@DigitalDan]

Wardley was always my surname 👀😂😂

[@zomboz8812]

I tried nolimits 2 today and i think it’s very simple to make smooth coasters

[@xxalexaviation]

Build it irl now

[@justinsimons5633]

The 0 G roll with a consistent .5-1.5 G throughout the element

[@Themeparksau39]

Imagine Dan opening a theme park and using this

[@NinjaRicoYT]

EARLY YES! UR THE BEST KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

[@NinjaRicoYT]

IM NOW A ENTHISIAST THANKS TO U!

[@DigitalDan]

Thanks so much!! I really appreciate it 😊🙏🏻

[@NinjaRicoYT]

@@DigitalDan YOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@NinjaRicoYT]

@@DigitalDan I WAS JUST TALKING ABT U

[@NinjaRicoYT]

@@DigitalDan Np any day!

[@thorpparkburgor7520]

I’ve had such a hard time today. I’m crying right now because one of my favourite KZbinrs (lift hills and thrills) hates me now. I’m very upset. But you always cheer me up. You’re the GOAT

[@mikaylaevans7933]

Why do you say they hate you now what happened?😟

[@ZlueTheDragon]

Two tools you *really* need to use: "Strict" nodes: Double click a node, and set it to "strict". If two adjacent nodes are strict, then the gap between them is perfectly straight. "Depump Verticies": Highlight an area of track, and under the Element tab select Depump Verticies. This will modify the selected track to make it nice and smooth, removing the janky transitions in your current coaster.

[@ThreeIcee]

Dan carries rollercoaster KZbin

[@DigitalDan]

🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@haze5229]

WHY IS THERE JUST POKEMON BATTLE MUSIC PLAYING IN THE BACK ROUND😂😂😂😂

[@user-qm2bx7tr2i]

This was actually hilarious 😂

[@DigitalDan]

Glad you enjoyed!! 😂

[@notsospoopybob]

USE HEARTLINING JAJFJANCMWICUSNEIXKA Also depump spam lol Would love to see more nl2 content

[@gamermapping6963]

this vid looks epic

[@DigitalDan]

Thank you!!

[@aBeanCalledHotcar]

smoothest pov in planet coaster be like:

[@CoasterKlips]

The revenge of infusion!!!

[@Ben_the_hen]

YESSSSS WOOOHOo WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

[@anza2]

this partially hurts to watch yet is so funny

[@Coasterlocity]

Lol I tried NL2 and came to the same conclusion at the end.

[@jamesferguson448]

More you do the more you learn

[@oliverdallas405]

Basically made a 2022 arrow coaster with the zero heart lining 😅

[@pandaf5ght982]

Next level is fvd ++

[@raffysmagic]

👏👏👏

[@thepersonwhollikesanimetom8264]

good vid

[@jarbplayz4737]

No limits2 is like old school/college. Sadly i only have demo

[@midnightmoonlight04091]

How long did it take you to build this? I’m thinking of getting it but if it’s impossible, I’m not so sure…

[@wolffuryanimates7227]

Oh Lord

[@adventureswithry4n]

First, I am brilliant at design, u should involve me in a video

[@fishygodni3037]

No

[@nemesisbuilds9237]

oooh my inversion always go wrong

[@astrocat099gaming]

If you bought the professional one, his bank account is screwed.

[@Hazza_282]

Hi Dan

[@CANADIANCOASTERENTHUSISATS]

If you want to use the most realistic way to make a coaster, use FVD++. It is pure pain I. The beginning but once you get it, it is awesome

[@3xbucket]

you forgot to turn the heartlining on

[@Misterleast]

I love smiler

[@coasterbadger]

I was wondering why dan was playing no limits all of a sudden. This is insane not gonna lie

[@DigitalDan]

😂

[@lyllified1925]

i don't see FVD++™ anywhere

[@HYEJU_ANGELIE]

Idk if I'm early or not

[@Trootsbloxplayzthemetalfan]

NL2 is really hard😢

[@melvinschrab505]

When will you build project horizon?

[@DigitalDan]

10th of December 👀

[@melvinschrab505]

@@DigitalDan OMG

[@freyajonesx]

how many times can dan say rollercoaster challenge

[@adaptablerubenvideos3097]

Failing is part of the process of learning, you should definitely go back and try to make a better roller coaster on no limits 2

[@AmityAddict1979]

John wardley 2.0

[@elijah.rickard11]

If they had a nemes25 event, why was there nothing for oblivion 🤨🧐

[@Merp08]

Step one: put hearthline on!

[@BDImaniac]

If rcca built a steel coaster

[@Kieben1112]

Hello

[@Scotsman-hs6ss]

Funny 😄 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@nicolahazell9941]

Hi

[@arandomcasualgamer3923]

I suggest you use the program FVD. I find it much easier to make coasters in it and there is a really good tutorial by EliteCoasters.

[@brickstv8761]

I got a merlin gold pass

[@missouricoasterenthusiast]

Now try force vector design

[@george5924]

Strict Nodes >

[@mechauniverse8649]

hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

[@Th3Sm1ler]

Just wait until he plays Theme Park Tycoon 2 Advanced Editor sucks

[@Towers_talk]

Maybe if you stand up it might make it better lol 😆

[@I_Was_Groot_2000]

Let me suggest a name. HELL

[@AmberLawrence628]

I've just been watching your cat do cat stuff and not actually focusing on what you were saying

[@towersvsthorpe6969]

alternate title: I ruin Icon..

[@Mugcat21]

Noooo you’re supposed to use fvd++ nooooooo

[@logicaldodger899]

Looks like you need some more lessons, I can show you I’m John Wardley 2.0

[@AXTRO_-lw1uq]

First

[@williamjuckes2872]

Day 1 of trying to get Dan to pin me

[@TheOneDangerousBacon]

555th like B)

[@harryadcock3450]

Pin me

[@kidcoaster]

Well it’s not the best ride in the world 🌎

[@MostChillMatt]

Never cook again

[@Life_tbh]

Ye