Ukuthuka kweDarKastle

Busch Gardens Williamsburg, eVirginia

Cinga ngepaki yokuzonwabisa yendabuko. Kwi-steroids. Ukuthuka kweDarKastle i-style ye-20-Century-style ngokusebenzisa i-haunted, i-Gothic 15-Century castle esebenzisa ubuchwepheshe be-21-Century. Njengoko kukhwela emnyama , kukho iikorori eziphazamisayo, izinto ezihamba ngokugqithiseleyo ebusuku, kunye nezinto ezininzi ezivakalayo. Kodwa i-Curse's gotchas isebenzisa izilwanyana ezi-3-D, iCGI, izithuthi ezihamba ngezithuthi, kunye nezinye izinto ezineminyaka emitsha.

Kuyimpumelelo enkulu, ngokukodwa kwipaki yexesha.

Ukuthuka kweDarKastle Up-front Info

Kufuneka unikezele kwiBasch Gardens Williamsburg . Ngomxholo wayo ocebileyo, ukulungiswa komhlaba okuqhayisayo, kunye nokutya okugqithiseleyo, yindawo ephambili yengingqi, okanye ngaphezulu kweyona ndawo ecinga ukuba iyindawo yokupaka epakini. Kwaye akuyi kukhwela kwiindawo zokukhwela kunye nokukhangela. Ukukhwela kwinqabileyo kukuthanda indawo yendawo yokuhlala yehlabathi. Kwaye abalandeli bepaki bonke abanomdla wokunyamezela ukuthanda ipaki ngenxa yokukhwela kwe-split-shaft, ukubonisa kwayo imbonakalo yendlela yokubonisa, imbonakaliso yayo ecacileyo kunye nezinye izinto ezikhangayo ezifumaneka kwiindawo zeDisney kunye ne-Universal.

Ngokuqhayisa iDarKastle, nangona kunjalo, iBusch Gardens Williamsburg iphakamise ibha yayo. Ngelo xesha liqala, ipaki yathi yinto ekhangayo kakhulu kwimbali yayo.

Ukukhwela kusebenzisa i-3-D yecomputer-imagery (ewe, kuyo yonke intuthuko eyenziwe ekuphuculeni ukukhangela, kuya kufuneka ubenxibe ezo ziglasi ezi-3-D) kunye nemiphumo emininzi enjengeentuthu, ukuqhuma umoya obandayo, namaconsi amanzi.

Kodwa ngokungafani nemiboniso esekelwe kwimiboniso, ephethe izihlalo ezimileyo kunye neskrini enye, i-Curse iveza izikrini ezi-9 ezahlukeneyo ezilungiselelwe kwisakhiwo esikhulu esikhulu seenyawo ezingama-40,000. Kwifashini yokukhwela emnyama, iindwendwe zihamba ukusuka kwindawo eya kwindawo (okanye isikrini ukuya kwisikrini, ukuba uya ku) kwiimoto.

Kule meko, izithuthi zihamba ngesiseko sokuhamba. Izihlalo ze-DarkCastle zihamba ngokuvumelanisa nesenzo esicetywayo sokucwina abagibeli kwilizwe elikuyo. Kodwa, izihlalo zise-"passenger" zeebhola ezisibhozo ezihamba phambili. Abagcini nje ukuba badibanise kwaye badibanise kwikhonsathi kunye nesithombe esicatshulwayo, kodwa izithuthi zikhawuleza, zityhutyha, zijikeleze ngokugqithiseleyo njengoko zihamba kulo lonke umdla. Kwimeko enye yenguqu, bayenzela i-herky-jerky bounce ngokungathi bahamba phezulu.

Ngaba Ngaba Uyakwazi Ukusingatha Uhambo?

Udibaniso lwezithombe ze-3-D kunye neziseko zokuhamba ezihambayo zinika abaqulunqi bezinto ezikhangayo ngeempembelelo ezintle. Iziphambano, iibhola ze-fireball kunye nezinye i-projectiles ziza kuphazamiseka kubagibeli. Nangona izithuthi zingashiyi emhlabathini, zibonakala zibonakala zikhuphuka kwaye zingabikho. Ngayo yonke into eyenziwa yi-frantic, ebonakalayo kunye neyinyani, ingumNto oMnyama kuphela wentliziyo enamandla?

Nangona ukukhwela kukuthabatha, kwaye uqiniseke ukuba uhamba nge-adrenaline i-adrenaline ehamba ngokukrokra, ayikho into evuyayo.

"Siyakholwa ukuba senze amava ahlukeneyo," kusho uLarry Giles, iBustch Gardens 'VP yoyilo kunye nobunjineli. "(I-DarkCastle) inamandla ngokwaneleyo ukubandakanya intsha, kodwa iyonwaba yintsapho yonke.

Ukuba unandipha umdlalo wokhenketho lweempawu ze simulator, kufuneka wenze kakuhle. Ukuba awuqinisekanga ukuba ufuna ukuyihlangabeza, ndiyakuncoma ukuba unike umkhonto. Ngaphandle kokuprinta (okufutshane), kunye nokuhamba phambili (okungekho ngokukhawuleza ngokukhawuleza), izithuthi azifudluli ngaphezu kweeyintshi ezimbalwa kunoma iyiphi indlela. Ukuba isenzo siba namandla kakhulu, unokuvala amehlo akho kunye nokungaxakalisi, kunye nokuxhalaba kwakho, kufuneka uphume. Kodwa uya kufuna ukuzama kwaye ugcine amehlo akho evulekile ukuze abambe ukuzonwabisa kumhlaba.

I-DarkCastle isebenzisa ezininzi iimpawu ezifanayo njenge-groundbreaking I-Amazing Adventures ye-Spider-Man e-Universal Orlando's Islands.

Ngaba kulungile? Hayi, kodwa gcinani engqondweni ukuba ndicinga ukuba iSpider-Man ibe yinto ekhangele phambili kuyo yonke into (kunye ne-Universal ibinabhajethi enkulu kakhulu ekuphuculeni ukuhamba kwayo). I-spidey yenza umsebenzi ococekileyo udibanisa imifanekiso yayo ebonakalayo kunye nendawo yangempela. Kwaye nemiphumo yayo, ngokukodwa ukulandelelana kwayo kokungabikho, i-crisper kunye ne-jaw-dropping. Ukukhwela kwe-Universal kwenzalo ekhethekileyo yabalinganiswa abaziwayo abanezibheno.

Awoooo. Izinto Ezimbi Zenzeke!

Kodwa ibali le-DarkCastle lilula ukuyilandela. Kukho kwicandelo laseJamani lepaki, ukukhwela kukhethwa ngokusesikweni kuKumkani uLudwig II waseBavaria. Ngokwe-lore evezwe ngaphambili, iikholeji ezedlulileyo, ukumkani ozayo wadibana nomfazi ongaqondakali oguqukile waba yingcuka waza wachaza isifo sikaLudwig njengesilwanyana esibi. Ngokukhawuleza kunokuba usenokuthi, "Awoooo," izinto ezimbi zenzeka kwi-castle. Inkohlakalo kaKumkani uLudwig iyayikhupha iinqaba zayo, siyaxelwa kwangaphambili ... ke nyathelo lenze njalo ngale ndlela uze ugcine iingalo zakho kunye neengcingo zengqondo ngaphakathi kwezithuthi ezihambayo ngamaxesha onke.

Abaqhankqalazi bahamba ngeenqwelwana zecandelo elineshumi elinanye, kubandakanywa nokufundwa kukaLudwig, ikhitshi kunye nomlilo omkhulu, apho i-monster eya kuba yinkosi ikhulula zonke iintlobo ze-3-D. Indawo yokugqibela - uxolo, imilomo yam ishicilelwe - iyabangalisa kakhulu.

Umntu onguhlobo lwabaqhubi bendlela yokukhwela unomdla kakhulu. Phakathi kweqela lezinto zokudala ziyingcali emva kwezinto ezikhangayo kwiipaki. I-Brent Young ye-Super 78, ivenkile ye-LA eyadala i-animation ye-DarkCastle ye-CGI, ithi kuthatha iinyanga ezilishumi elinesithathu ukuvelisa imizuzu emithathu yokuhamba kunye nemizuzwana engamashumi amabini. Ukususela kwizixhobo ezi-3-D zifuna imifanekiso emibini eyahlukileyo (enye kweso iliso ngalinye), kwaye iziganeko ze-DarkCastle zazingqalileyo, kwaba ngumqhudelwano owakhupha amandla akhe okucwangcisa iikhomputha ngexesha lokunikezela nokulawula ixabiso lefilimu yedijithali.

Intsha ithi emva kokuzisa iqela lokudala eliMnyama kunye nenyanga ngaphambi kokuba ugibe luvule ukudibanisa yonke into, wayevuyisayo ngeziphumo. "Kungcono kunokuba sicinga." Kwaye, ukholelwa, iteknoloji iya kuqhubeka iguquke. "Oku akuyi kuba ngowokugqibela ukuhamba ngohlobo lwayo." Ndithi, "Awoooo!"