Lava Lake

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Not to be confused with Stranded Lava Lake, another custom track with a similar name created by Atmosphere.
Lava Lake
Author: JorisMKW
Version: v2.3
Date of latest version: 2021-01-09
Editors used: 3ds Max, BrawlBox, BREFF Editor, CTools, KMP Cloud, Lorenzi's KMP Editor, Paint.NET, Post-Effect Editor, RoadKill, SketchUp, SZS Modifier, Wiimms SZS Tools
WBZ files: ct.wiimm.de
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Overview

Lava Lake is a custom track created by JorisMKW. The track takes place on the last habitable parts in a volcanic lake of lava surrounded by a shady wasteland. There are several shortcuts on the track placed in such a way that if you take one, you cannot take several others. The author created this track with the intention to be easy to follow, fun to drive and difficult to master.

Some Notes on Track Design

  • The author intentionally added a majority of the off-road shortcuts at the beginning of the track (like on DS Peach Gardens) to prevent luck-based races.
  • The Thwomp in the shroomless shortcut has "spin out" collision on the spiny sides left and right of the object, and invisible wall collision on the very bottom part of it. The author tried a lot of different collision types, as well as experimenting with the surface of the Thwomp, and this seems to be the best solution. Other combinations of collision and surface height resulted in the shortcut being inconsistent by shooting the player in random angles when touching certain parts of the Thwomp.
  • The author put a lot of thought into how the track could be easy to follow for players that play the track for the first time. He added arrows on every turn and he made sure that all arrows were visible way before the concerned turn is reached by the player. There have been yellow ground arrows added on the three most "blind" parts of the track, and there are item box placements to send the player in the right direction on these blind parts. The road that falls in the pipe has active lava pillars after it falls to warn players that there is lava there.

Credits

  • Sniki, for retexturing the Thwomp object, helping with the shadow map and helping with the BREFT edits.
  • Sucht93a, for creating parts of the custom falling road and the lava river collision.
  • Riidefi, for getting rid of some of the missing ground arrows.
  • Shyga, for making the "Lava Lake" text on the billboards.
  • Misha, for giving gameplay insight advice.
  • Various CTGP track testers, for helping with finding the last couple of bugs.

Media

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v2.1 Shortcut and Strat Compilation
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v1.0 Time Trial (Dolphin)

Version History

Version Date of release Information
v1.0 2017-08-01 First release
v1.1 2018-05-31 Update by PhillyG:
  • Lowered texture sizes.
v2.0 2018-11-16
  • Remodeled and retextured almost half of the track.
  • Added new routes and shortcuts.
  • Remade KMP and KCL.
  • Downscaled track.
  • Added a shadow map.
  • Some BREFF and BREFT edits.
  • Other minor gameplay improvements.
v2.1 2018-11-17
  • Fixed a respawn point near the end.
  • Fixed a collision face.
v2.1a 2019-05-19
  • Adjusted checkpoints.
  • Adjusted item routes.
v2.2 2019-06-20
  • Fixed respawn point shortcut at the beginning of the track.
  • Buffed lavafall shortcut by making it possible with one Mushroom and by adding item boxes there.
  • Lots of other minor KMP and KCL improvements.
v2.3 2021-01-09
  • Fixed respawn point shortcut at the metal ramp at the end of the volcano side shortcut.
  • Fixed wall bonk which sometimes happened at the main shroomspot.
  • Lots of other minor KMP and KCL improvements.
v2.3.mkd 2021-06-04 Update by FJRoyet:
  • Restored original item box textures.

Custom Track Distributions

This track is part of the following Custom Track Distributions:

Names in Other Languages

Dutch: Lava Meer
French: Lac de Lave
German: Lavasee
Italian: Lago di Lava
Japanese: ラバレイク
Korean: -
Portuguese: -
Russian: Озеро лавы
Spanish: Lago de Lava
Greek: Λίμνη Λάβας
Polish: -
Finnish: Laava-saimaa
Swedish: Lavasjön
Czech: Lávové Jezero
Danish: -
By the same author: JorisMKW

Custom Tracks:
Lava Lake – Desert Fort – Daisy's Palace (remake) – MP9 Snow Go – Autumn Forest – Desert Raceway – Birthday Party – Goomba Cave – Grassland Lake – The Nether – Sunset Rocks
F-Zero Big Blue (remake) – Medieval Castlegrounds – Lost Ruins – Wicked Woods (remake)

Texture Hacks:
Koopa Ruins – Hyrule Castle – Autumn Falls – Volcanic Stadium – Grassland Resort – Lunar Path – Night Moo Moo Meadows – Sunset Valley – Wario's Ice Mine – Night Wario's Gold Mine – Blue Castle
Handy's Garden – Christmas Garden – Green Circuit – Grassland Circuit – Night Toad's Factory – Starlight Castle – Midnight Gorge – Snowy Hills – Choco Summit – Night Desert
Night Beach – Snow Beach

YouTube: JorisMKW

Discord: jorismkw

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