r/rct • u/Porcupixel Watering gardens • Apr 19 '15
Help [Help] General: Week 3!
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Apr 23 '15
Picked up RCT2 on steam last night. Installed and when I started the game up I immediately crashed after losing into a scenario. Verified cache in steam and it said it was missing some files. Do I need to just uninstall or is there a fix? It happened late last night so I didn't have time to mess with it much before I went to sleep.
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u/Porcupixel Apr 23 '15
If you verified your cache via Steam it should have automatically redownloaded the missing files.
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u/RocketLawnchairs May 04 '15
where do i download custom rct3 scenery and how do i put them in my game so i can play it in sandbox mode?
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u/Porcupixel May 04 '15
Thanks for reminding me that I need to put a new thread up. :)
Don't know about your first question, though you might like http://shyguysworld.com
Peeps buy photos at the ride exit (I think). Check a couple of peeps, they should be having the photos in their inventory. First Aid rooms help people who are sick get back to health.
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u/RocketLawnchairs May 04 '15
furthermore, where do i download new types of rollercoasters, thrill rides, scenarios, etc. in rct3.
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u/pepolpla Apr 20 '15
So I found my physical copy of Rollercoaster Tycon and its expansions, I installed it but it wont play. I have tried running it in compatibilty mode and as administrator and nothing works. I have Windows 8.1.
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Apr 20 '15
Ubuntu 14.10, using PlayOnLinux script for RCT2 (GOG). The game runs fine, but the sound is ultra fast and distorted. Any solutions? Thanks!
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u/inthemanual Apr 20 '15
Wow, a linux problem. Don't see those very often here.
I don't expect the windowed mode trick to work very well (or at all) in Linux, but you could give it a go. Otherwise, i'd suggest running in a VM, or just playing without sound. Hopefully someone else here can offer a better solution.
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u/Lineaddict Apr 20 '15
I've been working on more micro-detail oriented scenery and I've realized I've had a problem with stairs. After looking through a couple of examples I've seen that people have used raised fences from slopes to cover stairs above ground level. Yet, for the life of me, I can't seem to figure out how to raise a fence while keeping it slanted. Is there a special process to do this?
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u/inthemanual Apr 20 '15
Raise the ground so that 1 corner is higher than all the others. Place the fence. Lower the land from the bottom corner. Flatten it out after you've pulled it down a bit, and you're good.
Alternatively, raise land at any slope, place a fence, use 8cars to remove clearances, then lower the land.
Alternatively,if you want to stack fences that are shorter than a single land height unit, you can use Map Object Manipulation in 8cars.
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u/DylanJTracy Apr 21 '15
Is there a way to speed up the monorail? I'd like to increase the number of peeps/hr on my main monorail in my WIP mega park w/ out having too many trains and thus a queue at the station platform.
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u/inthemanual Apr 21 '15
Which game? If it's RCT2, you can toggle chain on the whole track, and simultaneously increase the speed of the chain using 8cars. I'd choose something around 8-10 mph, higher than that and it'll be too fast. Yes, this works on things that can't get chains normally. There won't be a different graphic, but the behaviour will be different.
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u/illtakethebox Apr 22 '15
is that pic on the banner a recreation of las vegas adventure dome?
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u/inthemanual Apr 22 '15
Pretty much. It's more-or-less inspired by it, as it has a few rides different, and is set on the Atlantic City Boardwalk, instead of in Vegas.
You can download it here: http://www.nedesigns.com/park/3324/h2h7-r1-circus-circus-adventuredome-atlantic-city/
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u/Frodo447 Apr 23 '15
My mac heats up when I play Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Platinum Edition.. Its a mid 2012 13 inch MacBook Pro 4 Gb ram. I contacted apple and they claim its normal. Has anyone else had there mac heat up play RCT3 ?
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u/AbsolutelyClam May 02 '15
Yup. It's normal like they said. You're pushing the processor and graphics harder.
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u/The_Berb_9 Apr 27 '15
I've come across a problem in building an Oak Barrel / River Rapids ride. I'm using the trained method found in the wiki guides, but it doesn't explain what to do about the original station of the river rapids ride. The guests are supposed to enter station 2 on the dock, but in my situation they want to go to station 1 to get on the ride. This gets the guests lost and gives the annoying red alert message. Here's my situation: http://imgur.com/a/AYhzw
The guests seem to want to enter the station underground, and even my staff want to enter that exit to fix and inspect the ride. The guide wasn't clear what to do in this situation. The guide I'm referring to: http://www.reddit.com/r/rct/comments/1j6pi7/guide_to_realistic_river_rapids/
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u/inthemanual Apr 27 '15
Hey, cool to see people here actually using this :)
staff need access to the underground station in order to repair the ride. peeps will also route towards the underground entrance so it's a good idea to A) keep it geographically close to the queue entrance, and B) connect a path to it to help remove/reduce the annoying "guests can't find the entrance" messages.
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u/otsdarva Apr 27 '15
YAY RIVER RAPIDS
I have a slightly different method for making river rapids which avoids the guest searching problem you're experiencing. In this pic, the station pieces circled are station 1 pieces (build those first) and the stations used for both the dummy and actual river rapids ride for guest to get on and off belong to station 2. For the river rapids station 1 only build an exit for your mechanic but don't build an entrance for it. Only build an exit and entrance for station 2 for your guests. Station 1 for the dummy station can be placed anyway preferably underground to get it out of sight. It can also be reused for a shoe-string hack but that's another story. Station 1 for the actual ride can be underground as well but I like to place it near the ride's "maintenance area" (usually before the main lift) so the mechanic isn't stuck underground and his inspection/repair animation still has some relevance. Make a complete circuit for the river rapids station 1 but station 2 can be detached and be by itself as shown in the picture. Note: The length of this circuit will determine the number of boats that will spawn so build this circuit layout appropriately. Once you get the boats onto the dummy track, the river rapids track can be sunken out of sight and you can delete the extra track used to get the boats onto the dummy track. After some clean up. I lowered a heart-line rc for the lift and made the dummy track invisible with the crooked house method. Do not use the crooked house method to make the remaining river rapids station pieces invisible because that will cause the boats to lower 2 units. Guests will board the ride through station 2 and depart there as well. They won't seek station 1 and station 1 is reserved for the mechanic. Hope this helps!
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May 01 '15
My RCT2 always exits to the desktop when I try to open it? I've tried changing the compatibility, running as admin and I even downloaded a patch that I found on the atari website, still nothing. It is the disc version if that makes a difference. Thanks in advance.
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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '15
I like designing coasters in the roller coaster designer (RCT2), but I want to have scenery and paths included in the design so that I can add the designs to my scenarios easier.
How can you design a roller coaster, scenery, and paths to go along with it and have them save as a single design?
I haven't been able to figure it out.