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Other stuff:

-JOIN THE FUN!-

-/vr/ Collab Parks- (2x2, 3x3, 4x4 and No Borders)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhGqM6X4U4_MdEVFYU83ZGVwRm9DVno0ZWdXbUkwRkE&usp=sharing
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Burstintotreats is dead, and with it, the link for a few resources from the last OP, including the GOG download.

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-RCT PROJECTS-

A free and open source game
freerct.blogspot*com

An HTML5 driven game
http://freerct.wordpress.com/
http://freerct.be/

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-MISCELLANEOUS-
(+ mirror links)

RCT2 addons from the original website (which is now dead)
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/0ilfhyxk6a2b5ck/RCT2%20addons.rar
anonfiles*com/file/c1e33f10fa7c10303989bc64ab161062

Original Mr. Bones save
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26249932/mrbones.SV6
http://www.mediafire.com/?5mogrbefwf5v94d
YOU CAN NOW RIDE IT YOURSELF: youtu.be/s78DeYIAyu4

The Time Machine and Katy's Dreamworld (User Created Expansion Sets)
www.rctmart.com/downloads/uces/UCES_Setup.zip
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/86owhr24pcusfch/UCES_Setup.zip
More info: http://www.rct2uces.com/
Having loading issues? http://www.jumpjet.info/Classic-Games/Windows/RCT2/UCES/Avoiding_Loading_Issues.txt

New Element Designs (RCT fansite where people upload crazy looking parks)
http://www.nedesigns.com/

Lunatim's Loopy Land (a small collection of downloadable rides and parks made by a talented mind)
http://www.lunatim.com/lunaland/loopy.shtml

A website made by a fellow /vr/other where you can find everything that's on this list and more:
http://vrct.tumblr.com/

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Hopefully that's everything. If not, don't hesitate to point out typos or wrongful omissions.

>UCES - includes all objdata files already extracted from each scenario upon loading, and includes tracks

Does this fix the corrupted files thing? Every time I used UCES I had to go through that process of fixing it.

Did we ever find a solution to the Pine Tree Rag scenario in the /v/+ pack? My hard on for finish 5 coasters levels is growing impatient.

I'm sorry maybe this could be badly pasted on the next OP image along with text saying "including Music by the Mr. Bones Bunch and more!"

BTW did anyone attempt RCT4? Is it really that awful?

>>1535203
It isn't out yet.

>>1535203
Trailer's out but not the game.

It looks that bad.

>>1535225
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt2E_HnQy0w
This just ends up being worse and worse

>That unbanked turn

>>1535245
>you can either wait for it to be completed, or use a ticket.
NO

>>1535203

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpRblyynIcU

It's out. It's just as bad as everyone feared it would be.

>>1535132
Yes

>>1535263
>research is replaced with levels
I guess that's interesting.
>The Ice Cream stand won't be enough to keep our park expanding quickly
Bitch shut up, the park is empty.
>forced tutorials
barf
>Bathroom takes 2 minutes to build
Okay we're getting pretty tedious here.
>wooden coaster
What happened to the simulation being important?

It is not Rollercoaster Tycoon anymore. I was honestly expecting Microtransaction Hell but it wasn't as bad as I had expected. We all saw how bad Dungeon Keeper got reamed.
... I can't believe this is a positive. Mobile gamers must be used to having their wallets hijacked every 30 seconds.

>>1535263
We need a second Game crash already and give vidya a reboot, get rid of microtransactions for good, remove art games and have actual games

>>1535338
I have this girl on Facebook who wanted me to play a game that was pretty much RCT4M. No, it was exactly like it. They just made a shovelware theme park game and shoehorned the RCT name onto it. There was nothing unique or new about it.

Moving on, we need a more optimistic thread side-topic.

>>1535263
that rating hehe

>>1535263
This is so shitty. It looks like some Farmville-esque online browser game my mother plays.

>>1535360
Thread-topic idea, definitive custom object list? Maybe?

>>1535338
This, as well as the console market so everything can go to the PC master race.

>>1535537
built in RCT2 just to see

>>1535537
>You are on a wooden roller coaster inside RCT4
>This kid must have used a lot of his parents' bank account to make this coaster
>You come up to the hill
>Oh shit, what's this? There's no chains!
>It goes magically up the steep slope that costed a few pretty pennies
>At the top, you can hear the crying of parents everywhere and the heat of Atari employees rubbing their hands
>Suddenly the coaster drops just like the hopes of many RCT fans after the RCT4M announcement
>Suddenly OH SHIT UNBANKED TURN!
>Your neck snaps and you instantly die
>Mr. Bones dressed as an angle picks your soul up and carries it into the sky, out of the black hole of money and time
>You are now in heaven, it's just like the first 2 RCT games
>You go over to a free icecream stall and see Chris Sawyer
>"Welcome to heaven!" he says, "A ride that will never end"

>>1535585
Nice pasta, friend

>>1535587
Bank all of the turns, so we have a control group.

>>1535537
the rollercoaster doesn't even have chainlifts it just goes a a constant 2mph throughout the entire thing until it reaches a drop then it goes like 4mph

>>1535609
So it's more like the Monster Trucks ride, then.
It's gonna take some serious trainer hacking to get this to work in RCT2.

>>1535604

>>1535650
>it still sucks
top level lel

>>1535609
oh I didn't mean to link >>1535537 it was meant for the video here >>1535263

>>1535245
>>1535263

>>1535537
>"This is my favorite ride."

>>1535245

>Buzz Meter

I hate this so much.

>>1535537

>a fucking s-curve after a hill

THEY DON'T EVEN CARE AT ALL

>>1534971
>with shitty wordart

its like i'm really in 1995

>>1535263
I think Theme Park Studio will be the closest thing we get to a new/good RCT game.
I really want a full 3d RCT game but with the camera view set up it is in RCT1-2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O9uXDC0leI

Finished a scenario i made a few days ago. The goal was to get 20K in ride tickets.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/26vm7ryv33igyyp/Windy_Mountains_2.SV6 finished

http://www.mediafire.com/download/kehwf7cnu305124/Windy_Mountains_2.SC6 scenario

>>1535973
I think I'll give it a whirl myself too.

>>1535973
>black and yellow wooden coaster
I always get nervous when coasters have 2 chain lift hills like that. i had a few crash on me with safety cut out made 2 trains get too close to each other and one got stuck

>>1535987
I havent had any problems with it and its pretty old. the intensity is just over 10 and its excitement is just above 7. I tried everything to get neg vert G's and lat G's to more suitable levels but still couldnt get the intensity down. so it wansnt as exciting as i expected it to be.

>>1535996
Ride length has a factor in intensity too.

Has anyone experienced crashes of RCT2 with the window hack before?

>>1535963
>flexible track design
My dick

>>1536025
I could never get the windowed hack to work. It would always do that thing where it clips to the upper corner of my computer and my mouse wasn't actually clicking where I told it to.

>>1536081
rename the RCT2 file to RCT2.exe. i had the same problem.

>>1535245
>>1535263
Those are for RCT4Mobile.
There is suposed to be another RCT4 for PC. It is suposed to be "completely different". I wouldn't get my hopes up though

>>1536121
But it is .exe.

This is probably the best stat giga I've accidentally shat out
>less than 6 intensity
>9 excitement
I hardly spent any time on this one

>>1535650

Seems like vertical G's are also the issue. I'd guess that's from going through the loops too fast?

Hello. This a are like great game to play! Where do we purchase the games?

>>1536245
http://www.gog.com/game/rollercoaster_tycoon_2

>>1536250

truly gog is the best thing Poland has given to the world since battle of Vienna.

There's still lot of /vr/ to cover though.

>>1536025
>>1536081
I get the snap to upper corner almost every time I launch, but that just makes me redrag it back to where I want it. The weird vertical render offset happens sometimes too, but without any consistency. I have gotten some crashes as well, but given when they happen I'm not sure its the hack. RCT2 is a really stable game, though, so its interesting.

The power of scam coasters!

>>1536025
The game always just freezes if i try to close it. I have to tell windows to shut it down if i want to actually close it. It never crashes during gameplay though.

Playing Lunaland right now. Starting with no land, no rides researched and 2000 in debt isn't easy, but it worked out quite well so far. Just that the researching for rides takes so long makes it feel like I'm playing with brakes pulled. Already lost the debt and am currently $24000+ because I just can't spend my money. Any way to speed up the ride research?

I just through this together, did i miss anything? I remember there being a longer list somewhere. It had the difference between 1 and 2, too. its going to be heart breaking to make one when 4 comes out.

>>1536369
Im unsure if I'm speaking for anyone here, but I could actually enjoy RCT3. But IMO RCT3 is only good with custom scenery while I'm fairly happy with RCT2 without custom scenery.
At the moment i only play RCT2.

Does anyone else have the feeling the artstyle of some of the scenery in whackyworlds and Timetwisters doesn't fit in with the rest of RCT2?

>>1536352
How slow is the research? I don't thinks theres a scenario option for harder research; is there? One a month on max is the standard, yeah?

>>1536417
Yeah, getting one ride a month at max. Which is really kind of slow when you start out with completely nothing.

>>1536369
Why is not being able to kill negative?

>>1534971
In the last thread there were a load of links posted from single rides people had made and shared, are they included in the OP?
If not can we have even a Google Doc or something where you can just post the links to keep them together, and update it everytime a new ride is posted in the threads?

>>1536440
Loads of pictures sure, but I only recall a couple links.

>>1536393
yeah some of the expansions for 1 and 2 are a bit wank. I liked the default levels and scenery for 1 and 2.

Soaked on the other hand was pretty good. comfy tropical pools. never played the safari park one.

>>1536428
why worry about crashes if they have no consequences?

what do you do when red mist sets in?

>>1536458

Played the fuck out of Soaked, it was real good fun building huge water parks. Had wild but didn't play it as much. I cant remember if the Extended Coaster, which is probably the best Coaster type in any RCT game, came with Soaked or Wild.

>>1536393

I've never got the Fun House in Wacky Worlds, it looks like a fanmod rather than Sawyer.

>>1536465
The retarded themed rides clogging up the list are annoying. I've never cared for most themed scenery. Mine, abstract, and floral is about all I use.

>>1536470

I would kill for an RCT2 Mod that combines all the expansion themed rides into the original coaster type, with the themes just being different cars.

Surprised the autist that Chris Sawyer is did it that way.

RCT mistakes you made as a kid?

For me:
>building no queues in front of the entrances
>building "insanely cool" coasters which were actually pretty shitty
>building only a single toilet in the whole park
>always keeping the default prices, never raise them

>>1536476
Build ridiculously long queues that make guests complain about wait times.

>>1536481
Yep. this

>>1536476
I would build a large island of shops and stalls in the center of the map. just put every single kind of shop i could afford there. make a million chairs and be done with it. it pissed my kid self off that people didn't just go there when they got hungry.

I'd also use queue paths as just normal paths. looks fucking awful but i thought it was the only way to build up hills.

>Insanely cool
elaborate.

>>1536489
>elaborate.
As high as possible, no banked turns, no brakes. Spanning all across the park. Man I wish I still had screenshots from back then.

>tfw even after a decade all my coasters are boring Chain-Drop-Banked-Chain-Drop-Underground-Station affairs

>>1536489
>elaborate
He means ULTRA-EXTREME

>>1536476
>ridiculously huge drops right into loops
>no banked turns ever
>only custom coasters that ever worked were slightly changed versions of Shuttle Loop

>>1536489
>build a large island of shops and stalls in the center of the map
>mfw I still do that

>mfw people do this

JESUS WHAT THE CHRIST IS WRONG WITH YOU IT HAS 4 (FOUR) OPENINGS ONE FOR EACH SIDE WHY WOULD YOU PUT IT ONLY ON ONE PATH LIKE ITS SOME BITCH ASS CANDYFLOSS STALL YOU BRAIN-ADDLED CRETIN

>>1536489
>looks fucking awful but i thought it was the only way to build up hills.

Your child self was right - they just plain look like they've got more grip.

yesterday i played for the first time in a decade and i got nearly 2k guests and 999 park rating without using any exploits to kike my guests of their shekels, or put any shitty rides, or duplicates of rides, things like that.

How do i find my screenshots? It says it saved them as SCR3.BMP, etc, but i can't find it in a search on my desktop at all.

I'm using the GoG triple-pack for RCT2 from thepiratebay

>>1536476
>build huge Go-Kart tracks
>maximum number of rounds
>huge excitement rating
>drivers complain because it takes to long to finish a race
>people complain about waiting for ages
>makes no money because not enough people can ride it

>>1536519

They're in program files>GOG (or GOG.com or similar)>RCT Triple Thrill

It always seems to save them in 800x600 or something daft rather than whatever resolution you're using. Makes the game look sharper than it is.

>>1536519
>2k guests and 999 park rating without using any exploits
Not as impressive as you think.

>>1536519
>desktop
Do you even into computers?

HOW TO LOSE YOUR SAVED GAMES IN RCT2
>run rct2
>notice screenshots are made but nowhere found on drive
>realize you ran it as non-administrator, so it couldn't save the screenshots
>restart RCT2 as administrator
>it re-created the Saved games folder, thus erasing your old one


I played RCT2 for the first time in a decade yesterday, got 2k guests, 999rating in 3 years, without any exploits, didn't even using gay rides like boat ride, payed back 100% of my debt. Was gonna show you but now its erased.

>>1536250
Wow great friend. Site sale it for 4$ thanks you!

>>1536519
>from thepiratebay
It literally costs $2 just go buy it.

>>1536476

I would make transport rides go to far off areas of the park. these areas were only connected to the park entrance by that transport ride. could never figure out how people were getting lost.

"just take the train back you stupid fucks."

>>1536536
why would i do that, chris sawyer probably isnt getting royalties and is no longer making good videogames

>>1536537
they rather starve than go on those boring rides, or ran out of money, so making the ride free solves both those problems

>>1536535
>>1536536
>giving money to the company responsible for rct4

>>1536601

>Making a bridge to a small island caused a bug that made guests walk in circles forever on 3 pieces of road wanting to go home
>Drop them infront of the exit and they will just return to that road
>Park rating bombing as there's about 100 of these guys
>Finally decide to fuck it all, remove the bridge, remove paths, have them all stand on one of them
>Drown them all
>Park rating goes down to 0
>Get "Safest park award"
>Next month i have 999 rating again

>>1536615
stream it

>>1536476
>didn't know how to build entrances/exits for rides
>constantly failed scenarios full of rides that could never be opened

or

>park would have prebuilt rides
>had no clue what mechanics were, rides would break down never to be repaired
>would simply delete rides as they broke down
>eventually get frustrated and quit

or

>Diamond Heights.SC4
>park value of $20k
>no clue what park value means, thought it meant cash on hand
>either raise loan to max or delete all rides, have fat stacks of cash
>sit on the park for three fucking years doing absolutely nothing
>falls into disrepair
>my fucking face when I fail the scenario

>>1535537
>>1535587
Welp, new general header

2 minutes in MS paint

These things basically build themselves. I only had to cheat with the orange one by placing some scenery next to it.

>>1536730

Can you sync up more than 2 coasters?

I've never properly understood it, can you only sync them when stations are touching or can they be squares apart?

>>1536727
I thought that this anon's greentext was pretty good too >>1535585

>>1536738
Yes, they just need to have their stations located next to each other.
More than 2 requires some of the stations to be longer so you can place the entrance and exit somewhere but they still sync.

>>1536730
that's the saddest looking park i've ever seen

you can't sync coasters because they break down differentially, so when one breaks the others keep going, and eventually they get all fucked up

>>1536752

u wot?

>not having one Mechanic zoned on both inspecting them every ten minutes

>>1536739
Fixed.

>>1536741
Yea, in that particular scenario actually only 3 of the rides sync since they have their stations next to each other.
The blue and red one are located on top of the green and orange one and don't sync.

>>1536750
Here's mine, the image was too big to post here.
http://i.imgur.com/ODLoJ4l.gif

>>1536780
I don't get why the green one has such a high rating

>>1536791
A higher number of hills and a longer ride length without going at breakneck speeds the whole time? I have no idea really, getting close to 10 was surprising.

>>1536757
I didn't even notice how steep the lift hill is for that new coaster until now. What is that, 75 degree?

Whoever asked about syncing probably figured it out already, but here's some example on what syncs with color coordination anyway.

I always built hyper-twister Coaster as giant behemoths that cost a fortune and take up a lot of space. Today I tried a compact one, came out pretty good. 7.35 rating without scenery, can probably be pushed past 8 with scenery.

>>1536476
>putting queue lines on exits of rides as well as entrances
>bunny-hop hills with lifts
>price every ride at $1 because I thought anything higher was unreasonable
>steel roller coaster is the only rollercoaster
>>1536882
The best thing about hyper-twisters is that they can be made pretty much any way you want. Compact, gigantic, twisted, pretty much anything works. They're not as forgiving as a giga, but they're still smooth.

>>1536956
Any way you want except for inversions. But we still have regular Twister Coasters for that.

>>1536601
>see more people are still buying RCT2 than their new 4
>makes new game that's basically RCT2 when in comes to cameras, theme park management, building rides, etc but in full 3d so you can ride your rides.
or
>makes new expansion back for rct2 just for the fans that includes a lot more coaster types like this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90_jlTBE3Rk
or more likely
>Atari is being run by a bunch of idoits who think Farmville is the best way to make money ever, and will turn ever franchise they own into a mobile version of it.

With the recent influx of Simulators being popular why is it no one else has made a Theme Park Simulator? Some small company must see the gap in the market for it and can make a good one surely?

I see this >>1535963 but it also looks a bit overkill and too complicated for the normal person. That and its focus seems to be more on building coasters than running the park.

I'm working on a Hyrule replica scenario, its far from completed. I dont have the greatest visual imagination skills, so if you have any suggestions. post em.

Fucking lunaland m8. Year 8. 2320 Visitors. 34.500€ in the bank. Worth 251.000€. Stilll a far way to the two million. and the developers just shit out obscure Food stalls instead of the ATM or a good coaster. Shit's hard.

>>1537089
Having no cash machines is annoying. In some scenarios i reduced the price of everything to 0 for the last months so that all the poor people won't leave.

Well, there goes my day. Couldn't help playing around with the track designer again.

>>1537113
but you want those people to leave so new people can come in

I've never liked my designs of coasters,
I've just made this one in about 10-15 minutes, it looks like shit.

What can I do to make things look better?

also

What is the best modern coaster type? I can never find one with plenty of special parts :(

>>1537119
Twister Coaster.

>>1537118
I don't risk people leaving in those shitty /v/ scenarios that barely give you 1 year to reach the amount of people required. No one must leave.

>>1537127
>[no entry signs at the park entrance intesifiy]

Is there a custom scenario completion list where you can't fire/pickup staff similar to complete the coaster, because this>>1537117 gave me a hilarious idea for one
>have about 100 entertainers in various costums in a pre exsisting park, before turning it into a scenario
>can't pick them up/fire them
>if they die you lose
>park description goes something like: You have been selected to host a furfag convention, and it's costing you a fortune, you must attempt to run a successful theme park in order to make up your loses.
Don't think it's possible, but sounds like something that would work well in the /v/pack

>>1537119
Those lateral gs would probably snap your neck. Never put tight or unbanked turns at the bottom of hills. Either use wide banked turns or make sure the train is going slow enough so the lateral gs won't go into the red. Suspended coasters are tricky because you can't bank them so you need to be extra careful about the turns.

As far as improving your designs, look at what you have now. You have 4 lift hills and not much actual track. Make a bunch of hills and turns and stuff after your lift so the train slows down to like 10-20 mph before adding another lift hill or bringing it back into the station.

>Hillside Fairgrounds
>"A challenging scenario that makes you think outside the box."
>just spam junior coasters and mazes to win

>>1537134
Sounds fun indeed. Not possible without client hacking though.

>>1537119
Try reverse engineering some of the pre-designed coaster. I should give you a rough guideline of what works and what doesn't. that being said some types i've never managed to get the hang of(stand up coaster)

>>1536529
>not disabling User Account Control
Why are you so fucking retarded?

>>1537167
maybe instead you could start out with a park in dept, and have a few 100 entertainers running around with vomit everywhere.

>>1537119
You don't need chain lifts on every single hill. Try not to put sharp curves at the bottom of hills.
Try something like a Twister/Floorless coaster if you want lots of track elements.
>>1537140
It's a suspended swinging coaster, the thing makes its own banks.

>>1537254
The trains swing around the track but I'm pretty sure it still calculates the forces like it was a regular coaster. Wish they included banked track for it.

Bit of neat history: the original suspended coaster was a colossal failure because they didn't bank the turns and it absolutely killed the trains and track and was only open for 2 years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg-OWKFyp8A
They also prototyped a corkscrew for it but it was too dangerous to use.

>>1537282
>They also prototyped a corkscrew for it but it was too dangerous to use.
Oh good god.
There's one still operating at Cedar Point. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cwUMqSWSmU
It's actually the least intense coaster in the place. You could practically eat a meal on it. The laterals blend into each other and there's only one spot (right after the second lift) where the cars really jerk to the side. Suspended swinging coasters should be more about helixes and curves than giant drops.

It seems that the real-life standard for suspended swinging coasters is a lift, one drop, a fuckton of curves with a general downhill slope, and another lift once the momentum is sapped away. Rinse and repeat to the station.

>>1536213
pretty much, it's .44g away from being an astronaut centrifuge

>>1537312
Yeah, for the most part suspended swinging coasters are a lot of wasted potential. The two exceptions though are Big Bad Wolf and Eagles Fortress which were both incredible rides but both closed in 2009. I wouldn't be surprised to see another company take a stab at it in the coming decades though.

>>1537282
Holy shit they swing out really hard. No wonder the Coaster basically tore itself apart.

>>1537282
>all them hard turns

>>1537282
The thing slams hard into the axis limit twice. How the fuck could they just OK that?

Just made this scenario in about two hours. What do you guys think of my landscaping? I'm trying to make it look like I didn't use the hill tool for everything. I'm not happy with how the rock turned out but I don't know how to make it look realistic. I also need to add more hills so it's less flat in general.

>>1537573

>>1537543
The company behind it, Arrow Dynamics, has a really cool history. Definitely recommend reading up on it if you're interested. After they dismantled The Bat, Arrow built the park a new coaster for a heavy discount because of all the trouble.

>>1537575
I like that island. Maybe try putting some bushes on the rock and see how it looks?

>>1537575
>1 guestS
muh autism

>>1537621
>1 (item)s

>>1537598
Oh, it's Arrow. I've gotten the impression that theyre known for not giving a fuck about rough rides, but I'll read up on it.

>>1537575
It's really kind of ass how the game only has dirt, ice, and wood sides for landscaping. Not even ash.

>>1537648
I think Togo is the manufacturer that had a reputation for terrible rides. Although some Arrow rides are rough. RCT1 describes corkscrew coasters as rough, and all of the corkscrew coasters Chris Sawyer could have rode were Arrows. So you're on the right track.

>>1537661
Also Vekoma

>>1537669
Ride one Vekoma SLC and you've rode like 10.

>>1537669
>>1537673
I've ridden Kong and the "hang 'n bang" nickname is accurate.

Why to LIM coasters inherently have shitty exc:int ratios?

>>1537762
Chris Sawyer hates them.

>>1537762
>>1537764
Meanwhile gigacoasters get exc-int=2 for just existing.

>>1537762
>>1537764
>>1537769
Is there a page or something that lists every ride's base exc:int ratios or is it not an exact science?

>>1537782
It's really hard to define.

>>1537782
The trends are pretty obvious if youre any good at design, but it definitely isnt exact.

>>1537598
>Arrow Dynamics
wow i didn't know they built 3 of the coasters at valleyfair http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valleyfair
And now you know where i kinda live

>>1537794
Make a shitty 1 excitement 1 intensity 1 nausea ride with the "junior rollercoaster" type then try to recreate it with every other type and record the changes

>>1537819
Should aim for something more like 4/4. Chris was really harsh on short rides, to the point that you could make a 4g turn and it would still be less than 3 intensity if it was the only thing in the ride.

>>1537825
yeah I see that now, looks like we can't use cheap tricks like this

>>1535314
When it comes to free games, that's pretty much true. There's only a few instances these days when in-app purchases are done right.

>>1537825
Seems only the more intense rollercoaster types are affected though, the junior rollercoaster gets an edge over the other types at these speeds and this track length

>>1537867
>>1537835
see how much more exciting the giga or twister coasters are?

>>1537867
Junior coasters obviously have the advantage when the track is tiny.

>>1537884
with this design all the more intense roller coasters act pretty much the same

there's definitely a couple of factors at play here

>>1537947
Is it just me or do Helixes always seem to be great for excitement rating?

>>1537947
seems like the giga coaster is much more forgiving

>>1537958
>out and back and again design
>wheee helix
>cross to the other end
>oh look another helix

>>1537962
yeah the intensity and nausea is barely affected at all by the sharp turns in the beginning and at the end

here's a corkscrew coaster for further comparison

>>1537968
Giga looks like it NEEDS a big hill or two.

>>1537920
>>1537947
>>1537947
>>1537968
>>1537867
>>1537835
so im guessing each coaster type has its own algorithm for determining stats

last thing I'll post for now

It came out more intense than I wanted, but dueling woodies!

>>1538036
based on your picture I re-made your looping and tried it with a wooden. Here are the results

>>1538430
I think I miss counted though and made it slightly taller, but the wooden one is built the same way as per comparison

>>1534971
>/v/ pack - updated to include the latest scenarios and tracks made by 4chan users and some other communities (We're updating this file as more stuff is created, currently has 96 scenarios and 126 tracks, includes sandboxes):
>http://www.mediafire.com/download/6izs1w1tn7z1sk7/vpack.zip

>missing object data

I wish RCT Noob had less loan to pay back or at least Cash Machines. This shit takes forever with everyone running out of money so fast.

>>1538512
>Mr. Bones save has missing object data
What is even the point

>>1534971
>Dat Word Art
It's really like I'm in 2001 again

>>1538512
Yeah there are some scenarios with missing data, namely Pine Tree Rag, which no one has found yet. We should probably just remove it from the pack entirely if it never gets found.

>>1538532
You need the expansion packs, you dingus.

>>1535263
even the music is horrible.

>>1535263
You can tell that the fans love it.

>>1535263
>photo booth takes longer to build than the shitty roller coaster
>people walk to the coaster even though there is no path

how do i get 1920x1080 resolution with the hex hack like in rct1?

>>1538587
The uploader genuinely wants everyone to give it thumbs down.

>>1538596
>Why does everyone actually believe that ATARI does give a single shit about anyone or anything anymore. There is a reason why ATARI filled in for bankruptcy and Games like this probably won`t help ATARI back on their feet.

Comment made by the guy who uploaded it.

>>1538575
Aside from the sterilized, ubiquitous i-interface and the fact that it's a twenty-seven minute 1080p trailer for something you'd only ever play on the shitter, this is what threw me the most - what the fuck is it meant to be? It's some generic commercial rnb back back-beat that has fuck all to do with anything: the difference between that and booting up RCT2, with its OH FUCK WE FAIRGROUND NOW attitude is just... fuck.

Atrocities of modern gaming aside: I am thoroughly shit at Rotting Heights. I was removing gravestones, replacing lamp posts and generally being comfy. But then I realized how bad I am at working with terrain. And a small-sized park. And building competent, compact coasters.

>>1538568
I have the expansion packs, it still doesn't work.

>>1538604
Even Atari said "Don't worry guys, we know you don't like it, but the PC experience will be completely different!" which pretty much implies they know it's a shitty game.

What the hell Atari? Why not just pull the plug off the game the- oh wait, money.

Also fucking hate how they say "PC experience" which could mean anything for all we know. It could just be a fucking Facebook game, SimDRM all over again (RCT3 with better graphics, but loads of DRM and little coaster physics or who the fuck knows.

>>1538621
>competent, compact coasters
This is what I've been spending hours on end in the designer doing. It's a nice challenge trying to cram everything in.

>>1535263
The merry-go-round is like 1 frame per second. What the fuck?

>>1539070

You can probably unlock smoother animations with currency.

1 $ = 1 fps

Seriously though, this microtransaction shit reminds me of Ubik, where you had to pay a few cents to open doors to your shower

>>1538969
I don't even understand how a series that was so successful (millions sellers) is still not used properly since years.

>try to build powered launch corkscrew coaster
>put a 25ft drop after the station to compensate for the shitty 27mph max launch
>still doesnt get enough speed to clear the loop on the way back
What the fuck.

>>1539264
>acquiesce to a different design
hory shet

>>1539264
>acquiesce to a different design
hory shet

>>1539280
No, THIS is hory shet.

>>1539332

I'm always worried about such designs that the train will go further when filled with people and drop off the tracks due to extra momentum from additional mass.

>>1539441
Can that even happen with roller coasters? I know it happens with Splash Boats. Full boats are slower up the hill but become faster downwards.

>>1535263
>"Hey there! I'm claudia. the soccer mom who knows just about everyone in this town. I'll be your eyes and ears to pass along suggestions for your park."

Please kill me now.

>finish building a coaster
>start tuning the block section timing to get as many trains in as possible
>game crashes when I start the test run
This is the second time this has happened. Both times had complicated and lengthy tracks.

>>1538096
beautifuk

>>1539483
>119 KB
How many trains did you ever get at max?

>>1539456
Yeah, it can. Riders fuck with momentum.

>>1539496
I can usually get three trains in a decent sized coaster. One with small trains and short block sections, like vertical drops, can often hold 4 or 5.

>>1539501
It's worth noting, though, that this effect can be of no harm. An increase in mass could only mean a decrease in post-acceleration velocity, which is a lower final height after conservation of energy. If it doesnt go off the track during testing, it will not go off with riders, unless some safety cuts out.

ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK ZERG TRICK

>>1538969
the word that worries me worst is that they said PC "experience" rather than game. which coming from atari could very well mean a even shitty browser version of the mobile game.

>>1539601
Not if it's an unclosed circuit, such as powered launch. If an empty train has just barely enough energy to get to the top of a slope, then a loaded train can get a bit further. And if there's no further track, then the front car's gonna go over the edge.

>Observation Tower more exciting than most coasters

U wot m8

>>1539747
Thats not how conservation of energy works. h=v^2 / 2g, regardless of mass. Mass is a factor is when you have a segment of fixed length and fixed force where the higher mass yields a lower final velocity at the end of the segment.

>>1539939
But friction doesn't care about mass, while momentum DOES.

>>1539939

But with powered launch mode you don't have fixed force, you have fixed velocity, no?

>>1539960
>friction doesn't care about mass
AHAHAHA. Mass determines the normal force with the track, which is THE ONLY THING that affects friction (excluding material). Further, friction acts against the the train speeds, meaning it only reduces the maximum height even more.

>while momentum DOES
Again, how is this relevant?

Don't argue about physics without possessing some semblance of a clue.

>>1539973
Presumably, which means it should make zero difference whether there are passengers in this game.

>>1540031
>THE ONLY THING that affects friction
Not in RTC it don't.

>>1540031
Look, you can have all the physics in the world to quote, but I have made PL coasters that run fine with no load and go off the tracks with a full load. So either justify that or get the fuck out.

>>1540054
What makes you say that? It has to be mass, some arbitrary constant, or something completely retarded.

>>1540061
I don't know what algorithm Chris used. There is no physical reason for it (and your effective "fuck your physics" after getting blown the fuck out is amusing).

Cunt-off aside gents, are there any /v/ scenarios that look like a shopping mall with rides?

Like everything's in a big glass dome/box/building kinda thing?

>>1540093
Depends, do you want the giant glass box with or without friction dependent on mass?

>>1540093
I thought about making a biosphere scenario, but the abstract scenery glass that would need to serve as it kinda of excessively obstructs view, will be automatically demolished if you accidentally construct into it, and has no angling (ie can only make rectangular prisms).

>>1540031

There's also air drag that will have more pronounced effect on object with lower mass.

>>1540098

I'd like to live in a world where F = μR so I guess the prior.

>>1540115
My intuition is that drag will have a less significant effect than friction, though I have no idea what coefficients to use to verify that.

>>1537062
fund it

did anyone else try to make tracks with "jumps" on them as a kid? like, i tried several times to have the coaster fly and land on tracks, but even the smallest of jumps led to an explosion

>>1540195

Not exactly, but I wonder if the bobsled can have a tiny jump and land without anyone dying.

>making the tube closed-topped instantly stops people crashing

imagine the head wounds

>>1537062
>"Hoohoo! Did you say you want to get off of Kaepora Gaebora's Wild Ride?"

>No
>Fucking owl

I've got a dilemma guys. I've been working on a park for some time now and have been maintaining a high park rating.

I filled up up a large part of the map that was being unused until now and and opened it up to guests. Now my park rating is dipping and the number of guests is declining (It was at 3,900). There's no outstanding guest complaints other than 100 or so saying they feel sick or need a bathroom.

What's going on? Everything was going fine until I opened up this new area.

>>1540392
>3,900

Have you got bathrooms and sickness-management facilities on the way to and in the new area?

Post screens.

>>1539332
>>1539280
>>1539441
I once made a shuttle loop that worked fine with a half load, but if you put a full load of passengers on it, it finally had enough speed to crash off the end. I wish I saved it.
>>1539456
Coasters always run slightly faster with full trains.
>>1540392
Check for guest trapping. You might have accidentally forgot an exit path or the AI might get stuck in a corner somewhere. Strange things happen. Otherwise, this might fix itself on its own.

>>1539817
Funnily enough, I just read this article earlier about making flat rides exciting: http://www.rctstationarchive.com/knowledgebase/exciting.flat.ride.shtml
As it happens, the observation tower is the one flat ride that profits the most from surrounding scenery.
Actually didn't know a lot of that stuff yet.

>>1537575
>>1537573
Gimme

I wan it

This one is surprisingly difficult, mostly due to you not having now roller coasters, and mostly gentle rides. I don't know how one can beat this unless you spam log flumes and water slides everywhere

>>1541069
I was going to try that one too.
But then I went for Rotting Heights instead because some anon in here complained about it.

At this point, I have no motivation to go on anymore. I can probably get the remaining 1.2k guests I need in another year but I'd just be shitting up the park with scam coasters and have awfully placed and crowded paths everywhere.

>>1541069
I finished that just the other day. River Rapids, River Rapids everywhere.

>>1541080
Yeah to me now though just spamming the same ride over and over isn't very 'fun' so i'm going to try and not have duplicate rides, but it's not working very well, and might have to resort to "river rapids everywhere"

>>1541078
>RCTScenarioLover

>>1541120
Y-you too... I thought those were the good recreations.
Got the one from OP now.

>>1541078
Guy that bitched about Rotting Heights, reporting in.

You seem to have done a good job with resurrecting Phantom, but. What are its stats?

>>1541149
Excitement 8.14
Intensity 8.51
Nausea 4.29

>>1541149
>>1541153
Since I restarted with the other scenario recreation, I overwrote the old safe.
I remade it somewhat the way I had it before. I optimized the turn after the first drop which lowers intensity a bit. Excitement is lower due to missing scenery and rides around it.

>>1536767
is this ToQuger?

>>1541171
Thanks for sharing, anon.

I think I'm going to restart, because I'm in Y2August and am nowhere near clearing it without scam coasters e'rrywhere.

When im about at year ten the months of my financial window get collored fabulously.
Is this a comon thing or am i experiencing a bug?

Well, I see now why the RCTScenariolover scenarios are shit.
Without having the RCT2 attractions, the RCT1 limits for completion make more sense. It's harder to keep people in the park without ATMs but I didn't have to resort to spamming the park full of scam coasters to meet the 2600 visitor requirement.

Apparently this costs 20 bucks

>>1541408
>LGBT Flag

>>1541408
>>1541415
Now we know who is behind this reboot

>>1541408
>LGBT Flag
Why
Why did they have to mutilate and rape it after it was killed

>>1541408
>LGBT flag
Fucking SJWs, inserting their dumb Social justice campaigns into places where they don't belong, why do they have to do this? And I'm bi...

God why are there so many scenery pieces. Going through that list just sucks.

>>1541408
I wonder what Claudia the soccer mom tells you when she gives you the advice to build a gay pride flag. It's really high level and costs lots of tickets to build too.

>>1541514
If the PC experience has this, I'll be angry unless I can drown guests

It's sad no one seems to use this art style any more...

>notice park rating is dropping
>people have been smashing benches and bins because one bit of path is filled with vomit which makes them angry
>start to replace them
>new stuff immediately smashed again

>>1541598
Placing all that scenery must have sucked. The orphaned wooden coaster track is neat, though.

>>1541243
Yeah here too.
>mfw 643.000

>>1541598
what do you mean this art style?

>>1541687
I guess Isometric pixel art with color-depth higher than an NES game would have.

Other games like Diablo 1 and Jagged Alliance 2 come to mind. They just don't make them like this anymore.

>>1541616
Hire more security guards.

>>1541243
I get that too. I think it might be some custom texture we downloaded somewhere.

>>1541736
It feels like the secutity does nothing.

>>1541598
Literal autism. Not saying it isn't gorgeous, but I can't even imagine how much time was spent on that.

>>1541680
Well I'm basiclly just collecting money to build a nice park.
>>1541801
I never downloaded any custom textures or the like. I have RCT2, Wacky Worlds and Time Twister installed. Each from a seperate CD.

Anyone got experience with Lunaland. I just can't get a good start. I never realy could work with pay at entrance parks so if you got advice I'd like to hear that.

>>1541829
There was a thing about those kind of parks earlier in the thread. Basically have no restrooms and that should help cycle guests through your park fast enough to earn decent dosh.

And no ATMs.

>>1541829
I'm also playing Lunaland right now and it's pretty though.

A water park expansion would be fun. You would have to place pools, changing rooms, flumes, wave machines, rapids, that kind of thing.

>>1541837
>what is RCT3 soaked
but it would be nice for RCT2, yeah.

>>1541837
>what is RCT3 Soaked

>That Rosalina teasing me at the end

>>1541834
Yea I remember that, but all I have is one coaster a lemonade stand and a brezel stand.

>>1541862
How did you get a Coaster so early?

>>1541865
>Had 3 flatrides.
>Hated it.
>Researched my first coaster.
>Deleted flatrides.
>Have 10x7 space.
>Build wooden coaster with guide rails.
>Have 3000$ loan and 100 guests.
>Year 3. Not enough new guests to pay 1 handyman and 1 mechanic

>>1541829
when I was a kid I would save up enough money to clear most of the foliage off parks like that just because it pissed me off how much more it would cost to build something in the trees.
Plus I went for more of an aesthetic stance making clearings where there were paths and rides and making transportation going through the woods.
My pseudo autistic need for my park to look good gave me a load of grief trying the harder scenarios in my younger years

>>1541887
the costs for the coaster probably eat up your profit

An anon asked about a mall scenario early, and, after thinking about it a little, I felt somewhat inspired. I'm not convinced it can be made to look good while maintaining visibility/playability, though.

>>1542221
That would be really cool as part of a scenario anyway.

>>1542221
there should be a modpack of product stores, or at least a mockup of them

>>1542231
It's mostly done anyway, so I guess I'll finish it. I was going to put a parking garage next to the mall so that the player could build a coaster spanning both roofs, limit the park area quite severely to the mall itself and the roofs, have a park behind the mall that could be purchased (at maximum cost setting) for expansion, and give it an objective of shop sale figures.

>>1540093
I suppose you could try deleting the rides from Lenox Mall and build stuff in there. There's a limited amount of space though.

>>1542475
>that screenshot
what

>>1542484
http://www.nedesigns.com/park/580/lenox-mall/
It's one of my favorite parks
also that H2H5 competition was unbelievable

>>1542475
God fucking damn. What is that weird completely full circular track thing right of the top spin?

>>1542475
how did that twister loop get on the giga track?

>>1542497
There's a twist on the right side too. Fucking magic bullshit.

>>1542493
It's a custom Himalaya/Musik Express type ride

>>1542497
It's a merge. That one coaster uses 4 different track tyes: giga, twister, mini-roller coaster, and 4d track.

>>1541829
I love this scenario. My method to make money is to have a pretty organized park, with signs periodically throughout the park.
When I'm low on funds, I close the park and turn all the signs to do not enter. Then I reopen the park, change the signs, and make bank. People have told me they think its cheating, but real amusement parks close everyday...

The low maintenance way to do that has been suggested, to simply have no restrooms.

>>1542506
>It's a merge
Is it some kinda a glitch, or photo trickery but doesn't really work in game

>>1542849
Trainer-assisted probably.

>>1542849
http://www.reddit.com/r/rct/comments/ulnql/valdairs_guide_to_stuff_mini_installment_merging/
It definitely works in game. Using the 8 cars trainer in RCT2, you can for example have a wooden coaster merge into a twister coaster track so it can go through a giant loop (like Son of Beast) and then have it merge back to the wooden track to complete the circuit.

>>1542857
would be kinda cool to make wooden corkscrew type coaster work like in this video>>1537023

>>1542870
I think the whole "hybrid wooden/steel" type coaster with lots of inversions is a much newer thing, sort of like how wing coasters are getting popular now. Definitely something the next RCT should have.

>>1542880
But that would require the developers to actually like roller coasters.

>>1542894
After the whole RCT4M debacle, I think we might have to stick with fan mods.

On an unrelated note, does anyone have Chris Sawyer's contact info?

>>1542870
Put this together in 15 mins. It's possible to make them in RCT2 but I would kill to have them be a dedicated coaster type with all the different elements.

>>1542913
I don't think his direct contact info is listed anywhere. Probably for his benefit, really.
http://www.chrissawyergames.com/contacts.htm

These fucking people and their orphaned track.

>>1543023
>a ship made out of various track and scenery
>rollercoaster looks like dick with the transitions and cars
They may be able to build a beautiful landscape but looping coaster cars look tacky on giga track.

>>1543050
What other cars would even look good on giga track? Multi-D?

>>1543056
Something narrow like LIM launch cars.

>>1543023
All I can see when people use tons of track pieces as scenery is a ride list that contains more scenery than actual rides.

Also dem clipping errors.

>>1543113
I've done it before but not extensively to where I can only fit one or two actual rides in the park.

>>1543113
I wonder whether these people make the effort to have a single ride for each type of track they need and build it over to where they need it, or if they just name the scenery track starting with Zs.

>>1535263

so whats the consensus on RCT3. i remember playing it when i was 15 or 16 and it not being too bad. I think it lacks a certain charm the first two had, but at least it stuck to its roots for the most part as far as coaster physics go. still i never played for long, never built any really awesome parks. it seemed less complicated or something. i cant really pin it down but it just lacked something the first two had. i still have the disk. i think i might install it for old times sake and see how it plays.

>>1543356
The only people that say it sucked are the retarded fanboys who hate change. If you don't compare it to the previous titles and take off your damn nostalgia goggles, it's a decent game in its own right.

>>1543356
General consensus is that it's okay but not as fulfilling as the other RCT games and you'll go back to them. Riding the stuff was cool.
I have a bit of nostalgia for it and want to reinstall now.

>>1543356
I started it but didn't stick with it. It seemed fun, the UI needed some getting used to though.

>>1543609
I remember the scenarios being boring and just stuck with the sandbox.

>>1543356
I did some experimenting. i made to the same coaster in each game to see how the stats would compare. heres the coaster in RCT2

>>1543356
here it is in RCT3

Max speed 75.9
avg speed 34.34
time 1.02
3152 ft
+vert gs 4.67
-vert gs -1.28
lat gs 2.16
air time 24 seconds

the one in RCT2 had to have 8 cars in order to gain enough momentum to complete the circuit while the one in 3 only had 6

the heights didnt match up exactly but were close enough within reason.

other notes
the track pieces in 3 are longer. for example the drop in the RCT2 coaster took 9 steep slope pieces to complete the initial drop while the RCT3 coaster only need 6.

>>1543657
so to me it seems like the coasters in RCT3 were more forgiving as far as intensity goes. it had way higher g forces but was much less intense.

>>1543657
Looks like airtime calculations are much different.

>>1543648
this one was a lot slower over the initail hills. like i said i had to add extra cars just so it could clear them.
>>1543657
this one was much faster over the hills and had more momentum.

i think im going to mess around with RCT3 for a while. been playing 2 since these threads started, and feel like trying something new.

I love these 5 coaster completion scenarios. There aren't enough of them.
>finish twister coaster last
>test run
>see those G-forces
>"damn, gotta to fix this"
>excitement rating 7.41 appears
>scenario won

>>1543913
Mah nugga

>>1543943

>>1543976
Why so nervous, anon?

I still have the old thread cached, any rescues before I close it?

>>1543657
That's weird. I've imported coasters that make into the station going only 18 mph without any breaks from rct2, but in rct3 they come charging in at 50 mph.

>>1544125
example,
the ride seems to go a lot faster in general as we'll but the intensity excitement nausea ratings stay about the same

>mfw I saw/used the "low friction" option in RCT3 for the first time

Hey guys. I feel like an idiot for asking, but is there a way to change the pricing scheme in RCT2? The FAQ says to choose one, but it seems like I can only go with what the park is set with. Even if I set the park to free entry, I can't change the ride admission price. Is there no way to change this without cheating? If there is, how do I do it? Thanks!

>>1544816
Yea, it's hardcoded. If you have the option to set the park entrance fee, you don't have the option to set ride fees. And vice versa.
It's kind of a letdown that they limited it like this, among many other things, in RCT2.

>>1544816
It's one or the other unfortunately. As a tip, free entry/pay for rides is a lot easier than the other way around.

>>1544837
Yeah, I noticed. Park admissions give nocash compared to ride admissions where I was making insane bank in no time flat

Decided to fuck around in RCT 3 a bit

>Drop height 2289ft
>Max speed 289mph
>Lateral G's 104

I cant fit it in the picture. It goes to the bottom of the game world, then does a sharp turn, small wing, then shoots back up.

The camera gets so shakey you cant even see anything.

maybe I will learn to make a webm later

>>1544853
>excitement rating: 0.04
>intensity rating: 54.76

>>1544853
That goes beyond snapping necks
That would send their heads flying off of their necks from sheer force

>>1544853
>intensity rating: 54.76
>nausea rating: 30.4
Holy fuck

>>1544853
Zoom the camera out one click and it won't shake.

>>1544905
>>1544901
>>1544885
>>1544869
Haha, I think this might be the worst you can get.

>Max Drop: 1304ft
>Max Speed: 274.948mph
>Max (+) Vertical G's: 72.88g
>Max (-) Vertical G's: 25.66g
>Max Lateral G's: 126.20
>Total Air: 20s

Also RCT3's terrain modifier is pure shit

Will make a webm after my class

>>1544946
>>Max Lateral G's: 126.20

>>1544946
>my coaster when that terrain
wat

>>1544946
>>Max Lateral G's: 126.20

>>1544953
You can't grab individual grid spaces, and if you try and move it too much it glitches out like above.

Its also due to the fact there are sections of track running through where the gray parts are

>>1544946
>Max Lateral G's: 126.20
The coaster would fucking collapse.

>>1544946
This looks so much like Sims 2

>>1544959
That's gay as fuck.

>max speed: nearly 275mph
That's 5mph faster than a Hennessey Venom.

Fuuuuuuuuuck.

>>1544946

God, how lucky I saw this thread.

I have just found my original RCT1 CD and I installed it on my Windows 8 64-bit PC, and it actually works. However, it crashes/doesn't respond/freezes when I try to load a save game. Some people on forums suggest patches, but I just can't figure it out. Can someone help me?

>>1544996
try disabling UAC

>>1545002
...what?

>>1545007
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/turn-user-account-control-on-off#1TC=windows-7

>>1545002
User Account Control. It's in your control panel. Windows 7 will often assume that games in the program files folder don't have permission to write to the program files folder.

>>1545012
>>1545024
Turning this off stopped the freezing/crashing, but if I press the load game thingy from the main menu it remains that just nothing happens (you hear a click sound like you would when you start a new world, but nothing pops up). The same happens when I try to load a file whilst in game. When I click a save file from its directory, RCT starts up and goes to the main starting menu, it doesn't open the file.
Thanks for your help anyways so far!
Any other suggestions?
Oh, and excuse my poor English.

>>1545037
In the absolute worst case, use a virtual machine.
I've been using VMware player to replay some RCT1.

>>1545037
sometimes windows glitches when it changes to a lower color bit and resolution. If you can start a new game, go into options and set it to windowed mode see if that helps

>>1545062
Yes I have read about this, the colors or resolution seem to be working fine for me but I can't load a save file

>>1545051
Oh right, thanks! I'll try this tomorrow

>>1545081
maybe try righting clicking on the save file and seeing if it's read/write protected or something. RCT1 works fine in windows 7, so my guess it's some kind of permission thing that windows likes to fuck up every once in a while.
With UAC now off have you tried to save a new game and re-open it?

>>1540749
Here you go, I updated it a little bit

https://mega.co.nz/#!RVRVEABA!6THpO2JXDuEL-1lLBNh8CNjuNzEMwLe4WsibbBSuc7s

Let me know if that link doesn't work I have no idea what I'm doing

>>1545139
The basic idea behind it was build on the coast and raise money to buy the island

It might be more fun with the island owned from the beginning though idk

>>1544946
Sweet buttery milky Jesus.

>>1544996
Have you tried running it as an Administrator?
Have you used compatibility mode (XP SP2 seems to work fine)

I decided to start messing with 8 Cars by making the GCI Back Track. Moderate success. RCT just can't handle the glorious twistiness of GCI woodies. I couldve gotten a lot closer with quarter helices and wide quarter helices, though. RCT also refuses to support a second shuttle lift hill, which fucks up the deja vu and boomerang designs.

>>1536127
Apparently the PC version will have even *mooore* social features!

>>1545597

>>1545669
>>1545597
From what I'm reading:
>Co-Op
This is actually a good idea.

>More social crap
This is not a good idea.

oh sweet jesus

>>1545718
What on Earth?

>>1545718
>Ride length: 2129ft
>Ride time: 4 seconds
>Highest drop height: 416 feet
We're going to need some pictures, anon

>>1545718
>>1545723
I used 8 Cars to set it to powered launch mode and pushed the launch speed as high as possible. It seems willing to go just a little past 512 mph (I don't know what the internal unit is to figure out the actual max), but its limited by the train length as the train will only be accelerated while in the station. Because of that, it only reached about 200mph before heading down the 425ft hill.

I just tried boosting the chain speed and using a long chain to launch the train to a hopefully higher speed, but the chain is much slower to accelerate.

>>1545718

>>1545718
Step it up anon.

>>1545718
So do giga coasters just get an outright +2-2.5 excitement?

>>1545768
Sure is pleb in here.

>>1545768
>>1545784
I'm going for speed, not intensity.

Here's the result of making a long chain run through three map-width long segments. It maxed out at 272 mph, accelerating at .8 Gs the whole way (which is quite amusing to watch, and happens to take 9.81 seconds, also amusing). It lost speed hitting the top of the drop, though, and didnt gain substantially more as it fell.

I want to see this through to its absolute limits. What coaster type allows the longest train (not just in cars, but actual length)?

>>1545784
You were close.

>>1545824
I'm very confused.

>>1545824
Every so often the station brakes fail to contain it and it does an extra loop at 5mph.

>>1545824

>>1545597
So SimCity basically?

>>1545849
I think it's not outrageous to expect a SimCity-level debacle from Atari.

neato

So, I need help/advice from you guys.

You all ever remember me saying how this old toastertop of mine seems to overheat and shut down whenever I play RCT for too long? Well, it's only getting worse, to the point where sometimes I can't play for longer than five minutes before it craps out on me. I even have one of those cooling pads for it to sit on and it's not doing a whole lot to help.

What are my options as far as extending the life of my laptop? I don't have the money for a new PC or I would have done that by now, and there isn't a place near me getting rid of any computers for me to swoop up. I've thought about taking it apart and dusting out the insides except that I'm not sure I could correctly put it back together properly.

>>1545883
leled at the on ride photo section

>>1545883
>SUPERFAST JELLYFISH

>>1545907
You might be able to just take off the keyboard and dust the fan from there (use canned air). If not, you'll have to take it apart. It's not that hard, depending on the laptop. You should only have to take out a few screws and pull the top or bottom plastic casing off. Check to see if your internal fan is even running. It's also possible the thermal paste on your CPU's heatsink has worn out, so you'd have to buy some and re-apply it, provided you feel comfortable doing that/can even access it easily.

>>1545973
My laptop is a Samsung R480, if it helps. I've had it for four years now. Pretty sure the fan is running, I can hear it when I disconnect the cooling pad fan.

And what's the best way to apply thermal paste? I don't wanna fuck it up like in computer gore threads.

>>1546000
I've never applied paste on a laptop, but they say it's best to put a pea-sized blob in the center of the CPU, then place the heatsink as level as possible, then gently wiggle it a bit to spread the paste better.

Also try running SpeedFan to see if it's your CPU that's overheating, or something else. If anything gets over 90C, that's pretty freakin bad.