Official RCT/RCT2 Help Thread

[mcjacoBeer Man]

I'm going to say this once, this is for help. Not building tips. Or arrogant criticism. You know who you are.

[ThelegendarymatthewCreator of terrible wallpaper.]

^Yeah, Stoksy you should stop that

Nah', I know who it is. I didn't know that I was annoying people with tips/criticism. I'll just go mess with the RCT2 Players at Atari

-Matthew "lets just say the ghost would be like an NE Spotlight maker if he where to go there" K.

[robmiesterDonkeys give me orgiastic scream!]

WTF's a park master?

[TchuMacaroni and Donkey]

Maybe someone can help me out here...

I downloaded the 8 Cars Trainer and have been trying to use it (Mountain tool is a life saver).

But I'm having major difficulties with the Zero Clearance function.

If I click to "Zero Clearances", it will allow me to build through things, so I can have a coaster rushing through a waterfall. But it also makes the coaster glitch and sections of track disappear from different angles while in Zero Clearance mode.

When I choose to restore all clearances... nothing happens. I get no message saying that clearance has been restored. I can still build through things, and coasters/flats/rides still disappear in chunks as I zoom in and out and rotate views.

It's quite possible that I'm just an idiot. Am I missing something simple? What's the trick to restoring clearances so that I can no longer build through rides and watch sections of items disappear?

Also, I notice there's the option under "MISC" to Zero all clearances, or the option under "EDIT RIDES" to select a specific ride and check a box marked "zero clearance" which seems to zero clearance only for that particular ride.

Which method is best to use? I've tried both and in both cases can't seem to be able to restore clearances.

[Goliath513Final Destination Guy!]

I always just use the zero clearance (absolute) under the 'misc' tab.

Are you running Vista? If so, this causes problems with trainers. Save your game with the clearances zero'd, restart your computer, and restore them first thing.

[DBruI will provide you with maximum pleasure.]

^^8cars causes me the same trouble quite a bit (I use Vista).

I always use 'absolute' under Misc, but that may cause some of your rides that you aren't working with to glitch when you restore clearances.

When restoring clearances doesn't work for me, I send the file to a friend, they restore them, and then send it back. Also, if I exit the game and then don't try to play again until the next day, the program usually starts to work again.

As Goliath said, a simple restart may do the trick.

[ericmichaellucasWhich came first the turtle or the donkey?]

^ & ^^

Life saving advice!

I've been having the exact same problem with my Vista run 8Cars.

[Goliath513Final Destination Guy!]

To get 8Cars working on Vista, you need to do the following:

- Change the display theme on your computer to "Windows Classic"
- Disable UAC (User Account Control)
- Run RCT2 in compatibility mode for "Windows XP (Service Pack 2)"
- Disable visual themes for RCT2. (To do this, right click on the RCT2 icon, and under the Compatibility tab, check the box for "Disable Visual Themes")



Also, for those having problems viewing screenshots in Vista, go to the RCT2 folder where you normally find them, and click the "Compatibility Files" icon near the top. This will show the files. However, if you have UAC turned off, you don't need to do this.

[StoksyWhen I grow up, I want to breed donkeys!]

I've got a big problem - I've forgotten how to merge coasters.

Is there somewhere where I can find a good tutorial, I can remember parts of it, but not the whole thing. I remember reading one before, but I think the site that it is from is down.


Any help would be greatly appreciated.


EDIT: It's okay, I found the site.
This is the one, if anyone wanted to know: http://www.Clusterfarce.com/RCT_2_Hacki ... ck_Merging

[steelElissa's Instincts Are Strong!]

^I don't have a question or advice, but thank you so much for posting that link. First of all, it will help me. Second of all, so many times when people figure things out alone, they don't tell anyone else what they did.
So I guess that's my advice. In this thread, if you figure out your problem alone, explain how you did it. Somebody else was probably wondering the same thing.