KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Though it’s possible to control the game using only the mouse, there are a number of keyboard shortcuts that can speed things up. The number keys toggle some of the most often used View Options on and off: 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Height Marks on Paths 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Underground View 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Underwater View 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transparent Rides 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transparent Scenery 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:00 PM Page 2 inside cover the thrills. Use water for effect, and create hills and valleys through which your ride will race. All these elements are at your fingertips, so use them. TM CD-ROM GAME A WORD FROM JOHN WARDLEY The world of theme parks is one of the most exciting businesses to be in. Now, you too can be a roller coaster tycoon and make your fortune by designing, building, and operating some of the biggest and most sensational theme parks in the world.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 Page 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS HOW TO GET HERE HOW TO GET THERE . . . . . . . 5 No matter where you’re coming from, there’s only one way to get to RollerCoaster Tycoon. First, let’s make sure you have what you need to enjoy your visit. After that are complete directions for reaching the park safely. Necessary Equipment . . . . . . 5 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ENTERING THE PARK . . . . . . 7 The Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 The Scenarios . . . . . .
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 Installation If you have all of the required equipment, then it’s time to install the game. To do so, follow these instructions: ♦ Open the CD-ROM drive, place the RollerCoaster Tycoon CD in it, and close the drive. ♦ RollerCoaster Tycoon is a Windows “AutoPlay” CD-ROM. That means that just putting the disc in the drive for the first time starts up the installation program.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:00 PM Page 8 The Tutorial The tutorial is a brief guide to how RollerCoaster Tycoon works. When you click the Show Tutorial button, the game runs itself for a while. It starts one of the game scenarios, then goes through the motions, step by step, of setting up a few rides and performing a few other important park management tasks. You can learn a lot by watching this.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:00 PM Page 10 ♦ Now, extend the main path to reach the Queuing Line. Now, you have a completed MerryGo-Round with paths and a waiting area, but it is still closed (as you If you make a mistake and build can see by the sign flashing on the something in the wrong place, you can Entrance). right-click on what you built to Remember ♦ To open the ride, click the green light on the right side of the Merry-Go-Round 1 window.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:00 PM Page 12 ♦ In order to switch from a rising track to a dropping track, you must have at least one piece of straight track in the middle. ♦ There is a limit to how high above the land you can safely raise track using supports. ♦ You cannot build track underground unless you prepare the land for it. ♦ Track can be run under or over existing track, provided there is enough room (vertical clearance) for the cars to pass through.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:00 PM Page 14 Go to the View tab and close the Roller Coaster 1 window. Finally, we must consider the long term operation of the park and the safety of the guests. Every ride is a mechanical device, and machines have a tendency to become worn and break down. We need a Mechanic to perform regular inspections of each ride and repair those that do stop working. Close Window button in the upper right corner.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:00 PM Page 16 The rides are organized into several types, and each type includes many different rides. (Some of After you’ve built an attraction, you these are not available for concan choose to demolish it (using the struction until your research staff Construction button in the Ride have come up with a safe design.) window). When you do so with a newly built ride or shop, you normally get a Each has its own benefits and full refund of the cost of building.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:00 PM Page 18 Building a Custom Ride section for the details on constructing one of these.) Whichever you choose, be prepared to use quite a lot of space and spend a significant amount of your funds constructing the track. Each roller coaster is a big draw and will likely bring you profit in time, but you pay up front for the opportunity to add it to your park.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:00 PM Page 20 SHOPS AND STALLS Even though your guests all came to the park for the rides and other amusements, once they’re inside, they expect to be kept comfortable, too. That means that you should supply drinks, a variety of food, bathrooms, and other amenities. Of course, your guests expect to pay for most of these things. That’s where shops and stalls come into the picture. Building shops and stalls is even easier than building simple rides.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:00 PM Page 22 Info and Souvenirs As you get more proficient in building rides, stalls, the paths that connect them, and the scenery that decorates those paths, even the most intelligently laid-out park will become large and complex. That’s when your guests start to want a map of the park. That’s when you need to build an Information Kiosk. (Hopefully, your researchers have developed one by the time you need it.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:00 PM Page 24 those with no irregularities in slope. To build ground-hugging footpaths: Click the Footpath button (on the Toolbar). This opens the Path Construction window, and the mouse pointer changes to include a footpath icon. ♦ Next, select the type of paving you want to use. There are four options: Tarmac is simple paving. Stone is a fitted layer of cobblestone. Dirt is a tamped dirt footpath.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:00 PM Page 26 therefore how much horizontal distance — it will take to reach as high (or as low) as you want the path to go. ♦ When two paths meet, they must be at the same height to connect and allow guests to walk between the two. The height marks are quite helpful for this; you can make them visible using the Height Marks on Paths option on the View Options menu (the eye button on the Toolbar).
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:00 PM Page 28 maim or even kill dozens of people. The park is overrun every day by hundreds of guests, and it’s your duty to prevent the less civilized among them from making a mess, breaking things, and ruining the park experience for the rest. It seems like quite a task, and it is, but with a little preparation and some help, you’ll find it’s not as difficult as you might expect. Safety and Repairs Safety is perhaps the single most important concern in any park.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:00 PM Page 30 One way to cut down on the food service debris is the strategic placement of Litter Bins. Where should bins be? The best places are the logical ones — near food service areas, outside bathrooms, and at the exits from the rides with the highest nausea factors. However, there is no wrong place to put a trash receptacle. Spread them liberally around the park (they’re inexpensive); they seem to work especially well at intersections.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 Here’s how to get Security Guards: Click the Staff button to open the Staff window. Select the Security Guard tab. 4:00 PM Page 32 Undoing Vandalism When vandalism does occur, the best course of action is simply to remove and replace the damaged elements of the park. You should do this as soon as possible. That way, you keep your guests’ visit as pleasant as it is in your power to make it.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:00 PM Page 34 ♦ Guest Info — The Guest Info window tracks the thoughts and actions of every visitor to your park. (To open this window, click on the Toolbar button with the crowd of faces on it.) There are two display tabs in this window. the first lists the current thought and action of each guest in the park; this can be useful for getting an intuitive “feel” for their attitudes.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:00 PM Page 36 prices for each attraction. Also, everyone is willing to pay more to experience a newly built ride than they are for an aging, “stale” attraction. As a ride ages, you might be forced to lower the price of admission to maintain the same level of popularity. Fiscal Reports ♦ Avoid excess nausea — Everyone comes to your park hoping to enjoy themselves. If they’re feeling sick, they are not having fun.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:00 PM Page 38 In that window, select the Income and Costs tab to see a breakdown of this particular attraction’s financial status. For a summary of all your rides and shops: Click the Rides Info button (on the Toolbar). ♦ In the window that opens, use the small arrow button to open the list of Ride Data options. ♦ Select Profit from the list ♦ Click the nearby Sort button. The least profitable attractions fall to the bottom of the list.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:00 PM Page 40 with the intended result of drawing greater numbers of visitors to your park. All you need to do is: ♦ Select one of the campaigns. ♦ If necessary, choose which of your attractions will be affected by the campaign. ♦ Use the tiny up and down arrows to adjust the length of time you want the marketing effort to run. The marketing agency charges by the week, so be careful of escalating fees.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:00 PM Page 42 Out of Space When the time comes to build a new ride or expand an existing one, one of the first things you must do is find a place for it.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:01 PM Page 44 creating a successful park, but they all can be useful — especially in the more difficult scenarios. If you choose to ignore these, you’re making things tougher on yourself, and why would you want to do that? Entertainers If you’ve ever been to an amusement park, you’ve probably seen giant animals walking about on two legs. Of course, these are park employees in costume, hired Entertainers.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 Of course, in some cases, you can save money and make a ride interesting by building it to conform to the natural landscape, but those opportunities come few and far between. You have two powerful tools for “managing” the land inside your park boundaries. Together, the Land and Water boxes give you the power to literally reshape the earth. Keep an eye on your spending, though, when you’re using these tools — moving the earth is an expensive proposition.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:01 PM Page 48 Decoration A park filled with attractions, paths, and all the things already covered in this guide is a good park. Your guests will be happy with that. However, if you want to build a great park, you’ll have to do more. You need scenery — decorative trees, hedges, shrubs, fences, walls, lighting, and more. These are the final touches that make your park more than fun; they make it a pleasant place in which to have fun.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:01 PM Page 50 team’s efforts. (A check denotes an included item.) When the R&D folks finish a job and start fishing around for their next project, they will only look into the categories you’ve left open to them. Note that if you leave no items selected, no research goes on, but you still pay for it. When your R&D team meets with success, a notice in the Message Area alerts you to their findings.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:01 PM Page 52 the course of the ride, but the procedure is the same in either case. For the sake of clarity, this explanation assumes that you’re building forward along the direction the cars will move. For each section of track you build, there are a few decisions to make: Use any one of the Curve Arrows, near the top of the Construction window, to determine the direction of the next piece of track. Your options might be limited depending on the situation.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:01 PM Page 54 violation of the safety code to build intersections, so you cannot have the track cross itself at the same level. ♦ With the exception of rides that have a shuttle mode (they go back and forth between end stations on a single line), every track must form a closed loop — the last section must connect to the first section. The height marks visible on every section of track help you to line things up.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:01 PM Page 56 0 (the epitome of tedium) to 10 (knocks your socks clean off). The higher this number, the more you can successfully charge for admission to the ride, and the more popular the ride will be with your guests. You can generate excitement by several means. The type of ride sets the standard, and the design does the rest.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:01 PM Page 58 gives you information about the item and some control over it (even guests). Whenever you have a work window open, it is superimposed on the landscape. Right-clicking is used most often for removing things, but its function depends on the situation. Whenever it’s relevant, the explanation of a feature includes the functions of the left and right mouse buttons. The Toolbar runs across the top of the landscape screen.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:01 PM Page 60 New Ride opens the Ride Selection window. (There’s more detail later in this section.) Screenshot — Takes a snapshot of your screen and saves it in a file in the directory where you installed RollerCoaster Tycoon. Finances opens the Finances window, in which you can study and control (to some extent) your income, outlays, and other financial matters. (There’s more detail later in this section.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:01 PM Page 62 Invisible Supports — The structural supports of your rides become invisible for a clearer view of the areas beneath the ride. Invisible People — All guests and staff are removed from sight, which is quite helpful when your visitors are roaming your park like swarms of bees, obscuring everything. The second group of options is helpful for determining the heights and positions of objects and land formations. (These, too, are toggles.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:01 PM Page 64 Rock covers the surface with low, irregular, grey rock formations. The lower group changes the appearance of the exposed vertical edges of land formations — the places where the slope of the land does not meet the surrounding ground. These function in the same way as the surface texture buttons. Rock Edges produce chiseled brown rock bulwarks. Brick Edge covers the gaps with brick-like dry stone barriers.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:01 PM Page 66 Rock-bordered Gardens filled with flowers come in a variety of colors and combinations. Each takes up one entire land square. Once these are in place, you must pay to have them removed. Footpath Accessories include such necessary things as benches, litter bins, and street lamps. These are vital to your park’s efficiency and cleanliness, and to the comfort of your guests. Accessories can only be built on footpaths — benches only on the flat sections.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:01 PM Page 68 Conform to Ground is the default method. When this is active, you can build footpaths on flat and diagonally sloped land, but not on any irregular surface. Position the mouse cursor where you want a new (or differently paved) path, then click. Right click to remove existing sections of footpath. For longer paths or large sections of pavement, you can hold the mouse button and drag the cursor over the terrain.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:01 PM Page 70 Finances In this respect the park business is no different from any other enterprise — finances are vitally important. Success is a matter of meeting your goals, and that means sensibly disbursing your funds. The Finances window helps you do just that. This window embodies five categories of key information and options that allow you to both track and modify (within limits) your pecuniary position.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:01 PM Page 72 The larger the monthly stipend you apportion to research, the more quickly you’ll get results. money. Heed their needs; use this information to adjust your park in order to keep them happy. ♦ Each of the Research Priorities has a check-box associated with it. Clicking any of these boxes toggles inclusion of that particular category in the research effort. (A check denotes an included item.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:01 PM Page 74 The job of a Security Guard is to ward off trouble makers and keep order in the park. His job is so simple that you need not and cannot give him any orders. Use the small arrow to select a badge and belt color for your Security Guards. examining an unfamiliar track layout — especially when deciding how to orient it in relation to your existing paths. Hire an Entertainer to amuse park guests. You can assign one of three costumes to each.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:01 PM Page 76 When you’re working on some types of water rides, there’s more than one possible shape for the tubes your guests ride through. Use the Open or Enclosed button to select the one you want for the next section of track. Exit, but shops and stalls do not need them and cannot have them. If you would like more information, please look into The Tutorial and Building Custom Rides.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:01 PM Page 78 ♦ If the maze is too complex, your guests will get lost or become discouraged (or both). The Park Rating tab graphs your park’s approval rating on a month-by-month basis. This display is for information only; there’s nothing you can do here. Information Windows Number of Guests tracks how many people are visiting your park each month. This display is for information only; there’s nothing you can do here.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:01 PM Page 80 close, test, and open it as necessary. You can click on this tab to center the source of sound on the entrance, and double-clicking on the red light resets a crashed or stuck ride. There are a few functional buttons to the side of the view. The Construction button lets you change both the location and orientation of simple rides, modify the design of tracked rides, and move the Entrance and Exit of any ride. You rename a ride using the Name button.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 View is the most useful tab. This shows you the worker’s activities and keeps you apprised of exactly what he’s doing. This window also has four feature buttons. 4:01 PM Page 82 Shop Windows Shops and stalls, just like rides, require your occasional attention and adjustment to function smoothly and profitably. The operations of these facilities are less complex than those of the rides, so you’ll find that they generally need less care.
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RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:01 PM Page 86 We recommend that parents observe their children while they play games. If you or your child experience any of the following symptoms: dizziness, altered vision, eye or muscle twitching, involuntary movements, loss of awareness, disorientation, or convulsions, DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY and consult your physician. FOLLOW THESE PRECAUTIONS WHENEVER USING THIS SOFTWARE: • Do not sit or stand too close to the monitor.
RCTycoon MiniManual #4482 8/31/01 4:01 PM Page 88 If you believe you have found any such error or defect in the Software during the warranty period, call Infogrames Interactive Technical Support at 425-951-7108 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday (Pacific Time), holidays excluded, and provide your Product number. If a return is determined as necessary, a Return Merchandise Authorization Number (RMA#) will be issued to you.
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