User Guide

Select Objects

These are all the objects that will and could appear in your scenario.You can

only select a limited number of objects in each category, and this number varies

with object type. For example, you can select 128 ride types, but only 19

Scenery Groups, and 1 Water Texture.

The more items you use, the longer your scenario will take to load. The items

with the white check mark next to them will be in your scenario. (You will

decide which ones will be part of the Research list later.)

The Advanced button adds five more tabs to the selection. This lets you select

individual theme elements without having to select the full theme package.

Don’t Give It All Away! Let your players work their way through a scenario to

gradually see all that the game has to offer. If you give them all the land on the

biggest map with all of the rides available, they may become overwhelmed or

feel there is nothing else to look forward to. A good scenario should inspire and

challenge, not overwhelm the player.

Save Often. There is no “redo button,” so save your landscapes every few min-

utes, and especially before you undertake a big excavation project.The files are

small, and you can use a numbering system (i.e. “MyPark00,” “MyPark01,”

“MyPark02”) to keep your saved files organized. If you make a big mistake, just

go back a few iterations and begin from there. When your scenario is done, you

can delete old, defunct landscape files.

Test Your Scenario Occasionally. As you are building your landscapes, you may

occasionally want to step through and complete the scenario to play test it and

make sure it’s fun. As you get closer to the end, you should play longer.

Ultimately, when you are finished building your scenario, you should play all

the way through to verify the scenario objects are reasonably achievable.

Scenario Editor Elements

You will notice the Scenario Editor has many elements similar to those found in

the regular game. All of these elements have the same functionality, and in a few

instances additional features.

There are six steps to building a scenario:

1. Select Objects

2. Edit Landscape

3. Invention List Setup

4. Options Selections

5. Objective Selection

6. Save Scenario

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