User Guide

Cleanliness
A dirty park is an empty park. The most successful attractions in history have been, by and large,
the best maintained and the cleanest. Your guests expect and deserve a pleasant time at your
park, but they won’t get it if the paths are a sticky mess awash in debris. Most of the rubbish
problem stems from discarded food containers and the occasional dropped meal, but even if you
have not yet begun serving food, intense rides sometimes generate their own special form of
detritus.
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 toilets, 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. To place a bin:
Click the Scenery button.
Select the Path Accessories tab.
• Click on the picture of the Litter Bin to select it.
• Position the mouse pointer on the section of footpath where
you want to place bins, then click. Bins are placed at every
appropriate point on that section of path.
Of course, not everyone bothers to find a bin for their litter, and sooner or later, the bins are full
and begin to overflow onto your footpaths. That’s when you need clean-up staff–Handymen.
These sometimes under-appreciated workers carry out the all-important everyday maintenance
of the park grounds. Handymen sweep the messes from your footpaths, empty the Litter Bins,
mow the grass between and around your rides, and water the gardens and ornamental plants that
make your park so attractive to the eye. What’s better is that it only takes a few well placed men
to keep the park clean and tidy.
Here’s how to hire and assign a Handyman:
Click the Staff button
to open the Staff window.
Select the Handyman tab.
• Click the Hire New Handyman button once for each Handyman
you think you need.
For every new member of staff you hire, a Worker window opens. Using
the features in this little window, you control that particular employee.
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To determine where the Handyman starts his wanderings, use the Pincers button.
Move the mouse pointer over the landscape and position the man (hanging from
the pincers) directly over one of the paths, then click to drop him there.
If you want to confine this Handyman’s attention to a certain area (a good
idea, as they do tend to wander off), you can do so using the Patrol Area button.
While this button is depressed, click on the landscape to mark the area (in blocks
of a predetermined size) this Handyman should patrol.
Your new employee will wander the park (or his patrol area), performing whatever clean-up tasks
he comes across. What jobs he looks for is under your control (in the Worker window, naturally).
Use the Orders tab to make sure that a Handyman is assigned to the jobs
you want him doing. You can give each one any mix of the four basic duties:
sweeping, emptying, watering, and mowing. The worker will ignore any task,
no matter how badly needed, which is not his responsibility.
Of course, you must pay your Handymen for their services. Each one you hire takes a certain
salary every month. Employee paydays are one of the standard, ongoing operating costs of the
park, and you are not notified when they occur. A wise park manager keeps an eye on the
finances and is aware of it.
Employee Relations
The cleaning staff you employ will make an honest effort to keep the park in good condition,
but if you don’t check up on them now and again, they’ll do a poor job at best. Without
guidance (or a set patrol area), a Handyman simply wanders the park and does any job he
happens to bump into. It’s your responsibility, as park manager, to be on the lookout for
trouble spots and direct your clean-up crew to them. Managing Handymen, you’ll make
frequent use of the Pincers button.
Security
It seems that a certain small amount of bad behaviour is endemic to public places. Your park is
no exception–misfits might break benches, kick over litterbins, and wreak other sorts of
nuisance. Of course, you can take steps to prevent such vandalism.
Patrolling Security Guards keep the wrongdoers at bay! Without a few guards, the wilful
destruction done by a few can get out of control, spoiling the park experience for other guests.
A committed security staff can predict and prevent the majority of the damage.
Here’s how to get Security Guards:
Click the Staff button
to open the Staff window.
Select the Security Guard tab.
• Click the Hire New Security Guard button once for each
patroller you think you need.
For every man you hire, a Worker window opens. Using the features
in this little window, you control that particular employee.
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