User Guide

To rename your Park,
use the Name
Park button.
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.
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.
The Admission Price tab allows you to set the price each guest must pay to enter your
park. Use the arrows to raise or lower the price. This display also monitors the total
number of admissions paid to date and the income you’ve derived from guests entering.
The display of Park Statistics provides a survey of the size of your park, the number
of rides and attractions you have to manage, how many guests are currently in the
park, and your staff head-count. This display is for information only.
The objectives you must meet to succeed in this scenario are listed under the
Objectives tab. If this scenario has already run its course, but you opted to continue
running the park, your success or failure is also noted.
Under Awards, you can see what, if any, Park Recognition Awards
your park has won recently. (Winning awards is generally recognised
as a sign of superior performance.)
Ride Windows
Every ride has a corresponding Ride window, which you can open in several ways. The most
convenient is normally to click on the Entrance to the ride itself. This window gives you control
over the ride, and it includes a number of features for inspecting and enhancement.
When you build a new ride, the Ride window opens after you’ve
placed the Entrance and Exit. You can also invoke this window by
clicking on an attraction listed in the Rides Info window. Note that
there are many possible combinations of display tabs in this window;
what tabs you see depends entirely on the characteristics of the
specific ride. The following list includes all of the most commonly
encountered tabs.
The View tab is the default display. The viewing pane lets you monitor the ride, and
the red, amber, and green lights allow you to close, test, and open it as necessary.
You can click on the view to centre 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.
Rename a ride using the Name button.
There are a few commonsense rules for constructing viable, enjoyable hedge mazes:
• Make sure that there are open sections of maze adjacent to both the Entrance and Exit.
• There must be at least one unbroken path that leads from the Entrance to the Exit.
• If the maze is too complex, your guests will get lost or become discouraged (or both). You can
always fish them out (with the Pincers button), but they won’t be having fun.
Information Windows
Every ride, stall, shop, staff member, guest, and even the park itself has a window associated
with it. Collectively, these are referred to as the information windows, but they do more than just
provide info:
• In the Park window, you have access to a number of the more important park management tools.
• The functions in a Shop window give you control over prices and the fate of the shop or stall.
• The Worker windows allow you to give orders to your employees.
•A Guest window provides information on a specific guest’s actions and thoughts, and allows you
to return lost visitors to one of the park’s footpaths.
• The powerful Ride window features are what you use to determine every facet of the way a ride
works, from the paint colours to the price of admission.
As you build and manage your parks, you’ll use these windows almost constantly, so it pays to
know how they work and what they can do for you.
The Park Window
The Park window provides general information and an overall picture of your park’s status and
performance. Here, you can monitor things such as your Park Rating, total number of guests in
the park, the number of attractions you’ve built, awards you’ve won, and–most important–your
objectives for success in the scenario.
Click the Park Status button on the Toolbar or the Park Entrance (on
the landscape) to open this window. Within, there are seven tabs–and
thus seven displays–filled with data of substance and utility.
The View tab is the default display. This shows you the
Park Entrance, and the red and green lights allow you to
close and open your park as you please. You can click on
this view to centre the source of sound on the entrance.
There are a few functional buttons to the side of the view.
Click the Buy Land button to purchase more land for your park. (For more details,
please see Enlarging Your Park in the Troubleshooting section of Park Management.)
The Buy Construction Rights button allows you to buy the
rights to build over or under land not owned by the park.
(For more details, please see Enlarging Your Park in the
Troubleshooting section of Park Management.)
The Locate button centres
the landscape display on
the Park Entrance.
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