User Guide

Shop (and Stall) 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.
You open the Shop window for an establishment either by clicking on
the building itself –on the landscape) or by selecting it from a list in
the Rides Info window. There are normally only three tabs for
monitoring and controlling a shop.
The View tab is the default display. This shows a real-time
view of the place, and the red and green lights allow you
to close and open the facility 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.
The Construction button lets you change both the
location and orientation of the building, in the event
you are dissatisfied with its placement.
You rename a shop
or stall using
the Name button.
The Locate button centres
the landscape display on
the selected shop.
Use the Demolish button to instantly remove the shop or stall from your
park. You receive cash back when you do so; how much depends on
whether the shop is newly built or has been opened and patronised.
Use the Income and Costs tab to set prices and
view important financial data such as total items
sold, operating costs, and overall profit or loss.
To get an overview of your guests’ reactions to this shop, click the Customers tab.
Here, you’ll find a run-down of how many guests have visited this shop, its overall
popularity, the number of units sold to date, and the age of the structure. There is one
handy button on this display.
Select the Thoughts button to open the Guest Info window,
with a listing in it of all the visitors who are currently
thinking about this particular facility.
The Locate button centres
the landscape display on
the selected attraction.
Use the Demolish button to instantly remove the entire ride from your park.
You receive cash back when you do so; how much depends on whether the
attraction is newly built or has been opened and patronised.
The Vehicle Options tab appears only for those rides which have passenger cars. This
handy displaygives you control over the “cars” (a general term that includes all ride
vehicles) on the ride. What options you have depends on the characteristics of the
specific ride, but you’re likely to be able to change the type of car on the ride (if you
have more than one option, that is), determine the number of cars or trains of cars,
and set the number of cars per train.
You determine how the ride operates using the Operation Options tab. What options
and information are provided depends on the characteristics of the specific ride.
Most of the functions are toggling check-boxes with which you simply turn ride
features on and off. Others are pull-down boxes in which you make one selection
from the available choices. One of the more important options here controls how
often the ride is scheduled for inspection.
The Colour Scheme tab provides tools that let you customise
the colours of all the parts of the ride. Your painting options
depend on the characteristics of the specific ride.
Select the Measurements and Test Data tab to see a run-down of the
information culled from a ride’s test run, including the consequential
excitement, intensity, and nausea ratings. Note that test results only
become available after the ride has run through a complete test sequence.
(Use the amber light on the View tab to start a test run.)
The Graphs display gives you a second by second tracking of the velocity, altitude,
vertical G’s and lateral G’s encountered during the ride’s most recent complete run.
Use the buttons at the bottom of the window choose which graph you wish to see.
The slider bar moves you along the graph horizontally.
The Income and Costs tab is where you set the price of admission to the ride
and view important financial data such as income, operating costs, and overall
profit or loss. For a few rides–the Slide is one example–there are other options
here. (They’re all quite simple and clearly described.)
For an overview of riders’ reactions to this attraction, click the Customers tab.
Here, you’ll find a run-down of how many guests have ridden, the ride’s overall
popularity, the age of the structure, and other data. There are three buttons on
this display that are useful for getting more information.
Select the Thoughts button to open the Guest Info window,
with a listing in it of all the visitors who are currently thinking
about this particular facility.
The Riders button also opens the Guest Info
window, but with a listing of all the guests
who are on the ride at this moment.
Lastly, the Queuing button opens the Guest Info window
and lists all your park visitors who are currently waiting in
line to board this attraction.
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