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[RCTtom]

Ok so I've been playing this scenario for almost 5 hours now and it's the only one I can't complete and have found seemingly impossible. The Tycoon rating objectives are ridiculously hard I mean it says I have to impress two VIPs by constructing two different themes like Adventure and Sci-Fi so I'm like "Yeah that seems pretty easy!" so I make some Adventure and Sci-Fi rides and plant some scenery from both themes right next to the paths and I have failed the objective every time. I don't get it since I've made both themed rides and scenery and still fail the objectives as their park opinion bar is zero all the time. Is this a glitch or something as its like the only scenario I haven't been able to get Tycoon rating and its really, really getting on my nerves now as far as throwing my keyboard at the wall!

[ClockworkMyr]

Go back to that one scenario with the giant palace in the center (Go with the Flow). Save it as a structure and build that somewhere in the park and make the path go right through the center. That should secure the Adventure theme, and go back to Broom Lake, save a few buildings there, then put those in the park. Then you're done and can move on to Paradise Island.

[RCTtom]

Go back to that one scenario with the giant palace in the center (Go with the Flow). Save it as a structure and build that somewhere in the park and make the path go right through the center. That should secure the Adventure theme, and go back to Broom Lake, save a few buildings there, then put those in the park. Then you're done and can move on to Paradise Island.

Ok, I'll save the structures and place them into the park. Do these VIP objectives only need scenery or rides because I can't really tell as it doesn't say and could I mix both themes into one to save space or will that not work? Since I've saved during my failed theming creations my money isn't that great so hopefully this will work!

[ClockworkMyr]

Eh, if all else fails, activate the John D Rockefeller cheat infinite-billion times, you'll probably get enough money. Probably.

You have to make them seperate themed areas, and using the cheat is effective in buying all the land. Sure it's not exactly honest, but it works.

And, um... i did it with all the scenarios. started with 500,000 at minimum

[RCTtom]

Ok I finally passed this really annoying scenario! I added the structures in and it sort of worked for the Sci-Fi theming (Bar went to half) but not the Adventure one. As a last resort I literally flooded the park with just Adventure and Sci-Fi theming not knowing what the hell I was adding onto my park and the next visit their park opinion meters were full straight away! This also including stacking the scenery and I did it until I went into debt! It got the job done and to anyone else having trouble trees and plants seem to do it but not large structures or buildings for some reason. My park looks completely awful now but I got the Tycoon rating at last! Problem solved and this topic can now be closed! Thanks for the hints and tips ClockworkMyr!

[Sambo]

Ok I finally passed this really annoying scenario!

Now you know why I don't do scenarios. I find them ALL annoying. I don't understand why people find them attractive and want to play the scenarios. It's far easier to just hit yourself on the head with a hammer. Not much difference IMHO.

[RCTtom]

Now you know why I don't do scenarios. I find them ALL annoying. I don't understand why people find them attractive and want to play the scenarios. It's far easier to just hit yourself on the head with a hammer. Not much difference IMHO.

To be fair Sambo I've found the majority of the RCT3 scenarios pretty easy and there's not alot of difficult ones. Maybe the speeding up function in RCT3 makes the game too easy but RCT1 (and even RCT2 in some places) had a difficulty right in the middle. La-La Land is the only scenario that's given me trouble because of the glitches and I have to admit RCT3 is still full of them. The RCT1 scenarios sucked me in because they were enjoyable and fairly challenging, and you had a reason to complete them to unlock new scenarios. RCT2 debunked this completely and RCT3 has a reason to complete them, to unlock new track designs but most of the unlocked scenarios are pretty disappointing. They get a bit better in Soaked and Wild but still nowhere near as engaging as the original scenarios. It's true, the main reason I got RCT3 was for the Sandbox Mode but to be honset its not as bad as I thought when I gave the game another chance with all the expansions installed.

[Sambo]

If you use the custom scenery out there, it becomes even more fun in the sandbox.

I do agree with your scenario assessment. I really was referring to all the RCT scenarios, not just RCT3 (which is easier). My personal preferences in what I seek in the RCT franchise wasn't scenario play, and because of that I have always tried them out but found them restrictive and frustrating. Not how I want to spend my computer time.

Also - finally upgrading my old computer helped immensly with issues I was having with RCT3. Lag particularly. I am enjoying what little time I do get with it thanks to better technology. I still run into walls with the program, but the custom scenery has given me a new found freedom in building that was not possible with the original and expansion packs. It's like the difference between a number 2 pencil and a box of 64 crayons.

[RCTtom]

If you use the custom scenery out there, it becomes even more fun in the sandbox.

I do agree with your scenario assessment. I really was referring to all the RCT scenarios, not just RCT3 (which is easier). My personal preferences in what I seek in the RCT franchise wasn't scenario play, and because of that I have always tried them out but found them restrictive and frustrating. Not how I want to spend my computer time.

Also - finally upgrading my old computer helped immensly with issues I was having with RCT3. Lag particularly. I am enjoying what little time I do get with it thanks to better technology. I still run into walls with the program, but the custom scenery has given me a new found freedom in building that was not possible with the original and expansion packs. It's like the difference between a number 2 pencil and a box of 64 crayons.

My primary reason to play RCT was for the scenarios, although in RCT2 it was more just open-ended sandbox play. As for the RCT3 custom objects, I would try them but I fear it would slow my machine down more than I already can handle. I have trouble playing this game enough as it is with just rides and guests so its probably not a great idea to have loads of scenery unless I want my machine to crash! Anyway this topic is going off-topic so this will be my last one for this topic and as much as I wanted to try custom scenery, I'd better just stick to plain open parks and look at other people's parks on here just to be safe.

EDIT - I'm glad people are still producing parks for RCT3 too but this game is really demanding to play so I hope you understand the position of having a computer to run all those beautiful parks at their glory. It's going to take a few more years before we can ride those rides and see the parks at their best when our machines can handle it all.

Edited by RCTtom, 22 August 2008 - 06:05 PM.

[Sambo]

Actually, the custom scenery doesn't slow the park down to any real extent unless there is alot - and I mean alot of it. The number of rides and peeps are far more the park killers than the custom scenery. The rule with custom scenery is similar to RCT2 - only use what you need, and not have everything available.