MAJOR RCT2 Problems..

Ok, so I buy the game with my Windows XP computer, thinking this game is going to rock! Was I wrong!

3/4 the time I click on theicon the game does NOT load and the other 1/4 it takes soooooooooo long to respond its not funny.

EVERYTIME I am done playing I have to restart my pc because it will not let me open my disk drive to take the CD out.

Any ideas?

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I'm not having any problems like that either, CPThrills... sorry! I run WinXP on an Intel P4 2Ghz Dell box, with GeForce3 Ti200 and SBLive! card (512Mb RAM). In fact, I've not experienced any slow-load-time issues that I hear a lot of people complaining about.

Well I run all games fin but this one. I run Madden 2003 PERFECTLY and that game takes up more space to run and everything. I just don't see why it wont load 3/4 the time. I am starting to get mad

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My video card is a invisia g force 2 and Rollercoaster tycoon 2 works great

I have Win XP , on an Athlon Xp 2000+...1024 MB DDR...Geforce 3 Ti 500, SB Audigy platinum sound card and it works fine for me.

not to be bragging ;)

cpthrills -

I have exactly the same problem you've described. I've even mounted an image of the disc to a virtual drive, and it still does the same thing. I have no idea what causes it, but it's incredibly frustrating.

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~~~ Maddy ~~~

This might answer some of your questions:

http://club.coasterbuzz.com/forums/thread.asp?ForumID=12&TopicID=26165

or for non club members...

http://www.coasterbuzz.com/forums/thread.asp?ForumID=12&TopicID=26165

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Bob Hansen

A proud CoasterBuzz Member

Operation Wicked Twister - Goal: Lose 50 lbs by next season to ride it! (updates soon)

running fine on both my dell computers

P3 - 1GHz w/512RAM & 32MB GeForce 2 MX card

P4 - 2GHz w/1 Gig RAM & 64MB GeForce 3

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John
Albany Entertainment:
http://albany.n3.net

*** This post was edited by CalvinJ23 on 10/16/2002. ***

It is so frustrating. I am tempted to just take the game back!

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Really? I haven't had any problems. It just takes forever to load!

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I have the same problem, and it is VERY frustrating!!

Sometimes I will click the icon and wait 5 or 6 minutes before it will load. It really makes me mad. And then at the end of me playing I have to restart the pc to beable to take the disc out. I am going crazy

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Got Coasters?

That's strange. I bought my computer about a year or longer ago, and it loads it in just seconds. I don't have XP, and most problems seem to occur on it. I use ME and it works just fine.

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There is no such thing as a stupid question, just stupid people.

Mounting a disk image probably wouldn't work because of the copy protection.

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Jeff - Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com
"There's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, when it's all in your mind. You gotta let go." - Ghetto, Supreme Beings of Leisure

I am so mad right now. Spent 30 minutes last night trying to get the game to work. No results! I am taking it back for sure!

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CPthrills, let me suggest this:

Your problem could be caused by another application running in the background that your not even aware of.

1. Reboot your computer (cold boot is best)

2. After the Windows screen appears, hold down your shift key and keep it held down until your entire desktop appears and your cursor changes from the hour glass to normal.

This will prevent most background processes from executing as part of your boot sequence and may very well eliminate your problem.

Your other option is to try purchasing a new cd-rom drive. It doesn't have to be an expensive one, just go with a very reliable one: Creative Labs for example. That may be all it takes! Good Luck!

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"It's always better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it" - ME

Good idea... an older CD drive may not work. Since the copy protection relies on finding "bad" data on the disc, some drives may not read it, causing the disk not to work.

I personally think this kind of protection sucks, and would almost rather have MS product activation over this. There are perfectly legal and justified reasons to copy a CD for personal use, but these moron pirates who cause massive software theft can be thanked for that.

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Jeff - Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com
"There's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, when it's all in your mind. You gotta let go." - Ghetto, Supreme Beings of Leisure

Jeff said:

Mounting a disk image probably wouldn't work because of the copy protection.

Well, I've been using Daemon-Tools which has SecuROM emulation built in, so the virtual CD drive has worked. It doesn't work any more or less frequently than using the game CD, but it doesn't require that I reboot my computer after each attempt because I can't get the CD back.

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~~~ Maddy ~~~

The ironic thing is the serious software pirates are not even slowed down by that copy protection because they copy what is on the disk bit by bit including the copy protection. The copy protection just serves to bother people with legitimate uses for the software and not the pirates.

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-Hector

the main problem is that there is no mac version!