Operating your park - CoasterBuzz

Who operates their park in complete realism like me?

I mean like when it thunderstorms you close all the rides down. When it is going to be October you close the park down and decorate for halloween. I close the vekoma GIB down when its around 65 degrees and below. I run 1 train operation when its empty and close the rides when the popularity is under a certain point. I close water rides in the winter and under certain temperatures. Also do retracking on wooden coasters. I stack coaster parts on a piece of land and label them as "2003 New Coaster". I do all kind of things a real park does. I like realism in parks thats what makes it fun. I am just wondering if there is anyone else who does it or if im alone?

I do the same thing as you! I also pretend to control the ride using the sycronize w/ adjecent station. Read my tutorial for that at www.coaster-net.com under editorials and articles and then under ride enhancements.

Wow.... I don't run my park with that much realism, but every year I add a new coaster or add some nice stuff. Thats really the extent of my "realism".

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Tommy Penner - Variable X
Cedar Point FanBoy since 2001.
Enthusiasts always remember: You used to be part of the GP too!

Um, no... that sounds extremely boring. I just try to build as many good coasters as I can in the time limit (barely worrying about theming, except for tunnels and a few trees and pond). Then as soon as I pass, I move on.

Or else I use a trainer, and build like 100 coasters in a scenario, with no paths or anything... not even opening the park...

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He let the contents of the bottle do the thinking; can't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding.

I don't go as far as you do since it sounds time consuming (although I like that thing with the Vekoma GIB) but I do try to build a new ride or add a new section every couple of years or so. sometimes I'll let the park run overnight so it's been several years since a new ride or area has been introduced and some of the guests have left. then the new ride not only fills up its que line but also more guests come to the park to ride it.

I recently completed a park that I "run for real" like this . one of the coasters reached 100,000 riders and its not even at the front of the park. Its also a shuttle loop

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JOHN
RCT INSOMNIACS
KIMBERLY LAKE INC.

All I do is partially build coasters, mainly wood. I use dirt in the area the coaster will be, some junk,barrels, and wood pieces around from the mining themes. Then I enclose the area with a chain link fence. After thats done I have a few mechanics patrol the area so they look like their building it.

The only time I mess with the rides is when I have the dreaded station brake failure. After that I only run one train for a while.

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Visits to Knoebels in 2002: 10

I run 1 train all the time, not only do I not have to worry about collisions it makes the que line really long and I like seeing alot of people waiting for my rides. It makes them look popular.

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JOHN
RCT INSOMNIACS
KIMBERLY LAKE INC.

oh, john, do you work for a six flags?

HA HA Millenium Force Maniac no I don't but I do have Six Flags theming in my parks, never assign employees to work areas so rides stay broke longer and areas aren't swept often enough, and I do clone some rides in different parks ... oh crap maybe I do work for them aaaaahhh!!

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JOHN
RCT INSOMNIACS
KIMBERLY LAKE INC.

*** This post was edited by john13601 on 9/5/2002. ***

good one Millenium Force Maniac. Actually that would be me. I started building a park on the Arid Heights scenario called Six Flags. All coasters had one train operation. Paths had dead ends. There was no landscaping or theming. The coasters were named Batman, Superman, Roadrunner, and Viper. The only emplyees were one mechanic (who fixed rides but never inspected them.) and one handyman that never emptied garbage cans. I even built the entrance to coasters at the furthest end to the train so that it would take longer to load and dispatch. I also bult very few garbage cans and benches. Since it was the Arid Heights scenario and you had no money limits. I couldn't set the prices but I did rename shops. For example the shirt stall said "Gotham City Shirts $30" (And it wasn't anywhere near Gotham City)

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Six Flags, the only chain of parks that can manage to have stacking with a one train operation.

Some scenarios that I really like I play again not trying to beat the game, but just doing real park stuff. I add a coaster every year or every 2 years, and fence off areas where I am building rides. I don't use theming to make it look like i'm building a coaster unless I am using a trainer to make a scenario. It gets boring after a while, but it is fun if you take tons of time on theming, then it goes faster. I also like to set out coaster parts, it looks cool, kind of. I wish RCT had an off season, it would make things a lot easier, and it would be more realistic. I don't know what they'd do with snow, though. I'm done babbling now.

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D-Mon of Darkness
Don't blame me - blame Danimation - they raised me to raise hell.
LIVE LIVE INVERTED - ALPENGEIST

RllrCstrDude187 said:

...I started building a park on the Arid Heights scenario called Six Flags...
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaaha! I am going to do that right now! You crack me up!
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-KoRn is the Millennium Force of ROCK-

I wanna build another one called Six Flags over Hell. I'm probably gonna use a trainer this time. Since I didn't get too far without it. I failed the objective really soon (obviously).

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Six Flags, the only chain of parks that can manage to have stacking with a one train operation.

Six Flags Over Hell... Now that takes the cake!

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Tommy Penner - Variable X
Cedar Point FanBoy since 2001.
Enthusiasts always remember: You used to be part of the GP too!

Even though I like Six Flags, that was pretty darn funny.
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TOGO!

jay_rider said:

I close the vekoma GIB down when its around 65 degrees and below.
You mean you actually bother to open it?
I just built one to get the guests in, and then leave it sitting there; I even advertised it like SFGAm. It's great to watch the guests heading for "Delayja Vu" with a smile on their face, then getting there to find it closed.
To be even more realistic, you can set the despatch times to maximum, and design it so it valleys.

LOL I know I do it because RCT is getting boring and I used to build coasters all over for no reason and I do it still but I like making it feel real it makes the game make more sence. I also do make the dispatches long on low capacity rides. When RCT2 come out its a wrap, yall think yall see realism now.

Ok my girlfriend has made me sign a contract saying that i won't play RCT anymore until RCT2 comes out. She says i play it too much, about 10 hours a week. To the guy who does the "realistic" park with off - season and everything including closing rides when it rains!, no offense but your social life must be lacking. That must take forever to do. Is all of your free time spent playing RCT I seriously hope not!

No offense

Mr. Bussey

*** This post was edited by craps36 on 9/6/2002. ***

Umm no craps36 I got a life and when I play it thats what I do. I tryed so many things with RCT because it gets boring so its new to me and I never knew I will like playin it that way but I got used to it and it dosn't take time. If you wondering if I don't have a life than obviously your misjudging me by they way I "play" a game, cause you have no idea what I have do on my time.

*** This post was edited by jay_rider on 9/6/2002. ***

Jay_rider, I must say I do the same with my Mega Park. I construct all the coasters at the end of October and freeze time until it's finish. I also run one train whenever the coaster is not popular enough. I close my most "expensive to operate" coaster until I start to make a profit. I also plan the area of my new ride and fence it off with a sign saying...Look out for New ride in [insert Year]

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I, am nobody, and nobody is pefect!