Costum Scenery-HELP!

[Silver Park]

Not all Costum Scenerys work for me!Is there something I need to do to get them to work?Please help!

Costum Scenery`s that don`t work for me:
Shyguys Circus Center Set
Shyguys Main Street Set
Toon Set (The one with The Simpsons characters)

[PyroFREAK30001]

Which sets? Some sets require special installation. It would also be nice if you said please.

[ThingMaker]

How about you check the help topics on top of forum, which includes "custom" scenery. By the way, I'm sure all folks from Sweden have more manners that that, or are you just the exception? It's "Please help?" - not "Answer Me!"

[Silver Park]

Thingmaker:Well,Swedish people are more "Sofisticate" than American people,so I think I get what you mean...

Pyrofreak:Like Shyguys Circus Center Set!

[wabigbear]

Well, sorry if this isn't sofisticated enough for you, but "Answer me!" doesn't much in return other than a basic answer:

The thing to remember is that the game engine is designed so it follows a specific path to access each scenery file. If that path is altered - by placing the file in the wrong spot or extra files being created - the game is unable to access the file.

The most common error is where an extra folder holding the CS files is created. The way to check for this is to navigate to where Scenery folders are stored. Most people will know how to access this, but I'll lay out the steps for those who may not be sure:

If you are running XP, you probably have an icon on your desktop called "MyComputer", double-click that icon to open.

Most people have the game installed on it's default position, so find where it lists your hard drives and find "(C: )", double-click on that entry to open.

Now you need to find a folder named "Program Files", again double-click to open.

Among the individual folders should be one labeled "Atari", go ahead and double-click to open.

Inside you'll find the folder for "RollerCoaster Tycoon 3", open that.

Inside are lot's of files and folders required in the game, scroll down and find the one labeled "Style", double-click to open it.

Customs Scenery goes in the folder entitled "Themed", yep, go ahead and open that one too.

Here you will see all the different scenery folders - in-game and custom. This is where you place your custom scenery folders. Find the folder for the set you are having problems with and open it.

This is the important part, as soon as you open that folder you will see one or more files or folders that are the actual individual object files PLUS there should be two OVL files...one named Style.common and the other Style.unique.

Those two OVL files MUST be there for your CS to function properly. That's where the path the game follows to access them says they must be. If they aren't, then usually an extra folder has been created during the zip process.

If the two OVL files are missing, is there instead just a folder with the name of the scenery set on it present?

I thought so. Go ahead and open that folder. Chances are when you open it you'll find those two missing OVL files plus the actual scenery files/folders.

What's this mean? Well, the path the game is looking for when you see those two OVL files is C:\Program Files\Atari\RollerCoaster Tycoon 3\Style\Themed\Set (you can see the path up at the top of your screen).

The path if there's an extra folder will show C:\Program Files\Atari\RollerCoaster Tycoon 3\Style\Themed\Set\Set. Note how that folder at the end appears twice? We need to get rid of that extra layer. It's simple to do...

Find the folder that holds the two OVL files (along with the actual object files/folders that were there with them.) and drag that entire folder to your desktop.

Now in Style\Themed you should have a folder with the name of the set that is empty. Delete that extra folder.

Now you can drag the correct folder (the one with the two OVL files) from your desktop back into Style\Themed. That should make the path correct for the game to access the objects and the set should now work.

How does an extra layer get formed by mistake? Well, there's several ways but one way to make sure it doesn't occur is to always unzip new CS set's to your desktop FIRST, and then find the correct folder (with the two OVL files) and drag it to your Style\Themed folder yourself. If the CS set comes with an .exe file, I always change the destination to have it go to my desktop as well.

[Silver Park]

My computer don`t use Program Files,it instead uses an folder called "Program"

Also,the custom scenery appears in the game,but when I select the object,the game crashes,and an sign says "No svd for sid"!

[wabigbear]

My computer uses "Arquivos de Programas", but as long as it's Windows XP it's the same thing.

[Fifa06duDe]

Do the sets have an extra layer in the folders? Double click on the extracted folder, and if there are no .ovl files in that screen, then you need to drag that into Themed, and delete the other one, if that makes sense, if there are .ovl files, then just leave it be.

[StarRngr4.0]

My computer don`t use Program Files,it instead uses an folder called "Program"

Also,the custom scenery appears in the game,but when I select the object,the game crashes,and an sign says "No svd for sid"!

Just replace program for any place in the paths it says program files.

and if your getting THAT error, you have an extra layer of folders between your themed directory and the actual directory with the .ovl files in it. Follow wagi's instructions about how to move it up one level.

[Maverick2007]

You installed your costum scenery wrong.

[Magnum]

Well,Swedish people are more "Sofisticate" than American people...

Errh... No... Haha... That was really not a necessary statement, hmmm... Silver Park, as you can see I'm also from Sweden, and I must say that the Atari Forums have been one of the most friendly and helpful Internet communities that I have ever been a member of, for a couple of years now... (with some odd exceptions, haha...) And to state that Swedes are more sophisticated than any other nationality represented here is not going to make you very popular...

So enough of that please...:rolleyes:

Hope you solved your problem, Silver Park... If not you could always memo me and I will try to help you out... in Swedish, okey... My computer have equal settings as yours, and I have not yet had any lasting problems with CS, and I have tested well over 200 sets now...

Respect everybody... and they will respect you back... It's as easy as that...
Magnum:cool:

[Silver Park]

Respect everybody... and they will respect you back... It's as easy as that...
Magnum:cool:
Okay...

Well,I said that when it crashes,an box appears and says "No svd for sid"...

[Old-Spice]

read below vv

You installed your costum scenery wrong.

ok now look at the custom scenery forum...

do you see a : Custom Scenery Help & Tutorials (http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=556048) <- i wonder...