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rct3crazy

11-13-2008, 04:26 PM

i have vista and rct3 deluxe edition and i have downloaded it about 40 times and i put it in the c:programfiles\atari\rollerccoastertycoon3\style\themed
but it never shows up in the game.

errt

11-13-2008, 04:36 PM

What if you were searching for it in the wrong place? It might be in the flowers section ;)

Btw., your signature ist way to big...

rct3crazy

11-13-2008, 04:45 PM

What if you were searching for it in the wrong place? It might be in the flowers section ;)

Btw., your signature ist way to big...

^^^^^like i said before i searched EVERYWHERE

Mr.Panda

11-13-2008, 06:15 PM

C:programfiles\atari\rollerccoastertycoon3\style\themed
but it never shows up in the game.

Well duh you put it in the C:programfiles. It goes in the PROGRAMFILES!
hehe anyway open the folder there shold be two. Open it untill you see sid svd. Then extract that folder to c:programfiles\atari\rollercoastertycoon3\style\themed

rct3crazy

11-13-2008, 06:25 PM

Well duh you put it in the C:programfiles. It goes in the PROGRAMFILES!
hehe anyway open the folder there shold be two. Open it untill you see sid svd. Then extract that folder to c:programfiles\atari\rollercoastertycoon3\style\themed

thats exactly what i done but it still doesnt work

Mr.Panda

11-13-2008, 06:29 PM

thats exactly what i done but it still doesnt work

Well then i dont know are you sure you extracted it c:programfiles?
Hehe im just kidding i dont know then

rct3crazy

11-13-2008, 06:36 PM

Well then i dont know are you sure you extracted it c:programfiles?
Hehe im just kidding i dont know then
:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

im going to have to reinstall rct3 then! ill lose all my parks and custom scenery and i need one of the parks badly!!! (its the park thats in my signature (if you are wanting to view what i have done so far then please use the atari forum link not the other one))

Mr.Panda

11-13-2008, 06:41 PM

Woah woah dude take it easy! Why would you have to reinstall it? All you have to do is go delte the one cs set. Its all good! And if you do need to reinstall (Which you dont) go to my documents\rct3\parks\ then find the park and the .bat and put them on your desktop and then when you reinstall just put it in the sam place. See? You dont have to reinstall

rct3crazy

11-13-2008, 06:45 PM

Mr.Panda

11-13-2008, 06:46 PM

i have reinstalled the cs set 5 times so reinstalling it is my last option :cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

why? Does when you start the game does it say an error or only if you click on the set?

rct3crazy

11-13-2008, 06:47 PM

why? Does when you start the game does it say an error or only if you click on the set?

dude the set doesnt even show up

Mr.Panda

11-13-2008, 06:50 PM

Ok theres two folders. Ok open the first one. Then you see another one. Take that folder and put it into style\themed

rct3crazy

11-13-2008, 06:51 PM

Ok theres two folders. Ok open the first one. Then you see another one. Take that folder and put it into style\themed

thats the folder i have been putting in

Swordsman_02

11-13-2008, 06:53 PM

Mr.Panda

11-13-2008, 06:54 PM

Well i dont know but you dont need to reinstall

rct3crazy

11-13-2008, 06:57 PM

When this happens, I remove the CS, restart the game, then leave, put the CS back in, and it should be fine.

Also, why would you lose your parks? I've reinstalled RCT3 3 times, and I never lose anything. If you're that worried, make a copy of the saved games folder, and put it back in the program files.

Oh, you might want to resize your sig, it's a lil big.

thanx but i reinstalled i will keep that in mind for future reference

now should i get a mod to close this or should i leave it open for other people who need it (i.e. me in a few years time)

wabigbear

11-13-2008, 07:13 PM

ATTACK OF THE GIANT MUTANT SIGNATURE!!!

Next time you can't get a CS to work, follow this and see if it helps:

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.

And seriously...the signature is way too big, the size limit is listed in the rules.

rct3crazy

11-13-2008, 08:40 PM

ATTACK OF THE GIANT MUTANT SIGNATURE!!!

Next time you can't get a CS to work, follow this and see if it helps:

And seriously...the signature is way too big, the size limit is listed in the rules.

Thanx that solved my problem sorry about the signature size i will fix that