Ask the Experts / GigaG's question/answer/tips thread.

To kick off the thread, here are my questions -

1. How do you use wooden coaster catwalks and lower them a fraction of a level to prevent glitching with RCT2 like people do with RCTLL catwalks with codex. In a tutorial, Roomie mentions "the RCT2 equivalent of Codex", and I think he means 8cars Map object Manipulation, but I don't know how to use it, and never have used it. I know you lower the track with Ride Options, but there has to be a way to prevent catwalk glitches by lowering a "micro-level" with Map object Manipulation, as this is mentioned in Jaguarkid140's solo topic. So how do you do the catwalk trick and other Map Object Manipulation tricks?

A: Use land tile coloring - not as versatile as Codex, only use if you need to raise / lower 1/2 a level. Map object manipulation - 2 MOM units = 1 RCT2 unit

2. Is it possible to achieve Spotlight without custom supports? I am quite bad with custom supports.

3. Is there any links you have to rare custom rides?

4. I think I have heard of a site(but forgot where it is) where objects formerly hosted at GeoCities sites are. Where is it?

A: RCT Grotto

5. Is there any hack tips that you have?

6. Is there any links that you know to little-known RCT2/RCTLL sites?

GigaG

Edited by GigaG, 10 February 2010 - 05:51 PM.

I'll answer what I can.

4. You probably mean RCTRevalutions. Unfortunately, that site has closed it's doors. There is also RCTSpace which has quite a few objects.

6. Unfortunately, many of these sites have closed their doors as well. There are probably quite a few I don't know of, you'll just have to look around to find some.

6. I'll answer that
Danimation
Ultimate RCT
Real RCT
Real Park Recreations
Rct Revaluations
Ja227's RCT Site
Mousing's Competition Site
RCT Avenged
Extreme RCT
RCT Inc

There are some more sites. These are a list of sites that are either down, inactive for a long time, or completely gone.

Avenged is gone.

2. certainly

RCT Depot objects - where do you get RCT depot objects?

3.
amazing earl, rctmart, rigg, buggy

Edited by prodigy, 10 February 2010 - 12:34 PM.

2. Yes. It's called LL

2. Yes. It's called LL

and in rct2, what do I do?

EDIT - Questions in 1st post - 1 and 4 solved - answers written down!

Edited by GigaG, 10 February 2010 - 05:52 PM.

To kick off the thread, here are my questions -

1. How do you use wooden coaster catwalks and lower them a fraction of a level to prevent glitching with RCT2 like people do with RCTLL catwalks with codex. In a tutorial, Roomie mentions "the RCT2 equivalent of Codex", and I think he means 8cars Map object Manipulation, but I don't know how to use it, and never have used it. I know you lower the track with Ride Options, but there has to be a way to prevent catwalk glitches by lowering a "micro-level" with Map object Manipulation, as this is mentioned in Jaguarkid140's solo topic. So how do you do the catwalk trick and other Map Object Manipulation tricks?

A: Use land tile coloring - not as versatile as Codex, only use if you need to raise / lower 1/2 a level. Map object manipulation - 2 MOM units = 1 RCT2 unit

its by map object manipulation. if you look at my hex edit tutorials, there is a little explanation about object manipulation also

2. Is it possible to achieve Spotlight without custom supports? I am quite bad with custom supports.

its possible

3. Is there any links you have to rare custom rides?

whats your defenition of rare. just google fore name like: Amazing Earl, Buggy, Methusalem, Sebar. They are the people who made the most custom rides.

4. I think I have heard of a site(but forgot where it is) where objects formerly hosted at GeoCities sites are. Where is it?

A: RCT Grotto

I believe riven was working on it again with the rct2objectlist

5. Is there any hack tips that you have?

Depens on what you want to do.

6. Is there any links that you know to little-known RCT2/RCTLL sites?

Yes, but they are in different languages. and why do you want them? often the same people which are here, are there also. Only a few new people are there, and when they are good enough them come here.