Ask the Experts / Kumba's Hack Tips

I can't promise that it will solve your problems, but if you try using the trainers the same way that I do I think it could help. I rarely get errors. I save about every 10 minutes when I build and of those saves id say I only get a error (spiked land or black holes) once every 700 saves. Kumba, SoK, V-Key, WSC had none and RV only had one.

If you try my hacking recipe and it does not work to limit your errors it might be the version of the game you have. A re-install could help. One way to get a boast is to have someone else save your park and send it back to you. I think that can fix a glitch or two.

Let me just go ahead and post the "How-to" I wrote for the Trainer Park here:

RCT2 Trainers How-To

In order to use the 8Cars Trainers their program files must be in the same location as their .dll files. A good way to do that is to put them in a folder and then open that folder when you are ready to hack in RCT2. The Son of Beast (SoB) trainer does not need .dll files to work.

In my many years of playing RCT2 I have ran into very few errors. I guess that for certain things you should only use certain trainers:

8Cars 1.21 – Use for Restore Clearances and editing rides (Edit Ride Stats).

8Cars 1.31 – Use for Peep hacks like huge trams, remove all guests and all-around guests. This trainer is good for fast or frozen staff, but you can only use one at a time. If you want fast or frozen staff plus normal staff do the hack and then hire new staff members, they will work normally. This trainer is also good for weather hacks and freezing weather settings. DON’T edit ride stats with this trainer and also the restore clearances function on this trainer does not always work, so use 8Cars 1.21 for that.

8Cars 1.32 – Use for editing staff members. Also use the edit rides function if you are planning to use the “hack like a winhacker” invisibility hack. This trainer and 8Cars 1.31 are both good for map object manipulation, just this version offers the ability to remove null items which is needed to undo the “hack like a winhacker” invisibility hack. DON’T edit ride stats with this trainer, unless it’s for the “hack like a winhacker” invisibility hack.

Son of Beast – Use this trainer for Zero ALL Clearances. If you need to add or edit ratings on one of your rides use the modify rides options, just the stats will likely revert back to what they were the next time the game is opened. Using special build mode you can rotate station entry and exit huts. DON’T use other functions for special build mode as it seems to be fairly unstable and can produce many errors.


Thanks to Parkitect (ja227) and Oblivion for these wonderful RCT2 Trainers!


Kumba

Do you have all three versions of 8cars open and switch from one to another depending on what you want to do or open each one individually every time you need a different process? I always have 1.32 and 1.302 open simultaneously (which I've heard many people say that the do as well)?

Also, I open them (as well as SoB) from desktop icons (copied and pasted from my RCT2 folder) if that makes a difference. Also, I thought that the .dll files had to be in the "Data" folder? I copied mine (again, from my RCT2 folder) and pasted them there.

I mean, all my trainers function properly...I just get a decent amount of spikes and black holes/raised objects.

I have all the files (both the trainer programs and .dll') on my desktop. I open them all at once and just use what I need.

Not bad .
Personally I say:

1.302 - Use this for most hacks like peep trams and date/time, map object manipulations and zero clearence etc.
1.31 - Use this for the staff functions (and mountain tool if you are lazy).
1.32 - use this for the invisible and troggle chain function and the null objects MOM.

When forced to use the edit rides screen from 1.32 first open the ride you are going to edit with 1.302 then edit it with 1.32 and after you pressed apply or ok press apply in 1.302 again also to make sure the traintype etc is good just in case.