RCT3, from A to Z!

[LittleMac]

OK, so some of you that I speak to on MSN may be aware that I have begun work on a huge tutorial guide, so far i have the following chapters, if anyone feels they want to help in any way, please feel free, but please say on this thread, so that i can cross that section off. Naturally I will then look over anything submitted, and edit it to my needs, but full credit will be given to yourself.

So far the chapters are as follows;

Chapter 1 – Getting Started
Camera Angles
The Scenario/User Objective
The Environment Around You
Available Attractions
Researching
Making a Plan
Building Your Park

Chapter 2 – Understanding Guests
Important Statistics
Financial Details
Of A Guest, Not Yourself
Guest Feedback (Not For Vanilla)
Guest Tools
- Pincers
- Renaming Guests
- Follow That Guest
Vandalism
Guest Deaths

Chapter 3 - Footpaths And Transportation
Walking Vs. Transport
Footpaths
Transport Rides

Chapter 4 - Ride Construction
Finding A Building Site
Construction
Tweaking A Ride Layout
Queues

Chapter 5 - Different Rides
Transport Rides
Gentle Rides
Thrill Rides
Water Rides
Roller Coasters
- Steel
- Wooden
- Water
- Inverted
Track Rides
Junior Rides

Chapter 6 - Shops And Stalls - Entire Chapter to be potentially covered by Lego3366
Shop Basics
Park Necessities Information Kiosk
-Toilets
-First Aid
-ATM
Food
-List Of All Food Stalls
Drink
- List Of All Drink Stalls
Souvenirs
- List Of All Souvenir Stalls

Chapter 7 - Landscaping - Entire Chapter to be covered by NuclearMan
Land Movement Tools
Terrain Painting
Water
Waterfalls (Soaked)


Chapter 8 - Scenery and Buildings
What is Scenery?
Themes
Buildings
Animatronics
Billboards

Chapter 9 - Staff
Hiring Staff - Osudenny
Staff Control Panel - Osudenny
Staff Details - Osudenny
- Handymen - Osudenny
- Mechanics - Osudenny
- Security Guards - Osudenny
- Entertainers - Osudenny
The Park Inspector - Osudenny

Chapter 10 - Financing
Income
Expenses
Loans
Cash Value
Park Value
Marketing
Purchasing Land

Chapter 11 - Building Roller Coasters
What Type Should I Build?
Selecting A Location
Construction Considerations
Track Elements
Auto Finish
Tunnels (Only With Soaked or Wild)
Testing And Tweaking
Finishing Up

Chapter 12 - New To RCT3
Mix Master Display Fireworks
Lasers (Only With Soaked)
Water Fountains (Only with Soaked)
Night And Day

Chapter 13 - New To Soaked
Pools
Slides
Advanced Pool Design

Chapter 14 - New To Wild
Animals
Animal Enclosures
Advanced Enclosure Design

Chapter 15 - Park Design
Design Methods
Themed Or Amusement

Chapter 16 - In Game Tools
Family Creation - Lego3366
Building Creator - Lego3366
Coaster Creator - Lego3366
Scenario Editor - Lego3366
Advanced Firework Editor
Advanced Camera Editor
Options Window

Chapter 17 - The Scenario Guide
Vanilla
Soaked
Wild

Chapter 18- Cheats
Name Cheats
Options.txt cheats

Chapter 19 - In Game Coasters
Each of the coasters, a picture and stats-Coasterfreak

Chapter 20 - Custom Scenery - German Taco
An Introduction to CS - German Taco
Obtaining and Installing CS - German Taco
Advantages And Disadvantages - German Taco
Troubleshooting CS Installation problems - German Taco

Chapter 21 - Making CS
Programs Required - German Taco, position still open regarding different modelling programs
Making A Model - German Taco, position still open regarding different modelling programs
Adding Textures - German Taco, position still open regarding different modelling programs
Importing The Model - German Taco
Current Limitations Of CS - German Taco
Troubleshooting CS Creation Problems - German Taco

Chapter 22 - Advanced CS Techniques
Alphas - GermanTaco
Re-colorable Textures - Lego3366
Particle Effects - GermanTaco
Texture Animation - Coasterfreak!
Stalls
Lighting
Benching
Bins

You may have noticed that stuff is in different colors, Black is unassigned, this means if you think you can make this section of the tutorial, contact either myself or one of the other admin either on this thread or by PM, that in red is already accepted, if you feel you could do a good job here also, please feel free to ask, as mentioned i will be editing tutorials anyway, so you may cover something that the other person does not. All posts in green are by NuclearMan, my right hand man in this project, he will be helping me to keep it under control, you can contact either myself or NuclearMan with any ideas.

As these are just titles, The link here details exactly what little nitty gritty stuff each section will contain!

[ChaosX]

Need to include tutorials for the Advanced Camera and Advanced Fireworks etc tools ...

Just a thought as I looked over the chapters

[GermanTaco]

you still have the tut I sent you right? Oh, and I'm making another, just as a heads up.

[Coasterfreak]

Well you can scratch out the importer tutorials, lol I think i may be able to make the animated textures tutorial too, what do you all think? lol

[LittleMac]

Chaos I added the two items you suggested, but just so that you know, i can only use the camera one, so someone else would have to make a firework one, I have followed tutorials in this section, but with no luck.

Ok, GT, which tutorial are we talking about here,

I can't remember you sending me one lol,

And Cfreak, your name is on the animated texture section right now.

[GermanTaco]

oops, I got messed up with the avatars But it was UV-Mapping and Texturing in Milkshape. I'll PM you the code. and I'll look into the firework one, and will it be AFE or just the regular fireworks?

[Remarkable]

good idea.. seems like a huge job though

[GermanTaco]

oh yeah, I can do particle effects and alphas.

[Coasterfreak]

 Hey Mac, I can also do all the "in-game" coasters on Chapter 15. When I get done I will send you a .ZIP file with all the pictures in there so you may post them how ever you like. Give me this week to work on it! Also I added Osudenny to do the full Chapter 9 "Staff." He volunteered to do this. I figured, I knew about it, so no bother for him to post it, and take up a spot in here! lol

 Look for the link with-in the next day or two in your PM for these pictures!

  ***Also I forgot to mention, This will definately give us the advantage for our site, due to the fact that no other site has this, and it will bring peeps in from everywhere!

[LittleMac]

You got that right! I added your name up there in lights lol!

Thanks Cfreak, afterall that is one of the biggest sections, just make sure as much as possible you notify, if the coaster is from wild, soaked or vanilla!

[Coasterfreak]

Can do, and will do!

 Also in chapter 5 you have this listed:
Roller Coasters
- Steel
- Wooden
- Water
- Inverted

 Wouldn't these be considered what I am doing also in Chapter 15?

[GermanTaco]

I can do Chapter 16-17 too. I'll have to get a move on!

[lego3366]

and if theres any part of them GT cant do, ill take a crack at em. also, i can take care of recolorable textures for ya, the first four sections of chapter 13, and probably all of ch. 6.


Chaos Xtreme - Soon to hold the Universal RCT3 Guide.

[Coasterfreak]

Great! Thanks for helping out Lego3366.

 BTW Sorry I edited your scrolling text!. Even though it's blue you can now click on it, and it will take you back to this page! I thought it would be a cool idea, since you made it for this page! (if you dont like it, then i will change it back)

[lego3366]

your welcome, and thanks! anything i can do to help out....