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Frequently Asked Questions On this page, I am going to be answering many of the questions that I am asked about the game, and my videos. 1. The term "No custom scenery or cheats were used" is present in all of your videos. What exactly does this mean? There are many people on the internet that create custom scenery, objects that can be imported into the game to enhance the appearance of the game. In my video "Steven's Country Park" I used custom scenery to create a large railway station. Custom scenery has not however, been used on any of my other videos. If you wish to use custom scenery, then a good place to start would be Vodhin's RCT3 Pages, which has a large collection available for download.
As for cheating, well there are many cheats for the game, usually activated by re-naming a guest in your park. Some of these cheats allow you to overcome many of the games limitations, such as being able to build much higher than before, or removing limits. I define cheating as using one of these codes or modifying the game files to remove limitations. I do however use the "David Walsh" code to remove the games interface for filming, as it does not affect game play at all, it does not count as a cheat. In some of my older videos, I used the "Jonny Watts" code to get the peep-cam, once again this does not count as a cheat, as it does not affect game play at all.
2. How do you overcome Height Limitations without cheating?
The Tutorial is here.
3. How do you build walls around shops and paths without cheating? The Tutorial is here. 4. How do you record your in-game movies? To put it simply, I use the in-game recorder. To use it, simply press Ctrl-Shift-F11 to begin recording, and press Ctrl-Shift-F11 again to stop recording. The video files this creates will be stored in your "My Videos" folder in your "My Documents" folder. Please note that this process slows down the game as it is recording. You will notice a significant reduction in frame-rate as it is recording, this is normal. The in-game recorder is also reported as producing better results and smoother recordings than any third-party application. Please also note, that the in-game recorder records everything on screen, with the exception of the mouse-cursor. If you wish to record videos, without the game interface visible, simply rename a peep to "David Walsh" then press Ctrl-U, this removes the in-game interface, you can then press CTRL-Shift-F11 as normal, and record. Press Ctrl-U to get the interface back again.
5. How do you get those smooth camera movements? I use what is called the "Flying Camera Routes Editor" also known as the "Attract sequence Editor" This is an in-game feature, and can be accessed by pressing Ctrl-Shift-0 (Zero) Rather than creating my own tutorial for this feature, I am instead linking to the tutorial that I used.
A well-written tutorial, and a fantastic web site.
6. How long did it take you to make X? A video project usually takes two to three days, usually one or two days to create the park/pool etc, and usually about a day to do the video-recording, and video editing.
7. What do you use to make your videos? I record my videos using the in-game recorder, and I use Cyberlink Powerdirector for the editing.
8. What was the music in X? I use Cyberlink Powerdirector to edit my videos. It has a feature called "Smartsound" which is a royalty-free music collection. In my other videos, the music is credited at the end.
9. How did you build the roads and cars without custom scenery? The tutorial is here.
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