Recommended Packs of Custom Content

[Parkitect]

Hey. I'm new to the game (yes, I didn't even play the original RCT2 back in the day). I'd like to add some user created for more diversity, so I hope you guys can help me:

-What sites can I find good stuff on? I know rctgo, is there some other one I should check out?
-I guess I could spend a year downloading asset by asset (not to mention potential compatibility issues and all); are there packs that contain many objects in one single file, by any chance? I'm interested mostly in scenery.

 

Of course, I'm assuming most user created content for the original game works with OpenRCT2, I hope I'm not wrong...

 

Thanks!

[X7123M3-256]

19 minutes ago, Parkitect said:

-What sites can I find good stuff on?

New Element is the main one. There's also Amazing Earl's site and my site but those are mostly rides (AE does have a few scenery objects though).

25 minutes ago, Parkitect said:

are there packs that contain many objects in one single file, by any chance?

Sort of. There isn't really any site I know of that has scenery object organized into packs for download (although there really should be; everything is incredibly disorganized at the moment). However, you can download so called "workbench" maps that come with a selection of custom scenery preselected. You can find a number of those on NE. Downloading parks that use custom scenery heavily is another way to get objects easily.

20 minutes ago, Parkitect said:

Of course, I'm assuming most user created content for the original game works with OpenRCT2

Anything made for vanilla RCT2 will work in OpenRCT2.

 

[Parkitect]

Thanks! I'll check all that out.

[thorthesecond]

Going through all the objects on Nedesign's page, what is the deal with the objects with a red X? Is there an image available elsehwere or is it not available anymore? 

Edited September 21, 2020 by thorthesecond

[X7123M3-256]

6 hours ago, thorthesecond said:

Going through all the objects on Nedesign's page, what is the deal with the objects with a red X? Is there an image available elsehwere or is it not available anymore? 

The red X just means the database lacks a preview image for the object. It doesn't meant the object doesn't have one, and the object is still available to download. The website lacks code to extract preview images from object files so this must be done manually for the object to display a thumbnail; otherwise it just shows the red "X".

Most of the preview images that are in the database were added by me using a script, but my access has long expired so anything added within the last couple of years has no preview image.

[thorthesecond]

Thank you. How do people know what they are downloading? The names of the objects are coded and ussually vague. 

[X7123M3-256]

1 hour ago, thorthesecond said:

Thank you. How do people know what they are downloading? The names of the objects are coded and ussually vague. 

You don't, really. If you click on the object, it will show you the in game description, but that's often pretty vague and if there's no image in the database, the only way to see what the object looks like is to download it and view it in game. For this reason, the NE database is almost useless for finding new custom scenery - it is mostly useful if you know the name of the object you need and are just looking for a download link (for example, when you are trying to open a save file that is missing objects*). You can search it, but because most objects have only short descriptions this isn't as useful as it could be.

If you are looking for something specific, it's better to ask for what you want on the forums. If you just want more custom scenery, I recommend downloading parks from NE rather than objects - most parks there have lots of custom scenery included. The workbench downloads are also a good place to look.

* Note that in OpenRCT2, if you try to open a save file which is missing objects, there is the option to search the NE database for the missing objects automatically.

[cruzy80]

Thanks to the Wayback Machine Project, most of the .zip files are still intact on these pages.  https://web.archive.org/web/20160508001523/http://www.rctmart.com/downloads/index.html

[Dubaifreak]

On 20/08/2020 at 20:32, X7123M3-256 said:

New Element is the main one. There's also Amazing Earl's site and my site but those are mostly rides (AE does have a few scenery objects though).

Sort of. There isn't really any site I know of that has scenery object organized into packs for download (although there really should be; everything is incredibly disorganized at the moment). However, you can download so called "workbench" maps that come with a selection of custom scenery preselected. You can find a number of those on NE. Downloading parks that use custom scenery heavily is another way to get objects easily.

Anything made for vanilla RCT2 will work in OpenRCT2.

 

Your rides are awesome, i can't wait to see your new ride mod!

[rbarclay]

On 23/11/2020 at 17:56, cruzy80 said:

Thanks to the Wayback Machine Project, most of the .zip files are still intact on these pages.  https://web.archive.org/web/20160508001523/http://www.rctmart.com/downloads/index.html

Oh my!!! the UCES!!! I had worked on that, years ago!!!!! I worked on some Flinstone-like elements. I have to download that and see if they are included!

[rbarclay]

I downloaded the UCES set (and yes, my name is there!!!) but I don't see the scenarios added after running the exe file.  Do I need to move them to the OpenRCT2 folder? and all the dat files too?

[Gymnasiast]

You need to put the scenarios and object files in your user profile’s OpenRCT2 folder. To get there, simply click the red toolbox -> Open Custom Content folder. Then put the scenarios in the `scenario` folder, the objects in `object` and the track designs in `track`.

Oh, by the way, I restored the UCES site as part of my RCT2 website archive project. (I managed to track down MidwestBoyInLA as well.). You can visit it here: https://uces.rctspace.com/index2.html

[rbarclay]

It brings back so many memories!!!! Thanks.

[ExCrafty]

6 hours ago, Gymnasiast said:

You need to put the scenarios and object files in your user profile’s OpenRCT2 folder. To get there, simply click the red toolbox -> Open Custom Content folder. Then put the scenarios in the `scenario` folder, the objects in `object` and the track designs in `track`.

Oh, by the way, I restored the UCES site as part of my RCT2 website archive project. (I managed to track down MidwestBoyInLA as well.). You can visit it here: https://uces.rctspace.com/index2.html

Gday,

I'd never heard of this UCES thing before now. I took a look and downloaded both the installer/setup and the Halloween scenario. It wanted to install things where I don't have anything remotely related to any form of RCT, but when I gave it a path to install to, it claimed I don't have enough disk space, claiming a negative number in the petabyte range. I currently have a few terabytes of space free on that drive, so I have no idea what went wrong. Tried more than once too.

Any suggestions ?

 

Never mind, I opened the folder it installed to and move the folders to my where my RCT2 install is ..... Like I should've thought of doing in the first place. 

Edited May 4, 2022 by ExCrafty