My Thoughts On Planet Coaster

About 7 or 8 months ago, I stumbled across a youtube video of Planet Coaster from Channel5 Gaming and ever since that first video. I started watching more and more of his videos. At the time, I didnt have a gaming PC or even a PC to even play Planet Coaster. Therfore, I started saving up money for a gaming PC which is my first ever gaming PC that I have ever owned. In late January, I bought the gaming PC and I got it in early February. For those who are interested in the gaming PC that I got that. Here is the link to that PC.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberp...-2tb-hard-drive-black/6143700.p?skuId=6143700

This past Thursday, I finally bought Planet Coaster as I caught it on sale for $11 and after having played the game for about 10 hours since Thursday. I have to say it was a steal. While I have played the original Roller Coaster Tycoon back when it came out. I havent played any other theme park sims since the year RCT was released. My first impression with Planet Coaster is that I think the graphics are pretty amazing even at playing the game at 1280x720 (my monitor is not 1080p or 4K). Maybe someday, I will decide to get a 4K monitor, but its not on the radar at the moment. My favorite aspect of playing Planet Coaster is running the game at night. I think the night time features are simply amazing. My PC has been able to run any park (including mega parks) that I have thrown at it so far with no issues. Here are the parks that I have done so far with the number of guests for each park.

Six Flags Xtreme Adventure with 8000 guests
Volcano Springs with 10000 guests
Pixel World with 5000 guests
Lake Euphoria with 8000 guests
Koali Beach with 6000 guests

With that being said, the only problem that I am having right now is the camera view on 3 or the 5 parks which I will try to explain the best that I can. I am posting a video below to try to help me explain the issue I am having. In 3 of the 5 parks that I have downloaded so far from the workshop. The camera for some reason always points down to the ground which you can see at the 4:20 mark in the video below, but it wont go into the walking type of mode that you can see in the 9:40 mark in the video. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong and why it wont go into the walking mode? I know about the "T" key for the camera, but it doesnt fix the issue.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgdPT93Acg4

As for what I would like to see more from Planet coaster. I would love to see updates that features more flat rides and a water park expansion for the game.

Overall, I am very happy with Planet Coaster and I am glad that I can run the mega parks without any lag in them. At this moment, I am looking to build my first theme park for Planet Coaster to share it with others which I will mostly start it sometime during the summer time. However, It might take me a year or two to build it as I plan to build a mega park.

Eaglefan9727
 
I think you mean the cheat code, "tegidcam" which anchors you to the ground? Change a guests name to tegidcam and it will lock you down into a walking mode.

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After watching the tricks and tips video from Gaming5 Channel. I am starting to think I have a bad install of Planet Coaster. That might also explain why the Spooky DLC pack is not installing.

I did a search for Planet Coaster on my PC and it came up with a folder called "765611984223720583" with 4 sub folders called config,, saves., usermedia, and usermusic. Those are the only folders that I can find on my pc when I do a search for Planet Coaster.
 
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Yeah, at the example you posted at the 9:40 mark in the video, that's just a simple "T" key view using WSAD keys to move around while looking with your mouse. If you're having trouble getting that to work correctly, you probably have a different problem happening.
 
Well lets first rule out the "bad install" possibility...

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I'd suggest doing the process described by gregorburns if you haven't already as even a successful install can occasionally run into problems involving files.

I'd also suggest checking the settings on the Camera tab in the in-game settings.

Shane
 
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