Open/Close Theme Park -

Younge · Mar 14, 2016

Good day,

First of all, sorry if this has already been suggested - I did a quick search and couldn't find it.

Wouldn't it be cool to be able to close your theme park down and watch all the guests leave?
I always remember waiting outside a theme park waiting for the gates to open and hope the developers can make it possible for us to close/open the theme park.

Just picture it, you click close and watch all of those guest exit the theme park and you can get on with doing some cleaning up.

I think part of the thrill for a theme park is waiting for it to open and watching certain people run to their favorite rides.

What do you guys think?

Lukecompositor · Mar 14, 2016

This have been already discussed, however some think that this is a game and we have to meet a compromise somewhere. Opening and closing the park means that the day and night time should be very long, but, being a simulation, it can't be that realistic.
Personally I would like it to be a possibility. I would like to be able to decide whether to let the park open or not and have the possibility to change the duration of the day-night cycle.

Byeee

Younge · Mar 14, 2016

If i remember correctly RCT 1 and 2 has the option to close the theme park. I don' t think it should matter day or night we should be able to close the theme park or an area at least.
I'm picture in my head a huge queue of people walking up to the gate and you opening to see the guests run through your park!

RustyCool · Mar 15, 2016

I like the idea to have theme park working hours and see how the guests leave at close time and enter at opening time. This would bring a high level of realism which won't affect the fun factor. I hope Frontier can implement this.

RollecoasterPipeline · Mar 15, 2016

You could close the park in RCT3 as well. Obviously not a good idea in scenario mode because you'd lose money, but it was a thing you could do.

Showingthatgame · Mar 15, 2016

A better way to do it would be to have the day night cycle and have the park open. Then the park could close for November - March if you wanted it to so you can watch guests leave and the wait outside for it to reopen. That way the simulation will still work and you still get some sort of realism.

InfiniteChaos · Mar 16, 2016

Or you can have it be a year round park and all.

dannyb321 · Mar 16, 2016

I love the idea of having planned opening and closing times. Not only would it bring added realism but it would also make more sense of the economic side of the game. I always found it annoying that once you'd filled your park in previous RCT titles, income from the entrance fee dwindled as people didn't leave quick enough for new guests to arrive and it just seemed odd for the park to be constantly open.
It's a brilliant idea if it can be done: closing the park at night, watching everybody leave and then a fresh bunch of guests arriving in the morning, filling up the park again, all paying their £50 to get in again!

In terms of time.. It could work like Sims does when they sleep or go to work. So... When the guests go home time speeds up until the morning when they arrive again?

dg8882 · Mar 16, 2016

Well if anyone here plays Cities Skylines with the rush hour mod, i think the speed of the day and the way everyone travels home at night would be the PERFECT speed for the day this game. Also included an option to turn off day/night cycle and just have people stay as long as they want, like the RCT 2 and 3 days.

RandyChimp · Mar 16, 2016

Software Inc, that game goes through a full day, your character leaves work at a time you assign and night skips to the morning. PC could do exactly the same with the option of not skipping the night, meaning you can keep your park open later than normal.

Totally optional feature that would make the game more immersive, I don't see a problem with it.

InfiniteChaos · Mar 16, 2016

The only problem with the idea of having a Day/night cycle, even though I am all for it. Is the fact that when you have a few hundred or thousand guests in the park, closing the park becomes an issue because the cycle time runs too quickly, and the guest take forever to leave.

Unless Night time was slowed down or made longer... OR, Every other day the park is open. Like One day the park is open, and then the second day act's like a night time.

Younge · Mar 16, 2016

I understand it would be very difficult to implement this into career styles like we have found in previous RCT games but i do believe they should add a whole new GAME MODE like SANDBOX for those of us who want to be able to open/close our parks.

In Sandbox there isn't a limit to money so in theory this option could be for sandbox only. I just picture everyone leaving the park in massive groups and opening again the next day.
Let's hope the developers are listening...

Coasterbuff · Mar 16, 2016

There will be a sandbox mode in the game, like RCT3.