the ORIGINAL_RATINGS flag

ghost commented 3 weeks ago

Operating System

10

OpenRCT2 build

v0.4.0 (c6302a1 on master)

Base game

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2

Area(s) with this issue?

The bug also exists in the original game (RCT2/RCTC)

Describe the issue

I've searched the entire Internet for days on how to actually activate the ORIGINAL_RATINGS flag.

I hate the OpenRCT2 nerfed ride pricing calculation, and I want to bring back the vanilla RCT2 version so that I can benefit more from the original pricing. However, after having done extensive research on how to get it back, I hit a wall everywhere.

I can see people online mentioning that it is no problem whatsoever, and that it's possible to go back to vanilla RCT2 pricing simply by enabling the ORIGINAL_RATINGS flag.

BUT HOW??? When it comes to enabling that mentioned flag, I have no idea what to do now. There is absolutely no guide on this matter on the web, and I found nothing that mentions how to activate that flag. I tried everything I could think of. I checked all the file folders, I tested the debugging tools numerous times, I double checked all options, cheats and the config.ini file. Nothing.

Is that supposed to be a bug then? Is that impossible? Please, I need to know how to activate that flag. I really want to use the vanilla RCT2 ride pricing.

Thank you in advance.

Steps to reproduce

The option as of itself is very hard to find. It maybe be either a bug that made it vanish or something else.

Attachments

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duncanspumpkin commented 3 weeks ago

It's a compile definition that you enable. So you need to compile openrct2 yourself with that defined. Not sure if many/any do that so it might be broken and not work.

ghost commented 3 weeks ago

It's a compile definition that you enable. So you need to compile openrct2 yourself with that defined. Not sure if many/any do that so it might be broken and not work.

Yes. After a lot of reading into the matter, I have figured that part out. But when it comes to actual compiling, it can be quite tricky. I am rather good with stuff like Python and CMD and such due to self learning their use by myself for other kind of situations (other video games).

But this one here is very complicated to me, and this is due to incomplete archives and guides. Unless I can get a detailed and step by step guide on how to compile the game myself, it would be nigh impossible for me to accomplish such a thing. Python had guides all over the web for all kinds of subjects, and that's how I managed to learn how to use and control it for many purposes. And again, this was due to my stubbornness at trying to get my way with the games I wanted to control.

Sadly, I don't think I'll find a detailed guide on how to compile OpenRCT2 myself. The official pages are indeed giving a compiling guide, but steps are skipped there and it lets me have to figure those steps out by myself. This is frustrating, especially when I know I can learn how to do things like that.

duncanspumpkin commented 3 weeks ago

https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2?tab=readme-ov-file#windows

If you are on Windows install:

Visual Studio 2022 (Enterprise / Professional / Community (Free)) Desktop development with C++

Check out the repository, this can be done using GitHub Desktop or other tools

Open a new Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022

Navigate to the repository (e.g. cd C:\GitHub\OpenRCT2)

To build the x64 version, use msbuild openrct2.proj /t:build /p:platform=x64

After you have built it once from the developer prompt you can do everything else from within visual studio just open the openrct2.sln file. To change the ratings you'll need to find the ratings file and at the top of the file add #define ORIGINAL_RATINGS then recompile.

ghost commented 3 weeks ago

https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2?tab=readme-ov-file#windows

If you are on Windows install:

Visual Studio 2022 (Enterprise / Professional / Community (Free)) Desktop development with C++

Check out the repository, this can be done using GitHub Desktop or other tools

Open a new Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022

Navigate to the repository (e.g. cd C:\GitHub\OpenRCT2)

To build the x64 version, use msbuild openrct2.proj /t:build /p:platform=x64

After you have built it once from the developer prompt you can do everything else from within visual studio just open the openrct2.sln file. To change the ratings you'll need to find the ratings file and at the top of the file add #define ORIGINAL_RATINGS then recompile.

Yes I've managed to go all the way to the part where I can build the x64 version. But no luck. I couldn't manage how to create a new command prompt with Visual Studios or it's possible I am not doing this the right way. I think I'm skipping some important part here. The Github repository part was a piece of cake. It's the building part and the VS Command Prompt part that chokes me.

ghost commented 3 weeks ago

I have been made aware that the newest version of OpenRCT2 has implemented a new cheat which makes guests ignore all prices completely. I don't like to use cheats in this game but in the worst case scenario, I will update the game and use that function.

duncanspumpkin commented 3 weeks ago

https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2?tab=readme-ov-file#windows If you are on Windows install: Visual Studio 2022 (Enterprise / Professional / Community (Free)) Desktop development with C++ Check out the repository, this can be done using GitHub Desktop or other tools Open a new Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022 Navigate to the repository (e.g. cd C:\GitHub\OpenRCT2) To build the x64 version, use msbuild openrct2.proj /t:build /p:platform=x64 After you have built it once from the developer prompt you can do everything else from within visual studio just open the openrct2.sln file. To change the ratings you'll need to find the ratings file and at the top of the file add #define ORIGINAL_RATINGS then recompile.

Yes I've managed to go all the way to the part where I can build the x64 version. But no luck. I couldn't manage how to create a new command prompt with Visual Studios or it's possible I am not doing this the right way. I think I'm skipping some important part here. The Github repository part was a piece of cake. It's the building part and the VS Command Prompt part that chokes me.

You type into the start menu "developer command prompt" and it will be one of the first options.

ghost commented 3 weeks ago

Yes. I already know how to access that. I was using DOS back in the 90s to access my games and programs. That was before Windows systems had actual modern desktops like we have nowadays. The use is basically the same. It,s very similar. Maybe that was why learning how to use Python wasn't that hard.

No, the issue I'm having is that the command line I am supposed to write results in a error. The prompt doesn't recognise the command line and that means I have messed up something along the way. This is giving me a headache.

Sigh... Oh well.. I think I'll just give up... this is getting ridiculous. After fifteen days researching on this issue.

The latest OpenRCT2 update is offering a new cheat which allows guests to completely ignore prices, and this may well be what I need. Talk about a coincidence -- It was released right at the time I was starting to look into this entire thing.

I plan to take a break and then test that out once the stable version is released.