How to make custom scenarios for RCT3
I couldn't find anything on this, I don't know if this is due to lack of interest or simply because the relative ease of doing it meant no one thought it necessary to write a tut.
I recently acquired RCT3 and was instantly disappointed to find there was no scenario editor. I played it a lot on PC when it came out and the main thing I would do is play my own scenarios. I found the default ones could be quite limiting and sandbox mode was boring.
If you have access to the PC version its super easy to make custom scenarios for the switch. You can just make a scenario on the PC, and then use it to replace a career mode scenario on the switch.
Load RCT3 on PC, make a scenario to your liking with the scenario editor, and then save it.
Locate the newly created .dat file (Default save location is: Documents/RCT3/Start New Scenarios)
Rename it to the name of one of the career mode scenarios (Whichever one you want to replace). For example "vanillahills.dat" to replace the first scenario Vanilla Hills
Place the file in the following location on your sd card "/atmosphere/contents/01004900113F8000/romfs/campaigns/base/vanillahills.dat"
Start the game, load whichever scenario you replaced and enjoy.
I have attached a plain and simple scenario I made for my own usage, copy the contents of the zip to the root of your sd card. Its intended to be a limited start point that ultimately allows for massive expansion. Please bear in mind this is just a first attempt, as I haven't made one or played the game very much in the last 15 years! It will certainly be rough round the edges, and I'm sure you can all do much better!
As a side note it seems a lot of the data files are the same on PC and Switch. I haven't tried it out but there may be some degree of compatibility with mods for the PC version as long as they only affected data files and the file path was refactored to match the switch version. I don't know if anyone can comment on this further?
I recently acquired RCT3 and was instantly disappointed to find there was no scenario editor. I played it a lot on PC when it came out and the main thing I would do is play my own scenarios. I found the default ones could be quite limiting and sandbox mode was boring.
If you have access to the PC version its super easy to make custom scenarios for the switch. You can just make a scenario on the PC, and then use it to replace a career mode scenario on the switch.
Load RCT3 on PC, make a scenario to your liking with the scenario editor, and then save it.
Locate the newly created .dat file (Default save location is: Documents/RCT3/Start New Scenarios)
Rename it to the name of one of the career mode scenarios (Whichever one you want to replace). For example "vanillahills.dat" to replace the first scenario Vanilla Hills
Place the file in the following location on your sd card "/atmosphere/contents/01004900113F8000/romfs/campaigns/base/vanillahills.dat"
Start the game, load whichever scenario you replaced and enjoy.
I have attached a plain and simple scenario I made for my own usage, copy the contents of the zip to the root of your sd card. Its intended to be a limited start point that ultimately allows for massive expansion. Please bear in mind this is just a first attempt, as I haven't made one or played the game very much in the last 15 years! It will certainly be rough round the edges, and I'm sure you can all do much better!
As a side note it seems a lot of the data files are the same on PC and Switch. I haven't tried it out but there may be some degree of compatibility with mods for the PC version as long as they only affected data files and the file path was refactored to match the switch version. I don't know if anyone can comment on this further?