Traveller

I have now tested both of the Lulujarre's Chateau sets uploaded byJB - and they are indeed corrupt due to being packed using a software (Clickteam Install Creator) which is known to cause problems for a number of reasons, and which I strongly recommend people to stay away from! There exists way much better free software for that purpose. The first set (chateau.exe) is beyond recovery, I think... The second set (chateau2 - also named as chateau.exe) I was able to restore functionality to, thanks to the amazing features and capabilities of 7zip software! - However, the second part is pretty much useless without the first set. Luckily the story doesn't end there...😉 just restoring the 2nd part sent me to a new discovery: After some more or less clever searching, I was able to locate and download all CS sets by Lulujarre has ever released on a one single archive. The bad news is, that they are all packed as self-installing EXE -files using Install Creator, but the ones I tested, were working - including the two Chateau Magique sets!! 😁 So... if anyone doesn't have any objections, I would really love to upload the sets which aren't already in ParkCrafters. I tried searching, but all of Lulujarre's contact mail addresses and the website are no longer functioning. Like every single author I have tried to contact regarding uploading their found and rescued CS sets. This is a nice reminder how even a little effort and generous co-operation between members can result in very positive things! So, thank you one more time, JB! 🥳

Many, many, many thanks JB! - You have just made my whole day!! 🤩 💯 Unfortunately the "BIG Black Walls by AlexCoasters 1.1" cannot be used as a replacement for the original 1.0 set, because of differences in folder structure... -Also I've encountered numerous zipped RCT3 sets which have caused CRC errors, but later examination has revealed that the cause has been been after zipping modified folders/files, which wasn't recorded properly in the zip file (this is often due to either bad software or just botched zipping). I'll do a thorough examination with the Lulujarre's files and see if they're usable. Thanks again, though! 😎

Here's my current "Most Wanted" - considered "forever lost" CS sets list with authors names and known aliases: 1) Action Zone Billboards by Krankin4 / K4C / k4chelp / Ted / twco 2) Advanced Lasers by "max" (MaxInfinity?) 3) Chateau Magique + Chateau Magique v2 (set 2) by Lulujarre 4) Big Black Walls 1.0 by Alex / AlexCoasters 5) Dave841 raptor crate set by Dave841 6) Doughnut's Flowers by Doughnut / Stu-2693 7) k4cstation by Krankin4 / K4C / k4chelp / Ted / twco 8) k4cstripmall by Krankin4 / K4C / k4chelp / Ted / twco 9) Lego's L3G0s BONUS SET by Lego / L3G0 10) MGJ's Street Way 1, MGJ's Street Way 2, MGJ's 3rd Supply Box by MGJ / qss5188 11) MGP Barbed Wire and Chainlink Fence (mgpFences.rar) by MGP / MGP2300 / MyGirlPepper / Terraform 12) Lego's L3G0s - Lower Set 1 + 13) Lego's L3G0s - Middle Set 1 + 14) Lego's L3G0s - Other Set 1 + 15) Lego's L3G0s - Upper Set 1 + 16) Lego's L3G0s - Whole Set 1 by Lego / L3G0 If anyone has any of these, please upload into ParkCrafters.... 🥺

I'm rather curious... Have you guys been able to convene and get any (hopefully positive) results... ? 🤔

So I went back to this thing after quite a while, when testing all sorts of things started to really get on my nerves. After having manually created 55 custom peep groups, I am still no wiser than before. I'm about done calling the bug as totally unavoidable, because every single scenario and peep combination I tried, the bug reappeared, sometimes sooner, sometimes later, - but it always will appear! So, I think it might be safe to say that nothing is certain in life, except death and the RCT3 elevator bug. However... two somewhat interesting results of my vigorous testing routines followed: 1) When a member or members of the group separate so that part of the group (even if it's just a group of two people) is or are on an elevator ride, and the other(s) are waiting, the elevator bug is more likely to appear. That much is certain. Nothing I have tried has prevented the bug appearing. I did create a large number of groups with only one person the group, but they would just as well get stuck as the other groups. 2) Another bug I rediscovered, after having already forgotten about it, is that peeps can get stuck on the path cross-sections, in areas where path width is more the 2 squares! This bug also will appear sooner or later, if an area in these wide areas gets too crowded - often near areas where there a number of ride entrances and exits lead to the same path edge. Here's a screenshot of this "peep traffic jam" made by someone else I just found on the net:

JB may be onto something tangible here... (Be warned, this gets a little bit "nerdy" from here... 🤓) Here are the basics: When a 32-bit application (such as RCT3) is "Large Address Aware", it can access up to 4 GiB on x64 operating systems and all memory that isn't used by the operating system and other applications on x86 (32-bit). 64-bit versions of Windows require no modifications to the operating system to benefit from this application; however, in 32-bit versions of Windows, you must increase the user memory setting. In another words, "Large Address Aware" does nothing really useful if you are already running a 32-bit Operating System - the absolute limit for applications will still be permanently set to 3.25 Gb of available RAM. Changing this limit is possible - but this is something not for basic - or even advanced users, and definitely requires extensive knowledge of how Windows kernel works. I consider myself well acquainted with registry modification and basic O/S modding, but I still would prefer not to even attempt that type of drastic and fundamental modification. So, Wilhelm, if the size of your "Themed" folder exceeds way above 4 Gb, the only way to solve possible problems related to file/folder size limits is to decrease total size well below the 4+ Gb limit - and this is done just by simply removing all unnecessary CS sets. And JB is right, this may not be the cause for your crashing, but as he said, "you never know." It's still worth trying, though! - I still think most park loading problems with recently saved files, are related to a variety of possible issues with CS sets. However... corruption incurring during saving process are not totally unheard of, but they really are rare.

This is very true! Oversized, uncompressed textures, which often inflate disproportionately otherwise rather modest CS set do occasionally seem to bring RCT3 into a state of confusion. One reason for these seemingly almost random crashes is the result of some weird internal file or folder size limits. I have seen loading crashes happen without any real reason, and only been able to start the game only after reboot. I believe the internal max total size limit for RCT3's CS sets is somewhere slightly above 4.3 Gb - which really shouldn't by no means be a definite maximum.... And this is weird because the limits seem to apply even on Windows 10, no matter the size of RAM. I've even had RCT3 Complete Edition refusing to start in my high-end gaming rig, which currently has 64 Gb of DDR4 memory, if the CS set number and size has been too much according to RCT3's opinion... 🤔