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Revision as of 09:54, 29 October 2022
Developers | |
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Bullfrog Productions | |
Mac OS (Classic) | Zonic Limited |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Mac OS | Feral Interactive |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 20, 1999 |
Mac OS (Classic) | December 12, 2000 |
macOS (OS X) | September 26, 2002 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Building |
Themes | Amusement park |
Series | Theme Park |
Theme Park | |
---|---|
Theme Park | 1994 |
Theme Hospital | 1997 |
Shin Theme Park | 1997 |
Theme Park World | 1999 |
Theme Park Inc. | 2001 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Key points
- Released in the US as Sim Theme Park.
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- This game is not available digitally.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch v2.0 is the latest patch. The game may need to be uninstalled, reinstalled and the patch applied to make the newer content available in parks, however.
- The Windows XP patch often solves problems with newer versions of Windows. Once again, a reinstall is often required to solve all the problems.
It is not clear whether installing one over the other can cause problems. No information about which should be installed first is available.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\data %PROGRAMFILES%\Bullfrog\Theme Park World\data (using default install directory)[Note 2] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\save %PROGRAMFILES%\Bullfrog\Theme Park World\save (using default install directory under XP and earlier) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Bullfrog\Theme Park World\save (using default install directory under Vista and later)[Note 2] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Use dgVoodoo 2. Select a NVIDIA GeForce GPU under the DirectX tab in dgVoodoo2. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Use dgVoodoo 2. Stretches significantly. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Use dgVoodoo 2. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Use dgVoodoo 2. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use dgVoodoo 2. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Always on. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Game becomes unplayable above 60 FPS.See High FPS Issues. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Hebrew | ||||
Japanese |
Issues fixed
Game crashes on startup
Use dgVoodoo 2[citation needed] |
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Black screen when running game
- Commonly occurs on modern PCs.
Update your GPU's drivers[citation needed] |
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Lower your desktop resolution[citation needed] |
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Game runs to fast and becomes unplayable
- Occurs on high fps +60fps.
Limit the Framerate to 60FPS[citation needed] |
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Set refresh rate on 60hz[citation needed] |
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"Correct disk is not in the drive" error during installation
- Occurs under Windows XP Home due to a conflict with the game's SafeDisc copy protection.
Install official Windows update[3] |
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Download and install the SafeDisc Windows XP Fix for Microsoft Games. |
LpkPresent not found in usp10.dll
- This error message is caused by an older version of
usp10.dll
being used by the game.
Delete game's usp10.dll[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Game infinitely loads
- Commonly occurs under Windows XP and later.
Install unofficial and official fixes[3][4] |
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Mouse issues in VMware Workstation/Player
- May occure on Workstation/Player 14 and Windows 98 to Windows XP as guest.
Disable or uninstall the mouse drivers on the guest[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 6 | |
DirectDraw | 6 | |
OpenGL | Mac OS only. | |
Software renderer |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
macOS (OS X) | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | QSound |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, ME |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 200 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 300 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 8.5 | 9.2.2 |
Processor (CPU) | PowerPC G3 | |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 300 MB |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Theme Park World/Sim Theme Park Fix for Windows XP/2000
- ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 7 June 2015