| Ride Name (.dat File) | Capacity | Size | Hard coded items | Riders | Animation Frames (Ride/Riders) |
Notes: |
| Air Powered Coaster (thcar.dat) | 2 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Stations | Visible | 1,164 (774/390) |
Separate image for front train's "nose-cone." This is added to the front vehicle of each train during game-play |
| American Style Steam Trains (aml1.dat) | 6 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Stations | Visible | 1,152 (768/384) |
Smoke from engine and it’s placement and the sound effects are hardcoded |
| Articulated Wooden Coaster Trains (mft.dat) | 4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Stations | Visible | 2,880 (1,440/1,440) |
None..it’s pretty standard for a coaster |
| Automobile Cars (wcatc.dat) | 4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Stations | Visible | 1,812 (604/1,208) |
None |
| Bobsled Coaster (bob1.dat) |
2 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Stations | Visible | 2,704 (1,352/1,352) |
Due to the beautiful (and extremely complex) swinging motion on curves, this ride requires FIVE images for every position. The flat image is first, then banked halfway to the Rider’s right, then the left. The next is FULLY banked to the right, then FULLY banked to the left |
| Bumper Boats (bboat.dat) |
2 Riders per car | Various | Dock (Station) | Visible | 64 (32/32) |
Water only...no animation. Similar to the Flying Saucers |
| Canoes (cboat.dat) |
2 Riders per car | Various | Dock (Station) | Visible | 112 (16/96) |
Water only, Animated Riders paddle as the boat moves. Uses a 16-frame rotation. |
| Charlift Cars (clift1.dat) |
2 Riders Per Car | Tracked | Cables, Supports & Stations | Visible | 88 (44/44) |
None |
| Cheshire Cats Cars (ctcar.dat) |
2 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 208 (104/104) |
None...just a straight forward tracked ride with gentle inclines |
| Coaster Boats (cstboat.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track& Station | Visible | 1,728 (432/1,294) |
Water Splashes not editable...can’t be removed |
| Compact Inverted Coaster (slct.dat) |
2 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 1,360 (680/680) |
Separate image for front car's "nose-cone" |
| Corkscrew Coaster (arrt1.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 4,468 (1,908/2,560) |
Separate image for "joint" between cars |
| Dinghy Slide (ding1.dat) |
2 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 2,576 (1,288/1,288) |
Due to the beautiful (and extremely complex) sliding motion on curves, this ride requires FIVE images for every position. The flat image is first, then banked halfway to the Rider’s right, then the left. The next is FULLY banked to the right, then FULLY banked to the left. |
| Dodgems Cars (dodg1.dat) |
1 Rider per car | 4 x 4 | Floor, Walls & Roof | Visible | 128 (64/64) |
Cars headlights and tail lights are animated! Movement is random and cannot be controlled |
| Double Deck Observation Tower (obs1.dat) |
32 | 3 x 3 | Tower | Not Shown | 36 (36/0) |
8 frames rotate car 22.5 degrees. Far side of roof is included as a separate animation...MAKE SURE THEY MATCH UP! |
| Elevator (lift1.dat) |
16 | 3 x 3 | Support structure | Visible | 148 (16/132) |
Complex Rider placement inside car. Single image rises and falls...no animation sequence to speak of |
| Enterprise (enterp.dat) |
16 | 4 x 4 | Nothing | Only shown when loading | 244 (196/48) |
Very complex (and FAST!) animation sequence. Animated gates close, four frame sequence for first few rotations, speed increases and animation goes to a 3 frame sequence. Four unique views. |
| Ferris Wheel (fwh1.dat) |
32 | 1 x 4 | Side supports | Visible | 544 (32/512) |
8 Frames of ride animation in each view to rotate wheel 1/16th of a turn. |
| Floorless Coaster (bmfl.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 2,520 (840/1,680) |
None...a straightforward coaster |
| Flying Coaster (bmair.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 4,560 (1,520/3,040) |
None |
| Flying Saucers (fsauc.dat) |
1 Rider per car | 4 x 4 | Floor | Visible | 64 (32/32) |
Random movement. Floor cannot be altered |
| Flying Turns Coaster (intbob.dat) |
6 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 5,408 (1,352/4,056) |
Due to the beautiful (and extremely complex) swinging motion on curves, this ride requires FIVE images for every position. The flat image is first, then banked halfway to the Rider’s right, then the left. The next is FULLY banked to the right, then FULLY banked to the left...same goes for the rider images. |
| Ghost Train Cars (gtc.dat) |
2 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 240 (104/104) |
32 BLANK animation frames at the end...just to be silly |
| Giga Coaster (intst.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 3,624 (1,208/2,416) |
None |
| Go Karts (kart1.dat) |
1 Rider per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 208 (104/104) |
Motor sound effects are hardcoded and cannot be removed or changed |
| Haunted House (hhbuild.dat) |
15 | 3 x 3 | Nothing | Not visible | 76 (76/0) |
An 18 frame intermittent animation (ghost at window) may be changed, but it is synchronized with a hardcoded sound. |
| Haunted Mansion Car (hmcar.dat) |
2 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Stations | Visible | 240 (104/104) |
32 BLANK animation frames at the end...but WHY??? |
| Hedge Maze (hmaze.dat) |
Up to 16 | Variable | Nothing editable | Visible | 0 | No images contained in dat file...the entire ride is hardcoded. Sorryd |
| Hyper Twister Coaster - Wide Trains (bmrb.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 2,868 (1,426/1,442) |
Separate image for front car's "nose-cone" |
| Hyper Coaster (arrt2.dat) |
6 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 3,552 (2,666/886) |
None |
| Hyper Twister Coaster (goltr.dat) |
6 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 3,588 (1,440/2,148) |
Separate image for last car's rear bumper |
| Inverted Coaster (nemt.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 2,520 (840/1,680) |
None |
| Inverted Hairpin Coaster (ivmc1.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 590 (196/394) |
None |
| Inverted Impulse Coaster (intinv.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 936 (312/624) |
None |
| Inverted Shuttle Coaster (slcfo.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 2,040 (680/1,360) |
None |
| Inverted Vertical Shuttle (vekdv.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 2,040 (680/1,360) |
None |
| Jet Skis (jski.dat) |
1 Rider per car | Various | Station | Visible | 64 (32/32) |
Only built on water...pretty standard flat, tracked ride layout |
| Ladybug Coaster Trains (zldb.dat) |
2 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 1,488 (728/728) |
Front car different from the others. 32 spare animation frames at the end. <Sigh> |
| Launched Freefall (ssc1.dat) |
8 | 3 x 3 | Tower | Visible | 21 (9/12) |
Single image moves vertically...not truly animated. Includes 3 frame guest restraint animations. Probably one of the simplest tracked rides to customize |
| Lay-Down Coaster (vekst.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 4,080 (1,360/2,720) |
None |
| LIM Coaster (premt1.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 5,040 (1,680/3,360) |
Front car different from the others. Includes Guest Restraint animations |
| Log Flume (lfb1.dat) |
2 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 624 (208/416) |
None |
| Log Coaster Trains (zlog.dat) |
2 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 1,488 (728/728) |
Front car different from the others. 32 spare animation frames of unknown usefulness at the end |
| Looping Coaster Trains (scht1.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Stations | Visible | 4,320 (1,440/2,880) |
None |
| Magic Carpet (mcarpet1.dat) |
12 | 1 x 4 | Four corner supports | Visible | 28 (4/24) |
Four corner supports and swing-arms are not removable...and lining up your artwork with those swing arms can be a real job. Four unique views. |
| Merry Go Round (mgr1.dat) |
16 | 3 x 3 | None | Visible | 100 (32/68) |
Riders shown ONLY on one side of Ride. Music is not changeable. Ride has only one view. |
| Mine Mouse Cars (smc2.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Stations | Visible | 584 (184/368) |
32 spare animation frames at the end....inconceivable! |
| Mine Train Ride (pmt1.dat) |
2 Riders in front car, 4 in others | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 1,820 (728/1,092) |
Front car different from the others...and different capacity. Makes things interesting. |
| Mine Train Coaster (amt1.dat) |
2 Riders in front car, 4 in others | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 2220 (888/1,332) |
Front car different from the others...and different capacity. Makes things even MORE interesting. |
| Mini Golf (golf1.dat) |
Various | Various | Golf Holes | Visible | 149 (0,149) |
Only Player animations are editable, but since the holes are hard coded (and unviewable) it truly wouldn’t make much sense...I mean, how would you line everything up? |
| Mini Helicopters (helicar.dat) |
2 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 864 (416/416) |
Includes animated propeller...and the guests bob their heads as they ride! Never noticed that before... |
| Monorail Cycles (monbk.dat) |
1 Rider per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 256 (128/128) |
Includes animated cycle and Rider...their little legs move and everything. |
| Monster Trucks (4x4.dat) |
2 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 424 (196/196) |
32 spare animation frames at the end...go figure |
| Motion Simulator (simpod.dat) |
8 | 2 x 2 | Nothing | Not Shown | 140 (140/0) |
Four unique views. Four frame door animation, followed by 32 frames of movement. Movement SEEMS to be random -- haven’t really investigated it for a pattern -- and cannot be controlled. |
| Motorbike Races (steep2.dat) |
2 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 256 (128/128) |
None |
| Multi Dimension Coaster (arrx.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 28,224 (?? / ??) |
Didn’t count Rider vs. Ride frames, but I’d guess it’s evenly split. Due to the ability to "program" the car’s position on any section of track, it would be like building a complete coaster for every rider position possible. I know I won’t be building one of these, myself. |
| Observation Tower (obs1.dat) |
20 | 3 x 3 | Tower | Not Shown | 36 (36/0) |
8 frames rotate car 22.5 degrees. Far side of roof is included as a separate animation...MAKE SURE THEY MATCH UP! |
| Pickup Truck Cars (truck1.dat) |
1 Rider per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 264 (116/116) |
32 spare animation frames at the end. (Whatever...) |
| Pirate Ship (swsh1.dat) |
16 | 1 x 5 | Triangular Support Frame | Visible | 342 (38/304) |
Two views...repeated for map rotation |
| Racing Cars (rcr.dat) |
1 Rider per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 240 (104/104) |
Amazingly, there are 32 spare animation frames at the end |
| Retro Monorail (mono3.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 1,152 (384/768) |
Front car different from the rest of the train. |
| Reverse Freefall (revf1.dat) |
8 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 1,560 (312/1,248) |
None |
| Reversing Coaster (revcar.dat) |
6 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 936 (312/624)/ |
Sliding Spin Slate is animated separately |
| River Rafts (rftboat.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track (water) & Station | Visible | 96 (32/64) |
None |
| River Rapids Boats (rapboat.dat) |
8 Riders per car | Tracked | Track (water) & Station | Visible | 360 (72/288) |
8 frames animate boat turning 90-degrees. Water splashes are hardcoded |
| Rocket Coaster Cars (rckc.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 1,776 (592/1,184) |
None |
| Roto-Drop (gdrop1.dat) |
16 | 3 x 3 | Tower | Visible | 148 (19/129) |
4 frame animation rotates car 22.5 degrees. Animated Restraints, too...thus the odd number of frames |
| Rowing Boats (rboat.dat) |
2 Riders per car | Various | Station (dock) | Visible | 128 (16/112) |
Water only, Animated Riders paddle as the boat moves |
| Side-Friction Coaster Cars (sfric1.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 624 (208/416) |
None |
| Ski-Lift Cars (clift1.dat) |
2 Riders Per Car | Tracked | Cables, Supports & Stations | Visible | 88 (44/44) |
None |
| Small Monorail Cars (mono2.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 420 (140/280) |
None |
| Snow Cups (twist2.dat) |
18 | 3 x 3 | Nothing | Visible | 240 (24/216) |
24 Frames rotate ride 120-degrees. Riders require ALL 216 FRAMES to reach their original starting point. |
| Soap Box Derby (sbox.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 384 (128/256) |
None |
| Space Rings (srings.dat) |
4 | 3 x 3 | Animation Position | Visible | 704 (352/352) |
Four individual animations of one rider each. Four unique views. Animation is repeated a number of times. Sections of the animation MUST be able to run BACKWARD without looking silly. |
| Spiral Coaster Cars (spdrcr.dat) |
6 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 2,496 (624/1,872) |
None |
| Spiral Slide (hskelt.dat) |
5 | 2 x 2 | Not Editable | Visible | 0 (0/0) |
Nothing editable - completely hard coded. (DARN!) |
| Splash Boats (spboat.dat) |
16 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 1,688 (184/1,472) |
Splashes hard coded. 32 spare animation frames at the end...I dunno... |
| Sports Cars (spcar.dat) |
1 Rider per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 240 (104/104) |
32 spare animation frames at the end...SURPRISE! |
| Stand-Up Twister Coaster (bmsu.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 3,348 (1,668/1,680) |
Separate image for front car's "nose-cone" |
| Stand-Up Coaster (togst.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 4,468 (1,908/2,560) |
Separate image for joiner plate between cars |
| Steam Trains (nrl.dat) |
6 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 1,152 (768/384) |
Separate Engine, Coal Car and Passenger car images. Smoke/Steam placement and sound effects are hard coded. It’s like making three separate tracked rides...but together. (Did that make sense?) |
| Steam Trains w/ Covered Cars (nrl2.dat) |
6 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 1,152 (768/384) |
See note in previous entry for Steam Trains...it all applies here, too |
| Steeplechase (steep1.dat) |
2 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 256 (128/128) |
None |
| Streamlined Monorail (mono1.dat) |
10 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Not Shown | 420 (420/0) |
Different images for front, center and rear cars...140 frames each |
| Submarine Ride (submar.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Not Shown | 88 (88/0) |
Cars are horizontally split at the water line. Separate images for each half. |
| Suspended Flying Coaster (skytr.dat) |
1 Rider per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 1,400 (700/700) |
Due to the beautiful (and extremely complex) swinging motion on curves, this ride requires MULTIPLE images for every position. The flat image is first, then banked halfway to the Rider’s right, then the left. The next is FULLY banked to the right, then FULLY banked to the left...same goes for the rider images. |
| Suspended Monorail Train (smono.dat) |
8 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 700 (140/560) |
None |
| Suspended Swinging Coaster Cars (arrsw1.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 4,620 (1,540/3,080) |
Due to the beautiful (and extremely complex) swinging motion on curves, this ride requires MULTIPLE images for every position. The flat image is first, then banked halfway to the Rider’s right, then the left. The next is FULLY banked to the right, then FULLY banked to the left...same goes for the rider images. |
| Suspended Swinging Plane Cars (arrsw2.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 4,620 (1,540/3,080) |
Due to the beautiful (and extremely complex) swinging motion on curves, this ride requires MULTIPLE images for every position. The flat image is first, then banked halfway to the Rider’s right, then the left. The next is FULLY banked to the right, then FULLY banked to the left...same goes for the rider images.. |
| Swan Boats (swans.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Various | Station (Dock) | Visible | 64 (16/48) |
Built on water only |
| Swinging Coaster Cars (batfl.dat) |
2 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 1,280 (640/640) |
None |
| Swinging Floorless Coaster (vekvamp.dat) |
2 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 3,080 (1,540/1,540) |
None |
| Swinging Inverter Ship (swsh2.dat) |
12 | 1 x 4 | Base plate, platform & rear support | Not Shown | 174 (150/24) |
Although Rider and door opening animations are included in the .dat, they're never used in the game. |
| Tobggan Cars (jstar1.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 1,776 (592/1,184) |
None |
| Top Spin (topsp1.dat) |
8 | 3 x 3 | Nothing | Visible | 576 (268/308) |
Extremely complex and specific animation sequence. Five separately animated sections to line up and deal with...and be careful -- they overlap in a SPECIFIC order! |
| Trams (tram1.dat) |
10 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 800 (130/638) |
32 spare animation frames at the end...what a concept! |
| Twist (twist1.dat) |
18 | 3 x 3 | Nothing | Visible | 240 (24/216) |
24 Frames rotate ride 120-degrees. Riders require ALL 216 FRAMES to reach their original starting point. |
| Twister Coaster Car (bmsd.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 3,348 (1,666/1,682) |
None |
| Twister Heartline Coaster (utcar.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 2,592 (864/1,728) |
None |
| Twister Heartline Coaster - Reversed (utcarr.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 2,592 (864/1,728) |
None |
| Vertical Drop Coaster (bmvd.dat) |
6 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 2,880 (720/2,160) |
None |
| Vintage Cars (vcr.dat) |
2 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 240 (104/104) |
32 blank animation frames at the end...hee hee hee |
| Virginia Reel (vreel.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 360 (72/288) |
8 frames turn the tub 90-degrees in nine different views. |
| Water Tricycles (trike.dat) |
2 Riders per car | Various | Station (Dock) | Visible | 64 (32/32) |
Trike's wheels and Rider's legs are both animated. Built on water only. |
| Wild Mouse Coaster (smc1.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 620 (196/392) |
32 blank animation frames at the end. Don’t worry...be happy. |
| Wild Mouse - Mouse Cars (wmouse.dat) |
2 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 1,136 (552/552) |
32 blank animation frames at the end. YAY! |
| Wild Mouse - Mine Cars (wmine.dat) |
2 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 1,136 (552/552) |
32 blank animation frames at the end. Yeah, baby! |
| Wild Mouse - Spinning Cars (wmspin.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 4,608 (1,536/3,072) |
None |
| Wooden Coaster Trains (ptct1.dat) |
4 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 2,160 (720/1,440) |
None |
| Wooden Coaster Trains - long (ptct2.dat) |
6 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 2,880 (720/2,160) |
None |
| Wooden Coaster Trains - Reversed (ptct2r.dat) |
6 Riders per car | Tracked | Track & Station | Visible | 2,880 (720/2,160) |
None |
Making
the ride hold FEWER guests isn’t generally a problem...the game
just ignores the other sets of rider images. If they normally ride
in PAIRS and you want them to ride SOLO, be sure you make the IMAGES
look like only one rider...otherwise they’ll all become Siamese
Twins when they board the thing. If you look at the images for
my "Waterslide" ride, you'll see that I did exactly that.
One
way around the problem is showcased in my ride
"Rounded-Up." It’s based on the RCT2 Enterprise, which
shows riders when loading but NOT when the ride is in motion. Riders
are visible as they ENTER the ride and then doors close to cover
(hide) them.
So,
I incorporated wire mesh "doors" on my version of the
ride. The riders board and stand on their places, but then the doors
hide them from view. The thing goes SO fast that you really can’t
see them when it’s moving anyway.