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Latest revision as of 16:04, 6 September 2024
Developers | |
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Bullfrog Productions | |
Mac OS (Classic) | Zonic Limited |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Re-release | Sold Out Software |
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 | |
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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).
Theme Park World is a singleplayer bird's-eye view building game in the Theme Park series.
General information
- Released in the US as Sim Theme Park.
Availability
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[Note 2] %PROGRAMFILES%\Bullfrog\Theme Park World\data[Note 3][Note 2] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\save[Note 2] %PROGRAMFILES%\Bullfrog\Theme Park World\save[Note 4][Note 2] %LOCALAPPDATA%\Bullfrog\Theme Park World\save[Note 5] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
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 |
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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 |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
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 the GPU's drivers[citation needed] |
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Lower the desktop resolution[citation needed] |
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Game runs to fast and becomes unplayable
- Occurs on high framerates.
Limit the framerate to 60 FPS.[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.
Download and install the SafeDisc Windows XP Fix for Microsoft Games.[3] |
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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 occur 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 |
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Direct3D | 6 | |
DirectDraw | 6.1 | |
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 2.2 2.3 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). - ↑ using default install directory
- ↑ using default install directory under XP and earlier
- ↑ using default install directory under Vista and later
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