Sunday, November 19, 2017

Get Free Tickets in RCT4M (Roller Coaster Tycoon 4 Mobile)

Don't change the page, this isn't a scam. I've seen several websites and videos that guarantee you free tickets for signing up. Fact is, Roller Coaster Tycoon Mobile 4 has made it unbelievably easy to get free tickets without doing anything but playing the game. Here are the best way to get those free tickets. Do this before you go hunting elsewhere...

Build The Lollipop Balloon

This seems to be a best kept secret (aside from being a recent update). Within your park, choose Build, then choose Specials. Scroll all the way to the right and you'll hit the balloons. The very last balloon is the "Lollipop Balloon". For 60 tickets you'll get a balloon that gives you tickets. How many? Well they don't tell you, but here it is. RCT4M gives you ONE TICKET EVERY MINUTE!! Additionally, the balloon will hold up to three tickets. So if you stayed glued to the balloon for one hour, you'd have 60 FREE TICKETS! This is easily the best way to do it. You can have one in each park, and you'll earn the 60 it costs back in no time. So if you play Roller Coaster Tycoon 4 Mobile, definitely put a balloon in each park and start collecting.



Watch The Ad

Did you ever see the yellow button underneath your park name in the top right corner? It says "Free Ticket". In exchange for watching a 30 second ad, you can earn yourself a free ticket. This is available every several hours (it may even be every hour, but I haven't timed it). Make sure to take advantage of it. They also seem to stack up to two at a time, so be sure to watch whatever's available and earn your free RCT4M tickets. 



Log In Daily

Logging in once every 24 hours gives you a daily reward. Each daily reward seems to have at least one ticket after day 5. Keep in mind it's going to make you wait 24 hours from the time you last collected, not just at midnight each day, which is a bit annoying. Not totally worth it to log in, but if you're in dire need of one more, this is it. 



If you've got a better way to earn free tickets in RCT4M, I want to know about it! Let me know in the comments. Again, free tickets for Roller Coaster Tycoon 4 Mobile are NOT available via those spam links, so don't believe the hype!

How To Beat Scenario 17 of RCT4M (Roller Coaster Tycoon 4 Mobile)

Scenario 17 of RCT4M requires you to reach a park value of $280,000 within 86 hours. If you want three stars, you'll need to do it in 69. We'll do it in less than a day. Here's how I beat Scenario 17 of Roller Coaster Tycoon 4 Mobile.


Build 4 Food Stands

Normally, I'll build 10-12 food stands and keep collecting coins. However, the goal here is to establish park value. Value is gained by building food stands and attractions. While I wasn't really in a hurry to complete this one, I figured I might as well have food stands that earn as much as possible, so I started with 4 stands. You'll DEFINITELY need this and more to build up coins for increasing your park value, so don't skip this.


Build Some Attractions

I say pick your poison in terms of which attractions to choose from, but more moderate buzz earning rides you have, the more your food stands will earn to help you build more attractions. I went with a rocket blast, centrifuge, and pirate ship. I want to save the coin I've earned to build more, so DO NOT instantly complete these attractions. It'll take you longer to complete the scenario if you do. 


Keep Building and Earning

I followed the rule that for every ride I built, I added a food stand. Keep earning, keep building is really the only rule you need to follow. I added an Octopus ride, Ferris Wheel and Carousel, along with some more food stands. Doing so keeps your earning rate of food stands high. 






Build Ferris Wheels...Lots of Them

The key to doing things fast is to do them cheap. It doesn't need to be good or pretty. Instead of building one expensive ride that takes 4 hours to build, build Ferris Wheels. Each one takes about 18 seconds to build. If you build enough of them, you'll find that you rack up the $280,000 quite quickly. 

Build the Last Attraction to Hit $280K and 3-Star

Sure enough, after a dozen or so Ferris Wheels, I reached a park value of $280K! Remember, it's not about what's building, but what's complete that matters, so I strongly recommend just building a bunch of cheap stuff that builds quick, even if it isn't the Ferris Wheel. 



I wasn't really into this one, and probably could have completed it faster if I had paid more attention. If you've got a quicker way you know of on how to beat Scenario 17 of Roller Coaster Tycoon 4 Mobile, I'd love to hear about it in the comments!




How to Beat Scenario 16 of RCT4M (Roller Coaster Tycoon 4 Mobile)

Scenario 16 of RCT4M wants you to build a 1700 foot roller coaster in less than 43 hours. Do it in 34 hours, and you'll get three stars. 34 hours isn't a ton of time. Most of the scenarios at least take overnight, so don't let this one go too long without logging in.



Build Several Food Stands

Food stands earn at different rates. If you check your phone every few minutes, use ice cream stands. If you check it every 8 hours, use a burger stand. I like something middle of the road so I use coffee stands. Seems every hour or 90 minutes, and you'll have stands full of coins. Go with your own usage.


Plan Out Your Roller Coaster

Look for my post that talks about Roller Coaster Tycoon 4 Mobile track lengths, but without getting into it, each loop is about 94 feet. I'm going to build a coaster with 17 of them so I know I'll hit 1700 feet with the extra turns and straight lengths. Feel free to build your own, but here's the easy answer:


Keep Collecting Coins

This coaster will cost you just over $82,000 to build, so you'll need to collect several times from your food stands to save up the needed 80K that you'll be short. This should take about 24 hours, but you'll get there if you collect a bit.


Build Your Coaster

Now that you've got enough loot, you can start building your coaster. You probably won't have enough to complete it instantly, but keep saving from the coffee stands, and you will in a short while. 


Complete the Scenario with 3 Stars

Now that I have enough coins, I can build the it instantly. Instant building shaves off significant wait time, so I say go for it and move on to the next scenario.



There ya have it! Scenario 16 of Roller Coaster Tycoon 4 Mobile is complete. I'm sure there are other coaster layouts that you can use, but I'm out to do it right the first time. Making it look pretty is not my concern here. 

Got a better way to beat Scenario 16 of RCT4M? Know of a faster way to handle it? Let me know in the comments!

How To Beat Scenario 15 of RCT4M (Roller Coaster Tycoon 4 Mobile)

Scenario 15 of Roller Coaster Tycoon 4 Mobile wants you to create a park with an average excitement rating of 6.5. If you complete it in 34 hours or less, you'll get the three stars. Here's how to beat this scenario.


Looking at the park as it is, we're about halfway to the excitement rating. Given that we need to achieve a 6.5, all we need is one ride at that level. The cheapest attraction with a 6.5 is a haunted house, which costs $95,000. Since we're starting with only 50K, we'll have to make some loot. Let's get started. 



Build Some Food Stands

I'm going to start by building 9 food stands, since there's already 1 there. Since I like even numbers, that'll give me 10. I use coffee stands, but remember that you'll earn faster if you collect more often. If you can collect every few minutes, go with ice cream stands. If you're going to bed, turn them to burger stands. Look at the time to max coins for each stand type and go from there. 


Start The Haunted House

At some point the next day, I had more than enough to build the haunted house. I got that guy going. Keep saving money with the food stands. You'll be able to instantly build it when you've saved enough.




Complete the Haunted House

Now that I've got enough, I'm going to complete the haunted house. You'll notice at this point that your excitement rating only increases a little bit. So the trick here it to make some adjustments to your attractions...and by adjustments, I mean removal.




Remove Every Other Attraction & 3 Star Scenario 15

Per the screenshots below, you'll notice that as I sell each attraction, my excitement rating bar climbs. This is the key to beating scenario 15 of RCT4M. Clear all the rides, with the exception of the Haunted House, and this one will be in the books. 

First the Bumper Cars...


Then the Rocket Blast...



 Then the Carousel...


And the moment you sell the Roller Coaster, you'll complete the scenario...

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Not bad! Scenario 15 of RCT4M is complete with 3 stars. Got a better way to beat Scenario 15 of Roller Coaster Tycoon 4 Mobile? Let me know about it in the comments!

Thursday, November 16, 2017

How to Beat Scenario 14 of RCT4M (Roller Coaster Tycoon 4 Mobile)

Scenario 14 of RCT4M wants you to build two 4D Cinemas and two Swinging Hammers. Complete the task in 89 hours and you'll get all three stars. Yes, I'm going for three stars. 



You'll start out with $330,000 in coins, Unfortunately, the cost of these attractions when added together is almost $500,000. Let's get building.

Build 12 Coffee Stands

Once again, I started by building 12 ice cream stands, but given how often I was collecting, it was better to switch to 12 coffee stands. Use your judgement. If you live on the game, go for the ice cream stands and collect every 3 minutes. Coffee Stands give me about a good hour before I need to collect before it's full.



Build One Swinging Hammer and One 4D Cinema

With about $317,000 left, I begin to build one of each attraction. The swinging hammers take about 18 hours to complete, so starting one of those makes sure you finish this scenario as fast as possible. Of course you can choose to start with the two 4D Cinemas. Hindsight 20/20, I don't think it mattered all that much. 

It's way too expensive to finish either of these rides right away, and I know I still need to build the other two attractions, so I would NOT suggest completing either ride right away. They'll most likely finish by themselves in the time it takes to complete this scenario.


Keep Collecting Coins!

Make sure to keep your collection up. If you wait too long, your food stands will max out and stop collecting, so check as often as needed based on your collection rate for your food stands. 

Below is a before and after of my park performance from before the attractions are complete and after. Notice how much more I'm making with these two attractions completed. Again, don't finish them early, but getting those two started gives you a boost to build the others. 


Build a Second Swinging Hammer

Since the Swinging Hammer costs more to build and takes longer, start with that when you've accumulated enough coins. This way, you don't have to wait to save more coins to finish it instantly in the end. 


Build a Second 4D Cinema

Shortly after building my second Swinging Hammer, I had enough for the second 4D Cinema. Shortly after that, I had enough coins to instantly complete it. This helps me save up even more conis to complete the second Swinging Hammer.


Complete the Second Swinging Hammer for 3 Stars

It shouldn't take too much longer to get the coins required to instant complete the Swinging Hammer and land yourself 3 more stars in yet another scenario.



All in all, this one took about 32-33 hours. I probably could have collected a little bit faster, but I'm still well within the 3-star limit. 

What do you think? Could you have done it faster? Let me know how in the comments!




How to Beat Scenario 13 of RCT4M (Roller Coaster Tycoon 4 Mobile)


Scenario 13 of Roller Coaster Tycoon 4 Mobile requires you to build a roller coaster at least 700 feet in length in 72 hours. Want three stars? You'll need to build one that's 1,120 feet. I've written a post before about RCT4M track lengths, so I already know what I'm going to do there. I'll get to that in a bit.

You don't start off with a whole lot of money or money makers in this scenario, so we're going to start (as usual) right there.


Build 10 Coffee Stands


I actually started out with ice cream stands, but switched to coffee stands because I wasn't collecting very often. Always base your choice of food stand on how often you log on. The coffee stands let me check every hour or so.




Add a Ferris Wheel and Carousel

I'd like to improve my collection rate a bit, so I'm going to throw in a Ferris Wheel and Carousel. It most likely only shaved off a few minutes of the collection time, but I like to complete these things as fast as possible while not having to live on my phone. 


Plan Your Rollercoaster

1,120 feet of coaster is nothing small, and I hate playing guessing games. Based on my post about RCT4M track lengths, I've decided to guarantee length on the first shot and build a coaster with 12 loops. I'm sure you could get away with 11, but I didn't test that out. So here's my planned coaster:


As you can see, I need about 165K in coins to build this coaster, and even with a little bit of a break, I'm still under 100K. 

Add another Attraction and 2 More Coffee Stands (Optional)

I'm pretty sure you could 3-star this scenario without having to do this part, but I wanted to speed things up a bit. I added another ride and two more coffee stands. 



You can see I've cranked up the number of folks I'm serving, so that should keep my coffee stands earning at a reasonable rate. From here, I check every hour or two and boost my coin collection a little bit more each time. Every coffee stand collects 750 coins when full, so with 12 of them, I'm gaining 9K in coins.

Build Your Coaster the Next Day

With a full night's sleep and some fairly consistent coin collecting, I had enough coins to build the roller coaster. 


Collect Enough Coins To Finish Building Early

Now that I've got the coaster building, I'm going to keep collecting from my coffee stands. As you'll see, it won't take more than the time left to complete the scenario without this, but who wants to wait? At some point, the amount of coins I need to finish building early and amount of coins I have saved cross paths, and I three-star this one. 



So there you have it! Three stars in about 20+ hours. 

Got a faster way to beat scenario 13 of RCT4M? Let me know about it in the comments!