Ok this was posted in the RCT3 FAQ thread by one of the admin

That's too bad. Let's hope Atari and Frontier CAN sort this out.

I actually consider this to be encouraging news. I never thought that we would be able to import new objects with the initial release. One of the early interviews said that it was being looked at, but did not indicate that it would actually be in the game when released.

As long as Atari and Frontier will look into the possibility of allowing the RCT commnunity to create some sort of mod for the game, this can be nothing but encouraging. I also appreciate that they are not promising anything except that the issue will be examined.

The more I hear about RCT3 the more I think I will stick to 2. I WILL get 3 (prolly be the first one crashing through the door when it is released!), but gosh.... how can they improve on perfection!

Well, I knew we wouldn't be able too before, but now it's official. Oh well. I'll just stick to RCT2.

As for RCT2 being "Perfection", I wouldn't say that, there's way to many bugs in the game that they SHOULD have fixed. I hope RCT3 won't be a problem stricken as RCT2 is.

Granted, it's kinda buggy. Like the issue I am having right now with the scenario editor. But it still keeps me enchanted for as long as time permits every day!

The way RTC2 had evolved it incredible. I sometimes wonder if the atari people understand that the game that IS is so much better than the game they made.

I will get 3 and probably play it, but the screens don't look very pretty which tells me there is a real need for custom objects for it also.

I suspect that we will not be able to. I know it's claimed that they 'want to give us that ability', but my guess is that we'll get it ONLY after they sell us all the expansions that they can first.

Do I know for sure? Nope, I don't work for Atari or Frontier either.

I have to agree with Wagi here. They will try to sell us a millions expansions first. Still, The Sims has five or so expansions and that hasn't stopped people from creating millions of new objects If anything, it has people buying both the expansions and custom objects. The Sims isn't as limited by the number of objects you can have either. Believe me, I have tons of them! Atari and Frontier both need to take their cue from Maxis.

As for the pictures not looking too pretty - I can explain part of that because I develop 3D stuff. Like many other games, the the objects, characters look "chunky" close up because they are developed and rendered at a lower resolution that I would use for most of my 3D art. This keeps the graphics from bogging down old computer systems and graphics cards while, at the same time, allowing the game to run faster.

I knew we probably wouldn't be able to build custom objects right away, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. I will buy RCT3 but I love playing with RCT2 too much to give it up.

will you be able to design custom coasters?

I actually found out that you may create custom coasters in RCT3 (thank god) which is all I'm concered about because that's all I create for RCT2 anyways.