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RollerCoaster Tycoon
RollerCoaster Tycoon	1999
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2	2002
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3	2004
OpenRCT2 (Engine fanport)	2015
RollerCoaster Tycoon World	2016
RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic	2017
RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures	2019

Key points

Active modding community.

Game is not optimized for modern hardware.^{[citation needed]}

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com		Platinum Edition.
Amazon.com

GOG.com		Platinum Edition. Includes bonus goodies such as the soundtrack, three manuals, and two avatars.
Mac App Store		Platinum Edition.
Origin
Steam		Platinum Edition.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Soaked!
Wild!

Essential improvements

Import track designs from previous games

Track designs from the isometric 2D titles RollerCoaster Tycoon and RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 can be imported.

Instructions

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Patches

Installing patches for mismatched editions causes problems, be sure to get the correct update.

Original Edition: The latest is update three. From vanilla. From update one. From update two.

"Soaked!" expansion: There is only one patch for this expansion pack and is segmented to US and EU patches. Those who own the Scholastic version of the game should pick up this patch instead.

"Wild!" expansion: The American version has 2 patches, Update 1 and Update 2. The EU version can be found here.

Gold Edition: One update.

Platinum Edition: Comes fully pre-patched.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2700/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

OS X location may vary depending on the version of the game you have.

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2700/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

OS X location may vary depending on the version of the game you have.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

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Input settings

Keyboard Remapping

Camera Controls

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Audio settings

Audio and General Game Settings

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Issues fixed

Windows

Windows 7

Crash on start

In Windows Vista or Windows 7, users may experience a crash while attempting to start the game for the first time.

Instructions

General

Generic crash issues

Some crashes can be caused by manually setting the resolution.

Instructions

Game fails to launch, but attempts to launch repeatedly

This issue is caused by the game not being installed on the system partition.

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum^[2]^[3]	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000	XP, Vista, 7, 8.x
Processor (CPU)	Pentium III 733 MHz	Pentium 4 1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB, 256 MB for XP and onwards	256 MB, 384 MB for XP and onwards
Hard disk drive (HDD)	600 MB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon GeForce 2 32 MB of VRAM	ATI Radeon SDR GeForce 2 Pro 64 MB of VRAM

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum^[2]
Operating system (OS)	10.7.5, 10.8.2
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo (Dual-Core) 2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 2600 Nvida GeForce 8600 256 MB of VRAM

Supported Mac GPUs

ATI/AMD	Nvidia	Intel
HD Series	GeForce	Intel HD
2600	8600	3000
3870	8800	4000
4670	9400
4850	9600
5670	GT
5750	120
5770	320M
5870	330M
6490	650M
6630
6750
6770
6970

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (2700) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (2700) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (2700) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] COBRA Development Technology & Tools - Frontier Developments

[steam-3] 2.0 ^2.1 2. RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Platinum - Steam Store Page

[4] RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 - Wikipedia

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[Note 1]

[2]

[3]

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 ==Issues fixed==
-===Windows 7===
+===Windows===
-===Crash on start===
+====Windows 7====
+=====Crash on start=====
 {{ii}} In Windows Vista or Windows 7, users may experience a crash while attempting to start the game for the first time.
 {{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|To fix}}
+{{Fixbox/fix|Modify config file|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}.
-# Locate the options.txt file (Typically located within the root installation folder of the game), and open it with a text editor.
+# Navigate to <code>{{P|game}}</code>
-# Locate the line <code>FirstRun 1</code> (found under the "TWEAKS" section), and change it to <code>FirstRun 0</code>.
+# Open <code>options.txt</code>.
-# Save the file and close it. The game should now run normally.
+# Locate the line <code>FirstRun 1</code>, found under the <code>TWEAKS</code> section, and change it to <code>FirstRun 0</code>.
+# Save and close the file.
 }}
+====General====
-===General crash issues===
+=====Generic crash issues=====
-{{ii}} You may need to change folder options to show hidden files to see some files.
+{{ii}} Some crashes can be caused by manually setting the resolution.
-{{ii}} Ensure you have access to edit the options file by going to the properties of the file and setting the permissions to all for the user you wish to edit them.
 {{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|Only 2 lines of text in options file}}
+{{Fixbox/fix|Modify config file|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
-Making a custom resolution for RCT3 has fixed an issue on some systems.
+# Navigate to <code>{{p|appdata}}\Atari\rct</code>.
+# Open <code>options.txt</code>.
-# There is an option file in both your RCT folder in program files along with your document files. This can be found in <code>{{p|appdata}}\Atari\rct</code>.
+# Find the following line (values may be different): <code>Resolution 1600 1200</code>
-# Find the following line, and set the desired values.
+# Replace the numerical values with your desired resolution. The first value is height, the second is width.
+# Save and close the file.
-<pre>
+Notes:
-Resolution YourWidth YourHeight
+{{ii}}You may need to show hidden files in order to see the config file.
-</pre>
+{{ii}}Administrator privileges are recommended to ensure the fix is applied to all users.
 }}
+=====Game fails to launch, but attempts to launch repeatedly=====
-===Windows===
-====Game fails to launch, but attempts to launch repeatedly====
 {{ii}} This issue is caused by the game not being installed on the system partition.
 {{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|To fix}}
+{{Fixbox/fix|Reinstall game on system partition|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
-# Uninstall the game.
-# Reinstall the game on the system partition.
 }}

Developers

	Frontier Developments
Publishers
	Atari
OS X	Aspyr Media
Engines
	Cobra^[1]
Release dates
Windows	October 26, 2004
macOS (OS X)	November 25, 2005