Warnings
- GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
General information
- 2K Support page
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Essential improvements
Patches
Patch 1.1 is the latest patch available for the game.
Improves stability on systems with at least 3GB RAM by allowing the application to use more than 2GB RAM.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System |
Location |
Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Railroads!\ |
macOS (OS X) |
$HOME/Library/Containers/com.feralinteractive/Data/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Sid Meier's Railroads!/ |
Steam Play (Linux) |
<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7600/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System |
Location |
Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Railroads!\Saves |
macOS (OS X) |
$HOME/Library/Containers/com.feralinteractive/Data/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Sid Meier's Railroads!/Saves/ |
Steam Play (Linux) |
<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7600/pfx/[Note 1] |
Video
Set resolution[2]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
Settings.ini
- Change the
WindowWidth and WindowHeight values to match your resolution.
- Change
FullScreen = 1 to FullScreen = 0
- Save your changes.
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Input
In-game key map settings.
In-game general control settings.
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Spanish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Issues fixed
Low memory crash
- The game executable has a hard-coded memory limit of 1 GB, causing it to crash in larger maps.
Download this executable and replace the RailRoads.exe file in the installation folder.[citation needed]
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9.0c |
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Metal support |
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macOS >= 10.14 only |
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
2000 |
XP |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz
| Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
512 MB |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
1.7 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Video card with hardware pixel and vertex shaders (GeForce 3, Radeon 8500 or better) 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible
| 128 MB of VRAM |
macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
10.14 |
Processor (CPU) |
1.1 GHz Intel Core M |
System memory (RAM) |
4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
2 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
512 Mb Nvidia 640M, 1.5GB Intel HD 5300 or 2GB AMD M290 512 MB of VRAM |
Note: Users with macOS versions prior to 10.14 can select the branch mac_retail_111 - macOS 10.13.6 or older only
from the Beta tab on Steam. This enables the game to run with the legacy OpenGL backend on macOS >= 10.12.4.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References