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Railroad Tycoon
Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon	1990
Railroad Tycoon II	1998
Railroad Tycoon 3	2003
Sid Meier's Railroads!	2006

Railroad Tycoon II is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric building and business game in the Railroad Tycoon series.

General information

Express World - A fan hub for the entire Railroad Tycoon series

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM^{[Note 1]}. See version differences for more info.

GOG.com		Platinum edition.
Steam		Platinum edition. Can only be purchased in USA, Canada, UK, EU countries except Croatia, Brazil, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and Vietnam

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

A free demo version is avalable from GameFront.

Version differences

The Gold Edition includes the base game, the Second Century expansion, 15 additional official scenarios, and exclusive HMTL-based strategy guides for all included scenarios and campaigns.

The Windows-exclusive Platinum Edition includes the Gold Edition's non-exclusive content as well as 50 additional levels, the official strategy guide for the base game in PDF format, and 2 hours of additional music.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
The Second Century

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patches available for the game can be found on Patches-Scrolls:

Base game: 1.05b
The Second Century: 1.54, 1.54a (Polish)
Platinum: 1.56

Unofficial patch

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The unofficial 1.57 patch for the game corrects bugs in supply and demand for Railroad Tycoon II Gold and Platinum. Note: The GOG version of the patch is also compatible with Steam.

Dune2K.com thread

OpenGL Wrapper and Patch

Original homepage (archived)

The game renders via OpenGL, supports windowed mode toggle (F4) and can now easily minimize on newer OS.

Includes an optional FPS counter (F1).

When using this wrapper with the GOG version, make sure that all of the compatibility mode settings of RT2_PLAT.EXE are disabled, or the game will be stuck on a black screen at launch.

Game data

In-game general settings.

In-game gameplay settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7620/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\games^{[Note 3]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7620/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Set compatibility mode to Windows XP Service Pack 3 and color mode to 16-bit. Or use Verok's GL Wrapper
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Retail only
German				Retail only
Italian				Retail only
Japanese				Retail only
Polish				Retail only
Brazilian Portuguese				Retail only (CD Expert/PC Gamer).

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw	5.0

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Linux
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System	3.0.0
Cutscenes	Smacker Video Technology

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 133 MHz
System memory (RAM)	16 MB	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	300 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 5 compatible

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Kernel 2.2.x
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium class PowerPC 200 MHz
System memory (RAM)	16 MB	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB
Video card (GPU)	1024x768 resolution

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
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 (7620) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
↑ 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).

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] 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]

[Proton_path_note-4] 2.0 ^2.1 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 (7620) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

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

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

[5] The app ID (7620) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[gamedir-5] 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).

[1] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[2] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[Note 3]

[1]

[2]

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-{{mm}} [http://www.firaxis.com Official developer site]
-{{mm}} [http://www.lokigames.com Official Linux developer site]
-{{mm}} [http://www.lokigames.com/products/rt2/ Official Linux game site]
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-{{Availability/row| Steam | 7620 | Steam | Railroad Tycoon II: Platinum, Region locked in Latin America and parts of Europe. |  | Windows}}
+{{Availability/row| Steam | 7620 | Steam | Platinum edition.<br>Can only be purchased in USA, Canada, UK, EU countries except Croatia, Brazil, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and Vietnam |  | Windows}}
 }}
+{{ii}} A free demo version is avalable from [https://www.gamefront.com/games/railroad-tycoon-2/file/railroad-tycoon-ii-demo GameFront].
+===Version differences===
+{{ii}} The '''Gold Edition''' includes the base game, the Second Century expansion, 15 additional official scenarios, and exclusive HMTL-based strategy guides for all included scenarios and campaigns.
+{{ii}} The Windows-exclusive '''Platinum Edition''' includes the Gold Edition's non-exclusive content as well as 50 additional levels, the official strategy guide for the base game in PDF format, and 2 hours of additional music.
+==Monetization==
 {{DLC|
-{{DLC/row| Railroad Tycoon 2: The Second Century | | Windows, Mac OS, Linux }}
+{{DLC/row| The Second Century | | Windows, Mac OS, Linux }}
 }}
-===Version differences===
-{{ii}} Railroad Tycoon II: Gold Edition includes the base game, its expansion, 15 additional official scenarios, and exclusive HMTL-based strategy guides for all included scenarios and campaigns.
-{{ii}} Railroad Tycoon II: Platinum includes the Gold Edition's non-exclusive content as well as 50 additional levels, the official strategy guide for the base game in PDF format, and 2 hours of additional music.
-{{ii}} Railroad Tycoon II: Platinum is Windows-only, whereas all previous versions of the game were also released separately for Mac OS and Linux.
 ==Essential improvements==
-{{Image|Railroad Tycoon II General.png|In-game general settings.}}
 ===Patches===
-The last official patch available for the game can be found [https://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/3333/7/48951/download here for Railroad Tycoon II] and [https://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/3335/7/48946/download here for Railroad Tycoon II platinum].
+{{ii}} The latest official patches available for the game can be found on Patches-Scrolls:
+:* Base game: [https://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/3333/7/48951/download 1.05b]
+:* The Second Century: [https://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/3336/7/29682 1.54], [https://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/3336/7/29683 1.54a (Polish)]
+:* Platinum: [https://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/3335/7/48946/download 1.56]
-The numerous versions of the unofficial 1.57 patch for the game, which corrects bugs in supply & demand for Railroad Tycoon II Platinum, Railroad Tycoon II Platinum GOG, and Railroad Tycoon II Gold, [https://forum.dune2k.com/topic/27789-unofficial-patch-157ddh/ can be found here]. Logging in with an account is required for download. ''Note: The GOG version of the patch is also compatible with Steam.''
+===Unofficial patch===
+{{cleanup|section|reason=Need to login to Dune2K.com to download}}
+{{ii}} The unofficial 1.57 patch for the game corrects bugs in supply and demand for Railroad Tycoon II Gold and Platinum. ''Note: The GOG version of the patch is also compatible with Steam.''
+{{mm}} [https://forum.dune2k.com/topic/27789-unofficial-patch-157ddh/ Dune2K.com thread]
-===[https://verokster.blogspot.com/2019/10/railroad-tycoon-ii-gl-wrapper-patch.html OpenGL Wrapper and Patch]===
+===[https://www.mediafire.com/file/q4nwtxhwd1vzcv1/RailroadGL_1.05.exe/file OpenGL Wrapper and Patch]===
-{{++}} Game renders via OpenGL and can now easily minimize on new OS.
+{{mm}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20211010112329/https://verokster.blogspot.com/2019/10/railroad-tycoon-ii-gl-wrapper-patch.html Original homepage (archived)]
-{{ii}} When using this patch with the GOG version, make sure that all of ''RT2_PLAT.EXE'''s compatibility mode settings (under Properties/Compatibility) are set to off, or the game will be stuck on a black screen at launch.
+{{++}} The game renders via OpenGL, supports windowed mode toggle ({{key|F4}}) and can now easily minimize on newer OS.
+{{++}} Includes an optional FPS counter ({{key|F1}}).
+{{ii}} When using this wrapper with the GOG version, make sure that all of the [[Windows Compatibility Mode|compatibility mode]] settings of {{file|RT2_PLAT.EXE}} are disabled, or the game will be stuck on a black screen at launch.
 ==Game data==
+{{Image|Railroad Tycoon II General.png|In-game general settings.}}
 {{Image|Railroad Tycoon II Gameplay.png|In-game gameplay settings.}}
 ===Configuration file(s) location===
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+|windowed notes             = Set compatibility mode to Windows XP Service Pack 3 and color mode to 16-bit. Or use [[#OpenGL Wrapper and Patch|Verok's GL Wrapper]]
 |borderless windowed        = false
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+|royalty free audio       = always on
+|royalty free audio notes =
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+ |interface = true
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+}}
+{{L10n/switch
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+===Middleware===
+{{Middleware
+|physics          =
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+|audio            = Miles Sound System
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+|interface        =
+|interface notes  =
+|input            =
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+|cutscenes notes  =
+|multiplayer      =
+|multiplayer notes=
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Developers

	PopTop Software
Mac OS (Classic)	Westlake Interactive
Linux	Loki Software
Publishers
Retail	Gathering of Developers
Linux	Loki Software
Digital	2K Games
Engines
	S3D
Release dates
Windows	November 4, 1998
Mac OS (Classic)	September 13, 1999
Linux	October 18, 1999
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Building, Business
Vehicles	Train
Series	Railroad Tycoon