Key points
- Railroad Tycoon II (GL Wrapper & Patch)
General information
- Official developer site
- Official Linux developer site
- Official Linux game site
- 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
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
DLC and expansion packs
| Name |
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| Railroad Tycoon 2: The Second Century |
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Version differences
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
In-game general settings.
Patches
The last official patch available for the game can be found here for Railroad Tycoon II and here for Railroad Tycoon II platinum.
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, 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.
- Game renders via OpenGL and can now easily minimize on new OS.
- 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.
Game data
In-game gameplay settings.
Configuration file(s) location
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
Video settings
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Input settings
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Audio settings
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Localizations
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
| English |
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| French |
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Retail only |
Network
Multiplayer types
Other information
API
| Executable | PPC | 16-bit |
32-bit |
64-bit |
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System requirements
| Windows | Mac OS (Classic) | Linux |
| Windows |
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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 |
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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:
- ↑ 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
