Difference between revisions of "Railroad Tycoon 3"
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Revision as of 11:25, 24 October 2022
Developers | |
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PopTop Software | |
macOS (OS X) | Beenox Shift |
Publishers | |
Gathering of Developers | |
OS X | MacSoft |
2K Games | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 27, 2003 |
macOS (OS X) | September 13, 2004 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Building, Business |
Vehicles | Train |
Series | Railroad Tycoon |
Railroad Tycoon | |
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Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon | 1990 |
Railroad Tycoon II | 1998 |
Railroad Tycoon 3 | 2003 |
Sid Meier's Railroads! | 2006 |
Warnings
General information
- Hawk & Badger Railroad - A fansite and file database for the game
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | SecuROM DRM disc check | |||
Retail | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Steam | Can only be purchased in USA, Canada, UK, EU countries except Croatia, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and Vietnam |
- A free demo is available in several languages from GameFront.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Coast to Coast | Free download; distributed within the 1.04 patch |
Essential improvements
Patches
- 1.05 patch is the latest official version; requires the 1.04 patch.
- 1.06 patch is the latest fan-made patch with bugfixes and extra engines; requires the 1.05 patch. It is possible to have multiple installations with different versions; see instructions.
Maps, mods and more
All of the official downloads and user created fixes for the game can be found here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\Configuration[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7610/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Saved Games[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7610/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | The resolution dropdown menu does not show all possible options. Use F11 and F12 to cycle between all possible resolutions. Widescreen resolutions will stretch the interface and cause Vert- behavior.[citation needed] |
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Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Unplayable if forced - causes clicks to register at incorrect locations.[citation needed] | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
Color blind mode | Under the Miscellaneous menu as Color Adjustment. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Uses system cursor. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, Sound, Voice. Train arrival "Ching" volume found under Miscellaneous settings. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Affects cutscenes/campaign screen. In-game messages are text-only. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX 3[1] | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | Retail only | |||
Polish | Retail only | |||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 4 | Versus |
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Online play | 4 | Versus The official GameSpy service shut down in 2014; a custom client became available in 2019 here and at HawkDawg.com. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 6073, 6500, 9000 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Game crashes on startup
- The game crashes when running Windows Vista and newer if using the default configuration. The only way to play the game is to disable the game's hardware T&L setting:
Disable Hardware T&L[2] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 | ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | 400 MHz | Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | 32 MB of VRAM |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.2.8 | |
Processor (CPU) | 400 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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). - ↑ 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 (7610) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ ALchemy database Railroad Tycoon 3 entry
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