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Railroad Tycoon 3

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Railroad Tycoon 3
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Developers
PopTop Software
Publishers
Gathering of Developers
OS X MacSoft
Release dates
Windows October 27, 2003
macOS (OS X) September 13, 2004
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Railroad Tycoon 3 on Wikipedia
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Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Railroad Tycoon
Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon 1990
Railroad Tycoon II 1998
Railroad Tycoon 3 2003
Sid Meier's Railroads! 2006

Key points

The GameSpy master server for the game is no longer available
Disable Hardware T&L in options to prevent issues on modern versions of Windows.[1]
The Coast to Coast expansion is available for free as Patch v1.4.
GameSpy online server browser has stopped working due to GameSpy services being shut down.

General information

Hawk & Badger Railroad - A fansite and file database for the game
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Steam
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Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

Essential improvements

Patches

1.05 Patch is the latest version.

Maps, etc.

All of the official downloads and user created fixes for the game can be found here

Railroad Tycoon 3 Matchmaker

An alternate online multiplayer lobby program, it allows the game to be played online without the GameSpy servers.

Full details and download link for the utility/patch can be found on the official site.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.
In-game miscellaneous settings.
In-game miscellaneous settings.

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7610/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7610/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game general video settings.
In-game general video settings.

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  • In-game advanced video settings (1/4).

  • In-game advanced video settings (2/4).

  • In-game advanced video settings (3/4).

  • In-game advanced video settings (4/4).

Input settings

In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game camera settings.
In-game camera settings.

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
4
Online play
4 Use RT3 Matchmaker.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
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/7 using the default configuration. The only way to play the game is to disable the game's hardware T&L setting:

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
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

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/7610/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (7610) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References