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RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
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Developers
Frontier Developments
Publishers
Atari
OS X Aspyr Media
Release dates
Windows October 26, 2004
macOS (OS X) November 25, 2005
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 on Wikipedia
RollerCoaster Tycoon
RollerCoaster Tycoon 1999
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 2002
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 2004
OpenRCT2 (Engine fanport) 2015
RollerCoaster Tycoon World 2016
RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic 2017
RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures 2019

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
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Amazon.com
DRM details are not known
Platinum Edition; Retail or download
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GOG.com
DRM-free
Platinum Edition
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Mac App Store
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Platinum Edition, OS X only
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Origin
Origin
Platinum Edition
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Steam
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Platinum Edition
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Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Patches

Installing patches for mismatched editions causes problems, be sure to get the correct update.

Original Edition: The latest is update three. From vanilla. From update one. From update two.
"Soaked!" expansion: There is only one patch for this expansion pack and is segmented to US and EU patches. Those who own the Scholastic version of the game should pick up this patch instead.
"Wild!" expansion: The American version has 2 patches, Update 1 and Update 2. The EU version can be found here.
Gold Edition: One update.
Platinum Edition: Comes fully pre-patched.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2700/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2700/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Issues fixed

In Windows Vista or Windows 7, users may experience a crash while attempting to start the game for the first time. To fix this:

  1. Locate the options.txt file (Typically located within the root installation folder of the game), and open it with a text editor
  2. Locate the line FirstRun 1 (found under the "TWEAKS" section), and change it to FirstRun 0
  3. Save the file and close it. The game should now run normally.

Windows 7 crashing issue

Making a custom resolution for RCT3 has fixed an issue on some systems. In some option files for the game there are only 2 lines of text. One that states language and one that states "First Time 1"

To fix this problem ensure you have access to edit the options file by going to the properties of the file and setting the permissions to all for the user you wish to edit them.

There is an option file in both your RCT folder in program files along with your document files. This can be found in %APPDATA%\Atari\rct.

You may need to change folder options to show hidden files to see these files

Now change the options file that it now says the following, changing the X's with what you want your resolution to be.:

Resolution XXXX XXXX

StaticBatchTriCutoff 80

DynamicBatchTriCutoff 200

CycleMenuMusic 4

DayNightCycleType 1

GuestLOD 2.100000 1.350000

AnimalLOD 2.100000 1.350000

VegetationLOD 2.100000 1.350000

FenceLOD 2.100000 1.350000

BuildingLOD 2.100000 1.350000

PathLOD 2.100000 1.350000

SceneryLOD 2.100000 1.350000

SupportLOD 2.100000 1.350000

TrackLOD 2.100000 1.350000

RideLOD 2.100000 1.350000

GeometryImposterDistance 400.000000

GeometryImposterTolerance 0.300000

SkipCacheWarming 3.000000

ReflectEnable 1

WaterBumpEnable 1

ReflectTerrain 1

ReflectScenery 1

ReflectPeople 1

ReflectAnimals 1

ReflectParticles 1

BlendSceneryLODs 1

Bloom 1

Refraction 1

LaserRayHit 1

EnableIME 0

ImportMyMusic 1

DetailMapTerrain 0

WaterDroplets 1

Language English

FirstTime 0

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) Pentium III 1 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 800 MB
Video card (GPU) 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>/2700/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (2700) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References