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RollerCoaster Tycoon 3

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RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 cover
Developers
Frontier Developments
Publishers
Atari
OS X Aspyr Media
Engines
Cobra[1]
Release dates
Windows October 26, 2004
macOS (OS X) November 25, 2005
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 guide on StrategyWiki
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

Key points

Active modding community.
Game is not optimized for modern hardware.[citation needed]

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
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Amazon.com
DRM details are not known
Platinum Edition.
Windows
Amazon.com
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Platinum Edition. Includes bonus goodies such as the soundtrack, three manuals, and two avatars.
Windows
Mac App Store
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Platinum Edition.
macOS (OS X)
Origin
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Windows
Steam
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Platinum Edition.
Windows
macOS (OS X)

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Soaked!
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Wild!
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Essential improvements

Import track designs from previous games

Track designs can be imported from RollerCoaster Tycoon and RollerCoaster Tycoon 2.
Instructions

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Patches

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

  • "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.
  • 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]
OS X location may vary depending on the version of the game you have.

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2700/pfx/[Note 1]
OS X location may vary depending on the version of the game you have.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.
Video settings.

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Input settings

Keyboard Remapping
Keyboard Remapping
Camera Controls
Camera Controls

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Audio settings

Audio and General Game Settings
Audio and General Game Settings

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Issues fixed

Windows

Windows 7

Crash on start
In Windows Vista or Windows 7, users may experience a crash while attempting to start the game for the first time.
Instructions

General

Generic crash issues
Some crashes can be caused by manually setting the resolution.
Instructions
Game fails to launch, but attempts to launch repeatedly
This issue is caused by the game not being installed on the system partition.
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum[2][3] Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000
Processor (CPU) Pentium III 733 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB (256 MB for XP and higher)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 600 MB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon
GeForce 2
32 MB of VRAM
macOS (OS X)
Minimum[2]
Operating system (OS) 10.7.5, 10.8.2
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo (Dual-Core) 2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon HD 2600
Nvida GeForce 8600
256 MB of VRAM

Supported Mac GPUs

ATI/AMD Nvidia Intel
HD Series GeForce Intel HD
2600 8600 3000
3870 8800 4000
4670 9400
4850 9600
5670 GT
5750 120
5770 320M
5870 330M
6490 650M
6630
6750
6770
6970

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