RollerCoaster Tycoon 3

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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
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

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 EU and US patches.

"Wild!" expansion: The American version has 2 patches, with of which can be found here. 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/

Save game data location

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

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

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

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Pentium III 1 GHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	800 MB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM