RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
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Developers | |
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Frontier Developments | |
Publishers | |
Atari | |
OS X | Aspyr Media |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 26, 2004 |
macOS (OS X) | November 25, 2005 |
RollerCoaster Tycoon | |
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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
- Steam Users' Forums
- Steam Community Discussions
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Improvements
Patches
Installing patches for mismatching editions causes problems.
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 here.
Gold Edition
Platinum Edition
No patches.
Game data
Configuration
- For custom resolutions, edit the
resolution
field - To remove the intro video, add
SkipBannerSequence 1
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Issues and Fixes
In Windows Vista or Windows 7, users may experience a crash while attempting to start the game for the first time. To fix this:
- Locate the options.txt file (Typically located within the root installation folder of the game), and open it with a text editor
- Locate the line
FirstRun 1
(found under the "TWEAKS" section), and change it toFirstRun 0
- 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 | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 800 MB free | |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB card |