My first small feature I added was the ability to randomize which music played on the title screen (Either RCT1’s or RCT2’s).Ī simple addition to keep track of the window size between play sessions so it’s not always a small Window on launch. Contributions 2015 Random Title Music: #1050 OpenRCT2 wouldn’t be where it is today without the extensive effort to decompile every function along with all the bug fixing everyone works on. Below is the history of my contributions and what I added to the project, excluding many of the minor bug fixes.Īlthough I’ve made a lot of visible contributions to OpenRCT2, that in no way invalidates any of the work many are doing behind the scenes. It’s kind of embarrassing looking back on my PRs and seeing many of the mistakes I made so often. OpenRCT2 was my first real experience of working on an open source project, and my first dive into pull requests and working with Git Bash. I started contributing to OpenRCT2 after I released my GitHub Pages section for my RCT2 Tools and someone recommended I help out.
DAT file format, which he used to create his RCT2 Ride Generator and many custom-made rides. I worked with X123M3-256 over IRC to decipher the attraction.
If it is lower than yours, you'll need to contact the server admins and ask them to update.Ī full technical guide to multiplayer which includes instructions on setting up a server is available here on the OpenRCT2 wiki.Before I started working for the OpenRCT2 team, I began working on my original RCT2 tool, the Content Browser.
If it is higher than yours, update your copy of OpenRCT2. Hovering over the circles will tell you what version the server is running. You can only connect to servers that are on the same network version as you. Note the red and green circles on the right hand side, and the text in the bottom right referring to the network version. The server browser allows you to set your player name (by default your computer account username), select a server to play on or create your own server. You can play OpenRCT2 online in collaboration with others! To do so, click the third option on the main menu, which will bring up the server browser. Go to the sixth tab (the spanner), and click the box under Path to RCT1 installation.Ī folder selection dialog will pop up - navigate to the folder where your RCT1 files are and click 'Open'. Launch OpenRCT2 and go to the Options menu (top right on the title screen).
To do this, follow the steps below.įirstly, install or extract RCT1 (follow the instructions in step 2, substituting the RCT1 installer for the RCT2 one). OpenRCT2 can pick up RCT1 scenarios, title sequences and image data (giving improved appearance to some roller coaster types). Open a terminal window, navigate to the folder you created and run the following command: Check if your distribution has a package for it, if not it can be downloaded from the link provided.Ĭreate a folder for the RCT2 files, and move the installer package to it, as innoextract will simply dump the contents to the folder where the installer resides. If you have the GOG.com installer, you can extract it using innoextract. Once you've done so, click the gear icon on the game's page in your library, then select "Manage"->"Browse local files" to open the directory where the game was installed. Steam will ask to restart, and then it will allow you to install RCT2 as any other Steam game. You'll need to tick "Enable Steam Play for all other titles" in the "Steam Play" tab of Steam's settings. It does not matter if RCT2 actually runs, as we'll be using the OpenRCT2 application. Follow the wizard the wrapper provides, pointing it to the installer at the appropriate point. Using a wrapper such as PlayOnLinux or PlayOnMac is recommended to make the process easier. You can use WINE - a reimplementation of the Windows API - to run the installer.