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Re: OpenRCT2: Open-source implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 with new features

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Post by bgkim » Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 2:54 AM UTC

8b16380d wrote: post #30

It’s fun but reminds me I no longer have the patience for video games.

Same. I can't play any games for more than an hour.

Re: OpenRCT2: Open-source implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 with new features

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Post by whalesalad » Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 2:56 AM UTC

grandmczeb wrote: post #10

piersj225 wrote: post #8

I had no idea OpenRTC2 was written in JavaScript https://github.com/Limetric/OpenRCT2.org

OpenRTC2 is mostly C++[1]. Your link is to the source of their website. [1] https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2

I believe the original was handwritten in Assembly

Re: OpenRCT2: Open-source implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 with new features

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Post by codeflo » Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 3:19 AM UTC

Lucasoato wrote: post #22

hotpotamus wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 and its spiritual successor, Planet Coaster, are fully 3D and allow you to even "ride" the coasters virtually. Apparently 3 wasn't received so well, but I'm a fan of them all.

RC3 was so ahead of its time. Although it was released 18 years ago, it featured first-person 3D simulations of user made roller coasters! In 2004! Can you imagine it?

Yes? What do you imagine games looked like in 2004? That was the year Half-Life 2 came out. Obviously, a game like RCT also has to run a simulation and can’t focus on graphics as much as a shooter. I’m just saying, if anything, RCT3 looked sub-par.

Re: OpenRCT2: Open-source implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 with new features

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Post by voidfunc » Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 4:18 AM UTC

I loved rct and rct2 but Parkitect has been a worthy spiritual successor for me

Re: OpenRCT2: Open-source implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 with new features

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Post by seibelj » Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 4:54 AM UTC

Also check out Theme Hospital open source remake

https://corsixth.com/

The websites are rather similar!

Re: OpenRCT2: Open-source implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 with new features

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Post by kadoban » Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 5:03 AM UTC

dopu wrote: post #23

This looks pretty great. I’ve been meaning to get back into RCT2. Does OpenRCT2 _feel_ like the original?

Very much so, yeah.

Re: OpenRCT2: Open-source implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 with new features

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Post by shmde » Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 5:25 AM UTC

Little Jimmy thinks the ride was not fun

Little jimmy thinks the bathroom is dirty

Little jimmy has drowned

Re: OpenRCT2: Open-source implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 with new features

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Post by veselin » Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 5:26 AM UTC

I played RCT2 many years ago. But what was most notable was that it had a DST bug that lost all your progress when daylight savings time changed.

But the game was great. Just I had to play some levels twice.

Re: OpenRCT2: Open-source implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 with new features

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Post by TylerE » Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 5:35 AM UTC

irusensei wrote: post #17

At work I say "the ride never ends" everytime some ongoing issue or everyday shenanigan happens. My colleagues kinda interpreted that as something I say but they have no idea its a reference to Mr Bones Wild ride which is RCT2 meme.

Because you’re butchering the line.

It’s “I want to get off ”

Re: OpenRCT2: Open-source implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 with new features

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Post by Maakuth » Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 5:37 AM UTC

modinfo wrote: post #6

> OpenRCT2 requires the original RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 game files

Those are commercially available from gog.com: https://www.gog.com/en/game/rollercoaster_tycoon_2

And the data files from the demo version do the trick too.