OpenRCT2 Changelog

OpenRCT2 constantly adds new major features to the game. On top of that there are frequent bug fixes. This page is auto-updated with the latest known changes from the latest development build.

Updated 24 hours ago: 30 Mar 2023, 22:58:12.

0.4.5 (in development)

• Fix: [#19296] Crash due to a race condition for parallel object loading.
• Fix: [#19756] Crash with title sequences containing no commands.

0.4.4 (2023-03-28)

• Feature: [#11269] Add properties for speed and length of vehicle animations.
• Feature: [#15849] Objectives can now be set for up to 50000 guests.
• Feature: [#18537] Add shift/control modifiers to window close buttons, closing all but the given window or all windows of the same type, respectively.
• Feature: [#18732] [Plugin] API to get the guests thoughts.
• Feature: [#18744] Cheat to allow using a regular path as a queue path.
• Feature: [#19023] Add Canadian French translation.
• Feature: [#19341] Add “All Scenery” tab to scenery window.
• Feature: [#19378] Add command to combine CSG1i.DAT and CSG1.DAT.
• Feature: [objects#226] Port RCT1 Corkscrew Coaster train.
• Feature: [objects#229] Port RCT1 go karts with helmets.
• Feature: [OpenMusic#20, OpenMusic#21] Added Blizzard and Extraterresterial ride music styles.
• Improved: [#11473] Hot reload for plug-ins now works on macOS.
• Improved: [#12466] RCT1 parks now use RCT1’s interest calculation algorithm.
• Improved: [#14635] Scenery window now shows up to 255 scenery groups.
• Improved: [#17288] Reorganise the order of shortcut keys in the Shortcut Keys window.
• Improved: [#18706] Ability to view the list of contributors in-game.
• Improved: [#18749] Ability to have 4 active awards for more than one month in a row.
• Improved: [#18826] [Plugin] Added all actions and their documentation to plugin API.
• Improved: [#18945] Languages can now fall back to other languages than English.
• Improved: [#18970] Trying to load a non-park save will now display a context error.
• Improved: [#18975] Add lift sprites for steep hills on the wooden roller coaster.
• Improved: [#19044] Added special thanks to RMC and Wiegand to the About page.
• Improved: [#19131] Track missing objects when selecting scenery groups in console.
• Improved: [#19253] Queue junctions drawn properly when using regular paths as queue. Note: Requires using tile inspector to indicate railings can be used at T or X junctions.
• Improved: [#19067] New Ride window now allows filtering similarly to Object Selection.
• Improved: [#19272] Scenery window now allows filtering similarly to Object Selection.
• Improved: [#19447] The control key now enables word jumping in text input fields.
• Improved: [#19463] Added ‘W’ and ‘Y’ with circumflex to sprite font (for Welsh).
• Improved: [#19549] Enable large address awareness for 32 bit Windows builds allowing to use 4 GiB of virtual memory.
• Improved: [#19668] Decreased the minimum map size from 13 to 3.
• Improved: [#19683] The delays for ride ratings to appear has been reduced drastically.
• Improved: [#19697] “Show guest purchases” will now work in multiplayer.
• Change: [#19018] Renamed actions to fit the naming scheme.
• Change: [#19091] [Plugin] Add game action information to callback arguments of custom actions.
• Change: [#19233] Reduce lift speed minimum and maximum values for “Classic Wooden Coaster”.
• Removed: [#19520] Support for Windows Vista systems.
• Fix: [#474] Mini golf window shows more players than there actually are (original bug).
• Fix: [#592] Window scrollbar not able to navigate to the end of large lists.
• Fix: [#7210] Land tile smoothing occurs with edge tiles (original bug).
• Fix: [#17996] Finances window not cleared when starting some .park scenarios.
• Fix: [#18260] Crash opening parks that have multiple tiles referencing the same banner entry.
• Fix: [#18467] “Selected only” Object Selection filter is active in Track Designs Manager, and cannot be toggled.
• Fix: [#18904] OpenRCT2 audio object accidentally exported in saves.
• Fix: [#18905] Ride Construction window theme is not applied correctly.
• Fix: [#18911] Mini Golf station does not draw correctly from all angles.
• Fix: [#18971] New Game does not prompt for save before quitting.
• Fix: [#18986] [Plugin] Sending remote scripts larger than 63KiB crashing all clients.
• Fix: [#18994] Title music doesn’t start after enabling master volume.
• Fix: [#19025] Park loan behaves inconsistently with non-round and out-of-bounds values.
• Fix: [#19026] Park loan is clamped to a 32-bit integer.
• Fix: [#19068] Guests may not join queues correctly.
• Fix: [#19091] [Plugin] Remote plugins in multiplayer servers do not unload properly.
• Fix: [#19112] Clearing the last character in the Object Selection filter does not properly reset it.
• Fix: [#19112] Text boxes not updated with empty strings in Track List, Server List, and Start Server windows.
• Fix: [#19114] [Plugin] ‘GameActionResult’ does not comply to API specification.
• Fix: [#19136] SV6 saves with experimental RCT1 paths not imported correctly.
• Fix: [#19243] .park scenarios don’t complete properly.
• Fix: [#19250] MusicObjects do not free their preview images.
• Fix: [#19292] Overflow in ‘totalRideValue’.
• Fix: [#19339] Incorrect import of crashed particles from SV4.
• Fix: [#19379] “No platforms” station style shows platforms on the Junior Roller Coaster.
• Fix: [#19380] Startup crash when no sequences are installed and random sequences are enabled.
• Fix: [#19391] String corruption caused by an improper buffer handling in ‘GfxWrapString’.
• Fix: [#19434, #19509] Object types added by OpenRCT2 do not get removed when executing ‘remove_unused_objects’.
• Fix: [#19475] Cannot increase loan when more than £1000 in debt.
• Fix: [#19493] SV4 saves not importing the correct vehicle colours.
• Fix: [#19517] Crash when peeps try to exit or enter hacked rides that have no waypoints specified.
• Fix: [#19524] Staff counter shows incorrect values if there are more than 32767 staff members.
• Fix: [#19574] Handle exits in null locations.
• Fix: [#19641, #19643] Missing water tile in Infernal Views’ and Six Flags Holland’s river.

0.4.3 (2022-12-14)

• Feature: [#17782] The Flying Coaster now has access to boosters and can draw outside loops.
• Feature: [#17997] The Log Flume can now draw steep pieces down (if vehicle allows it).
• Feature: [#18312, objects#220, OpenSFX#13] New sound effects for the Hybrid and Single Rail roller coasters.
• Feature: [#18675] [Plugin] Plugins can refer to g2 image icons by name.
• Feature: [objects#173] Add alpine coaster vehicle.
• Feature: [objects#221] Add two extra jungle walls.
• Feature: [objects#225] Add log cabin roofs.
• Feature: [OpenMusic#14, OpenMusic#15, OpenMusic#18] Added Galaxy, Acid and Dodgems ride music styles.
• Improved: [#18013, #18016, #18018, #18019, #18514, objects#224] Added colour presets to Spiral Slide, Dodgems, Boat Hire, Flying Saucers, and Car Ride.
• Improved: [#18024] Clearer error messages when loading incompatible .park files.
• Improved: [#18192] Tycoon Park has been added to the Extras tab.
• Improved: [#18214] Competition scenarios have received their own section.
• Improved: [#18250] Added modern style file and folder pickers on Windows.
• Improved: [#18332] Allow Inverted Roller Coaster to draw boosters.
• Improved: [#18350] Changed ride vehicle list to have less padding.
• Improved: [#18422] Allow adding images to music objects.
• Improved: [#18428] [Plugin] Add widget description interfaces to documentation.
• Improved: [#18487] Mini Helicopters track can now draw spinning tunnels.
• Improved: [#18591] Order RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 scenarios by difficulty.
• Improved: [#18607] A new tab for all UCES Scenarios, if it’s installed.
• Improved: [#18621] OpenGL performance.
• Change: [#17677] Open campaign window from finished campaign news.
• Change: [#17998] Show cursor when using inverted mouse dragging.
• Change: [#18230] Make the large flat to steep pieces available on the corkscrew roller coaster without cheats.
• Change: [#18381] Convert custom invisible paths to the built-in ones.
• Change: [OpenSFX#11, OpenMusic#19] First implementation of official replacement asset packs for sound effects & music.
• Fix: [#1491] Clearance of the Cash Machine is too low (original bug).
• Fix: [#1519] “See-through rides” doesn't affect all rides (original bug).
• Fix: [#6341] “Unlock vehicle limits” does not allow setting fewer vehicles than the vehicle type requires.
• Fix: [#14312] Research ride type message incorrect.
• Fix: [#14425] Ride ratings do not skip unallocated ride ids.
• Fix: [#15969] Guests heading for ride use vanilla behaviour
• Fix: [#17067] Random Staff Patrol Area clicks.
• Fix: [#17316] Sides of River Rapids’ corners overlay other parts of the track.
• Fix: [#17657] When switching from buying land rights to buying construction rights, grid disables and won't re-enable afterwards.
• Fix: [#17763] Missing validation on invalid characters in file name.
• Fix: [#17853] Invention name tears while being dragged.
• Fix: [#18064] Unable to dismiss notification messages.
• Fix: [#18070] Underground entrance/exit shows through terrain walls (original bug).
• Fix: [#18094] Underground shops & facilities don't show when adjacent to non-underground path (original bug).
• Fix: [#18122] Ghosts count towards “Great scenery!” guest thought.
• Fix: [#18134] Underground on-ride photo section partially clips through adjacent terrain edge.
• Fix: [#18244] Invention DragWindow's starting position is inconsistent.
• Fix: [#18245] Guests stopping dead in their tracks at railway crossings.
• Fix: [#18257] Guests ‘waiting’ on extended railway crossings.
• Fix: [#18354] Overwrite alert does not show when save name has different casing on Windows.
• Fix: [#18379] Tunnel entrances for underground Mini Golf Hole E are not rendered correctly.
• Fix: [#18442] About window background is clickable.
• Fix: [#18449] [Plugin] Change type of listview widgets from 'scroll_view' to 'listview'.
• Fix: [#18453] Slow walking guests don't get across level crossings in time.
• Fix: [#18469] Land rights window buttons incorrectly disabled and markers remain visible indefinitely.
• Fix: [#18459] ‘Highlight path issues’ hides fences for paths with additions.
• Fix: [#18552] Trains clipping through helixes.
• Fix: [#18576] Cannot open parks with certain types of corrupt tile elements.
• Fix: [#18606] JSON objects do not take priority over the DAT files they supersede.
• Fix: [#18620] [Plugin] Crash when reading widget properties from windows that have both static and tab widgets.
• Fix: [#18653] Negative ratings multipliers do not appear in Vehicle tab.
• Fix: [#18696] Construction rights cannot be viewed after all are purchased.
• Fix: [#18720] Upwards helix is enabled for the Alpine Coaster, even when cheats are off.
• Fix: [#18755] Ferris Wheel and Circus ghosts not coloured correctly.
• Fix: [#18802] Game could crash when determining if a mechanic is heading to fix the ride blocking the path.