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/dev/toaster
Aug 19, 2006, 04:05 PM
I just bought RCT3 last night ... bad news is I didn't realize it didn't have a universal binary update.

As you may already know the game runs very crappy on intel. In most cases, unplayable. I found a few tweaks that help a bit. You still end up with low FPS, but the 30 second delay in placing objects is generally gone. However, placing coaster is still a huge "lag spike".

Try some of the following. This was tested on a 17" MBP.
- Disable shadows
- Disable clouds, background mountains, etc.
- Lower texture quailty. You don't want it maxed out, 60% seems to work well.
- Put all other object quailty at around 30% - 40%. I personally put tracks at around 75%
- Disable texture compression
- Disable anti-aliasing

For very simple parks it runs good. If you have a large park, you will start watching a slide show.

I am curious if anyone has good results on the above. If you find anything else that helps tweak, let me know :D

I really hope they released a UB of this game.



MacRumorUser
Aug 19, 2006, 04:28 PM
I just gave up. Still waiting 8 months after buying it for a universal patch, Aspyr suck boobs.

The game runs better on my ibook G4 800mhz than on my iMac 2ghz

MacFan25863
Aug 19, 2006, 04:30 PM
Try returning it and getting the Windows version. Use Boot Camp to run it.