Railroad Tycoon 3

iriejedi · Nov 5, 2004, 10:07 AM

I was always a fan of this series - anyone play the new version?

Considering putting it on my wish list for Santa.

Cheers,

Irie

ChrisFromCanada · Nov 5, 2004, 11:20 AM

I have played it and it is lots of fun. I have never played the other ones though.

hvfsl · Nov 5, 2004, 11:57 AM

I played it on my PC and think it is a lot of fun. Although I will normally play it for about a week, then go off it and then come back to it a few weeks later. The graphics are serveral times better than the old version and there are quite a few improvements too. Although I wish you could build more than a 2 lane/track railroad because I quite often get really long cues of trains suck behind one that is broken down, on the busy parts of the line.

Does anyone know if there will be a demo because I would like to get it for my Powerbook, but want to know if it runs well.

wowser · Dec 4, 2004, 08:06 AM

Sorry to bring this one up again, but how would RRT3 run on the machine in my signature?

erickg · Dec 4, 2004, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by wowser

Sorry to bring this one up again, but how would RRT3 run on the machine in my signature?

I ran it on a powerbook 12" G4 rev. A 867MHz and 640MB Ram with no problems so it should be okay on your system. I don't know how much vram you have, but they recommend 32MB. Now I'm running it on an ibook g4 1.2 GHz with 768MB and it's very smooth as well.

wowser · Dec 4, 2004, 12:21 PM

Cool. I have the 32MB ATI card - that was what worried me as it only just meets the requirements. I downloaded Open Transport Tycoon, though, and am pretty happy with it!

micvog · Dec 22, 2004, 06:06 PM

I was considering picking up Railroad Tycoon 3 (never played it or its predecessors before) and I have two questions:

1. Does it require the CD to play? If so, does creating and mounting disk images work?

2. Does it support the widescreen format? I have a 17" iMac G5 and the two other games I have - F/A 18 OIF and AOE2 - don't support widescreen.

Thanks.

Kerry Sanders · Jul 19, 2005, 01:15 PM

My apologies for digging this thread out of the grave, but there is really no use in opening up a new thread.

Anyway, what does everyone who is playing RRT3 think of it? I installed it on the Mac the other day and played around through the tutorial a little, but I have not gotten into a complete game as of yet.

One thing that I noticed right away is that the game seemed to be a lot smoother on my dual 2.0 GHz Power Mac G5 system compared to my AMD XP-2000+ based system. I even had all detail options set to the highest level available.

pknz · Jul 19, 2005, 03:22 PM

Rail Road Tycoon 3 is a huge improvement from RRT2. A decent graphics card for more eye candy might be in order.

I'm 90% sure FA-18 Hornet OIF supports widescreen. Unpatched it just stretched it to fill the screen but if you update it, you will get a wider view...

Kerry Sanders · Jul 19, 2005, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by pknz

Rail Road Tycoon 3 is a huge improvement from RRT2. A decent graphics card for more eye candy might be in order.

The ATI Radeon 9650 with 256 meg of RAM on my Power Mac blows right through the ultra-high resolution graphics that I have it set to in all of the settings. It is definitely a nice game. My six year old son has been bugging me to show him how to play it for a while now. I need to sit down and do that.

Eric5h5 · Jul 19, 2005, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Kerry Sanders

One thing that I noticed right away is that the game seemed to be a lot smoother on my dual 2.0 GHz Power Mac G5 system compared to my AMD XP-2000+ based system. I even had all detail options set to the highest level available.

But...but...x86 is faster, PPC sucks for gaming, etc. etc.

I have it, but have only poked around a bit so far. Seems nice.

--Eric

Nov 5, 2004, 10:07 AM	#1
iriejedi macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Nor Cal	Railroad Tycoon 3 I was always a fan of this series - anyone play the new version? Considering putting it on my wish list for Santa. Cheers, Irie __________________ Retired G5 2 X 2.5 - She lost her mind (could not find her DIMM slots anymore) 'Mature' MacPro (early 2008) - dead 8800GT + Radeon 5870 = still pretty solid machine
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Nov 5, 2004, 11:20 AM	#2
ChrisFromCanada macrumors 65816 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Hamilton, Ontario (CANADA)	I have played it and it is lots of fun. I have never played the other ones though. __________________ Powermac G5 - Dual 2.5 GHz SR Macbook Pro - 2.2GHz Xbox 360 30GB iPod Video Sony DCR-PC105
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Nov 5, 2004, 11:57 AM	#3
hvfsl macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: London, UK	I played it on my PC and think it is a lot of fun. Although I will normally play it for about a week, then go off it and then come back to it a few weeks later. The graphics are serveral times better than the old version and there are quite a few improvements too. Although I wish you could build more than a 2 lane/track railroad because I quite often get really long cues of trains suck behind one that is broken down, on the busy parts of the line. Does anyone know if there will be a demo because I would like to get it for my Powerbook, but want to know if it runs well. __________________ MacBook Pro (2008) 2.4Ghz 500GB Snow Leopard/XP MacBook Pro (2012) 2.6Ghz i7 256GB SSD + 750GB HD Lion/Windows 7 Hackintosh Pro - 2.4Ghz C2Q XP/OS X Media Centre - 3Ghz i3 G5500 BluRay Windows 7
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Dec 4, 2004, 08:06 AM	#4
wowser macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Inglaterra, Europa	Sorry to bring this one up again, but how would RRT3 run on the machine in my signature? __________________ 13" Core i5 MacBook Air, 8gb RAM; 10.8 2ghz Santa Rosa MacBook, Combo-drive, 4gb RAM; 10.6.7 Wowser Draws
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Dec 4, 2004, 12:21 PM	#6
wowser macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Inglaterra, Europa	Cool. I have the 32MB ATI card - that was what worried me as it only just meets the requirements. I downloaded Open Transport Tycoon, though, and am pretty happy with it! __________________ 13" Core i5 MacBook Air, 8gb RAM; 10.8 2ghz Santa Rosa MacBook, Combo-drive, 4gb RAM; 10.6.7 Wowser Draws
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Dec 22, 2004, 06:06 PM	#7
micvog macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2003	I was considering picking up Railroad Tycoon 3 (never played it or its predecessors before) and I have two questions: 1. Does it require the CD to play? If so, does creating and mounting disk images work? 2. Does it support the widescreen format? I have a 17" iMac G5 and the two other games I have - F/A 18 OIF and AOE2 - don't support widescreen. Thanks.
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Jul 19, 2005, 01:15 PM	#8
Kerry Sanders macrumors regular Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hayden, AL	My apologies for digging this thread out of the grave, but there is really no use in opening up a new thread. Anyway, what does everyone who is playing RRT3 think of it? I installed it on the Mac the other day and played around through the tutorial a little, but I have not gotten into a complete game as of yet. One thing that I noticed right away is that the game seemed to be a lot smoother on my dual 2.0 GHz Power Mac G5 system compared to my AMD XP-2000+ based system. I even had all detail options set to the highest level available. __________________ Kerry Sanders MacBook Pro 13", 2.4 GHz (late 2011) Kerry's Ramblings
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Jul 19, 2005, 03:22 PM	#9
pknz macrumors 68020 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NZ	Rail Road Tycoon 3 is a huge improvement from RRT2. A decent graphics card for more eye candy might be in order. I'm 90% sure FA-18 Hornet OIF supports widescreen. Unpatched it just stretched it to fill the screen but if you update it, you will get a wider view...
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