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Wow didn't know there was a open source roller coaster tycoon 2 clone, that would be interesting to mod into some sort of server traffic representation.

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It’s actually really good, I played it quite a bit earlier this year. The main thing that makes it a lot better from the original rct2 is speed up button. It’s also entertaining to peek at the C code and figure out how they are calculating certain things like excitement rating.

For those wondering i'm assuming it's this repo: https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2

It looks like it requires a local copy of the original Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 to work. Why is that?

Wow...nostalgia going strong. These screenshots bring me back.

https://openrct2.website/getting-started/index.html

"OpenRCT2 needs the object files (containing graphics, sounds and models) from the original RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 to work. You'll need to have a copy of RCT2 before beginning."

After a number of years, the OS version of Transport Tycoon allowed developers to use their own graphics package; they made and open sourced one of those, so needing a copy of the original game was no longer necessary.

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