Getting the most complete possible experience

[firehawk]

Hello everyone!

I've been following OpenRCT2 for a while and now I'm wondering how can I get the most complete possible experience (RCT1 content + RCT2 content). Do I need both releases? Do I miss something if I just use the RCT2 assets and import RCT1 parks? Also, there is RCT classic. Is it needed at all? Will I also miss something if I leave it out?

Currently, I believe I own 3 or 4 copies of RCT and RCT2 (GoG, Steam, Epic Store and the original box version of each game, including expansions) and I also got RCT Classic on Android and I'm looking to consolidate everything on a single place, but even the FAQ doesn't mention RCT1 or RCT Classic, just RCT2.

[Rockey]

Information on RCT Classic: https://rct.fandom.com/wiki/RollerCoaster_Tycoon_Classic
Really, its just a different way to play RCT2 and includes most content from RCT1 and expansions.

If you want the most complete experience you'd need RCT2 + TT + WW and RCT1 + CF + LL. Without RCT1 you're mainly just missing out on those scenarios, and I think you can now have transparent water like in RCT1 in OpenRCT2 if you have those games. (There may be other small things, I'm not sure).

[Gymnasiast]

The most complete experience is:

• RCT2 and its expansions WW and TT, or the RCT2 Triple Thrill Pack. It doesn’t matter whether it’s the CD, GOG or Steam version, and I’m quite sure the Epic Store version will not differ either.
• RCT1 and its expansions AA and LL, or RCT Deluxe - for scenarios, land types, opaque water, booster sprites and in the future also paths
• RCT2 DLC scenario: Panda World
• RCT1 DLC scenarios (if you really want completeness): gameplay, PC Player, PC Gaming world, and if you’re especially hardcore: the 11 roller coaster building competition scenarios.

You don’t need RCT Classic - while OpenRCT2 will work on it, it won’t provide extra features except for the scenario conversions, but OpenRCT2 can read RCT1 scenarios directly, which makes for a more authentic experience anyway. You also don’t need the RCT2 DLC scenery, because OpenRCT2 already includes it by default.

I guess this information should be added to the wiki or the user manual.

There is also some information about DLC in general on the RCT Wiki. The page is called "Downloadable Content", but we (I’m part of that team too) are in the middle of moving the RCT Wiki away from Fandom. Here is a link of the page on the (currently not yet finished) new location: https://rct.wiki/wiki/Downloadable_Content

[firehawk]

On 28/08/2021 at 06:25, Gymnasiast said:

The most complete experience is:

• RCT2 and its expansions WW and TT, or the RCT2 Triple Thrill Pack. It doesn’t matter whether it’s the CD, GOG or Steam version, and I’m quite sure the Epic Store version will not differ either.
• RCT1 and its expansions AA and LL, or RCT Deluxe - for scenarios, land types, opaque water, booster sprites and in the future also paths
• RCT2 DLC scenario: Panda World
• RCT1 DLC scenarios (if you really want completeness): gameplay, PC Player, PC Gaming world, and if you’re especially hardcore: the 11 roller coaster building competition scenarios.

You don’t need RCT Classic - while OpenRCT2 will work on it, it won’t provide extra features except for the scenario conversions, but OpenRCT2 can read RCT1 scenarios directly, which makes for a more authentic experience anyway. You also don’t need the RCT2 DLC scenery, because OpenRCT2 already includes it by default.

I guess this information should be added to the wiki or the user manual.

There is also some information about DLC in general on the RCT Wiki. The page is called "Downloadable Content", but we (I’m part of that team too) are in the middle of moving the RCT Wiki away from Fandom. Here is a link of the page on the (currently not yet finished) new location: https://rct.wiki/wiki/Downloadable_Content

Nice, thanks for that! I already downloaded RCT 1 Deluxe and RCT 2 TTP from GOG, and I'll download the additional content soon. One thing got my attention - there is a Android version of OpenRCT2, but I haven't found the install procedure for it (RCT Classic keeps force closing for me every 5 min or so). Is it the same as the PC install?

Thanks and sorry for the noobish questions 😅

[Gymnasiast]

Instructions for Android can be found here: https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2/wiki/Android
Pay close attention, especially to the /storage/emulated/0/openrct2 folder.

It’s easiest to just download RCT2 and RCT1 on your desktop computer and copy it to your Android device.

A word of caution: the Android version of OpenRCT2 is exactly the same as the Windows/macOS/Linux versions. The interface is not particularly modified for touchscreens.

[firehawk]

Thanks everyone for the replies! I did the following so far: went into this page and copied the files it says that are required: https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2/wiki/Required-RCT2-files (including the CSS17.DAT renamed as CSS50.DAT from RCT1)

Then, went into the RCT1 install and copied the Scenarios and Tracks folders (and deleted a bunch of u(XXXX) tracks from RCT1 which seems to be some unnamed tracks). Do I need something something else from RCT1 or RCT2? There are a bunch of DAT files that aren't mentioned anywhere (they seem to be related to kanji or tutorials).

And finally, I'm thinking on writing a small script that will copy all required files into OpenRCT2 install dir, to make things easier. Do you guys think that this is needed? I really want to help the project in some way!

Thanks again for the help so far!