Is Windows Client to Linux Server Connectivity Possible?

[shadyback]

Hey, peeps!

If this is a repeat post, my apologies, but I've searched with no luck...

I set up an Ubuntu machine in AWS last night, installed RCT2 and OpenRCT2 and got a server running. It works very well, except when trying to connect to the game server from a local Windows machine. It gives the error saying the network versions have to be the same. So, I installed the game on a local Ubuntu virtual machine and I can connect from it to my AWS game server with no issues. I installed the latest version, 0.3.4.1-16.

I was going to install an older version of the Debian packages just for testing purposes, but I can't find where to actually download an older package. I did search in https://openrct2.org/downloads/releases/latest and I ran "apt search openrct2" from my terminal, but it looks like there's just the one package in the nightly repository. Is there another repo I could grab packages from?

 

Most importantly, is it even possible to connect a Windows machine game to a server running on Linux? I can't seem to find a Linux version that matches a Windows version, but maybe I'm blind 🦇

 

Thanks in advanced!

[shadyback]

I've spun up the server in case someone wants to test their own connectivity to it. It's called "Shadyback's Test Server."

[joshmarsilio]

. I see your server in the server list and I just now successfully connected. I am using windows 11 64-bit.

[shadyback]

Ok thanks for testing! What network version do you have in the game?

[joshmarsilio]

I don't know. How do i find this out?

[shadyback]

The window that shows you the list of servers lists your network version in the bottom right

[joshmarsilio]

0.3.4.1-16

[shadyback]

Nice. Ok, I must not be finding the latest version for Windows. Thanks, Josh!

[shadyback]

Realized I needed the latest development build for Windows to get network version 0.3.4.1-16. All is working perfectly now.

https://openrct2.org/downloads/develop