OpenRCT2 Version 0.4.30 Has Been Released - New Window Size, Polish Zloty Added to the Game

OpenRCT2 version 0.4.30 has been released. This is a fairly small update, but it contains some welcome additions.

The new wall dragging tool added in the previous update can now be cancelled without closing the scenario window, and the footpath dragging tool from the update before that one can now be disabled in multiplayer group permissions.

Staff Members Now Stand At Railroad Crossings if a Train is Crossing It

A very cool (albeit also very janky) feature in OpenRCT2 is the ability to build Miniature Railroad tracks over path, which is something real life theme parks also do.

This update changes the sprites of staff to use a proper standing animation when they're waiting at an occupied train crossing. Previously, they would freeze their current animation, which would result in them being frozen in a walking state while waiting for the train to pass. For the other three staff types, this generally doesn't look that bad, but it's very noticeable on Entertainers, which have much more animated movement styles and it looked a little bit weird for them to be frozen in time in an awkward standing position while waiting for the train.

Why is this interesting though? Because the standing pose is not new content. All staff members have a standing pose, even in the original games. However, this animation never actually came up anywhere in those games, so this is repurposed content that always appeared within the original game's content, now properly implemented.

The Polish Zloty Has Been Added to the List of Currencies

If you're unaware of this, the original games allow you to change what currency you use when building your parks.

All of the currency options from Pounds down to Euros are vanilla RCT2 content. Everything below that was added to OpenRCT2 in some update.

Unlike real life, exchange rates in RCT2 don't really exist, which was done intentionally for the sake of making everything easier to work with. Every currency is instead either worth the exact same amount as another currency, or is 10 or 100 times as valuable. For example, 10,000 British Pounds is worth exactly the same as 10,000 US Dollars, or 100,000 Chinese Yuan, or 1,000,000 Yen. The Polish Zloty falls into the same category as the Chinese Yuan of being worth 100,000 in this instance (even though in reality, 1 Zloty is worth almost 2 Yuan).

If you're a Polish RCT player, you may find the option to be more immersive to your environment.

Default Game Window Size Has Now Been Increased

Likely a symptom of the fact that the original game is over 25 years old at this point, but the game's original default window size was 640 x 480. On an old monitor, this would look fine, but most people don't use monitors from 25 years ago anymore.

Because of this, the game has updated its default window size to 1280 x 720.

If you tend to play in fullscreen mode, you have not have even noticed this. However, if you play in windowed mode often, this change in window size is definitely something you will notice and appreciate.

Full blog post down below

Quote From Janisozaur

Now that all this Mr. Creosote mess is behind us, you can start enjoying the traditional festive cheese. My personal favourite would be Stilton, but feel free to enjoy whatever your local cheese shop has got to offer.

All the cheese-infused features delivered in this development cycle are listed in the changelog:

• Improved: [#24912] Staff now use an appropriate standing animation while waiting at level crossings.
• Improved: [#25515] Path dragging can now be disabled via multiplayer group permissions.
• Improved: [#25529] The map selection grid no longer redraws every frame if it has not changed.
• Improved: [#25530] Wall dragging can now be cancelled without closing the Scenery window.
• Improved: [#25575] Updated the network protocol to a new format that supports larger packets, allowing clients to connect reliably to servers with many objects or large maps.
• Improved: [#25621] Added the Polish Złoty (PLN) to the list of available currencies.
• Improved: [#25625] Renewing and refurbishing rides now also resets the downtime.
• Improved: [#25662] The sprite build command is faster when building sprites from the same image file.
• Change: [#21912] Toilet income is now categorised as shop sales instead of ride tickets.
• Change: [#25403] Guests will not slide down the Spiral Slide if it's broken, even if they have already entered the ride structure.
• Change: [#25485] Make the enlarged pressed swatch sprite more pronounced.
• Change: [#25544] The default game window size is now 1280×720px instead of 640×480px.
• Fix: [#9895] Stand-up coaster gets wrong intensity boost from the synchronisation bonus.
• Fix: [#11617] Path corner connections are broken when hovering track design ghosts with paths over them in zero clearances.
• Fix: [#22484] Lingering ghost entrance after placing park entrance.
• Fix: [#24952] Duplicate track designs when running via Steam without having RCT1 linked.
• Fix: [#25187] On-ride photo platform does not render as ghost when placing track design.
• Fix: [#25229] Excessive logging of game actions, reduced to top-level game actions and filters ghost related ones.
• Fix: [#25469] Drawing in the ui.imageManager.draw callback causes an assertion.
• Fix: [#25524] The track construction arrow does not immediately change position when deleting track pieces.
• Fix: [#25552] Clear Scenery does not show an error message about insufficient money if cash is negative.
• Fix: [#25565] Chairlift station ends are missing tunnels at certain rotations.
• Fix: [#25569] Placing park entrances in multiplayer does not show for other players, causing desyncs.
• Fix: [#25571] Potential crash due to drawing a Crooked House ride.
• Fix: [#25588] When the master server becomes unreachable the server would not register again until a restart.
• Fix: [#25592] Log flume, river rapids, & splash boats can get control failure breakdown instead of brakes failure.
• Fix: [#25595] Invisible entrance is added to imported SV4 saves.
• Fix: [#25601] Inspection interval of a ride gets reset when opening the construction window.
• Fix: [#25628] Availability of AVX2 and SSE4.1 is not detected correctly.
• Fix: [#25639] Scenery window crashes when a no longer present object is still selected.
• Fix: [#25641] Desync because of mismatching inspection intervals.
• Fix: [#25642] The selection marker for purchasing land rights is not drawn with the correct colours.
• Fix: [#25646] It is possible to remove scenery and paths when setting staff patrol areas and purchasing land.
• Fix: [#25660] After saving a track design with scenery, that ride’s entrances and exits are visible in ‘Highlight path issues’ mode.
• Fix: [#25717] Umbrellas given to guests by means of cheats do not use the full (extended) range of colours.

Our great friend, Deurklink, has again helped on making a video with the notable changes for this release:

What do you think of this OpenRCT2 update? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.