Version 0.5.1 of OpenRCT2 has been released. This is a fairly small update consisting of a few minor bug tweaks.
The OpenRCT2 team also announced that this would be the final update that supports Windows Action Runners on either Windows 7 or Windows 8, meaning that from this point onward, you will need to upgrade to at least Windows 10 to receive OpenRCT2 updates after this one.
Entertainer Statistic
The original game allowed you to see how many times a Handyman cleaned a path tile or emptied a litter bin, and how many times a Mechanic inspected or fixed a ride, but Security Guards and Entertainers had no such statistic telling the player how much they've done their own jobs.
Version 0.3.4, released on July 19 2021 added a statistic to Security Guards to see how many vandals they had stopped. Now on May 17 2026, a similar statistic has finally been added to see how many times a guest has been entertained by an Entertainer.
Android Icon and UI Update
Previously, the Android icon for OpenRCT2 was a bit pixelated and blurry. Now, it has been updated to look much cleaner.
On a side note. What is that game to the right of the OpenRCT2 icon? Maybe you should go check it out.
(Image taken from Deurklink's video)
The UI on Android has also been updated. Previously, it essentially just looked like the desktop version on an Android device. Everything looked small, and because Android devices normally have round corners, this meant that buttons in the corners were slightly cut off.
The OpenRCT2 tested new UI options, using a Samsung A36 5G.
Quote From OpenRCT2 Team Before
After
Windows 7 and Windows 8 No Longer SUpported on OpenRCT2
I mentioned this at the beginning of the article, but this bears repeating for the folks that are still using Windows 7 or 8. I'm not going to question or judge you for not upgrading, but if you want to keep updating OpenRCT2, you will need to upgrade your operating system.
Given that the team for OpenLoco has quite a bit of overlap with the OpenRCT2 team, I expect this same thing will happen for OpenLoco too.
Bug Fixes
The remaining changes in this version amount to relatively minor bug fixes. A couple in particular include:
Inverted quarter-helixes (a feature expanded in the previous update) would be invisible if old saves were loaded. They were still functional, and this was purely just a visual glitch.
Previously, the negative G and drop count stat requirements on the Flying Coaster were not nullified if the track had an inversion (as they did in the original game), and now this has been fixed.
Single rail S-bends previously didn't snap quite right at certain camera angles (but otherwise remained perfectly functional), and this is now fixed.
Guests were previously able to head for rides they had not ridden yet if they didn't have a map, which is behavior that didn't exist in the original game. This is now fixed.
Full Blog
Quote From Tulio Leao (Tupaschoal) I know you were thinking we missed this month release, but it took us just a little longer as we had to traverse a treacherous terrain to get to this landmark. Without further ado, I present you OpenRCT2 Release v0.5.1, "Swamp Castle".
Here's the changelog:
Feature: [#24242] [Plugin] Add ride-breakdown hooktype.
Feature: [#24879] [Plugin] Add methods for showing and hiding gridlines.
Feature: [#26327] Add ‘guests entertained’ statistic to entertainers.
Improved: [#26374] Add higher resolution app icons for Android.
Improved: [#26386] Initial window scale and toolbar options on fresh Android installations.
Change: [#26476] Limit creation of new station styles to prepare for more flexibility with ride stations and entrances.
Fix: [#25581] Chart drawing issue on some platforms due to compiler optimisation.
Fix: [#26019] Inverted and Inverted Flying Roller Coaster large half loops glitch with the train and don‘t draw in tunnels at some angles (original bug).
Fix: [#26183] The ride stat graph placeholder text is not drawn in the expected position.
Fix: [#26287] Game crashes upon connect/disconnect of physical keyboard.
Fix: [#26299] Single Rail S-Bend sprites don’t fully connect to the next track piece at certain angles.
Fix: [#26352] Large scenery items are incorrectly labelled as ‘banners’ in the tile inspector.
Fix: [#26352] The label for path additions is using the wrong text colour in the tile inspector.
Fix: [#26360] Inverted Lay-down Roller Coaster helices are invisible when loading old saves.
Fix: [#26396] [Plugin] Socket interfaces were not closing properly and firing up correctly in parallel.
Fix: [#26410] Tiles with water can draw incorrectly when there is something underwater and nothing above water.
Fix: [#26418] Game crashes when a stack overflow occurs in plugin code.
Fix: [#26419] Drop count & negative g’s stat requirements for Flying Roller Coaster don’t get nullified by having an inversion.
Fix: [#26421] Wrong scenery tab highlighted when more than 64 scenery groups are selected.
Fix: [#26425] Benches don’t reduce watching spots from 4 to 2 while other path additions do (should be reversed).
Fix: [#26432] Guests choose to head for rides they have already ridden if they don’t have a map.
Fix: [#26492] Drag tool shows per-tile error instead of total cost when running out of money midway through placement.
Fix: [#26510] Displayed air time overflows after 655.35 seconds instead of the internal maximum of 1966.05 seconds.
Upcoming Breaking Change
Due to GitHub upcoming lack of support to Windows7/8 action runners, this will be our last release officially supporting those platforms. As they have been unsupported for years by Microsoft, we recommend you upgrade
to play OpenRCT2for security reasons!Overview Video
Our trusted partner, Deurklink, has again helped on promoting the new release with a video mentioning this release notable changes:
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Acknowledgements
We would like to thank everyone who contributed with code, testing, translations, bug reports and everything else. We would also like to thank our sponsors:
Digital Ocean, for hosting the multiplayer master server and our infrastructure
Backtrace, for handling our automated crash reports
JetBrains, for providing us with development software
Github, for handling our development and issue tracker
SignPath, for providing a free certificate to sign our builds
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On behalf of the OpenRCT2 team: happy building!
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