I'm not a programmer, but I suspect it is a conflict of some sort with my joystick files, or the msinput directory in my startup sequence for Winblows. only 90 degree track sections, which is tedious and costs a lot more as well. If you don't do this, numlock will not work and you won't be able to use the number keypad on the right side of your keyboard at all for track laying, you will only be able to use the up-down and sideways arrow keys, i.e. This will create a mapper.txt file in DosBox for the current session. Don't click on anything, just hit the 'save' box and then exit. To make a long story short, you need to hit the cntrl-F1 key combo and bring up the keyboard mapper console. Īnyways, I just recently downloaded the Railroad Tycoon Deluxe from 2k yesterday, and immediately ran into a problem trying to lay track diagonally. What a wonderful piece of work! Now, if you can only get 5 and a half inch drives to work on my motherboard, I have a lot of games I could go back and play. Hello people, and many thanks to the DosBox creators. So if I get a usb numpad for my chromebook, will that work? Sometimes you have to turn num lock on and off a couple of times to be able to lay tracks. Here's a hint if you still have problems in laying tracks. I sure would like to play the 1990 version again. I also found that accessing the menus was not as easy as when I played years ago. I could not lay diagonal track even having tried the couple of suggestions below. I downloaded and installed this and found it was the 1993 version NOT the 1990 version. Played this decades ago for MANY hours of enjoyment. If you click the station and choose proceed, you can get send a second train down the same line but make it slower or you might get a CRASH! (Ah, such excitement haha. Shift+D is double lane the square you are on.
#RAILROAD TYCOON 2 PLATINUM WINDOWS 10 HOW TO#
Took me too long to learn how to lay track. Just to recap keys, laying track is Shift+ so Shift8 goes up. I’d like to share some video content on how the game known as “RailSIM BETA 2.0” is currently progressing. For the last year or so I’ve been working on a personal project to develop and inspired take on this game. Hey folks, like most here I played the original RRT for endless hours and still to date I’ve found little to compare with it in terms of strategy and long term playability.
#RAILROAD TYCOON 2 PLATINUM WINDOWS 10 MANUAL#
I was 15, with little or none knowledge of English language, and with no manual of the game! I really cannot remember how I finally managed to play with it - but when this happened, it was an apocalypse to me. If it doesnt work try it a 2nd time and it should.Ĭountless hours spent playing this phenomenal game back to 1990. If you are having trouble building track try holding down the num lock and using number pad. Note that there are other more discrete specifications for each locomotive, and details about these can be found in the specification pages.Screenshots from Comments and reviews It is very difficult for a locomotive to reach this speed. Top Speed - The absolute maximum speed that the locomotive can travel at.Reliability - A measure of how often a train will break down, though there are lots of factors that come into this.Acceleration - A measure of how fast the locomotive is able to get to it's top speed.Faster locomotives have higher fuel costs, as they travel further. Note that the listed value is an estimate, with distance taken into account. Fuel Cost - The cost of fuel for the locomotive.Note that the listed value is of a brand new engine. Maintenance - The annual maintenance payed when the locomotive is in service.Building Cost - How much the locomotive costs to purchase.Availability - In which is the locomotive available for purchase under non-scripted circumstances.Below are the listed specifications that can be found in the purchase window for each locomotive in the game Railroad Tycoon II: