Reported by Anonymous

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Working great for me. I'm running the game at 1440x900 resolution with ultra high graphic settings.

What I did:
1) Installed the game using the original 2-disc set by Gathering of Developers (did not install it in the default \Program Files, if that matters).
2) Installed the Coast to Coast expansion (which includes patch 1.04).
3) Installed patch 1.04 beta over it.

I did not need to set any compatibility mode or admin rights.

Note that I also tried patch 1.05, but it made the game crash immediately after the PopCap screen at the beginning.

My system specs:
Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit
2 GB RAM
nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX 768 MB
Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer

Reported by Anonymous

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To get RT3 working on a Vista 64 bit computer, download the 1.03 patch. Unzip the RT3.exe file. Then delete the original RT3.exe file that installed with the game and replace it with the unzipped one from the patch. I just did this and it works great.

Reported by GreyFox

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Works with the Gathering of Developers 2 disc set! Does not work at all with the single Pop Top disk unless you install with the install disc from Gathering of Developers, then it will not play the introduction video when you start play. This game works on both Vista 32 bit and 64 bit for version 1.0. I have had the other discs laying around and installed this game for my brother and was annoyed when it did not work. I then tried my old discs and got it to work.

Reported by Anonymous

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I have the original game....where you have to install using 2 CD's one you use to install the other you play with.....and I even downloaded the 1.05 patch..and it works fine....no problems at all....I also have another one where you install and play with the same CD. That one crashed on me when i hit the menu. Not sure what is up with that one......

Reported by Anonymous

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Reported by Anonymous

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runs with the 1.04 patch in windows vista with adminsistrator mode selected and in xp2 compatibility mode selected.

On first start up music starts playing but game fails to start, then on second start up game starts up properly , then kill first startup (so only one lot of musis) then game plays ok.

Occassional crashes , but game did this anyway

Reported by Anonymous

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I have the same problem, RRT3 won't run on the Compaq/AMD desktop with Vista Home Premium and an NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE, but runs perfectly on the Acer/Intel laptop (Vista Home Premium) which only has the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator.
Bizarrely enough, the laptop works with all the patches, including the unofficial ones and all the user-created content. So I'd say it's not purely a Vista problem, but a graphics card/driver problem.

Reported by Anonymous

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This game does not run on Vista using a NVidea graphics card. Only works up to patch version 1.04b.
Versions 1.04 (included with coast-to-coast exp.), 1.05 and the inofficial 1.06 crash to desktop as soon as the main game menu is displayed. Compatibility modes / run as admin does not improve the situation. Reason for the C2D seems to be a programmers' hack introduced in 1.04 in order to make NVidea graphics cards more compatible with the game on XP (DirectX 8.1)... Now, this hack does not work with Vista and DirectX 10.1 any more.

=> Install patch 1.04b or switch back to XP.

Wonder if RT3 works fine with an ATI card on Vista.

Reported by Anonymous

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Reported by Anonymous

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Right click on the RT3 shortcut and chose "properties". Click shortcut tab and in the TARGET field change the line to read as follows:
"C:\Program Files\Railroad Tycoon 3\RT3.EXE" -s9.
It is now running great with no issues at very high resolution. I have Windows Vista SP1 on HP Media center M8000n, nvidia 8800 gt with 2g ram.

Reported by Anonymous

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Reported by Anonymous

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Works either original (V1.01) or V1.04 Beta
V1.04 or V1.05 crashes

Reported by Anonymous

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Didn't work with patch 1.05. But the patch 1.04 (see link above) works fine (also for my German version).

No compatibility settings used. Runs natively under Vista x64 ;-)

Reported by Anonymous

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I have a fairly high end system running an Athlon x2 6000+ ( 3.0 ghz ), 3 gig of ram, Radeon 3850 with 512mb Video card, Vista Home Premium, etc etc.
I did what someone above suggested, and just installed the basic 1.0 version of RRT3 from a boxed ( non steam ) cd ( I got mine on sale for $3.99 bargin bin at Gamestop ). I set the compatability to Windows 2000 and set it to be run as admin. Everything works perfect for me. I have the graphics set as high as they will go, and the resolution at 1280 x 1024. I am running the latest video drivers. I have not tried patching the game nor installing the expansion. I hope others will find this helpful.

Zente

Reported by Anonymous

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Hi, to get the game working when installed throught steam we have to install a NO-CD patch for version 1.03.

It will work then. Sucks, but that's the only way.

Reported by Anonymous

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Have tried every possible combination of patch, compatibility settings, etc. Tried again after installing Vista SP1 RC. No dice- still crashes after the initial game screen loads.

I have had major compatibility issues with almost every game I have tried to install on the XP box.
Even if the game installs and runs (a crap shoot) crashes (as in crawl under the table and unplug the CPU from the UPS) are common.

Reported by Anonymous

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Can confirm last post above

1) version 1.0.0 did not work at all , continually
hung up.

2) altered to run in adminstrator mode and menu appeared briefly before game crashes.

3) after adding patch 1.0.4 game runs ok without any problem

Reported by Anonymous

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As has been mentioned the game does not work for many in Windows Vista with patch 1.04 and byond.

But it does work with patch 1.03. However 1.04 patch also includes the expansion.

To get the expansion and still play the game simply install the 1.04 patch first then install the 1.03 patch over top of it and allow it to replace the file it needs to and you will have the expansion along with a working game.

Each patch for the game is just a single file which replaces the original .exe file with a new patched one. So you can easily roll back to a previous patch by just replacing the file with an earlier one.

Reported by Anonymous

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I tried running this with Administrator access and with Windows 2000 compatibility options still without luck. I highy regret buying this now from Steam - although I did get Sid Meier's Railroads and RRT2 Platinum as part of the package - both of which run very well!

Any suggestions most welcome!

Reported by Anonymous

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to get this to work under Windows Vista, do a fresh install of v1.00 and then install patch 1.04 Beta available here: http://www.gamershell.com/download_5729.shtml\

I have been running this without problem, and have been able to install additional User Content as well. the ability to add user content was not functional in the early versions of RRT3, but was enabled with the Coast to Coast expansion, which is v1.04 final. the Coast to Coast patch will not function under Windows Vista, nor will v1.05, however I discovered that when I installed v1.04 beta, and then did a ghost install of Coast to Coast under a temporary location, I could successfully copy the additional files from Coast to Coast and they function in Vista....

so get that patch and enjoy!