No longer could you drop a shipment off at a station to be later picked up by another train ( later added back in with the release of the 'UnOfficial' 1.06 patch). Unfortunately, it would seem the creation of this 3D world gave rise to sacrificing some of the features that were available in the earlier version, that or the creators just decided to leave them out for some reason. Mountains and valleys are easily created. This version also included a Map Builder, a feature that gives the opportunity to grab a small patch of land mass anywhere in the world, and create a map with close to real world terrain. Of course you still have to understand how events work, but at least you don't have to try and figure out how to write it, although the new 'point & click' scheme did limit event scripting somewhat. No longer did you have to understand scripting to set up events. There were also some vast improvements in the Editor. Camera movement was greatly improved and the animation of the factories, maintenance facilities, clouds, weather, and water was pretty neat to watch.
After 5 years of playing RRT2, fans were ready for the new genre.Īdmittedly, the 3D world of this new version was quite appealing to me. Amid much hoopla, touting their new 3D Graphics, RRT3 sold briskly. In 2003, Pop Top released Railroad Tycoon 3.
