The team behind the successful OpenRCT2 has begun working on OpenLoco, an open-source reimplementation of Chris Sawyer's Locomotion!

https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenLoco

Huh. I guess the engine was only a stone's throw after all.

Maybe this will finally make it playable.

Uh, regular Locomotion is playable?

Not the way I play games. I'm more of a planner. That means I'd rather not have time tick by while I figure out how to make New Stockton connect to Brimbledon.

As far as that's concerned, the game does have a pause button at the bottom right, albeit one that doesn't allow building.

Which is exactly the problem.

Release v20.05 is out: https://github.com/OpenLoco/OpenLoco/releases/tag/v20.05


Changelog

Feature: [#77] Add "Exit OpenLoco" to the main menu.
Fix: [#264] Option 'Export plug-in objects with saved games' is partially cut off.
Fix: [#299, #430] Crash due to added null-chars when manually specifying Locomotion directory.
Fix: [#359] Widgets tied to tools could get stuck in pressed state.
Fix: [#388] Re-center Options window on scale factor change.
Fix: [#396] Preferred owner name is not saved.
Fix: [#409] Incorrect refund cost when deleting signals.
Fix: [#412] Game crashes after a while on Great Britain & Ireland 1930.
Fix: [#423] Date in challenge tooltip is incorrect.
Fix: [#425] Changing resolution in fullscreen mode doesn't work.
Fix: [#428] Show an error when a vehicle can't be built due to invalid properties. (Original bug.)
Fix: [#440] Final segment in town population graphs could show no population.
Fix: [#467] Incorrect scrolling thumbs when leaving the bottom of an auto resizing window.
Fix: [#478] Crash when opening narrow gauge tab on train purchasing window
Change: [#420] Disable window scale factor buttons when not applicable.

Known issues

Tutorial functionality is not working.
Multiplayer functionality is not working.
The macOS release does not work on macOS 10.15 (Catalina).

Version 21.08 is out: https://github.com/OpenLoco/OpenLoco/releases/tag/v21.08

- Fix: [#366] People and mail cargo incorrectly delivered to far away stations.
- Fix: [#1035] Incorrect colour selection when building buildings.
- Fix: [#1070] Crash when naming stations after exhausting natural names.
- Fix: [#1094] Repeated clicking on construction window not always working.
- Fix: [#1095] Individual expenses are drawn in red, not just the expenditure sums.
- Fix: [#1102] Invalid file error when clicking empty space in file browser.
- Change: [#298] Planting clusters of trees now costs money and influences ratings outside of editor mode.
- Change: [#1079] Allow rotating buildings in town list by keyboard shortcut.

OpenLoco fixed my game, now its not crashing anymore and runs much better.