OpenRCT2 v0.4.18 “Unladen swallow” released!

With winter now in full swing, we all wonder what is the velocity of unladen swallow and is it strong enough to bring back coconut when migrating? While these remain unsolved, you can still enjoy our next monthly release. We hope you enjoy it!

A list of the changes:

• Improved: [#23200] Add banked sloped turns and many other pieces to the Stand-Up and Classic Stand-Up Roller Coaster.
• Improved: [#23260] Add diagonal (block) brakes to LSM Launched Roller Coaster.
• Improved: [#23350] Increased the maximum width of the ride graph window.
• Improved: [#23404] Folders are now paired with an icon in the load/save window.
• Improved: [#23405] Filenames can now be input directly into the file browser (load/save) window.
• Improved: [#23431] Opaque water and Corkscrew Roller Coaster boosters now show up if RCT1 isn’t linked.
• Improved: [objects#369] Updated Russian translation.
• Change: [#23413] The max number of park entrance objects has been raised to 255.
• Fix: [#1122] Trains spawned on a cable lift hill will fall down and crash (original bug).
• Fix: [#19780] Guest screams loop on long drops.
• Fix: [#22742, #22793] In game console does not handle format tokens properly.
• Fix: [#23135] Map generator tree placement has noticable patterns.
• Fix: [#23286] Currency formatted incorrectly in the in game console.
• Fix: [#23348] Console set commands don't print output properly.
• Fix: [#23376] Peeps with balloons, hats and umbrellas may leave artifacts on screen.
• Fix: [#23496] Newly spawned vehicles are invisible when spawned while the game is paused.
• Fix: [#23509] Map generator window reverts to flatland after selecting a heightmap image.
• Fix: [objects#359] Fix water colours in Hover Cars preview image.
• Fix: [objects#361] Fix water colours in River Styx boats preview image.
• Fix: [objects#362] Fix water colours in Neptune Ride preview image.
• Fix: [objects#363] Fix water colours in Harpies Trains preview image.

If you’re thinking “This is great and all, but I wish there was an easily digestible video made by a Dutch YouTuber” you’re in luck:

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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

If you're interested in contributing to OpenRCT2, feel free to join us on Discord.

You can also sponsor OpenRCT2 team members:

• https://github.com/sponsors/IntelOrca
• https://github.com/sponsors/janisozaur
• https://github.com/sponsors/broxzier
• https://github.com/sponsors/Gymnasiast

Happy building!

~janisozaur