OpenRCT2 v0.5.3 “Well, I didn't vote for you” released!

As the summer heatwaves take reign of the northern hemisphere, here's a refreshing OpenRCT2 "Well, I didn't vote for you" release for you, fresh from the oven freezer!

• Feature: [#26308] Add all new track pieces to the inverted roller coaster.
• Feature: [#26442] Add cheat to disable grass growing.
• Improved: [#7921] On Linux, RCT2 and RCT1 installs in Wine are now automatically detected.
• Improved: [#26325] Changing the train type, length, or direction no longer resets the number of laps if there is just one train.
• Improved: [objects#437] Re-order St. Basil’s Cathedral pieces to be more consistent.
• Change: [#26689] A clear scenario editor can now be opened directly from the command line.
• Change: [objects#439] Drop numbers from Wacky Worlds scenery descriptions.
• Fix: [#24613] Incorrect sprites drawn for path elements without a valid object.
• Fix: [#26323] Ride stats do not reset when changing the number of trains changes the number of laps.
• Fix: [#26494] The limits for where walls on the path side of the first tile block the view of rides/scenery are wrong (original bug).
• Fix: [#26504] The boosts/penalties to excitement and nausea that air time provides are calculated wrong.
• Fix: [#26545] Game crashes when plugin API function generateGuest fails to generate a guest.
• Fix: [#26578] Crash when drawing path elements without a valid object.
• Fix: [#26605] Desync when placing a track design in multiplayer.
• Fix: [#26654] Fix Alton Towers stall and Rock’n’Roll Revival toilet being closed on scenario start.
• Fix: [#26722] Missing construction rights owned on UCES Sand Dune scenario.
• Fix: [objects#411] Some colours in green, acid green, pink and red water are inconsistent with natural water.
• Fix: [objects#436] St. Basil’s Cathedral building pieces are incorrectly labelled as “Kremlin” pieces.
• Fix: [objects#438] Some walls are not marked as see-through while they don’t fully block the view.
• Fix: [objects#440] Inconsistencies in scenario/park name capitalisation.

Overview Video

Our trusted partner, Deurklink, has again helped on promoting the new release with a video mentioning this release notable changes:

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  v0.5.3 — Windows — 36 MiB — Signed

Acknowledgements

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

On behalf of the OpenRCT2 team: happy building!

~janisozaur