v0.0.7

This is primarily a cleanup release. There are only two major changes.

• Removed outdated terminology. Namely, "Stable" has been renamed to "Release" to match OpenRCT2's naming scheme.
• Updated Windows and macOS releases to Qt 5.9

This update is recommended for all users.

Windows Users: The launcher now provides both 32-bit and 64-bit builds of the launcher, which distribute 32-bit and 64-bit builds of the game. There are performance benefits possible with the 64-bit build, so if you're running a 64-bit version of Windows, you should use the 64-bit version of the launcher. If you are unsure if your computer is 64-bit or not, try using the 64-bit installer first. If you can't run the installer (with an error message related to processor architectures), then use the 32-bit version. The 32-bit version of the installer will also provide a warning if you're installing it on a 64-bit version of Windows.

The 64-bit version of the installer is just called OpenRCT2Launcher-win.exe, while the 32-bit version is called OpenRCT2Launcher-win-x86.exe.

Linux Users: This build is not self-contained. You should use your package manager to get all the dependent libraries. The required libraries are zlib, openssl, and qt5 (specifically, the submodules core, gui, widgets, and network). These do not need to be the dev versions. For example, on Debian and Ubuntu, it is sufficient to run:
sudo apt-get install zlib1g libssl1.0.0 libqt5core5a libqt5gui5 libqt5widgets5 libqt5network5
NOTE, This does not include OpenRCT2's Dependencies. Please refer to this page for what you need to install to get the game itself to run.

v0.0.6

The long awaited update is here. This update provides a number of changes to the launcher.

• The launcher is able to download 64-bit builds for all platforms. The version of the game downloaded is tied to the version of the launcher, so the 64-bit launcher downloads 64-bit builds, and vice versa.
• The Options window has been reworked to only include options that are not easily changed in-game. You should use the in-game options to edit the settings that have been removed from the launcher.
• Various bug and text fixes.
• Updated Windows and OS X releases to Qt 5.7

This update is recommended for all users.

Windows Users: The launcher now provides both 32-bit and 64-bit builds of the launcher, which distribute 32-bit and 64-bit builds of the game. There are performance benefits possible with the 64-bit build, so if you're running a 64-bit version of Windows, you should use the 64-bit version of the launcher. If you are unsure if your computer is 64-bit or not, try using the 64-bit installer first. If you can't run the installer (with an error message related to processor architectures), then use the 32-bit version. The 32-bit version of the installer will also provide a warning if you're installing it on a 64-bit version of Windows.

The 64-bit version of the installer is just called OpenRCT2Launcher-win.exe, while the 32-bit version is called OpenRCT2Launcher-win-x86.exe.

Linux Users: This build is not self-contained. You should use your package manager to get all the dependent libraries. The required libraries are zlib, openssl, and qt5 (specifically, the submodules core, gui, widgets, and network). These do not need to be the dev versions. For example, on Debian and Ubuntu, it is sufficient to run:
sudo apt-get install zlib1g libssl1.0.0 libqt5core5a libqt5gui5 libqt5widgets5 libqt5network5

v0.0.5

This update provides three changes:

• Implemented the option to download the stable builds instead of the development ones. You can change the setting from the Options window.
• Fixed issue #1 where the launcher doesn't correctly find the Documents folder on Windows if it is in a non-standard location.
• Updated Windows and OS X releases to Qt 5.6

This updates is recommended for all users.

Windows Users: If you have last run OpenRCT2 on version 0.0.3, it is highly recommended that you DO NOT open Options until playing the game once through the Launcher. There was a major change to OpenRCT2, and without running the change, the game_path variable may get corrupted and prevent launching the game.

Linux Users: This build is not self-contained. You should use your package manager to get all the dependent libraries. The required libraries are zlib, openssl, and qt5 (specifically, the submodules core, gui, widgets, network, and multimedia). These do not need to be the dev versions. For example, on Debian and Ubuntu, it is sufficient to run:
sudo apt-get install zlib1g libssl1.0.0 libqt5core5a libqt5gui5 libqt5widgets5 libqt5network5 libqt5multimedia5

v0.0.4

This is a small update that has only one major change:

• Added the new currencies to the Options window (see OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2#2986)

This is also the first release to use an automated deployment system. It may take up to 15 minutes for the builds to make it onto this page, so if you don't see your platform's release here yet, please be patient. Everything is up now.

Windows Users: If you have run OpenRCT2 before, it is highly recommended that you DO NOT open Options until playing the game once through the Launcher. There was a major change recently to OpenRCT2, and without running the change, the game_path variable may get corrupted and prevent launching the game.

Linux Users: This build is not self-contained. You should use your package manager to get all the dependent libraries. The required libraries are zlib, openssl, and qt5 (specifically, the submodules core, gui, widgets, network, and multimedia). These do not need to be the dev versions. For example, on Debian and Ubuntu, it is sufficient to run:
sudo apt-get install zlib1g libssl1.0.0 libqt5core5a libqt5gui5 libqt5widgets5 libqt5network5 libqt5multimedia5

v0.0.3

This version adds the following changes and features:

• No longer depends on libarchive. This means that this can now be built on Windows. Official builds are provided below.
• Update alerts are now added. It will check for a newer Github release and prompt users with a link to the latest version. Auto-updates are not implemented yet.

This updates is recommended for all users. This also includes the changes in v0.0.2, which are:

• The web view has been replaced by a static image. This improves stability, avoids the irrelevant messages that appears, and decreases the number of dependent Qt5 modules.
• There's now an Options window that allows you to edit nearly all the settings of the game. This is useful for setting up the path to the original game (particularly on Linux, where the dialog box hasn't been implemented).

Windows Users: If you have run OpenRCT2 before, it is highly recommended that you DO NOT open Options until playing the game once through the Launcher. There was a major change recently to OpenRCT2, and without running the change, the game_path variable may get corrupted and prevent launching the game.

Linux Users: This build is not self-contained. You should use your package manager to get all the dependent libraries. The required libraries are zlib, openssl, and qt5 (specifically, the submodules core, gui, widgets, network, and multimedia). These do not need to be the dev versions. For example, on Debian and Ubuntu, it is sufficient to run:
sudo apt-get install zlib1g libssl1.0.0 libqt5core5a libqt5gui5 libqt5widgets5 libqt5network5 libqt5multimedia5

v0.0.2

This version makes two major changes:

• The web view has been replaced by a static image. This improves stability, avoids the irrelevant messages that appears, and decreases the number of dependent Qt5 modules.
• There's now an Options window that allows you to edit nearly all the settings of the game. This is useful for setting up the path to the original game (particularly on Linux, where the dialog box hasn't been implemented).

This is a recommended update for all users.

Linux Users: You need to install Qt5 and libarchive to use this launcher. Check your distrobution's package manager for these libraries. Ubuntu users should use this guide to installing Qt5, as it's not in Ubuntu's apt-get. I'm also now providing both 32-bit and 64-bit builds of the launcher. It's recommended that you download the version that matches your OS, as Qt doesn't handle the mismatching very well.

v0.0.1

This launcher will always make sure it has the latest version of the development build of OpenRCT2 and provide a button to launch the game. This is a very early build, and therefore does not contain any features beyond this yet. While this version can theoretically work on Windows, it's recommended that you use the other launcher if you're on Windows.

Note to Linux Users: This build is not self-contained. You need to install Qt5 and libarchive to use this launcher. Check your distrobution's package manager for these libraries. Ubuntu users should use this guide to installing Qt5, as it's not in Ubuntu's apt-get.