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Update: 21/07/18 - The new build is now officialy out!

Need something to keep you going while you wait for Two Point Hospital? CorsixTH [GitHub, Official Site] allows you to play Theme Hospital on Linux with a modern game engine.

Their last proper update was in December last year which is quite a while ago, so when checking on it again last night I was pleased to see that they're going through the release candidate stages for their next update.

Currently on 0.62 RC 2, here's what's in it:

New Features

  • Player salary is now preserved between campaign levels
  • Mouse capture is now shown on in game options screen
  • Completely out of source builds are now supported on all platforms
  • FHS style file layout (separate bin and share/corsixth directories) support for Linux (and non-Apple Unixes)
  • On Linux (and other non-Apple Unixes) the CorsixTH executable is now called corsix-th
  • LuaJIT 2.x is now supported, if using LuaJIT 1.x JIT is no longer enabled
  • Meandering staff behaviour has been tweaked to look more natural

Bug Fixes

  • Hoppalong map in the included campaign was fixed to not crash
  • Correctly handle the death of emergency patients
  • VIP and other game event scheduling fixes
  • VIP now works correctly when the hospital has no functional rooms
  • Heat now spreads out from radiators in all directions again
  • Fix for game error that caused the same litter to be cleaned up twice, and resulted in a crash
  • Fix moving machines with no state
  • All known memory leaks caused by our code have been fixed
  • Many text and formatting improvements across languages

It does require the original data, which you can easily grab since the game itself is available on GOG. Once you have it, head to this page for instructions on setting it up.

They could likely use more developers, so do let them know if you can help.

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immortel Jul 19, 2018
You can get the data free from an abandon ware web site: *snip*


Last edited by Liam Dawe on 19 July 2018 at 12:47 pm UTC
Liam Dawe Jul 19, 2018
Quoting: immortelYou can get the data free from an abandon ware web site: *snip*
Do not share such links here please. It is not a free game, it is still sold on GOG as stated.
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