Gilleen Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 Running a computer games club at the college I'm at, I was looking at free games, open games, or anything that didnt cost money. So the students could play together nicly (yes, I know Im hopeful) Anyways, I ran across this little gem, something I remember from years ago, its "Transport Tycoon". It appears some nice people have managed to recreate most of it as open source, its even better than the original and its simply fantastic!!! The many hours I lost on the original I appear to be losing again now. OpenTTD Who else remembers this little wonder, and who will now be addicted!
Geoff Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 Hehehe, we have this here in our 'games' section. Gets unlocked after school and at the end of term.
TechMonkey Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 It is great. I can spend absolutely hours on that thing losing billions! Hmmmm, I wonder if that is where certain bankers got their training?
localzuk Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 It is great. I can spend absolutely hours on that thing losing billions! Hmmmm, I wonder if that is where certain bankers got their training? How do you lose money in it?? Build some airports in the largest cities to start, and then keep them busy, expanding the network from there. Should maintain a healthy bank balance whatever else you do!
penfold_99 Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 i was going to give this a bash but i don't have the original game so can't run it ;(
K.C.Leblanc Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 It is very good, also the signaling is light years ahead of the original.
K.C.Leblanc Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 How do you lose money in it?? I seem to remember if you got to £2bn it would roll over.
Gilleen Posted March 4, 2009 Author Posted March 4, 2009 i was going to give this a bash but i don't have the original game so can't run it ;( On there forums there are two ways of getting it working: First is the openGFX project, that way you dont require any of the original files. The other is if you trust the fact that the original is now abandonware, if you do, then its out there and you can get the files you need. (I had the original to take the files off, but the openGFX files make it look very nice) ---- The true are in the game is trains, doing the game with a complete train network, no aircraft Trains also explode better if you mess up your track by mistake.
PaulBM Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 I've had a Transport Tycoon Deluxe Scenarios download section on my website since Sept 2000 and according my stats page it's served over 33gb of data since then. Many of the scenarios are still being downloaded today. It amazes me that this game is still so popular, it's a true classic.
contink Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 Nooo... make it stop... I have little enough time as it is... *Hand hovers over "close" button!* Aghh the temptation is almost too great...
DAckroyd Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 I've been playing openTTD for a couple of years - it's great. In my younger years I play the origional for years and OpenTTD brought back the love! I have found that you need a very big monitor (my 20" is a little small at times) and a pretty quick computer if you want to have the very big maps. I have made my over clocked quad core Q6600 run slow at times with this
matt40k Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 Use to build a power station and a coal mine, train between the two, then leave it running for a while, then buyout the others. Wish it was a screensaver....
TechMonkey Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 How do you lose money in it?? Build some airports in the largest cities to start, and then keep them busy, expanding the network from there. Should maintain a healthy bank balance whatever else you do! Cos I am rubbish and build bus routes and try and fill the special routes that come in but badly so just flood the place and end up losing money. Why do you think I am in IT not in transport!
DAckroyd Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 Why do you think I am in IT not in transport! Don't put yourself down.... I'm sure you are still better than public transport bosses
Gilleen Posted March 4, 2009 Author Posted March 4, 2009 Use to build a power station and a coal mine, train between the two, then leave it running for a while, then buyout the others. Wish it was a screensaver.... Someone call for a screensaver? Open TTD Screensaver Its about half way down the page, under the title of "Version 2" I havent tried it myself, but it was thought of
TechMonkey Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 Don't put yourself down.... I'm sure you are still better than public transport bosses well that is a given. My buses may have been choking the towns I attempted to help but my trains always ran on time
CHR1S Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 Anyone able to give me a direct link to the DL for the graphics please? And an idiots guide on where to stick them, Im having a slow day Thanks
DAckroyd Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 Im having a slow day Thanks If you're bored... plenty to do here if you want to pop half way across the country?
DAckroyd Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 ok the time it took me to reply to that makes it look like I don't have anything to do now
CHR1S Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 I meant a slow mental day, I dont have time to play it lol. Gonna bang it on my memory stick while you knowledgeable people are about to help me! lol
TwoZeroAlpha Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 Ok, under linux (Ubuntu intrepid 8.10) Download and extract the file from here to a folder in your homedir (I'll call it /home/%user%/o-ttd-data/ ) http://download.transporttycoon.net/files/ttd-graphics.rar Use the Add/remove util to install openttd open a terminal and run >sudo cp /home/%user%/o-ttd-data/* /usr/share/games/openttd/data Launch the game from the applications menu. Much easier than messing around with the OpenGFX and nightly builds. Right, I'm going to build my empire now... I don't expect to get much else done.. ever hehe 1
CHR1S Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 Thanks TZA, what makes you think I use Linux? lol... or are you trying to make my brain explode?
CHR1S Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 In an amazing stroke of luck I copied it to the OTTD data directory and it worked, no need to decipher your cryptic instructions after all!
TwoZeroAlpha Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 Thanks TZA, what makes you think I use Linux? lol... or are you trying to make my brain explode? Had no idea what you are using, but having just spent a good amount of time trying to get the various versions to work I thought I'd post a quick guide once I made it happen. Glad you've got yours working though, say goodbye to productivity.
User3204 Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 It seems to have advanced a little since the last time I tried to play it... in the end I just decided to sort through my ol games "pile" of CDROMs and loaded up the original. I have even bought a copy of "Locomotion" which appears to have been made as TT version 2. But it really annoyed me as it kept making the trains run on the right-side of the points, which made them crash... Ahh, the hours that can be usefully spent building up a jumbo jet/concorde to transfer coal from one end of the map to another... hmmm... I know what I'm gonna do this weekend.
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