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[quinnr]

I'll be on my own company. If you want epic bankruptcy, or are a newbie, join me!
(I am kinda new. I forgot everything.)

[Bluerobin]

Hey guys, sorry I haven't been checking in on the past few games, how are things going? Are people still playing/should I keep the server up and going? I MAY take it down for a week because I'm not sure I'll have time to check on it and make sure things are ok. Has the wave of interest passed for now?

[quinnr]

I want to play as soon as I have time...which is in like a week.

[Chaoswizkid]

Oh I suppose I should mention that I have the savegames for each of the maps we've played, so if anyone wants them, just let me know. I only have one save file for each, right at the end before I stopped the server each time, but they should be good for looking around and seeing what people did/how they did it if you want. I'll try and host them somewhere and put up links after work today.

I'd really like a save game to check out what everyone does to make things profitable.

[Bluerobin]

Crap, completely forgot I'd said I'd upload those! Alright, here they are:
First game
Second game
Third game

Alright, that's the first time I've used Dropbox, hope I did it right so they work!

[Jay]

Once I get large, I buy out the AI companies.
If I time it right, buying them actually pays me money.
E: My metropolitan area.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2941534/Jayria%2C%208th%20Feb%201968.png
In 1968.

[Eduren]

Yeah, I sorta stopped playing for some reason. Ill probably play if you gimme a heads up for the next reset.

[Saint]

Wanted to try but download in OP isn't working.
The TTD link.

[Mephisto]

The first post is old. Just download OpenTTD and it will download the free graphics for you.

[Jay]

The first post is old. Just download OpenTTD and it will download the free graphics for you.

Does it?

It gave me an error about not having a graphics pack and refused to start up at all.
I had to go dig out my copy of the TTD files.
...I like the original graphics better anyway

[qwertyuiopas]

The latest installers give an option, yes, but not the older installers, and not the .zips.

It is best to copy the graphics files to the OpenTTD shared folder, so that they will automatically be found if you have multiple .zip versions for server compatibility and forget to copy the graphics to one of them.

[Saint]

Am playing now, like it a lot.
Could I get some help?
I am trying to transport oil by train to my boat docks to transport it to a refinery on the island I am based on but it won't work because my train station only accecpts wood even though I have oil running to it and oil trucks running between it and the docks.

[Puck]

Isnt there an option you can set in the orders of the train... something like "transfer" or sumsuch instead of "unload cargo".

I'm pretty sure it's something like that. Because the train station isnt near anything that actually "accepts" oil, per se.

[Jay]

Isnt there an option you can set in the orders of the train... something like "transfer" or sumsuch instead of "unload cargo".

I'm pretty sure it's something like that. Because the train station isnt near anything that actually "accepts" oil, per se._[1]

Transfer, yes, in the Unload dropdown.
_[1]It's not per se, it's physically not near anything that actually accepts oil.
Only thing in the game that actually accepts oil is the refinery.
Feeder-stations between would require transfers.

I use it quite extensively -- I have several industrial tramways gathering up oil from numerous wells around, feeding them to my train station, which has 8-10 (I lost count) 250,000 litre trains running continuously (even though they're on full load, they never sit around waiting) taking itdown to the refinery.
Conversely, I have a couple goods trains bringing the produce back up to the town.

E: Hello there page 19.  I'm on fire with these pagings.
For that, some content.  A screenshot of what I was just describing.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

You can also see it in the gigantic panorama shot I posted earlier, with a train going out.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2941534/Jayria%2C%208th%20Feb%201968.png

[Helmaroc]

I made a company on the bay12 server and set up some small things, hope that's okay.