OpenTTD website
OpenTTD is a open source project based on the game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe", adding features to the original game while being portable and absolutely free! (You need the original game if you want the original graphics/music/sound, but OpenTTD otherwise have a free version. Just install and play!)

Anyway, people been asking me about the game ever since Yogcast covered it.
Yogcast part 1 - Yogcast part 2

So I'm wondering if anyone is interested in running a multiplayer game with me? I'm thinking of making it cooperative, basically one big company rather than multiples. Maybe Vanilla vehicles, maybe not. I try to not make it too hard.

I gladly show people the ropes over multi-player but the official wiki is strongly recommended as a manual. I been playing Transport tycoon for awhile, infact I started with a demo version in 1994-1995, so I guess I'm a 16 year old TT veteran.

Game is now ongoing at 81.225.80.29, server password is asdf. Join and ask for company password. The thread title will be server status.

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There is always a little time to poke in and mess around day to day, some people play the game that way even in multiplayer.

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If at least two people is up for it, I can start a game right away. I probably use the customized settings of mine, with yet not so hardcore economy (aka not hard).

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Possible, though I usually try to have a game towards the evenings of the weekends (eastern US time). But it's hard to schedule those kind of things.

Anyway server is up and running again.

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Game is going to continue in about ten hours from this post (time in title).

Just keep in mind that the ongoing game uses non-default settings. It's slightly more complicated although not necessarily harder.

Compared to a default game:
Road vehicles: More profitable and a lot of vehicles, but still really easy.
Trains: Less profitable, more complicated with way more choices
Ships: More ships but more profitable too so still easier.
Aircraft: Less profitable, encourages variation so you just can't spam jumbojets and concordes. Still very easy though.
Industries: Harder and more variable but it's not punishing like some industry sets. You're rewarded with extra cargo if you transport different raw materials to a industry, but you aren't punished if you don’t bother. For example you get the most out of a steel mill if you provide both coal and iron ore, but you still get steel if you only provide one raw material (even if steel out of only coal is a bit absurd .

If you have any questions, just ask!

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We just need enough interest for it. The last time I tried i only kept interest for a little bit before people got bored.

I'm not sure what is a good angle to it either. I personally like to put in a lot NewGRF's and mods since I think the game is too basic otherwise.

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Graphics Resource File. It's how the orginal game stores it's graphics.

NewGRF is a unoffical variant that was invented for TTDPatch but is used by OpenTTD as well to allow modification of behavior of various aspects of the game rather than just replacing graphics. TTDPatch is basically dead now though, especially with OpenTTD having nearly all features and none of the limitations (for one you can load as many train sets you want now, but it's recomended to keep to sets that works together).

This might be helpful.

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Well, I need a few to keep it regular.

If there is a server i could host it at too that wasn't my own computer it be nice in terms of making it less centric around me being awake.

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So who would be interested if I got this going again? And when? And how? I probably need at least another trustworthy user with rcon access too.

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What about settings? I find stock vehicles absolutly dull, but that's just me. Plus I want to attract as many people as possible.

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