Please upload a screenshot with your entry!
I've decided that what this competition needs is two "Categories". One, will be the "Strict" category, one will be the "Open" category.
Rules of "Strict":
- 64x64/128*128 map.
- no GRFs used.
- any maptype but toyland.
- One submission per person.
If somebody submits two, I will only count the first one.
- Any map size (even though it dosent matter anyway)
- Any number of GRFs used.
- Any map type.
- Multiple submissions allowed.
Each category can have one winner and two runners up (if we get that many entries) and also, mabye, if I pester some high ranking people, the winner of the "Strict" category can have his/her title screen become the default for all of OTTD ^__^.
I asked Rubidium what he thought of the above, and he said that it would probaly not be possible, but it all depends on how much support this competition gets I suppose.
Oh well, happy playing!
*Origional post below*
Howdy there guys.
A few days ago, I was staring at my Openttd title screen thinking to myself "You know, that title screen is so cluttered, and its getting old. I should find a better one to replace it with."
Then, it got me thinking. You know? This would make for a cool competition. The title screen is something you see every time you load up OTTD, so it should be something cool and unique.
I dont really have anything to offer in prizes, but the winner will get his or her titlepage featured in the top of this thread, and i'll use it as my background, and i'm sure lots of other people will too ^_^
Attached you'll find a simple one that I made in roughly four minutes. I'll make a better one when this competition gets underway.
For those of you who dont know how to make a title screen, i'll walk you through it.
- First, make a new map. Or load an old save if you have something in mind. It dosent matter.
- Secondly, BUILD! Build what you think would look cool, but remember, the middle is cut out by the main menu, so try
to get some action happening on the sides. - Thrid, when you think that you've finished, position the camera. This is important that you move the camera to the location you want your title screen to be.
After that, save the game. Make sure you save it as something you'll identify easier. - Fourth, go to your save destination. For me it is c:/Users/LittleMikey/Games/Openttd/save but i'm sure you'll have something different (Unless you use Windows Vista and your name is LittleMikey.)
Find the save that you wanted your new title screen to be.
Copy that file
Now, paste that file to the same location you copied it from. This will mean that you have your origional save, as well as something that looks like " savegame - Copy.sav "
Rename this file to opntitle.dat It will probaly say something like "this may not work" but just ignore it. - Fifth, go to your /Openttd/Data folder. Find the file opntitle.dat and make a backup of it (so you can get your origional title screen back) Then move your new opntitle.dat to the /data directory.
- Finally, load OpenTTD! Your new title screen should load instantly. If it dosent load, you probaly made a mistake renaming opntitle.dat Remember it needs to be called exactly opntitle.dat or else it wont work.
LittleMikey
*EDIT*
For those people who are curious, I did a test, and the main menu is about a 6x5 square diamond which will blot out the middle of the map.
*EDIT AGAIN*
I just realised that the one I made was using the Japan GRF, and anyone who tries to load it without having the Japan GRF installed will probaly see a very buggy thing.
To make things easy, in your submissions, either do not use GRF's, or only use GRF's available from the Openttd COOP GRF pack. That is available here: http://openttdcoop.ppcis.org/wiki/index.php/GRF
Please mention any GRF's you use with your submission.
I won't post a screenshot, because if I did...No-one would download it, I bet 