Bitcoin Currency Option?

[DCSmith1989]

Hey mates, I'm wanting to use Bitcoin as a currency option in game. however, Bitcoins are a lot more valuable than Euros.

I tried using a decimal point to match the value of 1 Euro in bitcoin but OpenTTD doesn't support this it seems.

any suggestions?

[Sylf]

At the bottom of the currency list is "Custom..." You can define your own exchange rate using that.

[Brumi]

Bitcoins are a lot more valuable than Euros.

Custom currency doesn't work in this case.

Anyway, I believe there is no easy way to do this apart from modifying the code of OpenTTD yourself...

[palaceofhate]

You'd also need some type of patch to simulate the rapid fluctuations and high volatility

[PikkaBird]

Anyway, I believe there is no easy way to do this apart from modifying the code of OpenTTD yourself...

Currencies can be created in NewGRF. In this case, the maximum value of one currency unit is equivalent to 2000 Euro.

[Ailure]

I actually added bitcoins as a custom currency myself to openTTD just mostly for sillyness, even though I mostly prefer the early and mid 20th game where it dosen't make sense as a currency. So I mostly still use pounds (as that is the base currency of the game anyway).

My workaround, is to use mBTC (milliBitcoin, one in a thousand) but you can use μBTC (microBitcoin, one in a million) if you want to be super accurate. But since the money in openTTD is fairly abstract you probably don't need to worry about accuracy in real life exchange rates, I don't.

[Baldy's Boss]

Anyway, I believe there is no easy way to do this apart from modifying the code of OpenTTD yourself...

Currencies can be created in NewGRF. In this case, the maximum value of one currency unit is equivalent to 2000 Euro.

What is the currency-customization NewGRF,is it in online content?

[FooBar]

From what I read there isn't one, but one could make one.

[Eddi]

Anyway, I believe there is no easy way to do this apart from modifying the code of OpenTTD yourself...

Currencies can be created in NewGRF. In this case, the maximum value of one currency unit is equivalent to 2000 Euro.

but the OP wants the opposite, something like 1/2000 Euro.

[FLHerne]

[Currencies can be created in NewGRF. In this case, the maximum value of one currency unit is equivalent to 2000 Euro.

but the OP wants the opposite, something like 1/2000 Euro.[/quote]

Hey mates, I'm wanting to use Bitcoin as a currency option in game. however, Bitcoins are a lot more valuable than Euros.

Er...no? (1BTC is worth about €200).

[Brumi]

1BTC is worth about €200

That exactly means that Bitcoins are more valuable than Euros You'd probably rather have 1 BTC than 1€...

[FLHerne]

1BTC is worth about €200

That exactly means that Bitcoins are more valuable than Euros You'd probably rather have 1 BTC than 1€...

That was what I meant (Eddi said the opposite for some reason). The 'Er...no?' refers to the first quote in the context of the second one, except that I can't compose posts.

[FooBar]

Currency multipliers (0B)

The equivalent of 1 British pound in this currency, multiplied by 1000. For example, 1 GBP=2 USD, so this should be 2000 for US dollars. The multiplication by 1000 allows you to have decimals in the multiplier without requiring floating-point calculations. This value is used for display purposes only, TTD always uses British pounds for internal calculations.

So if 1 GBP is about 0.0067 XBT, then this value should be set to (0.0067 * 1000 = ~7) 7 for bitcoin. So I'm inclined to agree with Pikka that this is possible with NewGRF.