War

[russkie12]

There should be countries that are actually a group of cities with color-coded capitols ,military facilities, etc. A country may ask a company either to help the country in a war, and/or manufacture new units of his/her design, including: light infantry, Medium infantry, Heavy infantry,jeep APC, Tank, Medium Tanks, Heavy Tank, Anti-Tank helicopter, (the one you see in the chopper attack disaster,)Gun heli, (Same as the other one, but less powerful and a faster fire rate,)Fighter ( The one from disaster) Bomber,Nuclear Bomber, Transport plane and helicopters that carry infantry around, Bazooka Infantry,BLACK OPS (they do sneaky things)BALLISTIC MISSILES, INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES, SUBMARINES,Paratroopers,Destroyers Battleships Cruisers AIRCRAFT CARRIER,LANDERS, BATTLE CRUISER, REPAIR SHIP MINE LAYER.
Whoa that was a lot! I have a lot more for this idea coming in you next post!

[Roujin]

Well, go play a war strategy game then.
This game is not about war, but transportation.

[LordAzamath]

One of OpenTTD goals is to provide a game free of all war/military influences, check wiki.openttd.org/index.php/Game_Objectives when the wiki will be back up.. So not going to happen

[russkie12]

In single player or multi player,you can have an option that says War And clicking it in once causes the game/server the player is playing/hosting to be affected by my idea. Simple,right? amirite?

[XeryusTC]

No, there are no war themes in OpenTTD, and the devs will keep it that way.

[belugas]

In single player or multi player,you can have an option that says War And clicking it in once causes the game/server the player is playing/hosting to be affected by my idea. Simple,right? amirite?

There is absolutely nothing wrong with that indeed, just that it's NEVER EVER going to be in OpenTTD.
I think that there are enough subjects to be integrated in the game to fall on the biggest nuisance manking has ever invented.
There are tons of games outside that are far better suited to please the war lovers all around.
OpenTTD will not be one of those.

And by the way, this suggestion has been formulated a few times. The answer was still the same as it is today.

[Gurluas2000]

Well still a shame, a war could actually bring interesting events, like sudden sky high prices for steel in order to build weapons and such stuff.

The war itself could just be an economical event , and a few military planes, subs around the map

[Purno]

What about a huge festival in TTD which increases payment rates for Toyland Candy instead.

[Stienie]

OTTD isn't an wargame, but mayby milatary planes need your airbase in a disaster?

[Brianetta]

So many other things could provide interesting contingencies. We already have a bunch of disasters; these could be expanded upon greatly. After flooding, for example, or a coal seam collapse, the emergency services could commandeer use of your stations or resources. A rapidly expanding new town could suddenly cry out for steel for production. None of these require us to have war, if in-game contingencies is all you're really after.

Of course, if you just want war for war's sake, you're looking to the wrong game.

[maquinista]

If You like a war theme for OpenTTD, You can take the source code, modify it and create some GRFs about war. It is not easy, but You can try it. It would be your own OpenTTD modified game.

[CommanderZ]

I don't know how others, but I love to have a nice game to play without violence and combat. No destruction, just light-minded creation.

PS: It doesn't mean I don't like violent games. I love UT or Civilization

[Purno]

I guess one could make a GRF with War-related industries and cargo's. (A Tank Factory anyone?)
If you gather around a team with volunteers for such a GRF, I don't think there's much to stop you.

[Mchl]

PS: It doesn't mean I don't like violent games. I love UT or Civilization

Especially the first or second one, where you could use nukes and no one would blame you (as long as you had UN built)

[SquireJames]

Well, personally i'd like to see the idea of economics expanded a little in OTTD. As mentioned, an increase in steel traffic, a downturn in passenger traffic, damage to rails (bombing, like the UFo disaster) increase in maintence costs (ask any rail enthusiast about the effect of the wartime economy on the big 4s engines!), and obviously effects on other transport, such as possible sinkings , and a ban on passenger air travel.

Doesn't have to be war themed, any more than OTTD is UFo themed now. Just, certain events that add realism. You could even program it as a patch option, so you could either randomise when wartime conditions occured, or set your own dates (for those using the NARS2, adding the US Civil War as a period of wartime conditions, or for others the Spanish Civil War, 1st World War etc).

Maybe make it part of a more wide ranging "Historical Events' patch, with newspapers accouncing various events that might effect the enconomy, or just important historical events to add a feeling of 'realism' (okay, so TTD follows its own realism, a little history wouldn't hurt)

[Zhall]

The war economy is a big business these days

[LordAzamath]

Well, fortunately we don't have to deal with it everywhere, like in some computer game about transporting goods
If you are so keen of war theme, then why not create some grf which expands openttd economy with war related things.

[SquireJames]

Not sure you quite grasped what I was saying. I specifically said it wasn't war themed, any more than the current game is UFo themed because of the various alien related disasters. The only bearing wartime would have on OTTD would be economic, and as I said a few more economic movements (such as the Great Depression, the decline in rail passenger services in the latter half of the 20th Century, the rise of HST lines, the Jet Airliner revolution etc) would be a welcome addition to OTTD.