Pictures of your OTTD games

Nippo · Post by **Nippo** » 31 Aug 2006 00:07

A very busy train and airport central. The town has grown to 54.400 people, a lot because of my excellent food delivery,
and is right know handling 3600+ passengers on the mono-network (6x+4x stations) and around 2500+ tonnes of food on the maglev (4x stations).

Right now 4 cities is connected and expanding. At every station it is possible to go both "back and forth" ))<>((
(That last one is for everybody who has seen the movie "Me and you and everyone we know", excellent movie by the way).

Nippo · Post by **Nippo** » 31 Aug 2006 00:42

another station..

Jim Starluck · Post by **Jim Starluck** » 31 Aug 2006 09:05

Noticed something funny in my most recent game. I'm not sure what patch included this, and I can't find anything in my forum searches. Does anyone know exactly what the production from the power station does, in terms of gameplay? Or is it just eyecandy?

White Rabbit · Post by **White Rabbit** » 31 Aug 2006 09:34

Jim Starluck wrote:Noticed something funny in my most recent game. I'm not sure what patch included this, and I can't find anything in my forum searches. Does anyone know exactly what the production from the power station does, in terms of gameplay? Or is it just eyecandy?

One suggestion: you should move the whole station two tiles to the right. This way, the first approaching train will choose the left platform, while the second train will choose the right platform. With PBS, this means that two trains can leave and enter at the very same time, increasing the efficiency of such a terminus station.

Oh, your question. It's just eyecandy, and doesn't do anything, unlike like the power station in Pikkabird's UK industry Set. It's just a way of measuring how much coal you're dropping off.

(Show us more of your game. Long coal trains are somehow becoming boring

).

Scia · Post by **Scia** » 31 Aug 2006 12:41

Jim Starluck wrote:Noticed something funny in my most recent game. I'm not sure what patch included this, and I can't find anything in my forum searches. Does anyone know exactly what the production from the power station does, in terms of gameplay? Or is it just eyecandy?

I believe that richk included this in in his MiniIN (you are running MiniIN right?). It doesn't do anything to gameplay (yet), but statistics are always nice. He included a screenshot with the production of the power station in "Pile Transport"... awesome

.

Scia

ThunderAI · Post by **ThunderAI** » 31 Aug 2006 13:40

The Mississipli River Basen, have a look

White Rabbit · Post by **White Rabbit** » 31 Aug 2006 14:01

ThunderAI wrote:The Mississipli River Basen, have a look

It looks brilliant...

...apart from the obvious fake names, and the absence of rivers (notably the Mississippi).

ThunderAI · Post by **ThunderAI** » 31 Aug 2006 15:24

Yeah, its not good by any means but thats the problem with height maps, you can't easily get water anywhere above see level.

Jim Starluck · Post by **Jim Starluck** » 31 Aug 2006 19:38

White Rabbit wrote:One suggestion: you should move the whole station two tiles to the right. This way, the first approaching train will choose the left platform, while the second train will choose the right platform. With PBS, this means that two trains can leave and enter at the very same time, increasing the efficiency of such a terminus station.

...

(Show us more of your game. Long coal trains are somehow becoming boring ).

If I had sufficient room, I'd make it into a ro-ro station. At the moment it's kinda wedged in there.

This game, I've tried something new. The map started with no industries, so I could only build passenger/mail lines. I picked several towns in relatively close proximity, and built a two-track loop--one train for each station in each direction. Winds up providing pretty good service, so long as the stations aren't too far apart.

I left that first local route alone, and went to build one in the next-nearest cluster of towns. Once both of them were big enough, I started running bigger passenger trains *between* them, and eventually started building industries. The coal route is actually brand-spanking new.

Jim Starluck · Post by **Jim Starluck** » 31 Aug 2006 19:56

More screenies from the same game. I started in 1921 and have the day length set to five times normal, so I don't expect to be bothered with diesels anytime soon.

Jim Starluck · Post by **Jim Starluck** » 31 Aug 2006 20:04

Yet more pics...

Jim Starluck · Post by **Jim Starluck** » 31 Aug 2006 20:09

And, finally, an overview of the entire railroad (and my one little ferry, which you can spot out in the middle of the lake).

Open Addict · Post by **Open Addict** » 01 Sep 2006 00:34

i am having fun on arctic with coal mines. (set up my own scenario)

i have about 17 coal mines at the station. 512x512 map. station goes from one side to the other. running about 60 trains (88kmh) with 10 wagons (300 tonnes). its a very long trip.

year started 1942 with no cheats.

ThunderAI · Post by **ThunderAI** » 01 Sep 2006 02:17

Current game. Anyone know why there are no wagons for Maglevs... Ruins all the fun of post 2015.

Those are some massive cities though, and so far i have been able to make the in and out section look really good and function great!

DaleStan · Post by **DaleStan** » 01 Sep 2006 02:47

ThunderAI wrote:Anyone know why there are no wagons for Maglevs... Ruins all the fun of post 2015.

Explain to me what exactly is in those screenshots that you thought would be helpful, please?

Jim Starluck · Post by **Jim Starluck** » 01 Sep 2006 04:40

DaleStan wrote:
ThunderAI wrote:Anyone know why there are no wagons for Maglevs... Ruins all the fun of post 2015.
Explain to me what exactly is in those screenshots that you thought would be helpful, please?

I think, though I'm not certain, that he's using the UK trainset, which only has wagons for passengers, mail and goods for the maglev.

MeusH · Post by **MeusH** » 01 Sep 2006 11:15

Open Addict wrote:year started 1942 with no cheats.

Placing that many coal mines and saying you didn't cheat is ridiculous.

White Rabbit · Post by **White Rabbit** » 01 Sep 2006 11:26

Those are quite nice screenshots, Jim, although the station choices are bit repetitive (you've used none from the US Stations

). Also, you know that there is an excellent US signals set, right? The signals just don't fit the era or the train set.

MeusH wrote:
Open Addict wrote:year started 1942 with no cheats.
Placing that many coal mines and saying you didn't cheat is ridiculous.

He cheated in a non-CTRL+C way.

Those coal mines were placed in the scenario editor and were there at the very start of the game.

Ghost · Post by **Ghost** » 01 Sep 2006 11:43

I would also like to share some of my screenshots (using IN).
The landscape is generated using TGP (mountaneous and smooth). Plus I have default day length 32 (just tried the patch) and Multiply weight of freight 25 (this makes the game more challenging - you should avoid climbing hills for loaded trains).
IMHO, looks very realistic.

gkirilov · Post by **gkirilov** » 01 Sep 2006 11:44

MeusH wrote:
Open Addict wrote:year started 1942 with no cheats.
Placing that many coal mines and saying you didn't cheat is ridiculous.

If you start with 2-3 coal mines, there is not problem to build the rest without cheating.

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