Jim Powers' Scenarios & Games (TTDP)

[Jim Powers]

Mr. Ar4i;

Good screenies, ol' Chap! I've always love playing "Mid Central Rails". Then when I redid it
into "Mid Central Road & Rails", that made it even more fun. I only wished I'd made it in
the 'Temperate' mode. Even so, it's one of my favorites.

Mr. Raichase, you are the best, my Friend.

OK, Here's my new and improved scenario called "Totally Texas II"!

When I was a kid growing up in the Midwest, dirt roads were every where.
You could see the 'rooster tails' of dust going up in the air from the wheels of
the car as you sped down those old, bouncy, rough dirt roads. My whole family
was almost killed because the driver tried to miss some 'pot holes' in the road, lost
control and
flipped a number of times, ending up in a cornfield on it's top, which was crushed
down to the top of the car seats. In those days there were no seatbelts.
Anyway, I still relate to those roads in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. So,
these (NA Roads and NA City) were in stalled in my improved version of 'Totally Texas'.

Now, with the help of the latest patch, one may 'tie' as many, say Oil Wells, as he
wants to one station, thus, Whamo, a super oil destribution station. That's fun! I
reduced the cities to just above 1,000 pop. and 'tweaked' some other things
that improved the game play. Now, let's play this fine, fun scenario
"Totally Texas II"!

Friends, you'll enjoy it as much as I do! Below is a 'screenie' from my latest game.

[Geo Ghost]

That is pretty nice Jim

You're certainly good in making these lovely bits of scenery
Hmm, ok, Maybe not good. Great, brillient, fantastic are the words I would use instead

Speak again soon Jim

Best regards,
-Richard

[Raichase]

Great, brillient, fantastic are the words I would use instead

Tremendous, Superb, Mind-blowing, are some other terms we like to use too

[Jim Powers]

Mr. Geo.c Ghost;

Oh gosh, you and Mr. Raichase make me embarrassed
but, I do appreciate it. Thank for being my friends. And thank you, Mr. Raichase,
for posting my latest scenario again. Luv ya.

Well, it's back to packing. The 22nd will be here before we know it.

Always,
Jim Powers

[Geo Ghost]

Oh gosh, you and Mr. Raichase make me embarrassed

We try our best I'm sure

Packing? Where you going Jim?
Think I may have missed something here hehe

All the best,
-Richard

[trainmaster611]

Jim, I noticed that a lot of your maps have a lot of GRFs attatched to them. OTTD disables them so I cant see what they are. Could you list them?

[Rubidium]

OTTD disables them so I cant see what they are.

OpenTTD doesn't 'just' disable them; it disables them when it cannot find a NewGRF that matches, but you can still see the GRF IDs as stored in the savegame. That you can't see a human readable name is because TTDP doesn't store the name of the NewGRFs in the savegame, which is hardly anything OpenTTD can solve. This makes it is impossible for OpenTTD to find out which NewGRF was originally used when you do not have the NewGRF with the same GRF ID.

[Ar4i]

I recommend to start with OpenTTDCoop package (in my sig) as it contains more than 130 GRFs. The only real problem is with Industry GRFs. There is a special topic that is related to problems with Jim scenarios in OpenTTD: click here

[hooiberg]

Dear mr. Powers,
I am fairly new to the game, but your scenarios are a great motivation to work out how the newgrfs and all other custom features work. I hope I will get them working, so I will be able to play your scenarios really soon.

Warm regards
Lukas

[Geo Ghost]

Where's Jim been this past month?

/misses my old buddy on the forums

[Pug]

Isn't he moving to Florida or something? He did mention it a couple of times, but I'm not quite sure where he is moving to. But I guess as soon as his new household is up and running he'll be supplying us all with some wonderful scenario's again.

[Geo Ghost]

Ah right. I knew he said something was happening on the 22nd, but wasn't sure what it was.

[Jim Powers 2]

Dear TT-Forums Family;

This is the same "Jim Powers" as before. But, as usual, I didn't
know how to 'Login' using my old password. And, now you'll notice that
I have a new email address (which I just got finally), since we moved to
Key West, Florida in the good ol' USA! I also have a new laptop with this
crummy Vista which it takes a rocket scientist to run, (HATE IT!)

I've not got the old files off my old computer yet, so until when I can transfer
them, looks like I'll not be doing what I love to do most, playing TTD, UGH!
Anyway, just wanted to let those who might be interested what's been happening.

IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK!

Always,
Jim Powers

[AndersI]

Welcome back, Jim, hope you're settling down OK in your new home!

[Purno]

Welcome back Mr. Powers.

I'm pretty sure orudge can help you getting into your old forum account.

[Jim Powers 2]

Mr. AndersI;

You and Mr. Purno, thanks for the welcome back. Keeps me from feeling
too much like a stranger, especially if my good friend Owen can help
I wished I could get 'back to normal', but, things aren't what they said they'd
be. So, pretty soon I should have my files back, then, after I figure out this
laptop better, maybe I will be able to make scenarios again.

Again thanks for everything, Guys.

Always,
Jim Powers

[Raichase]

Excellent to hear from you again Jim! I'm glad to see you back on the forums. I trust the move went well? I too have been without good internet for about a month or so now, so I am very pleased to be back online in full capacity!

[Geo Ghost]

Hey Jim!

We've missed you matey. Glad to see you're doing well

How have things since your move?

Best regards,
-Richard.C

[orudge]

Hi Jim,

Good to see you back! I'll send you a private message here on the forums with the details to your old account (I'll reset them for you) so you can get back in properly.

Cheers,

[Jim Powers]

Dear Gentlemen;

It is truly an honor to hear from each and everyone of you. I've certainly
missed you all and will be doing all I can to help TT-Forums in whatever
capacity. Wow! It's good to be back with you all!
And, a special THANKS to our Boss, Mr. Owen Rudge, for putting up with me.

Always,
Jim Powers