hi, do I have to try and install my dos version??

[adman500]

hi, i am an old time player of transport tycoon, and i have recently got a new computer and not tried to load my dos version of the game. then i stumblled upon OpenTTD and i am still wondering wheter this is a seperate game, or a sort of no disk version. affter reading the download page, it says i need some files from the original version, does that mean i have to try and install my dos version??

any help appreciated, thanks
Adam.

[RiTi]

Welcome and see:

http://wiki.openttd.org/index.php/FAQ_installation
http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?t=9267

[adman500]

so is it just a no disk version that allows you to mod more easily?

[Griff]

so is it just a no disk version that allows you to mod more easily?

Yes. Though you still need the original game files to run openttd.

[Chrill]

Those files can also be downloaded, so you don't need the game. When you install OTTD, you will be told to locate the location for your TTD game, and it will use those graphics automatically. Sorry for not being so good in explaining, but check the links RiTi provided

[adman500]

i have the dos cd which doesn't work on XP, and looking in the file it said it installed to, i couldn't see any of the needed files, but they were on the cd?? and also the openttd windows installer doesent work, when i input the installed folder, or the d drive (cd drive) it says it can't continue without the original installation folder.

thanks,
Adam

[Chrill]

I had some problems earlier.. Could you perhaps give us some screens?

[RiTi]

First download OTTD 0.4.8 or a Nightly. Unzip the file to, for instance c:\program files\ottd. Copy from the original CD of Transport Tycoon Deluxe (Dos) the non packed files from the main directory (trg1.grf, trgc.grf, trgh.grf, trgi.grf, trgt.grf and sample.cat) to your new c:\programs files\ottd\data directory. Then you're finished.

So you don't need an original/dos install. The files on the Dos CD are unpacked.

Also again, see the WiKi.

[adman500]

does that also add the sounds, because it says that only the windows version has the *.gm files? because i love the old midi music!

[bobingabout]

no, the dos version had a GM.cat, which nobody has figured out how to decode yet.

[adman500]

so does that mean that open ttd will have no sounds?

[RiTi]

Correct. The GM files are found only on the original windows version of Transport Tycoon DeLuxe. Try the internet to buy a second hand copy (e-bay).

[adman500]

well thanks for all your help, i got it working without sounds anyway, but i'll keep my eye out for a second hand windows copy.
thanks
Adam

[Ailure]

Correct. The GM files are found only on the original windows version of Transport Tycoon DeLuxe. Try the internet to buy a second hand copy (e-bay).

http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?t=3407

There's other ways getting it too... through this forum even.

[adman500]

is it beccause it's such an old game that its legal to download it?

[Invisble]

a link that may help clear things up:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware

[adman500]

Now I understand, thanks.

[RiTi]

a link that may help clear things up:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware

It's on the legal edge. Not all countries act the way written in WiKi.