The Best, "Must Have" OpenTTD Mods! - Discusion
Posted: 02 Nov 2013 08:47
I suggest a "mod" for the forum to provide feature to like posts.
The place to talk about Transport Tycoon
https://www.tt-forums.net/
I'm not quite agreeing with this paragraph. different AIs have absolutely no trouble getting along with each other, you rather get problems if you have two of the same AI running simultaneously, as they too often try to do the same things, and constantly get in each other's waykamnet wrote:you can install more than one AI, but there is no guarantee that they will work together with each other, or with any NewGRF or other modification to the game, and again one should fully learn about what an AI is capable of before installing and activating it in a game.
YNM wrote:This is actually leaked by romazoon in an accident : Japan Set Track 3.
romazoon wrote:YNM wrote:This is actually leaked by romazoon in an accident : Japan Set Track 3.
what do you mean leaked ? you must have made an error on the person or you must be mistaken.... or i lost memory of this happening.
I agree with it belonging on the wiki. I am going to sticky this for a week and then a new sticky pointing to the wiki article that results can be made.planetmaker wrote:Instead of posting long lists here which will grow old and which can only be editable by their original authors (if at all) - we had that before. I'd rather suggest to put the effort in the wiki: extend, update and merge the NewGRF lists in our wiki:
https://secure.openttd.org/wiki/NewGRF_List
https://secure.openttd.org/wiki/NewGRF_Sets
and if desired for more detailed information separate pages like https://secure.openttd.org/wiki/UK_Renewal_Set could be created.
The overview in my very personal opinion could be more tabular and verbose (more like https://secure.openttd.org/wiki/NewGRF_Sets ), indicate with icons in separate columns whether the NewGRF is available from online content, on grfcrawler, the forum thread and their homepage, indicate version the info refers to, include a screenshot snippet, maybe years covered (if applicable) ...
Am I understanding You correctly that You wouldn't do that if You have some stuff what's in the development?YNM wrote:But trust me, I never leaks that to other people after that.
The time when that conversation took place I keep in my own knowledge, as I dont want to rise hope that there would be release coming soon...dandan wrote:Good point! I know from your thread that you make very good screenshots.ISA wrote:Wanted to ask if You also mean screenshots under that sentence?dandan wrote:Please do not distribute.
I'm in the middle of writing a detailed pdf guide for the Japan Set and it still lacks screenshots. So here is a suggestion: You can post whatever screenshots you like, but I may use them for our readme. Agreed?
It's purely based on my observation of what NewGRFs people are using and talking about. I did not attempt to take any quantitative measure based on downloads, since there's too many sources to judge from, nor can you tell this based simply on download numbers. I also attempted to make it clear several times that this list is merely my personal opinion. It is well known that people will download many NewGRFs simply to have them, and may never actually play them. They may also download them multiple times, either to multiple PCs, or because they've lost their data and need to start over. As for some of the NewGRFs that have been pointed out, keep in mind that many of them are quite old, so they have a long download history. But, are they still truly popular today in light of newer, more up-to-date projects? If somebody wants to put in the work to determine what is currently popular, using weekly/monthly/quarterly download statistics, and keep that updated here, I wouldn't mind that.andythenorth wrote:I don't understand the evidence for your claims.
I wouldn't mind it being copied to the wiki, but my preference is for it to remain here as a reference to those who post this question in the forums.Tafidis wrote:Awesome guide, should be stickied/moved to wiki/both. I believe new players/members will find the information extremely valuable.
The title is a gimmick, meant to attract the attention of users who are seeking just that answer, so that they can learn something entirely new both about what they're looking for and the culture/climate of tt-forums. As for the list, I can't call it a "personal favorite" list because most of the NewGRFs I listed are not actually my personal favorite, nor am I advocating for any particular NewGRF in most cases, unless that NewGRF is the only viable ones available (for example, airports). Again, it's simply my observation based on what I've seen in the forums over the years.Tafidis wrote:Wrt the list, I think you should rename it to "my personal favourite list" because "most popular" is rather subject to debate
So, in other words, AIs ABSOLUTELY have no trouble getting along, except when multiple instances get in each other's way. Got it.Eddi wrote:I'm not quite agreeing with this paragraph. different AIs have absolutely no trouble getting along with each other, you rather get problems if you have two of the same AI running simultaneously, as they too often try to do the same things, and constantly get in each other's waykamnet wrote:you can install more than one AI, but there is no guarantee that they will work together with each other, or with any NewGRF or other modification to the game, and again one should fully learn about what an AI is capable of before installing and activating it in a game.
You're right, it is silly to expect that. And, yet, that is the culture, which is why I chose to address it as I did.Jolteon wrote:Surely they can still be called 'mods' as they modify the game in some description. It's silly to expect a new person to instantly pull the three letters GRF out of no where.
I think that it is worded too strongly. Bad combination of NewGRFs may result in completely broken game, the worst that may happen with AIs is that multiple instances of the same will compete with each other. It is mainly caused by fact that AIs is limited to normal action by player, NewGRFs may change almost anything.kamnet wrote:you can install more than one AI, but there is no guarantee that they will work together with each other, or with any NewGRF or other modification to the game, and again one should fully learn about what an AI is capable of before installing and activating it in a game.