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Compatibility in regards to NewGRF

Posted: 06 Mar 2012 07:47
by series2
I am new to OTTD and have been making and downloading some scenarios however there are some I have not been able to open.

Is this because of newGRF issues? I had applied some such as "city stations" and "temperate set".

Does this affect the compatibility of scenarios I create and share?

Thanks to anyone who helps expand my understanding.

Re: Compatibility in regards to NewGRF

Posted: 06 Mar 2012 13:31
by wallyweb
series2 wrote:Does this affect the compatibility of scenarios I create and share?
Are you referring to scenario compatibility between TTD, TTDP and OTTD?

Re: Compatibility in regards to NewGRF

Posted: 06 Mar 2012 13:38
by FooBar
series2 wrote:Does this affect the compatibility of scenarios I create and share?
Yes, what NewGRFs are used is stored in the scenario, and it can only be played with said NewGRFs.
However, NewGRFs can't be added to a scenario safely once you've started to create it, so it's definitely worth adding them. For compatibility while sharing, it's a smart idea to only pick NewGRFs that are on the online content, as these can be downloaded automatically by the game if a user doesn't have them.