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[cristianrock]

Because I cant build 2 station in the same town

[Eddi]

cheats->magic bulldozer (careful with that! if enabled, towns and other companies also can remove your stuff)

[3iff]

Or plant trees until they like you again.

[YNM]

Plant A LOT of trees around the town.

Or... bribe them. (recomended to save the game before you do this)

[FLHerne]

(recomended to save the game before you do this)

Why? The only downside is the potential to be 'found out', and all that does is stop you making any more bribes for a while...

[Emperor Jake]

(careful with that! if enabled, towns and other companies also can remove your stuff)

No, that's what THEY want you to think. I play with magic bulldozer on all the time without any problems at all. I have no idea why this myth is still being propagated.

[PikkaBird]

(careful with that! if enabled, towns and other companies also can remove your stuff)

No, that's what THEY want you to think. I play with magic bulldozer on all the time without any problems at all. I have no idea why this myth is still being propagated.

Your mum.

IIRC the actual danger with having magic bulldozer on is that expanding towns will remove industries.

[Emperor Jake]

IIRC the actual danger with having magic bulldozer on is that expanding towns will remove industries.

Still a myth. I have proof; several games that have been going for hundreds of years that have thriving industries surrounded by growing towns. I do remember it happening a long time ago in earlier versions of OTTD (meaning 0.6-ish and older IIRC), but it seems to have been fixed since then.

[YNM]

(recomended to save the game before you do this)

Why? The only downside is the potential to be 'found out', and all that does is stop you making any more bribes for a while...

Hey hey, i have done that for a lot, and 2/3 of all my tries always ended up with "your bribe has discovered by a local investigator", which we can't bribe again after all and our rating plunge to appalling - A disaster !!
Thats why - save the game before - will allow you to re-load the game as if you never bribed.

[kamnet]

The easiest thing to do is just be nice to your town, build slowly, don't buy up too much land at a time, be patient. Plant lots of trees. If you must bribe, do it in small amounts every few months, not all at once. Most importantly, provide your stations in the town with good service.

[Emperor Jake]

(careful with that! if enabled, towns and other companies also can remove your stuff)

No, that's what THEY want you to think. I play with magic bulldozer on all the time without any problems at all. I have no idea why this myth is still being propagated.

Update: I've just done a small test game, and concluded that AI's CAN remove industries if the bulldozer is enabled. However, I still haven't seen a town do it. I never play with AIs usually, so it's not a problem for me.

[Pyoro]

Towns don't even build over NewObjects that don't need to be razed (magical bulldozer or not), it'd be really odd for them to just go and specifically destroy any industry of sorts ...

[YNM]

Update: I've just done a small test game, and concluded that AI's CAN remove industries if the bulldozer is enabled. However, I still haven't seen a town do it. I never play with AIs usually, so it's not a problem for me.

...If they HAVE the money, I think.

(Played a game from 1970-2152 with that settings on, never seen such thing. AI and towns. Even the town already engulfed the factory, but its never happened.)

[Emperor Jake]

I saw AdmiralAI accidentally destroy a refinery when trying to make room for a bigger truck station. It doesn't happen often, but the posibility is there.

[YNM]

I saw AdmiralAI accidentally destroy a refinery when trying to make room for a bigger truck station. It doesn't happen often, but the posibility is there.

Ah, then its a specific AI case I think ? AIAI, Trans, SimpleAI, Dictator, AroAI, Rondje, WmDOT (yes, just to record it built roads and oilrig networks) never did it, I just downloaded these AI's though, never tried the others.

[wakou]

Plant A LOT of trees around the town.

I have read posts and FAQ's on this subject, but I cannot make any headway! If I am rated 'appalling' by a LA, it seems to be impossible to get back. ie I have a town, NOT growing, rating 'appalling'. I cannot build any more stations, all those I have are rated good or better. I have financed new buildings, built a HQ, and planted an entire block of 5 x 9 game squares with max density of trees, How long does it take to get to a situation where I can build even a tiny bus station? The stations I have are all connected, I guess this means that they only count as one station? Is there a way to show my LA rating in a more granular way, ie a % figure, to see if I am making any progress? One other thing, there used to be a farm in the town, but it closed, I guess due to 'neglect' (there was only one food process plant on the whole map and I could not service it in the early days from that farm). The station shows a rating for livestock and wheat @ 25%, even though no farm produce has been available for many decades. Should I build a couple of trucks, to visit even though no produce would be available?

[wakou]

Plant A LOT of trees around the town.

One other thing, there used to be a farm in the town, but it closed, I guess due to 'neglect' (there was only one food process plant on the whole map and I could not service it in the early days from that farm). The station shows a rating for livestock and wheat @ 25%, even though no farm produce has been available for many decades. Should I build a couple of trucks, to visit even though no produce would be available?

!! I did this and the ratings for livestock/wheat are creeping up, even though there is none being carried/produced!!!! They are both now at about 50% but LA still rates me 'Appaling' I have planted a few hundred more trees!

[Eddi]

with max density of trees

planting trees only counts if there was no tree on the tile before

[wakou]

with max density of trees

planting trees only counts if there was no tree on the tile before

!! Ah Ha!I did not know this! Ty Eddi!

[wakou]

Sorry to give a live running commentary, but...... I now have Very good for livestock and wheat, despite there being no supply. And I have given a £4,000,000 bribe two years ago, (who are these people? Berlusconi?) And am still rated appalling. And had the roadworks done!