Bus Depots are greyed out even after changing the game year

[sridharan_eee]

Dear All

I am new for open ttd and playing for the last few weeks. I really appreciate all your efforts to make the game an interesting one.

I was reading many questions related to grey-out of bus depots that really hurts, but many of the game experts replied to change the game year using Alt+Ctrl+C.

I am also a victim of this situation, unable to build bus depots as they are greyed out. Changing of year does not help.

Request your suggestions.

Thanks

Sridhar

[PikkaBird]

Hopefully the threads you've already found contain more information than just a bald instruction to "change the game year". Otherwise, can you think of any other pertinent information you may be able to provide? "It doesn't work" isn't easy to fix.

[Supercheese]

Well, what year *is* it in-game? If not using any grfs, then the game year should be at least 1950 to guarantee that buses are available.

[kamnet]

Typically if it's greyed out, then you're likely playing during a year where there are no buses yet available. The solution would be to EITHER change the start date to when they are available, or add a NewGRF vehicle set that adds vehicles in the year you want to start.

In an OpenTTD game that is not running any NewGRFs at all that either add/remove vehicles or alters the starting date or the economy, the first bus is available in 1930 for Temperate, Sub-Arctic and Tropical environments, and 1946 for Toyland. If you are running NewGRFs, check the documentation for information about what years vehicles are introduced.