Local Authority Rating

LazzaH · Post by **LazzaH** » 13 Dec 2002 11:32

Hi all,

Can anyone tell me how I can improve my rating from "Appalling". I think I annoyed the locals by clearing an area of trees? I have tried paying for a large advertising campaign, but this has had no effect. The local authority won`t let me build a station in their town. Is there a cheat that can improve the rating or allow me to build when my rating is bad?

TIA

Arathorn · Post by **Arathorn** » 13 Dec 2002 11:40

You can try to bribe them, but know that if you're caught you'll be appalling for a very long time.

spaceman-spiff · Post by **spaceman-spiff** » 13 Dec 2002 11:41

Here is an excellent (?) topic about it
http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php? ... ove+rating

LazzaH · Post by **LazzaH** » 13 Dec 2002 13:34

Thanks for the help, guys. I cleared the trees as the terrain was hilly and I couldn`t see whether I had to raise or lower the ground. So it`s "plant a tree for Christmas" time!

TheLunatic · Post by **TheLunatic** » 13 Dec 2002 14:03

I always save the game before bribing. If I get caught, I reload. Call it cheating, but it works

I hate to make a curve in my track to work around towns

I delete complete towns if necessary !

spacy · Post by **spacy** » 13 Dec 2002 14:21

Thanks!!

i didnt noticed before trees will help,
normally i buy a truckstation, (or a working bus line to the other side of the city)
then i go to bulldoze half of the land and city

next to that truckstation i build my trainstation,
so most of the times local authority isnt a problem

lynsey · Post by **lynsey** » 13 Dec 2002 17:25

I'm nice to towns, I nearly always have a good rating, and if I don't trees and good busses usually work for me.

Post by **orudge** » 13 Dec 2002 17:37

LazzaH wrote:Thanks for the help, guys. I cleared the trees as the terrain was hilly and I couldn`t see whether I had to raise or lower the ground. So it`s "plant a tree for Christmas" time!

The Transparent Buildings option can be useful when trees or buildings are blocking the view.

spaceman-spiff · Post by **spaceman-spiff** » 14 Dec 2002 06:35

Or a new switch in the config file could be helpfull:
DontBotherMeWithTownRatings = on
It could be done, because in the savegame editor you can change the ratings easily, so why not let them change at all
Then you could focus on the actual building of good networks and not spend time with building trees and not getting anywhere

Yes i know, i'm a cheater

way_2_fun · Post by **way_2_fun** » 14 Dec 2002 06:49

I just don't do anything to p*** the towns off!

The only time I use towns are for airports, goods and asthetics, I like to make the towns with "super highways" because they look cool!!!!!!

ashley26ph2002 · Post by **ashley26ph2002** » 23 Dec 2002 07:28

how to config dontbotherme in town ratings= on in ttdx

spaceman-spiff · Post by **spaceman-spiff** » 23 Dec 2002 07:47

That was a joke

Robert Raymond · Post by **Robert Raymond** » 23 Dec 2002 14:07

Ive gone to appalling when my bus gets hit by a train. Usually I'm pretty cool with towns and get along pretty good in the game.

I'm also gutsy with bribing - no saving. You get caught, you get caught. So it goes.

Usually, if I knock down a building and find I can't build a station, I'll just buy the land and go off somewhere else. Time passes and they forget. Every so often, I'll try again. Eventually I can get in.

If its an amitious project (i.e. cleaning away a lot of suburbs for a huge airport) I'll put in a bus line and raise my rating.

Last night, when I couldn't get enought clearance for a big airport, I wedged in a small airport and flew a lot of traffic in and out. As my rating imporved, I picked off a couple of buildings and bought the land. Soon as I got the rating up high enough, out went the grass strip and in went the concrete.

Marc · Post by **Marc** » 23 Dec 2002 20:21

if you like to use airports all the time the best thing to do is when at the start of the game you build small airport and put railway track round it in the size of the big airport and then the town builds around the airport and track and there be no problems getting that big airport in which will also be in a gd position without clearing half the town

Robert Raymond · Post by **Robert Raymond** » 23 Dec 2002 20:39

Wouldn't buying the land just be easier? Its the same thing, really. Actually, I think they put that in becuase people were (essentually) reserving land by building RR tracks on them.

Arathorn · Post by **Arathorn** » 23 Dec 2002 20:44

Marc wrote:if you like to use airports all the time the best thing to do is when at the start of the game you build small airport and put railway track round it in the size of the big airport and then the town builds around the airport and track and there be no problems getting that big airport in which will also be in a gd position without clearing half the town

Were you in a hurry? Please use commas and enters next time. They are made for the purpose to be used.

Black Tycoon · Post by **Black Tycoon** » 23 Dec 2002 21:04

Arathorn wrote:
Marc wrote:if you like to use airports all the time the best thing to do is when at the start of the game you build small airport and put railway track round it in the size of the big airport and then the town builds around the airport and track and there be no problems getting that big airport in which will also be in a gd position without clearing half the town
Were you in a hurry? Please use commas and enters next time. They are made for the purpose to be used.

Are you done?

I understood the message. So why don't you chill out!

-BlackTycoon

spaceman-spiff · Post by **spaceman-spiff** » 23 Dec 2002 21:10

Wow , relax everybody, Arathorn was right and said please !!!
I have asked for this before, use stops or enters and the text is more nice to read

Marc · Post by **Marc** » 23 Dec 2002 21:44

sry i was in a bit of a hurry. i will remember to use them next time hehe

way_2_fun · Post by **way_2_fun** » 24 Dec 2002 02:32

It's ok, everybody makes mistakes.
That's why they put the eraser on the pencil.

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