competitors

[jonaseriksson]

hi.

when playing openttd (for the first time) with a friend over LAN last night, i couldn't add any competitors. the maximum number of them was set to 7, and they were supposed to start immedealty. are ai competitors disabled during LAN games? (cause it worked in singleplayer shortly after).

any help would be greatly appriciated

[Joker]

No AI players in multiplayer games, I guess.

[Roo]

AI players fund the companies, but they are inactive in LAN games

[Sionide]

the whole point of multiplayer is to get away from the stupid AI and play against someone who's actually challenging!! no?

[Observer]

the whole point of multiplayer is to get away from the stupid AI and play against someone who's actually challenging!! no?

Well I used to play the unpatched TTDLX on lan with a friend of mine for days straigt... and we always had the max competitors to 4 or 6, dont quite remember exactely.
We liked to watch them grow, buy some of their shares and try to make profit selling them... untill the AI is stuck and then one of us would buy him up to restore the landscape

[Sionide]

i can see why it'd be a good idea to have them in... just saying about how they're stupid, so it's like an escape route away from them! hooray for mp