purple color problems

[ttttttbd]

Hi!

The colors are wrong for me (there is a lot of purple where it shouldn't be), see the attached image.

I've just download, compiled and started the most recent OpenTTD (0.3.5). I use Linux (Debian Woody). I have the DOS version of TTD, I don't have the Windows version. I've copied the *.cat and *.grf files, I've renamed the *.grf files to match the file names OpenTTD required. OpenTTD starts up nicely, the game is playable, but the colors are wrong.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Dan

[Kebabrov]

maybe try using the windows grf files.

theres a link to where you can download them somewhere in these forums

do a search for 'ttd graphics'

[Colonel32]

using a DOS GRF instead of a WIN GRF will very probably be the problem.

[tmesisbob]

Apparently 0.3.5 has:

- Feature: OpenTTD runs with the grf files of the DOS version

So perhaps this new feature is a bit buggy??

[Mek]

Apparently 0.3.5 has:

- Feature: OpenTTD runs with the grf files of the DOS version

So perhaps this new feature is a bit buggy??

it's not buggy, you just must NOT rename any files, just copy the dos files as they are, and everything will work fine (at least for me it does)....

[ledow]

Delete the files you renamed, otherwise OpenTTD thinks they are the windows version and will load them automatically. Then put the DOS files STRAIGHT into that directory, don't rename them and then run it. It should all work then.

[dominik81]

Alternatively you could use the "-i" switch, as described when you run "openttd -h":

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  -i                  = Force to use the DOS palette (use this if you see a lot of pink)

[lucaspiller]

Are there any plans for the game to check automatically for what version of the graphics are there?

[dominik81]

Are there any plans for the game to check automatically for what version of the graphics are there?

It does check automatically. The files of the DOS version have a different name than the ones of the Windows version. Depending on the names of the files it choses the appropriate mode. Of course it does not work correctly if you rename the DOS files to the Windows file names.

[lucaspiller]

Well it doesn't for me with 0.3.5, so unless it is in a later revision there is something wrong:

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bash-2.05b$ ls /usr/share/games/openttd/data/
canalsw.grf   sample.cat    trgc.grf  trgt.grf       used.grf
openttd.grf   signalsw.grf  trgh.grf  trkfoundw.grf
opntitle.dat  trg1.grf      trgi.grf  ttd.map
bash-2.05b$ openttd
Error: Cannot open file '/usr/share/games/openttd/data/trg1r.grf'
bash-2.05b$ openttd -i
ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1172:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed: Device or resource busy
warning: leaving MCOP Dispatcher and still 146 types alive.

[fire87]

If I understood you right you have Open TTD in Dos-version..
Why do you have two files for windows then? Signalsw.grf and trkfoundw.grf are for windows.. Try and get them in dos and try again

[lucaspiller]

Aren't they OTTD files?

[dominik81]

Well it doesn't for me with 0.3.5, so unless it is in a later revision there is something wrong:

Quote from the Readme:

(Alternatively you can use the TTD GRF files from the DOS version: TRG1.GRF,
TRGC.GRF, TRGH.GRF, TRGI.GRF, TRGT.GRF. Those filenames have to be uppercase
to be detected correctly. A few minor graphical glitches with the DOS
graphics remain. E.g. the autorail button in the rail toolbar doesn't look
as nice as with the Windows graphics.)

The filenames must remain uppercase as they have been in the original DOS version.

[lucaspiller]

Ah, so you are supposed to actually read the readme file.

For some reason when I moved them from Windows to Linux over Samba they turned lowercase - wierd....

[ledow]

There is now a patch on sourceforge that checks the MD5 of the files to make sure that renaming like this is noticed by the user.