Can't build vehicles in depot

[Bubber]

Ok, I open open ttd. start a ''new game'' and choose to build a depot and when I go to build vehicles all the buttons are gosted out. How do i fix this ?

[rbenevid]

This should be in the "Problems" forum, also. Things to try:

- Is your game paused? (I don't think so, as you managed to build the depot)
- Which year are you on? (maybe there isn't any train buildable in that year)
- Are you trying to create the vehicle in the depot window or the "trains" window? (should be in the depot window)

Other than that, please post your savegame or at least a screenshot.

[Killer 11]

Check if you are doing it right first.
http://wiki.openttd.org/index.php/Tutorial
I hope that helps.

[ostlandr]

Seriously, if the depot buttons are grayed out, then most likely no vehicles are available for that start date. I believe the earliest start date for the original game without added .grfs is 1950. The US train set only goes back to 1921.

[CMircea]

Did you go there from the depot or from the vehicle list? Because you can built only the from depot window.

[richk67]

In the (long distant) past, you could build from the vehicle list. As desolator says, you need to build from the depot window. Click on the depot itself to see the available vehicles. If none are listed, then the start date is the most likely problem.

In temperate, I think there is a train available in 1920, but no road vehicles until 1930 ish.
In arctic or desert, trains start in 1944+random (which makes it about 1945 usually, but Ive had 1946 before now).

If you want earlier vehicles, use a .grf file, from http://grfcrawler.tt-forums.net/