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I was building this mainline, and now I want to expand it as there is another coal mine for my Power Plant nearby, but out of reach. I want as straight line as possible and I can achieve that by demolishing through the town but there's this ONE stadium that I can't demolish. I know I could save, go on singleplayer and demolish it with the magic bulldozer but I can't be bothered. What does the rating need to be to do such a thing?

Somewhere between Mediocre & Good, if I am reading the wiki correctly, see http://wiki.openttd.org/Game_mechanics# ... ity_rating and http://wiki.openttd.org/Local_authority
First link deals with specifics, the latter more broadly, and how to increase rating in a hurry, bribes or trees. Some consider the tree method cheating though.

300 for a stadium (it ties with the shopping centre as the most expensive default building to remove).

You could always tunnel underneath it and keep your straight line.

improve the rating buy massbuilding trees around the city

Placing the rail 1 tile aside does not look like a problem.

V453000 :) wrote:Placing the rail 1 tile aside does not look like a problem.

Quoted for an Einstein-Answer

i believe that several tiles away, the straight begins, and that he doesn't want to change the whole configuration best is still:

A) improve rating (by delivering sth to the city or placing trees etc.) -> demolish
B) wait until the city changes buildings ^^

I just do a small diversion around the stadium (or whatever obstruction I have) and then wait for the obstruction to disappear. At least that allows the route to operate. It helps to keep a window on the obstruction so you can better spot when it becomes clear.

Usually it's an industry blocking my nice straight run and I don't like using the magic bulldozer on such problems.

Phreeze wrote:improve the rating buy massbuilding trees around the city

I never understood why only tree-planting improves your rating, but making roads or funding local road reconstruction does not. Asphalt roads are not exactly cheap, in real life terms.

Andrex wrote:

Phreeze wrote:improve the rating buy massbuilding trees around the city

I never understood why only tree-planting improves your rating, but making roads or funding local road reconstruction does not. Asphalt roads are not exactly cheap, in real life terms.

But placing trees means goodwill for a company, while placing roads means angry citizens.

picking up or delivering cargo also improves your rating. if you have a large inner-city network, you don't need the tree "cheat" at all.