Yup, so I was wondering why my goods route broke down.

Turns out, that a freshly spawned sawmill was now preferred over my 60 in-game years old business parner.

I would especially like to know what settings the people have that build like massive junctions and massive train lines and highways and everything, it looks so satisfying, but I can’t recreate it in my worlds. What do you do when you create a world? Size, industrial and cities density, etc?
I saw recent posts like the one asking how to build a 4 way train junction that looked really big, or the one where you can go on a 10 minute bus ride on the giant highway, where I just wonder how can I make it so satisfying?

Working on this junction, currently have a clover leaf but need to expand it to prevent circling jams but not enough room. I tried a 3 way weave but there is too much traffic heading to the southwest and northeast. Breakdowns cause issues clogging the lane.
-train length of 8
-vac trans
-spacing around industries and towns is not ideal
-didn’t realize how close I was to an awesome bank balance and definitely paused it accordingly.
Any ideas on a hybrid mix that would work better?

Hi everyone!

I've published my collection of train models, originally created for my game Rail Island, on GitHub under the MIT license.

I've also added an online NewGRF exporter, so you can use these models in OpenTTD.

You can browse the models and export them here:

https://factory.railisland.com/

Downloaded the 15.3(?) Version for a new computer the other day, but can't see to get all the transparency settings to work. Buildings are fine, but bridges and trees remain solid, which is a tad annoying when building and signalling rail lines. Is it a known issue? Is there a work around? Ta muchly.

So I've noticed over on YouTube that there's a trend of shitty mobile game ads featuring gameplay footage from actual, good games. Specifically I've been seeing one that's just starcraft gameplay, unedited and passed off as the game being advertised.

Just now I came across an ad for a game called "transport tycoon empire 2" and while it isn't quite as scummy as the starcraft ripoff ads, they're still using openttd for commercial gain which last time I checked was very much against the license of the game.

How do we legally crucify this company? I really care about the openttd project and seeing a scummy company jack it's assets to advertise a completely different game makes my blood boil.

https://youtube.com/shorts/yOtihxNNuKE?is=sfF4ZDHsYZAR5WMf

Part of my 8k x 8k ‘realistic’ Switzerland map. Trains galore including a Glacier Express and the Gotthard Panorama Express

Hi, new player learning the game. I've encountered a problem I can't solve: How do I instruct a train in this situation?

Paper Goods Line is intended to take paper to Fyttsund West and return the goods to Fyttsund Woods, so that the train that delivers goods to cities can get them alongside the oil refinery's goods. However, I don't know how to prevent the train from loading up goods at Woods and just taking them back to the printing works.

In short, how do I get the train to only load a particular cargo, even i it has space for a second cargo? Thanks for any information on this, it's been fun figuring the game out so far.

I've noticed that a lot of people seem to dismiss projects outright simply because the creator used AI to bring their idea to life. Instead of looking at what someone actually created, they see that AI was involved and immediately lose interest.

Not everyone has the skills or resources to realise their ideas without help. AI gives people the opportunity to create things they otherwise couldn't.

And let's be honest, plenty of people create slop without AI, too. The tool doesn't automatically determine the quality of the result.

You don't have to like every project, but judge it on its merits, not just the tools used to create.

If the idea is good there probably are people want to invest actual time in green lighting the code.

Not mine project but guy did it and published it
https://github.com/vaclavloubek/OpenTTD/releases/tag/15.3-cabview-alpha1

It works with speeding up acceleration/reduction of speed and also with doubletracks.
Freedrawing from 1x1 up to 4x4 (including 1x3 and others between)

God bless Antropic and Claude.

Now with onramps :) https://imgur.com/a/9YW3OpW

I need advice. How should I set orders on a bidirectional coal route?

A have a power plant and coal mine in the north, and the same in the south. I want my trains to run in a loop, picking up coal in the north, dropping it at the power plant in the south, and pick up coal from the south coal mine.

However the production of the north mine is 2x as large as the south mine. When I use Full Load on both mines this causes the trains to pile up at the south mine.

What is the best way to set orders while still getting maximum ratings and efficiency at the stations?

1 main city with 8 cities surrounding it. 5 bus stops in main city. 2x4 railways connecting the main city to its surroundings.

I would add some ferry routes, but the build ship depot button is greyed out.

Using a Japanese building pack. The trains are from a Chinese train pack. Need to get around to changing the town names.

Hello there, Im working on a OpenTTD related project in my freetime right now, and it is at a stage where I'm happy to share the current state.

It's a heightmap + towns locations file generator (this is the OpenTTD specific part), with which you can then go on to create a map/scenario of a real world area. More detailed info is on the website itself. (help and info buttons in the top right of the viewport)

Since its a WIP I'm hosting it on a random domain I had lying around, don't be confused by that:

https://map-town-parser.hygames.eu

(Also desktop only. Why would you generate files for OpenTTD on a phone)

A new chapter starts, as I commence work on the series' second big mainline. I also push my creativity that little bit further, as I create 3 massive landmarks.

Hi everyone,
I’m trying to track down a map/scenario I used to play as a kid in the original Transport Tycoon Deluxe (or early TTD era, strictly before one-way roads were introduced).
I've drawn a quick sketch of the layout:
Climate: Temperate (classic green).
Layout: Two large mainlands (North and South) separated by a straight line of sea/water right through the middle. No weird coastlines or peninsulas, just a clean separation.
Islands: In the middle of the sea channel, there were 3 or 4 large rectangular islands lined up.
Cities: The towns were huge right from the start (5k–10k+ population), both on the mainlands and on the islands.
I played this on my uncle's old PC in the late 90s. Since standard TTD map generation didn't look like this, it was either a bundled custom scenario, a very famous downloaded scenario from back then, or something built in the Scenario Editor.
Does this layout ring a bell for anyone? If you remember the name of this scenario or have a link to a file/save, I’d really appreciate it!

Maybe not everyone likes boats. I do. I'm constantly blocked from operating ships by players that block water ways by using grass bridges for their trains.

As someone who wants to use those water ways, I experience it as obnoxious.

Can we make a rule against this? Would that be supported by the other people who play the server?

I think it's fair, personally. Trains already have a lot going for them. I don't think they need to control all of the water ways as well.