OpenTTD saved games: 201002

Saved games for 201002 (version 0.7.3 and 1.0.0 of OpenTTD).

The February 2010 game is a randomly generated 512x256 temperate map, with towns placed semi-randomly.

The intent was to build a passenger network from one corner to another, and some industry railways to supplement income.

After building a coal money-maker, I started the Japanese Shinkansen-style (maglev) passenger line. When that stagnated, I concentrated on the industries. The engines I started with were the K4 Pacific steam engines, but I switched to using SD70MAC diesels (112km/h) before game year 2000. I used F40PH-2 engines (177km/h) on a separate mainline for goods, and later for oil.

The passenger mainline uses the usual Japan Set trains for passenger and mail service on separate consists.

The two freight mainlines deliver coal, iron ore, and wood to a central transfer station, and from there those raw materials are taken to the nearby factory by a separate dedicated line. This was double-tracked, and the stations expanded, in the early 2000s. In the west part of the map, a few lines deliver coal and wood directly to the main factory.

Farm traffic goes to another transfer station, where extra-length trains (longer by 2 cars) take the livestock and grain to the main factory.

The goods pickup, and oil drop, are on the other side of the factory. The goods are delivered to the passenger station at the far end, on a separate terminal of course.

By 2035, several tram lines were added, which helped boost the cities and the rail traffic.

For some reason, I had all the trains of length 9 instead of 10. Around 2050 I decided to expand each train. OpenTTD needs a way to automatically add cars. I found during this process that, for wood, at least, the CHIKI 10 flatcars had much more capacity than the log cars.

I've used these GRFs from #openttdcoop's GRF pack version 7.3:

• OpenGFX - New buildings
• Basic Platforms Set
• Industrial Stations renewal v0.8.0
• NewStations V0.42 05.09.05
• US Train Set version 0.87.4 (27 Apr 2007)
• Generic Tram Set v0.4
• OpenGFX - newIndustries v0.10
• Total Bridge Renewal Set Version 1.12
• Japanese Stations v2.0
• Japanese Set Town Names
• Japanese Landscape
• Japanese Buildings
• Japanese Train Set v2 beta3

openttd.cfg (#openttdcoop's version 7.3 graphics pack):

[preset-201002]

ottdc_grfpack/1_other/OpenGFX/newbuildings.grf = 
ottdc_grfpack/7_stations/basic_platforms/basic_platformsw.grf = 
ottdc_grfpack/7_stations/indstatr/indstatrw.grf = 
ottdc_grfpack/7_stations/newstats/newstatsw.grf = 
ottdc_grfpack/8_vehicles/trains_wagons/usset/ussetw.grf = 
ottdc_grfpack/8_vehicles/trams/generictrams/generictrams_v0.4.grf = 
ottdc_grfpack/1_other/OpenGFX/OpenGFX_NewIndustries_v0.10.1.grf = 
ottdc_grfpack/4_infrastructure/totalbridges/total_bridges.grf = 
japanese_stations.2.0/jpstationsw.grf = 
ottdc_grfpack/1_other/townnames/japanese/jpset_namw.GRF = 
ottdc_grfpack/2_landscape/jpset_lnd/jpset_lndw.GRF = 
ottdc_grfpack/6_town_buildings/jpset_bld/jpset_bldw.GRF = 
ottdc_grfpack/8_vehicles/trains_wagons/jptrains/jptrains2w.grf =