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From the lens OpenTTD vs Simutrans | The Free Transport Simulation Showdown.

Are either of these your favourite? Do you have some other similar game you prefer?
What do you think of the lens - is something important missing? Perhaps you think I have got it completely wrong - come and tell me here.
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  • Gryvix Mar 27, 2012 @ 4:49 pm | delete
    I never got into Simutrans, I just love transport tycoon/openttd so much!
  • naheedahsan Feb 16, 2012 @ 10:21 am | delete
    good lens...........
  • APackageAtTheDoor Jan 22, 2012 @ 6:11 pm | delete
    Hadn't heard of these but they both look great. We might give Simutrans for the iPhone a shot if we can find the time. Fantastic lens. Thanks!
  • Tolovaj Jan 18, 2012 @ 12:16 pm | delete
    I like both games, but Simutrans is more attractive to me. Network feature is not so important to me... Thanks for some new infos!
  • George Dec 27, 2011 @ 2:14 pm | delete
    There is a multiplayer in Simutrans too.
  • RichardMillner Oct 1, 2011 @ 9:20 pm | delete
    Great site
  • Grador May 28, 2011 @ 12:23 pm | delete
    You wrote: "In Simutrans, when building trains, you are given a heads up on how many station tiles it require - this does not exist in OpenTTD."
    It exists. For each train in the depot (including new one), there is a number on the right side (next to the last visible vagon) that represents how many titles it requires.
  • dannystaple May 28, 2011 @ 1:14 pm | delete
    HI Grador,
    I will investigate and update the lens if that is the case.
    Thanks - always happy to keep it up to date.
  • sushilkin Apr 27, 2011 @ 5:14 am | delete
    Nice Lens. Thanks for Sharing your knowledge. PRAY FOR JAPAN PLEASE
  • Oct 13, 2010 @ 11:21 am | delete
    I used to play Transport Tycoon a few years ago. Thumbs Up!
  • Chadrew Sep 3, 2010 @ 8:29 am | delete
    Wow! Very interesting. I played Transport Tycoon and later OpenTTD few years ago. Definitely a fun game. I've never heard about Simutrans before, but I think I'll try it out.
  • MsSnow4a Mar 24, 2010 @ 6:14 pm | delete
    Great work and great lens :)
  • Matthew Millar Jan 20, 2010 @ 6:10 pm | delete
    @dannystaple:

    It'd be great if you could re-write this comparison, with the newer versions of openttd and simutrans to see how they now compare.

    I know openttd has had an entirely new open source graphics/sound system, with graphics in 32bit.
  • susannaduffy Dec 31, 2009 @ 8:23 pm | delete
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  • dannystaple Jul 24, 2009 @ 3:26 pm | in reply to pm | delete
    Thanks for engaging. I have altered this so it no longer references requiring Windows/Wine and that only the non-free CD or zip are required. I will be trying the OpenFX.

    The key differences between the base graphics on OpenTTD and Simutrans are these. In Simutrans they are FREE, and the basic 32x32 icon pak gets installed as a dependency and requires no further tinkering to work. It is only if you require fancier 128x or localised paksets do you need to download those under Ubuntu. Not quite the same thing.
  • pm Jul 24, 2009 @ 12:45 pm | in reply to dannystaple | delete
    I don't understand where you seem to have gotten the information that windows (R) or wine was ever a requirement for OpenTTD. Neither is or was true in the last two years. It requires two simple steps to install OpenTTD: (1) use your system's installer to install the binary and language files. (2) Copy the base graphics of your choice into the data dir (which is OS-dependent), but a simple copy command requires neither wine nor windows on both, MacOS and Linux nor on any other supported platform (Solaris,...)

    You also write, Simutrans requires downloading a PakSet - well, you need to download it and install it somehow - what's then the difference to OpenTTD's installation of BaseGraphics? It's the same thing with a different name.
  • dannystaple Jul 22, 2009 @ 8:25 am | delete
    Just for clarification - I played OpenTTD for about 6 months before coming across simutrans. The installation experience is comparatively bad as the free grf files are not part of an installer or package in a distribution. I was not aware of the free grf files - so I have only gone using the readme file and copied across the files. This does mean install TTD, which means having Windows or Wine handy then copying the files to a specific directory as root. Simutrans was ready to run with the simple "sudo apt-get install simutrans". Windows is a bit more involved, as you download the game and then a pak set for it, but still less roundabout than installing OpenTTD. Don't get me wrong - I still think OpenTTD is a great game, but Simutrans currently has the edge in my humble opinion.
  • pm Jul 22, 2009 @ 7:29 am | delete
    I guess the author has no experience with OpenTTD and got quite a few things wrong:

    Installation: All which is needed is to install OpenTTD by the usual means you install software which might be the sudo get-apt install openttd. In order to install base graphics, just grab the 6 files from either the original TTD and copy them to your OpenTTD data dir as described extensively in the readme (which the author obviously didn't read). Or grab the free base graphics instead and copy them there.
    Laying roads/tracks: There's an autorail and autorail feature. Just drag where you want to lay them.
    Industry chains and graphics: The author obviously is not aware of the online content download and NewGRFs in OpenTTD. They can alter vehicles, industries, towns, graphics, their interaction and some more. Allowing for various different kind of games.

    All in all it seems like a highly biased review - may it be on purpose or ignorance. Neither credits the author much.
  • Bodri Jul 21, 2009 @ 7:12 pm | delete
    One important thing i think missing, u didnt talk about that all passenger have an own destination in Simutrans, not pay if u only transfer him from 1 arbitrarily city to other like in Openttd. If u not connect more city and tourist attaraction or industry to eachoter (wich all are possible destination), then passenger will stay at home and dont want to travel.

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I have been gaming on computer since the 80's. Simulation games like Simcity, A-train, Railrood Tycoon and Transport Tycoon were always among my favourites.
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