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Article #27713Re: TTDX
From: norm
Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 13:17
Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 13:17
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That sounds simple... Thanks..I try that.....:-| But, wait are you saying the reason I only get buses because the start is 1930? More vehicles will be available as the months/years go by... that make me think of many more questions... "Boudewijn Dijkstra" <usenet@bdijkstra.tmfweb.nl> wrote in message news:c9721b$prm$1@joesbox.cjb.net... > "norm" <here@cox.net> schreef in bericht news:sbxtc.202$6X.98@lakeread03... > > Well...I have played TTDX for years. I still have the original copies of > TTD > > and the TTDX (dos). They won't work on XP. > > I have read the docs....but this stuff is way over my head. I just don't > get > > it!!! The game is just not any fun with just buses. > > OK, assuming your games start in 1930 with the default TTD vehicle set: > - open the file ttdpatch.cfg in your TTD directory > - find the line that starts with "startyear" > - in that line, replace 1930 by 1950 > - save & close > > That should fix it. > > Note for Josef: this is an example of where the wiki fails do to it's job. > The NewStartingYear page doesn't point to a page explaining how to change > this switch when "Configuration file: startyear\nCommand line: -XY" means > very little to you. Maybe there is one, but I have also found no page with > the default content of ttdpatch.cfg. > >
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!internal1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!peer01.cox.net!cox.net!p01!lakeread03.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "norm" <here@cox.net> Newsgroups: alt.games.microprose.transport-tyc References: <BgTsc.5920$0d6.5059@lakeread03> <MPG.1b1e91ab308f4c48989e90@server.our.house> <sbxtc.202$6X.98@lakeread03> <c9721b$prm$1@joesbox.cjb.net> Subject: Re: TTDX Lines: 34 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Message-ID: <BZGtc.2815$6X.2720@lakeread03> Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 08:17:24 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.14.180.7 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cox.net X-Trace: lakeread03 1085750241 68.14.180.7 (Fri, 28 May 2004 09:17:21 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 09:17:21 EDT Organization: Cox Communications MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit