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Re: TTDX

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From: norm
Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 19:34
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"Boudewijn Dijkstra" <usenet@bdijkstra.tmfweb.nl> wrote in message
news:c97mg5$qsq$1@joesbox.cjb.net...
> "norm" <here@cox.net> schreef in bericht
> news:BZGtc.2815$6X.2720@lakeread03...
> > "Boudewijn Dijkstra" <usenet@bdijkstra.tmfweb.nl> wrote in message
> > news:c9721b$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.
> >
> > 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...
>
> When Josef posted the link to the docs
> (http://wiki.ttdpatch.net/tiki-view_faq.php?faqId=7#q34), he also
considered
> the possibility that your games may be starting in 1930.  But until you
tell
> us, there is no way for us to be sure...
> Before you start flooding us with questions, I suggest you have another
try
> with the docs and the FAQ, skipping the parts that "go way over your
head".

Hey man you mates are the Tycoons!!...:-) The game rocks!! like the new
stuff too!!.

Actually I don't have any questions...no wait I do have one. When the music
track reloads the game freezes for a few seconds. What's the fix for that?
Other than that...I'll go back and do more reading.
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