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Article #28573Re: Which is Better - OTTD or TTD Patch?
From: Owen Rudge
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 00:11
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 00:11
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> Come to think of it, the rift between The Patch and OTTD is more akin to > Catholic vs Protestant. Anyway... Hmm, that's an interesting way to think about it indeed. My own opinion: I think both games are good, and both have their own potential. OpenTTD is slowly but surely catching up with the newgrf features, but still has a long way to go. newgrf is the main thing I want improved in OpenTTD, although TTDPatch also has various other features which would be nice in OpenTTD but aren't quite there yet. OpenTTD's multiplatform support is most excellent, as is its multiplayer and larger maps (512x512 can make the game quite fun, just gives you that bit of extra space to expand - standard 256x256 maps do feel quite small, especially if you're using a high resolution and can fit most of the map onto a couple of zoomed out screens!). As for copying them, both OpenTTD and TTDPatch are under the GNU General Public License and can be copied freely, but OpenTTD requires the original game data files, and TTDPatch requires the original game executable itself. Whether it's legal to use them on more than one computer depends on the licence agreement included with the game, which I don't have to hand so can't check that out. -- Owen Rudge http://www.owenrudge.net/
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