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Re: Open TTD

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From: Daan
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 14:05
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Mario Schmidt wrote:
> 
> You completely forgot the absolute FANTASTIC multiplayer mode of 
> OpenTTD. Multiplayer with TTDPatch just sucks.

Well it doesn't 'suck' as long as you play on LAN and not via the WWW

> Today, Internet has become extremely cheap and so I want to play with 
> other people instead of with that still stupid AI. And yes, the AI is 
> VERY stupid, even in TTDPatch.
> 
> I know you are developer of TTDPatch and you have a relationship to your 
> project. But still, OpenTTD has a alot of great features TTDPatch will 
> never have. The screen resolution for example. TTDPatch doesn' t do that 
> right at all.

Excuse me? you can have any resolution you want in TTDPatch what isn't 
right about that? (and please try the patch before you shout...)

> And, sorry, GRFsets nice and shiny, but these are not that very 
> important IMHO. The really important parts of them (showing the 
> graphics) already works fine in OpenTTD so who wants more?

Is that the important part? I'd guess that is the least important thing? 
Gameplay wise everything but the graphics is important..

> Another nice option for OpenTTD: The posibility to easily write your own 
> patches. Not possible with OpenTTD. ASM is something for real cracks 
> like you ;-).

Anyway I don't like this attitude, I haven't read in the past messages 
anything bad about OTTD, except that the development is slow. So why 
this tone?
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