Slowing down game speed?

[spud_102]

Does any one know if there is away to slow down the game speed, I haven't been playing this very long and I've had a look through the settings and I cant see anything obvious. The game just feels like its to fast by the time i have a few lines and stations down steam trains has already been replaced with diesel and by the time I've replaced those steam trains with diesel upgrades now electric are available. On a small map this doesn't feel to bad but on a much larger map i'd prefer more time with each type.

[Athena]

Hi,

I don't have a direct link for you as I've never looked into this sort of thing but I might have a cookie crumb trail for you. There appears to be patches that will help you achieve what you want. If you google: "OpenTTD + Day Length" you will find a series of forum posts that discuss it. You may be able to find something there that can help you on your way.

Alternatively. You can press Ctrl+Alt+C to open the cheat menu in singleplayer. And you can adjust the year you're in. If for example you wanna play with the steam trains for longer. Just keep rolling the date back to 1958 or something.

[spud_102]

Thanks Athena I will defiantly try the google search, the cheat menu sounds like a great stop gap for now though. Just a question if you know the answer if i cheat the date back will this remove the newer vehicles from the depots or would they remain available, would i have to start a new game and hold the year back or could I revert a save?

[Amos]

If your biggest gripe is that older train engines can no longer be built at a certain date, you can also go to the settings and activate "vehicles never expire". That way you can keep playing with the older trains until if'n'when you feel like upgrading.

[Pappy]

Change the fast forward speed - anything less than 100% slow the game down. Setting can be changed at will - Located in Settings > interface > Fast Forward speed limit >

[Athena]

Originally posted by spud_102:

Thanks Athena I will defiantly try the google search, the cheat menu sounds like a great stop gap for now though. Just a question if you know the answer if i cheat the date back will this remove the newer vehicles from the depots or would they remain available, would i have to start a new game and hold the year back or could I revert a save?

Hi,

Ran a quick test for you. Lets say you are at 1962. You will have just gotten the Floss '47' Diesel train. If you then change the date back to 1950, all vehicles that were unlocked at 1962 will remain available. They don't disappear, and you can still buy them even if you are at 1950 all of a sudden.

But that just means you won't unlock anything new until you hit a later date where other trains will get released. I believe... 1964 will be the first next train but don't quote me on that. So in theory that would mean you can play from 1950 to 1963 with the same set of vehicles. Or go nuts and go down to 1800.