Sort of. We’re hard at work on features for OpenTTD 16, but in the meantime we’ve fixed a few bugs including a multiplayer desync triggered by train crashes.
Fixes incude:
If you find any more bugs, please report them here.
]]>Atari approached us to explain their plans for the Transport Tycoon Deluxe re-release, and what it might mean for OpenTTD. They are keen to work with us, and hope that the new release will be welcomed by the community who have been playing OpenTTD for the past 20+ years. We discussed these plans, and we understood that a compromise would be needed to balance Atari’s commercial interests (which of course they are entitled to pursue as the rights holder) against the availability of a free, well-developed evolution of the game. The decision was made that access to OpenTTD on these platforms would be conditional, for new players, on purchasing Transport Tycoon Deluxe first, while retaining the ability to download OpenTTD for free from our web site. Some have suggested that we should have chosen to remove OpenTTD from Steam and GOG entirely, but that would have caused unnecessary disruption to the many thousands of people currently enjoying the game on these platforms, and would have potentially prevented new players from discovering the game in future.
The OpenTTD project owes a lot - indeed, it owes everything - to Transport Tycoon Deluxe and to Chris Sawyer. Without TTD, there would be no OpenTTD - it’s as simple as that. As I covered in 2024, OpenTTD started off as a pretty much perfect clone of TTD, and though the game has evolved almost beyond belief since 2004, it is still rooted in the fundamentals of Transport Tycoon Deluxe. Agreeing to collaborate with Atari on their re-release not only enables you to go back and play the original game as it was in 1995, but helps to ensure OpenTTD remains a thriving project for years to come.
Additionally, as part of the discussions we held, Atari agreed to make a contribution towards the running costs of our server infrastructure. We are also extremely grateful for the many donations that have come in over the past few days from users - your support will help keep our services going, and it is deeply appreciated.
I understand that these changes have provoked strong feelings in the community, but I feel it important to emphasise that Atari have worked collaboratively with us, and that OpenTTD as a project retains its full independence. Even after reading this, you may still not agree with the choices that we’ve made, but I would please ask you to share your views respectfully. The Transport Tycoon community has been a source of joy in my own life for well over a quarter of a century, and it would be fantastic for us to be able to continue to enjoy these brilliant games well into the future.
]]>Please read on for more details on this change.
If you already own OpenTTD on Steam, nothing changes. You’ll continue to receive game updates as usual. If you ever need to re-download the game, the game will remain in your Steam library.
For any new players interested in owning OpenTTD on Steam or GOG, you will need to purchase the Transport Tycoon Deluxe / OpenTTD bundle, allowing access to both the original Transport Tycoon Deluxe and OpenTTD as separate products.
The game remains free. However, to download OpenTTD on Steam moving forward, you must purchase the original Transport Tycoon Deluxe game alongside it.
It’s a faithful emulation of Chris Sawyer’s original Transport Tycoon Deluxe, now playable on modern machines.
The same change has been made on the GOG.com store. All other distribution platforms are unchanged, and you can continue to download OpenTTD from our web site. However if you enjoy playing OpenTTD but you were never able to purchase a copy of the original Transport Tycoon game, you now have the opportunity to do so!
OpenTTD continues to be developed by a team of independent developers, supported entirely by you, the players. There has been no change to the development team, our workflow, or the open source nature of the project. We will continue to deliver new versions of OpenTTD to all platforms, including Steam and GOG.
If you want to ask questions about OpenTTD, make suggestions, or report bugs in the game, nothing has changed - see details here. Transport Tycoon Deluxe and the new Steam and GOG listings are managed and supported by Atari.
]]>If you find any more bugs, please report them here.
]]>Yes, it’s time for a bug fixing release, OpenTTD 15.1. The list of fixes include:
If you find any more bugs, please report them here.
]]>OpenTTD 15 is now out and ready for you to play!
New features include:
For a full breakdown of new features, check out this video by Master Hellish.
We’ll be gathering any bugs for a future 15.1 release, so if you find any, please report them here.
]]>We’ve fixed two crashes related to station windows and signs, a hang related to implicit orders, and have stopped cacti from dying off completely with some tree spread settings.
As always, if you spot any more bugs, please report them here.
We’ve heard from many of our translators that they’ve finished their languages. If your language needs updating, it’s the last chance! Check on your language here.
]]>Most notably, the game no longer forgets your script configuration, and we’ve also fixed some rare crashes. See the changelog for the full list.
As always, if you spot any more bugs, please report them here.
If you’re one of our valued translators, this is the last call for translations for OpenTTD 15! Check on your language here.
]]>However, there is a good chance there are still some issues out there that haven’t been found yet. Please help us hunt those down, and if you find one, you can report them here.
Translation updates are coming in every day, and while some languages are complete or are nearing completion, there are also translations with missing or outdated strings. If you are a translator, please see if your language has any missing translations. We greatly appreciate your contribution!
]]>With a release candidate, the focus shifts from adding new features to finding and fixing bugs to make OpenTTD 15 the best OpenTTD yet. The finding part is where you, the players, come in, too. If there’s anything you notice, head over to our issue tracker and make a report.
If you’ve already played any of the betas and use the OpenGFX baseset, you might have noticed a message about missing sprites. This is due to some of the new features in OpenTTD 15. We recommend switching to the newer (and still updated) OpenGFX2 baseset, which you can easly get via the in-game content downloader.
Some notable changes over the previous beta3 release are:
As always, see the changelog for the full list.
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