21 November 2006

Playing OpenTTD in Xubuntu

From openttd.com :



OpenTTD is a clone of the Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe", a popular game originally written by Chris Sawyer. It attempts to mimic the original game as closely as possible while extending it with new features.



Follow this steps to make play OpenTTD in your Xubuntu box :



Download latest stable version for Ubuntu from here or you can choose what you want from here

  1. Install the downloaded file with



    sudo dpkg -i openttd_0.4.8-1_i386.deb



    you can also install the .deb file right from Thunar
  2. To properly play this game, original data files are needed. You should copy the data files from the original TTD into the data directory in /usr/share/games/openttd/data. You should copy these files:



    • trg1r.grf
    • trgcr.grf
    • trghr.grf
    • trgir.grf
    • trgtr.grf
    • sample.cat


Find where to download the original data files from here, I downloaded the original data files for Transport Tycoon Deluxe (Windows) and it works fine for me.



To play the game, simply launch with openttd



If you want to add a launcher for OpenTTD on your panel you can use /usr/share/pixmaps/openttd.64.png as its icon.



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