Any Railroad Tycoon / S.M. 'Railroads' players out there?

Sailor Steve · 08-29-09, 03:17 PM

I have RRT 1 and 2. I've played 1, but get bored after awhile. Not that I think it's boring; I've just discovered that I'm not very good at financial planning and business management.

Spike88 · 08-29-09, 03:53 PM

I would have Railroads but it doesn't work on Vista. Which is weird because the demo does.

I've played 2 in gametap, and 3 doesn't work with vista either I believe.

Shearwater · 09-01-09, 07:08 PM

RRT3 once caused my system to crash

I mean not only ctd, but I had to set up the whole darn machine all over again ... With the patch though, it never happened again.
I've read somewhere that the 'new' (or not so new) RR-game by Sid Meyer has a more 'toy-like' look and feel to it. That has always been kind of a put down to try the game myself.

Otto_Weddigen · 09-06-09, 12:11 AM

I'm a Railroad Tycoon fan but only trains I love in that game is the pacific type

Shaffer4 · 10-15-09, 03:19 PM

I have RRT3 and I miss Transport Tycoon, I still have it but have never been able to get it running in a non DOS based OS...

NeonSamurai · 10-15-09, 04:01 PM

Surprised none of you have mentioned Open TTD http://www.openttd.org/en/ which takes Transport Tycoon Deluxe and makes it even better in a lot of ways (incorporates a lot of the previous hacks and other stuff too that were for TTD).

You do need the original data files from TTD though to use OpenTTD

Locomotion was not very well received by the fan base mainly as it didn't improve much on TTD, and ignored all the fan made progress to it (including the most basic essential stuff such as presignaling and the like)

As for Railroads I am not aware of any major fan mods that fixed the issues. I don't think the devs fixed much (dig up the patch logs though). I never could get into that series myself

08-29-09, 03:17 PM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I have RRT 1 and 2. I've played 1, but get bored after awhile. Not that I think it's boring; I've just discovered that I'm not very good at financial planning and business management. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-29-09, 03:53 PM	#2
Spike88 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 3,052 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	I would have Railroads but it doesn't work on Vista. Which is weird because the demo does. I've played 2 in gametap, and 3 doesn't work with vista either I believe. __________________

10-15-09, 03:19 PM	#5
Shaffer4 Ensign Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Walla Walla, Wa Posts: 223 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I have RRT3 and I miss Transport Tycoon, I still have it but have never been able to get it running in a non DOS based OS... __________________

10-15-09, 04:01 PM	#6
NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Surprised none of you have mentioned Open TTD http://www.openttd.org/en/ which takes Transport Tycoon Deluxe and makes it even better in a lot of ways (incorporates a lot of the previous hacks and other stuff too that were for TTD). You do need the original data files from TTD though to use OpenTTD Locomotion was not very well received by the fan base mainly as it didn't improve much on TTD, and ignored all the fan made progress to it (including the most basic essential stuff such as presignaling and the like) As for Railroads I am not aware of any major fan mods that fixed the issues. I don't think the devs fixed much (dig up the patch logs though). I never could get into that series myself __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff

09-01-09, 07:08 PM	#3
Shearwater Captain Join Date: May 2009 Location: SUBSIM Radio Room (kinda obvious, isn't it) Posts: 542 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	RRT3 once caused my system to crash I mean not only ctd, but I had to set up the whole darn machine all over again ... With the patch though, it never happened again. I've read somewhere that the 'new' (or not so new) RR-game by Sid Meyer has a more 'toy-like' look and feel to it. That has always been kind of a put down to try the game myself.

09-06-09, 12:11 AM	#4
Otto_Weddigen Bosun Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 61 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'm a Railroad Tycoon fan but only trains I love in that game is the pacific type