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OpenTTD is an open source simulation game based upon Transport Tycoon Deluxe

(www.openttd.org)
302 points doener | 2 comments | 04 Dec 24 05:29 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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haunter ◴[04 Dec 24 06:57 UTC] No.42315057[source]▶
What made OpenTTD a great success that it's playable out of the box. Most open source game remakes [0] are engine-only and you still need the graphics, arts, sound, and music assets to make it a 100%, and actual playable experience. OpenTTD started like that too but from the very beginning it was a goal to "detach" the game from the original as quickly as possible. It was released in 2004, the actual graphics replacement project started in 2007 and by 2009 100% of the sprites were finished so the original game files were not needed anymore [1]

And actually there are now 5 different basesets on top of the original TTD one [2]

It also made possible things like releasing the game on Steam and GOG.

0, https://github.com/radek-sprta/awesome-game-remakes

1, https://wiki.openttd.org/en/Archive/Community/Graphics%20Rep...

2, https://bananas.openttd.org/package/base-graphics

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DanielHB ◴[04 Dec 24 08:30 UTC] No.42315560[source]▶
But the original soundtrack is still a banger.
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1. AnthonBerg ◴[04 Dec 24 09:21 UTC] No.42315833[source]▶
I grew up on AdLibs and Soundblasters and I love FM synthesis. For a while I thought that I had just imprinted on the sound signature of the OPL3 chip. Now after crises and tragedies I see the core truth at the inside of reality: FM synthesis is just so good.

The OPL3 modulates frequencies really well!

Here’s the Transport Tycoon soundtrack as performed by an OPL3 chip. This is objectively the original-original soundtrack. Because this is what I grew up on.

https://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?t=56778

(It’s cool how it was captured through the S/PDIF port of a SoundBlaster AWE32. It’s a nice little turn of commodity entertainment device market events that gave us that possibility, isn’t it?)

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2. Gormo ◴[04 Dec 24 12:48 UTC] No.42316921[source]▶
There are open-source libraries like AdPlug (https://adplug.github.io/) that offer really good OPL3 emulation. If you have the MIDI assets from the original game, it might be possible to get the original AdLib soundtrack working with OpenTTD!