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Simutrans is a play of simulation free and partially open, (but not opensource ) available under Windows, BeOS and Linux. Centered on the Transport of the goods and the people, this play was written by Hansjörg Malthaner. The last version available of Simutrans is version 99.14, and of new versions are available very regularly.

Synopsis

Simutrans enables you to develop an highway network and railway, to build stations of bus and deposits, and finally to modify the relief. It includes also many models different of Bateau X, Train S and Véhicule S. You can play against 6 players managed by the computer, each one represented by a color. This play is also multilangue and perhaps configured to play with cycles day/night. A free option of play making it possible to play without fear of bankruptcy is even available. The play is not so much to develop the network to manage the investments and costs of transport enters the raw material production sites, of treatment then of production and distribution.

Gameplay

Modes of play

In the recent versions it is possible to choose between the mode 64x64 and 128x128, in both cases, the vehicles appear as time passes, for example a Camion of transport of 1932 is not available in 1930. In the same way for the Train, and the Boat.

It is possible to play on very large charts, to manage the size of the cities, the numbers of attractions tourist, the numbers of industries per city, and the number of city at the beginning of the part.

Of course this project is relatively open, it is offered to each one to draw buildings of the vehicles, to propose ideas simply, or to take part in the translations of the texts.

Extensions are under development like a management system of the Avion S. The management of the Tram and the Autoroute S have just appeared in the new versions be 2005 .

As much of other plays such as Railroad Tycoon or Transport Tycoon , its single goal is to create a stable economy and to thrive by avoiding the bankruptcy, and this more possible for a long time and if possible until today.

Principal options of the play

  • With the launching of the play

    • Freeplay: Allows the player who discovers the play for the first time to cheat and to play without bankruptcy.
    • LMBO 2,3,4: The graphic resolution used
    • Nomidi makes it possible to choose: To play without music
    • Startyear: Allows to define the first year when one begins the part
    • Refresh 1 to 4: Allows to regulate the performances of the play according to your computer
    • Pak: allows to choose on which objects one wants to play (specific 64x64,128x128, scenarios, etc)
  • In the play
    • Nombre of virtual players to play at the same time as you on the same chart
    • Volume of the sound
    • Couleur of the player
    • graphic Options
    • Défilement
    • Charger/Sauver a part
    • the configuration of posting
  • Début of part
    • Choix of the chart
    • Taille of the chart
    • Taille of the cities
    • Nombre of industries by Ville
    • Nombre of industries out of the cities
    • Taux of Relief
    • Niveau Sea
    • Road traffic
    • Many tourist attractions in the cities

Example of beginning of part

  • 1900 : To build a deposit of boats

  • 1900: Y to build an Oil
  • 1900: To build a Quay
  • 1900: To make fill the tanker with a oil Platform and deposit its cargo with the quay
  • 1901: To build a way of Railroad between the quay and the refinery
  • 1901: To build a railway deposit
  • 1902: To build a train
  • 1902: He to make go to seek the crude with the quay and to bring it to the Refinery
  • 1903: To build a way of railroad enters the refinery and the automotive center of engineering (transport of plastic)
  • 1903: To build a deposit of trucks
  • 1904: To build trucks
  • 1904: Their to indicate to go to charge with the coal and to discharge it with the steel-works
  • 1905: To indicate to others to go to seek Minerai of Iron
  • 1906: To build a railway line enters the steel-works and the center of construction Automobile
  • 1907: To build a train
  • 1908: He to make transport steel towards the automobile factory
  • 1909: To build a railway line enters a coal mine and a power station Thermique
  • 1909: To send a train making the Freight of this coal
  • 1910: To build the lines high voltage towards each already exploited site.
  • 1911: To build the Transformer S beside each site
  • 1912: To send trucks to seek the built cars and to bring them at the distributer.
  • 1912: There it should almost more remain you of money and the part continues

However it is time to build a grid system of mail and people so that the workers can reach easily their place of work and with the mail to circulate. And it remains much of other transport to set up between the companies.

If you chose your vehicles well adapted to the situations, at the speeds authorized on the various rail and highway types, should make you your first benefit and start to refund your Investissement S gently all. With you to manage the extension of the grid system, new investments etc without making bankruptcy, do not forget that you must pay a cost of maintenance each month. If you made bad choice, or if you wanted to go too quickly in the construction industry you have gone bankrupt for already several years.

Ergonomics

The play functions mainly thanks to bar of tools, each menu opens in the form of floating window. The windows are they same composed of buttons of action, this one selected the cursor changes form, and returns the action on the possible chart. For example small the trains are selected, then the button rails limited to 75km/h, the cursor takes the shape of a rail, one places it on the chart then one is replaced further on the chart, the play then builds all the rails between the two points thus defined. The magnifying glass mode with two functions, to open the menus of the deposits of vehicle, to take information on the chart or industries. Ergonomics and the interface are extremely traditional but it is simple practice and intuitive, useless to read long documentations to start to play.

The play also offers something of very practical in its operation, a vehicle can relay another of them. For example a tanker can bring its oil to the quay of which a truck leaves towards a station, from where a train leaves towards the refinery.

The trains can be all lengths to 24 elements , and hang Wagon S of several types. Thus it can transport wood of oil, boards, cars, passengers, mail, and anything else at the same time.

Example of railway composition of convoy
1 train vapor and its coal tandor + 1 coach mail + 3 coaches of passengers + 4 coal coaches + 4 coaches of Hydrocarbure S
on its course it can pass to four stations
station 1 - to charge the coal brought to the station by trucks and to take/deposit the possible momentary mails/
station 2 - to charge with hydrocarbons brought to the station by boat and to take/deposit the possible mails/momentary
station 3 - to deliver hydrocarbons and to take/deposit the possible mails/momentary
station 4 - delivers coal and to take/deposit possible momentary mails/
station 1 -… taken again cycle…

Transport

The trucks like the trains and the boats can transport goods, to only quote most current:

This list is incomplete, and moreover the play allows to create extensions to add new elements.

External bonds

  • official Page (English | German)
  • the new official Forum
  • Newsgroup
  • Tricks and easy ways

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