Manual

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Here you find the manual for TTDPatch.

To find specific pages, check out the table of contents below, or otherwise simply use the site search feature in the box to the left.

Note that some pages have two different versions. The first one applies to the stable TTDPatch release, the second one to the TTDPatch alpha version. You can go to the latter by clicking on the arrows at the bottom of the page.

To propose changes or discuss the manual, please go to the [[Talk:Manual] talk page], or update the pages directly as appropriate.

TODO: A downloadable version of this manual, in the form of a zip file containing all individual pages as HTML files, is available at [1] (updated daily).

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Usage
  • Patches
    • Basic
    • Vehicles
    • Terrain
    • Infrastructure
    • HousesTowns
    • IndustriesCargo
      • NewCargos - Enable new cargo types
      • NewCargoDistribution - Improve how cargo is distributed among several stations serving one industry
      • NewIndustries - Enable new industry graphics
      • StableIndustries - Industries never close down when stable economy is selected
      • MoreIndustries:Alpha - Allow constructing more industries
    • FinanceEconomy
      • MoreCurrenciesAndEuro - Enable selection of more currencies and introduce the Euro in 2002
      • Subsidiaries - Manage subsidiary companies
      • TurnOffInflation - All prices remain at the current level, applies to both costs and income.
    • Difficulty
      • AIConstructionChances - Set the probability with which the AI will attempt to build new route types
      • BuildWhilePaused - Allows construction while the game is paused.
      • DisasterSelection - Select which disasters may occur
      • EnhancedDifficultySettings - Allow additional options in the difficulty settings
      • EternalGame - Allows you to play forever, time never stops
      • NewPerformanceCalculation - Calculate vehicle performance rating based on vehicle purchase and running cost.
      • NewStartingYear - Choose the starting year for new games
      • SignCheats - Enable the sign cheats.
    • Interface
      • EnhancedGraphicalUserInterface - Enhance the graphical user interface inside TTD
      • ErrorPopupTime - Set the time an error popup is displayed
      • FasterDebtManagement - Borrow or repay the maximum amount of debt with a single mouse click.
      • ForceGameOptions - Force and set game options
      • GameSpeed - Allow for the game speed to be changed dynamically using keyboard hotkeys
      • LoadEntryInTheDiskMenu - Adds a 'load game' option to the in-game disk menu.
      • LocomotionGUI - Enable a Locomotion-like user interface
      • MapRefresh - Set the rate at which the map window is refreshed.
      • MoreAnimation - Support a larger number of tiles with animation
      • MoreHotkeys - Enable hot keys for all tools in the rail and road construction menus and for general actions
        • MoreHotkeys:Alpha - Enable hot keys for all tools in the construction menus and for general actions
      • MoreStatistics - Collect and display more in-game statistics
      • MoreTransparencyOptions:Alpha
      • MouseWheel - Enable the Mouse Wheel in the Windows version
      • MoveErrorPopups - Move red error popup windows into a corner
      • NewsInterface
        • MoreNewsItems - Generate news items for more events
        • NewsHistory - Change the news log to a news history window
        • NewsPaperColour - Show newspaper in colour after a certain date.
      • ShowFullDate - Always show the full date, not only when paused
      • VehicleInterface
        • FollowVehicle - Allows main view to follow a vehicle.
        • SellEntireTrains - Sell entire trains by selling the engine with Ctrl
        • ShowProfitInVehicleList - Show vehicle profit colour coded to indicate vehicle performace rating.
        • ShowVehicleSpeed - In the vehicle window, show the current speed.
        • SortVehicleLists - Sort vehicle lists by various properties.
      • WindowInterface
        • MoreWindows - Allow opening more in-game windows
        • StretchWindow - Stretch the TTD Window to any size
        • WindowSnap - Make in-game windows snap to each other
    • Deprecated
      • AIBoost - Increase the AI recursion depth.
      • MoreIndustriesperClimate - Enables more industries in other climates.
  • AdditionalReading
    • SignCheatsdetailed - A detailed description of all sign cheats
      • MoneyCheat - Change how much money you have
      • YearCheat - Change the current year
      • AutomaticTrackConversion - Convert track to monorail, maglev
      • CheatDetection - Find out what cheats were used in a game
      • RoadrailroadCrossingOwnerBugfix - Regain ownership of your track/road crossings
      • TrainCarRenewal - Renew all train cars for better ratings
      • TrainNonstopCommandModifications - Set all commands to 'non-stop' (or not)
      • ServiceIntervalChanges - Change the service interval of all your vehicles
      • StationReset - Reset cargo, acceptance and ratings of all stations
      • PurchaseListModifications - Add or remove engines from the list of vehicles for purchase
      • ResetVehicleData - Reload updated vehicle data
      • PresignalRemoval - Remove all pre-signal setups, or only automatic ones
      • GhostStationRemoval - Remove ghost stations
      • SwitchingCompaniesplayers - Switch control to a different company or player
      • ClearUnloadOption - Remove unload option from all orders
      • ChangeSemaphores - Change to or from semaphore signals
      • PlantManyTreesCheat - Plant a large rectangular area of trees
      • SubsidyCheat - Make TTD offer a new subsidy
      • RemoveHeadquarters - Remove headquarters
      • SwitchClimate - Switch to a new climate
      • DebuggerCheat - Enable TTD's internal debugger
      • GraphicsCheat - Activate or deactivate new graphics sets
      • FindLostWagons - Find lost wagons
      • RestartConstruction - Restart construction stages of town building or industry
      • StopAllVehicles - Stop (or start) all vehicles
      • ResetIndustryData - Reload all industry data
      • DeleteVehicles - Delete all vehicles on tile
      • ResetFifo - Reset Fifo loading
      • FaceSelection - Allows editing the company manager's face
      • PurgeHousesIndustries - Remove unused house and industry data from the savegame
      • LandGen:Alpha - New Terrain Generator Control
      • UnReservePBSTrack:alpha - Unreserve PBS reserved tracks on sign tile
    • Presignalsdetailed - In-depth information about pre-signals and useful setups
      • HowPresignalsWork - Detailed information about the prinicples behind pre-signals
      • AutomaticPresignalBlocks - How to set up automatic pre-signal blocks
      • SpecificExamplesOfUsefulPresignalSetups - Terminus station, through station and overflow loops
    • NewGraphics - In-depth explanation of how to enable and use the new graphics
      • NewGraphicsInstallation - How to install and work with new graphics
      • UseOfNewGraphics - How to use them
      • GraphicsErrors - Troubleshooting and Error Messages
    • NewWindows - New in-game windows introduced by the patch
      • EnhGUIWindow - Enhanced GUI Settings Window
      • GRFStatusWindow - Graphics Status Window
      • GRFAuthorHelperWindow - In-game adjustment of real sprite offsets.
      • CompanyColorSelection - Advanced company color selection
    • NewTownGrowthMechanism - How the switches controlling town growth work in detail
      • TTDTownGrowth - How towns grow in regular TTD
      • NewTownGrowthSwitchesdetails - How the new town growth switches work
    • RealisticAcceleration - How the new realistic acceleration is calculated
    • EnhancedKeyboardMapping - Remapping key combinations in TTD
    • DebugSwitches - Modifying how TTDPatch works
    • Help - Where to get help with TTDPatch
    • TTDPatchMailingLists - The mailing lists about TTDPatch
    • FrequentlyAskedQuestions - Look here if you have a question
    • TranslatingTTDPatch - How you can translate TTDPatch into your language.
    • CustomIngameTexts - Translating the new in-game texts
      • DetailedInformation - What all the custom text entries mean
      • CurrencyEntries - How to change currencies and create custom ones
    • VersionHistory - What feature was added when?
    • ErrorMessages - An explanation of all the error messages.
    • VersionTrouble - What if TTDPatch doesn't recognize your version of TTD.
  • OtherStuff
    • ContactInformation - How to contact the author of TTDPatch.
    • FuturePlans - What might be included in a future version of the patch.
    • ImpossibleChanges - Things that are often asked for but cannot be done.
    • OtherTools - Programs related to TTDPatch, or otherwise useful for TTD.
    • RealMaglevs - If you want to know what Maglevs are.
    • ClosingWords - Useless trivialities because I couldn't think of anything better to say.