Simutrans Starter Guide A Starters Guide to Operating Simutrans. Simutrans Created by HJ Malthaner Simutrans Maintained by Simutrans Team Simutrans Version 102.0 Release Date August 2009 Guide Edition 3.04 Guide Created by Cameron Smith Starter Guide Table of Contents Simutrans Starter Guide...........................................................................................................................4 What Is Simutrans....................................................................................................................................................................................4 What Is The Simutrans Reference Material.............................................................................................................................................4 Why Is There The Starter Guide And The Reference Manual ................................................................................................................4 History of the Starter Guide.....................................................................................................................................................................4 Simutrans From The Very Beginning........................................................................................................5 Many Versions One Vision (A Single Simutrans For Everyone).............................................................................................................5 Executables for Simutrans 0.102.0.......................................................................................................................................................5 Pak Files for Simutrans..........................................................................................................................................................................5 Starting Up Simutrans...........................................................................................................................................................................5 Before You Take Command of Simutrans..................................................................................................6 No Bankruptcy (-freeplay).....................................................................................................................................................................6 Graphics, Sets, Paks, ( -objects other_graphics/)...............................................................................................................................6 No Midi No Music (-nomidi).................................................................................................................................................................6 What Simutrans Did (-log 1)..................................................................................................................................................................6 A Better Game, A Better Guide, A Better World.........................................................................................7 A New World For A New Game................................................................................................................................................................7 A Better Guide For Your Company...........................................................................................................................................................7 A Choice of More Graphics........................................................................................................................8 Saving And Loading Simutrans.................................................................................................................9 Save The World.........................................................................................................................................................................................9 The Simutrans Reloaded..........................................................................................................................................................................9 An Entirely Different Scenario................................................................................................................10 Simutrans Interactions............................................................................................................................11 Menus and Toolbars................................................................................................................................................................................11 Text Entry.................................................................................................................................................................................................11 Edit Fields.............................................................................................................................................................................................11 Rename Things.....................................................................................................................................................................................11 Day & Night..............................................................................................................................................12 Showing Your True Colours.....................................................................................................................13 Covering Every Possibility........................................................................................................................13 It's No Good Hiding, Simutrans Will Find You.........................................................................................14 Transparency (Hide & Seek With X-Ray Glasses).................................................................................................................................14 You Can't Bury Your Head In The Sand.................................................................................................................................................15 Wait A Minute What's That Sound...........................................................................................................15 You Have Nine New Messages..................................................................................................................16 Message Centre........................................................................................................................................................................................16 What's Waiting For You..........................................................................................................................................................................16 The Best Place In The World (Using the Map)..........................................................................................17 The Details of the Contract......................................................................................................................................................................17 A New Perspective on the World (A New World Revolution)...................................................................18 Where Are You, Simutrans GPS (Grid Positioning System)..................................................................................................................18 Finding Business Opportunities, The Power to Enquire..........................................................................18 Competition And Your Company.............................................................................................................19 Freight, Passengers, Mail , The List of Goods..........................................................................................20 Building Infrastructure............................................................................................................................21 Building Ports..........................................................................................................................................................................................21 Building A Rail Network.........................................................................................................................................................................22 Building a Road Network.......................................................................................................................................................................23 Building Airports....................................................................................................................................................................................24 Building Trams........................................................................................................................................................................................25 Improving Your Environment.................................................................................................................26 Carving Canyons or Moulding Mountains.............................................................................................................................................26 Civil Engineering 201 (Advanced Infrastructure Forms).........................................................................27 Bridging The Divide................................................................................................................................................................................27