#openttdcoop

Good Evening (and of course also good morning) Community,
we have a hard time at the Public Server right now. The current game is very difficult, the network plan is even for me, well, -insane-. But I don’t care, and you shouldn’t either. The really difficult parts of the network are done, especially the Backbone Hubs. Only the stations of Town D are missing (the red area on the overview). In my opinion there is no reason to be scared anymore. Just join and be impressed.

Another thingy. This is Public Server Game #40. Not a jubilee, but still something special. Actually, the game is already 71 hours of work of at least 2 persons (probably more). And I really like to see this one BIG. I am not sure whether 500 trains are a problem or if they are lost in this huge network.
We should bring this network to its limit, but as you know, we can’t do it on Brianettas Server. It would be great if someone can host this game, running with 1000+ trains, you need a lot of CPU power and also a fast internet connection.
If you can provide that, write a comment, or contact as at IRC, or write an email to openttdcoop[at]ppcis.org.

Even though I am ill, I re-created the Public Server Archive. You might remember that the list of archived games became bigger and bigger. With all those screenshots it was almost impossible for users with low-speed internet connections to have a look at the archive. I splitted the page into several subpages containing 10 games. All the folks with heavy cable connections can still view all games on one page like it exists for the Junctionary too.
Something new is the Hall of Fame, which will contain very famous games. Hopefully soon. 😉
To add a game to the HoF it has to be voted. Therefor I created a Voting Page.

Enjoy browsing the new archive.

Today we released the final version of our NewGRF package version 4.
It comes with a load of changes:

• Copyrights/Licenses for all NewGrfs (Information
• Folder Structure (you need at least OpenTTD 0.5.1 or a recent nightly)
• Updated Versions of the famous Total Town Replacement Set, Japan Set and much more
• the folder ottdc_grfpack/old contains some grfs to make this pack compatible with “old servers”

Downloads:

• Zip: Download (8.9 MB)

You can find more Information on our Wiki-Page and enjoy gaming with our all new package.

Hi there,

the last days, we had a lot of brainstorming going on. The first step was the redefinition of the membership-process. You are now very much encouraged to contribute blogposts and wiki-edits to suggest yourself as an upcoming member. Furthermore, the status of an aspirant is history.

After some other debates, we decided to rename our servers. The goal was to emphasize the purpose of a server:
Sandbox Server will be renamed to #openttdcoop – The Public Server
Main Server will be renamed to #openttdcoop – The Member Zone

Renamings will start tomorrow!

Due to the high activity of a certain player on both Sandbox and blog, we decided to announce a promotion today:

Phazorx is the name of our new member! Congratulations – keep it up!