- 1.0) About
- 1.1) Downloading OpenTTD
- 1.2) OpenTTD gameplay manual
- 1.3) Supported platforms
- 1.4) Installing and running OpenTTD
- 1.5) Add-on content / mods
- 1.6) OpenTTD directories
- 1.7) Compiling OpenTTD
- 2.0) Contact and community
- 2.1) Multiplayer games
- 2.2) Contributing to OpenTTD
- 2.3) Reporting bugs
- 2.4) Translating
- 3.0) Licensing
- 4.0) Credits
OpenTTD is a transport simulation game based upon the popular game Transport Tycoon Deluxe, written by Chris Sawyer. It attempts to mimic the original game as closely as possible while extending it with new features.
OpenTTD is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2.0, but includes some 3rd party software under different licenses. See the section "Licensing" below for details.
OpenTTD can be downloaded from the official OpenTTD website.
Both 'stable' and 'nightly' versions are available for download:
- most people should choose the 'stable' version, as this has been more extensively tested
- the 'nightly' version includes the latest changes and features, but may sometimes be less reliable
OpenTTD is also available for free on Steam, GOG.com, and the Microsoft Store. On some platforms OpenTTD will be available via your OS package manager or a similar service.
OpenTTD has a community-maintained wiki, including a gameplay manual and tips.
OpenTTD has been ported to several platforms and operating systems.
The currently supported platforms are:
- Linux (SDL (OpenGL and non-OpenGL))
- macOS (universal) (Cocoa)
- Windows (Win32 GDI / OpenGL)
Other platforms may also work (in particular various BSD systems), but we don't actively test or maintain these.
Platforms, languages and compilers change. We'll keep support going on old platforms as long as someone is interested in supporting them, except where it means the project can't move forward to keep up with language and compiler features.
We guarantee that every revision of OpenTTD will be able to load savegames from every older revision (excepting where the savegame is corrupt). Please report a bug if you find a save that doesn't load.
OpenTTD is usually straightforward to install, but for more help the wiki includes an installation guide.
OpenTTD needs some additional graphics and sound files to run.
For some platforms these will be downloaded during the installation process if required.
For some platforms, you will need to refer to the installation guide.
The free data files, split into OpenGFX for graphics, OpenSFX for sounds and OpenMSX for music can be found at:
Please follow the readme of these packages about the installation procedure. The Windows installer can optionally download and install these packages.
If you want to play with the original Transport Tycoon Deluxe data files you have to copy the data files from the CD-ROM into the baseset/ directory. It does not matter whether you copy them from the DOS or Windows version of Transport Tycoon Deluxe. The Windows install can optionally copy these files.
You need to copy the following files:
- sample.cat
- trg1r.grf or TRG1.GRF
- trgcr.grf or TRGC.GRF
- trghr.grf or TRGH.GRF
- trgir.grf or TRGI.GRF
- trgtr.grf or TRGT.GRF
If you want the Transport Tycoon Deluxe music, copy the appropriate files from the original game into the baseset folder.
- TTD for Windows: All files in the gm/ folder (gm_tt00.gm up to gm_tt21.gm)
- TTD for DOS: The GM.CAT file
- Transport Tycoon Original: The GM.CAT file, but rename it to GM-TTO.CAT
OpenTTD features multiple types of add-on content, which modify gameplay in different ways.
Most types of add-on content can be downloaded within OpenTTD via the 'Check Online Content' button in the main menu.
Add-on content can also be installed manually, but that's more complicated; the OpenTTD wiki may offer help with that, or the OpenTTD directory structure guide.
OpenTTD has the ability to load plugins to integrate with Social Platforms like Steam, Discord, etc.
To enable such integration, the plugin for the specific platform has to be downloaded and stored in the social_integration folder.
See OpenTTD's website, under Downloads, for what plugins are available.
OpenTTD uses its own directory structure to store game data, add-on content etc.
For more information, see the directory structure guide.
If you want to compile OpenTTD from source, instructions can be found in COMPILING.md.
'Official' channels
- OpenTTD website
- OpenTTD official Discord
- IRC chat using #openttd on irc.oftc.net more info about our irc channel
- OpenTTD on Github for code repositories and for reporting issues
- forum.openttd.org - the primary community forum site for discussing OpenTTD and related games
- OpenTTD wiki community-maintained wiki, including topics like gameplay guide, detailed explanation of some game mechanics, how to use add-on content (mods) and much more
'Unofficial' channels
- the OpenTTD wiki has a page listing OpenTTD communities including some in languages other than English
You can play OpenTTD with others, either cooperatively or competitively.
See the multiplayer documentation for more details.
We welcome contributors to OpenTTD. More information for contributors can be found in CONTRIBUTING.md
Good bug reports are very helpful. We have a guide to reporting bugs to help with this.
Desyncs in multiplayer are complex to debug and report (some software development skils are required). Instructions can be found in debugging and reporting desyncs.
OpenTTD is translated into many languages. Translations are added and updated via the online translation tool.
OpenTTD is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2.0. For the complete license text, see the file 'COPYING.md'. This license applies to all files in this distribution, except as noted below.
The squirrel implementation in src/3rdparty/squirrel is licensed under the Zlib license.
See src/3rdparty/squirrel/COPYRIGHT for the complete license text.
The md5 implementation in src/3rdparty/md5 is licensed under the Zlib license.
See the comments in the source files in src/3rdparty/md5 for the complete license text.
The fmt implementation in src/3rdparty/fmt is licensed under the MIT license.
See src/3rdparty/fmt/LICENSE.rst for the complete license text.
The nlohmann json implementation in src/3rdparty/nlohmann is licensed under the MIT license.
See src/3rdparty/nlohmann/LICENSE.MIT for the complete license text.
The OpenGL API in src/3rdparty/opengl is licensed under the MIT license.
See src/3rdparty/opengl/khrplatform.h for the complete license text.
The catch2 implementation in src/3rdparty/catch2 is licensed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
See src/3rdparty/catch2/LICENSE.txt for the complete license text.
The icu scriptrun implementation in src/3rdparty/icu is licensed under the Unicode license.
See src/3rdparty/icu/LICENSE for the complete license text.
The monocypher implementation in src/3rdparty/monocypher is licensed under the 2-clause BSD and CC-0 license.
See src/3rdparty/monocypher/LICENSE.md for the complete license text.
The OpenTTD Social Integration API in src/3rdparty/openttd_social_integration_api is licensed under the MIT license.
See src/3rdparty/openttd_social_integration_api/LICENSE for the complete license text.
See CREDITS.md