Call me sad but I'm looking forward to tomorrow

[Braders]

No you're not alone.

I never have either...I actually have a life.

i have 3 but still can't kill the last boss

 

[Kryten]

i have 3 but still can't kill the last boss

 

[Cian]

Anybody going, will you look out for the Atari stand and see do they have Locomotion/TTD2 (same game, codename versus probable launch name) there.

Its Chris Sawyer going back to his real roots (e.g. not Rollercoaster Tycoon). Should be good. In the mean time I'm stuck with OpenTTD....

 

[The Great Cornholio]

Anybody going, will you look out for the Atari stand and see do they have Locomotion/TTD2 (same game, codename versus probable launch name) there.

Its Chris Sawyer going back to his real roots (e.g. not Rollercoaster Tycoon). Should be good. In the mean time I'm stuck with OpenTTD....

Not entirely - it uses the RCT2 engine and looks identical. Not a bad thing but could have done more. But I believe it is all his own work.

RCT3, on the other hand, looks like it might be stunning. Firework displays timed to your own mp3's with the peeps watching. Probably just me as I have a bit of a thing for theme parks but I hope this is as good as it looks.

 

[Cian]

Well, take a look anyway if you've time

I'm a developer on OpenTTD. Which is a reverse engineering of TTD. The guy wrote the *entire game* in ASM. The entire sodding game, as well as the graphics hooks for DOS.

 

[Cian]

Also are you sure it works with MP3's? Chris Sawyer was known to be an Ogg Vorbis nutcase and a hater of MP3's

 

[The Great Cornholio]

Well, take a look anyway if you've time

I'm a developer on OpenTTD. Which is a reverse engineering of TTD. The guy wrote the *entire game* in ASM. The entire sodding game, as well as the graphics hooks for DOS.

If it's there I'll definitely have a look. I loved TT - especially the jazzy music. I downloaded TTD with the xp patch but couldn't get anything other than trucks and ships - trains seemed locked out which made the game drag.

I'm off to have a look at your work now you've peaked my interest.

 

[Cian]

OpenTTD needs the Windows TTD game files, but works on virtually any system - XP is definately working 100%, as is BeOS, Linux, MacOS-X. FreeBSD, MorphOS, AmigaOS, Solaris, etc have less support for it - no sound or networking often.

 

[The Great Cornholio]

Taken from the RCT3 site

Fireworks MixMaster™:

Q: Can I place Fireworks anywhere in the park?
A: Yes, you can place the fireworks on any available land by putting down a new scenery item that acts as the launch location for the fireworks. You can’t put fireworks on paths, rides or scenery.

Q: How do you build a fireworks show and set it to music?
A: We have a new designer tool called the Fireworks MixMaster™ that helps you to synchronize and assign types of fireworks to your placed launch locations and gives you a timeline on which you can trigger the firing of your pyrotechnics. The MixMaster lets you adjust the trigger times easily to synchronize the display to the chosen music track on your computer.

Q: How many individual firework designs are there?
A: There will be around 30 different fireworks (i.e. individual types of fireworks, not displays) shipped with the game.

Q: Can I see firework shows from the Coaster Cam™?
A: Yes, you can see anything and everything from the Coaster Cam™!

Q: Can Firework shows created by others be traded online and imported into my park?
A: Yes, you will be able to do this via RollerCoasterTycoon.com

Q: Can I include the music track that goes with my firework show when I share it with friends?
A: The music track is not included with your Fireworks Mixmaster™ show. However, if you’ve chosen a music track that is supplied in the game, then your friends will hear it too. For your friends to hear your custom fireworks show, they must have the same music track already, and it must have the same name for it to work for your show. For copyright reasons we cannot use the game to facilitate “sharing” of music

Doesn't say mp3's but I've read it in several places. They may be assuming though.

 

[Wozza]

Get a room, you two.

 

[Cian]

by room I guess you mean Chatroom?

#openttd on irc.freenode.net, irc.quakenet.org

(Developers and Users respectively, although the Developers channel is much much busier)

 

[The Great Cornholio]

by room I guess you mean Chatroom?

#openttd on irc.freenode.net, irc.quakenet.org

(Developers and Users respectively, although the Developers channel is much much busier)

Nah - my mummy says I can't go into chatrooms. She says I'll get chatted up by 6ft 2 lorry drivers calling themselves Glenda.

 

[Cian]

Hrm, of the entire development team I think 2 at most even have a job.

We did a poll on the TT Forums - average age 16, 98% male, 98% unemployed

 

[Wozza]

by room I guess you mean Chatroom?

#openttd on irc.freenode.net, irc.quakenet.org

(Developers and Users respectively, although the Developers channel is much much busier)

No, I meant a hotel room.

 

[Marc]

this simular to ECTS or is it actually that just renamed?

 

[Cian]

No, I meant a hotel room.

It'll have to have wireless. No point fighting crossover cables for a network game of OTTD

 

[The Great Cornholio]

this simular to ECTS or is it actually that just renamed?

I think it is a new event - for the public rather than the trade

 

[Marc]

aahh cool, I went to a few ECTS shows years ago and they we're class (when Quake2/Unreal were first shown off in the UK).