Great Britain in Simutrans

[jha4ceb]

I'm not sure if anyone's talked about Simutrans here before. It's similar to OpenTTD in some ways, but it allows for deeper simulation of networks in some respects.

Anyway, here's a video talking about a map simulating the British rail network in the Experimental version of Simutrans:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdaojTshQ3Q

It's still very much a work in progress, but hopefully this will be interesting to some!

 

[trentside]

I'd not come across this game before, so thanks for the link.

It's impressive that it can simulate networks in so much detail, so will definately be having a play when I can find a minute - I've still got several Xbox 360 and PC games to finish and/or start before I can have a real go at Simutrans!

 

[Skimble19]

I haven't been on it for a while, but I used to play OpenTTD regularly (and Simutrans before that!), and we attempted projects like the one above on multiplayer games - some went well, some didn't, it generally depended how much time people had.. To attempt something of that size on your own is certainly ambitious.

 

[jha4ceb]

"Ambitious" means "a fool's errand" in this context, I take it -- and I think that's the right reaction, frankly.

But progress has been made, and here's another video giving a tour of the completed lines in Kent and south-east London:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3unxAGmDnH0

 

[Zulnex]

Many thanks for the link and videos. Liking the game very much.

 

[jha4ceb]

I've posted a new video of this map, a journey from Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1Rdt4xXtMA

 

[jha4ceb]

Lots of progress has been made on this project. Here, for instance, is a section of the minimap south of London:

A full-size version of this picture can be seen here. More information on the project is here. Videos are here.

 

[Lrd]

Looking good, I remember watching the first video ages ago, think I may go catch myself up with them.

Well done!