OpenTTD on Solaris 10

OpenTTD main window.

About OpenTTD

OpenTTD is a computer game that simulates transportation networks. In OpenTTD, the player is put in charge of a small transportation company and the player must earn money by transporting passengers and goods from one place to an other.

Use the steps below to install OpenTTD 0.6.2 for Solaris 10.

Install

SDL

OpenTTD requires SDL library for displaying graphics.

Get SDL source package

wget http://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL-1.2.13.tar.gz

Unpack

gunzip -c SDL-1.2.13.tar.gz | tar xf -
cd SDL-1.2.13/

Configure

./configure --disable-shared --prefix=/tmp/build

Compile and Install

time gmake install
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/tmp/build/lib/pkgconfig
PATH=/tmp/build/bin:$PATH
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH
cd ..

Done

Compile OpenTTD

Get OpenTTD source package

wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/openttd/openttd-0.6.2-source.tar.bz2

Unpack

umask 022
bunzip2 -c openttd-0.6.2-source.tar.bz2 | tar xf -
cd openttd-0.6.2

Configure

bash ./configure --prefix-dir=/opt/openttd-0.6.2 --without-makedepend \
    --binary-dir=bin --data-dir=.

Compile (~5 min)

time gmake LDFLAGS="-lX11 -lXext -lsocket -lnsl"

Done

Install Program Files

umask 022
mkdir /opt/openttd-0.6.2
( cd /opt/openttd-0.6.2; mkdir bin data lang scenario )
cp bin/openttd /opt/openttd-0.6.2/bin/
cp bin/lang/*.lng /opt/openttd-0.6.2/lang/
cp bin/data/* /opt/openttd-0.6.2/data/

Done

Install Transport Tycood Data Files

OpenTTD is based on Transport Tycoon Deluxe by Chris Sawyer and the original Transport Tycoon Deluxe data files are needed to play OpenTTD. Download Transport Tycoon Deluxe for Windows from Abandonia.com, for example.

Unpack installation package

umask 022
unzip Transport\ Tycoon\ Deluxe\ for\ Windows.zip

Install data files from Transport Tycoon as root

cd 'Transport Tycoon Deluxe'
cp sample.cat *.grf /opt/openttd-0.6.2/data/
cp *.ss0 *.sv1 /opt/openttd-0.6.2/scenario/

You should now be able to run OpenTTD as

/opt/openttd-0.6.2/bin/openttd

Done

Additional OpenTTD Scenarios

Install OpenTTD scenarios from Softagalleria.net as root

umask 022
wget http://softagalleria.net/download/openttd/OpenTTD-Scenarios.zip
unzip OpenTTD-Scenarios.zip
cp *.scn /opt/openttd-0.6.2/scenario/

Install OpenTTD 0.5.0 scenarios as root

umask 022
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/openttd/openttd-0.5.0-scenarios.tar.gz
gunzip -c openttd-0.5.0-scenarios.tar.gz | tar xf -
cp *.scn /opt/openttd-0.6.2/scenario/

Install OpenTTD 0.4.8 scenarios as root

umask 022
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/openttd/openttd-0.4.8-scenarios.tar.gz
gunzip -c openttd-0.4.8-scenarios.tar.gz | tar xf -
cp openttd-0.4.8-RC1-scenarios/*.scn /opt/openttd-0.6.2/scenario/

Done

NewGRFs

NewGRFs provide additional graphics, vehicles, buildings, cargoes and industries for OpenTTD. You may wish to install some NewGRFs to build more realistic traffic networks or just for fun.

Below you will find installation instructions for some NewGRFs that I find useful. You can find plenty of other NewGRFs from the NewGRF List.

Generic Tram Set 0.4

Install as root

umask 022
wget -O /opt/openttd-0.6.2/data/generictrams_v0.4.grf \
    http://www.tt-forums.net/download/file.php?id=85838

Finnish Train Set

Install as root

umask 022
wget http://www.users.tt-forums.net/finnish/Downloads/FinnishTasterw.zip
unzip FinnishTasterw.zip
cp FinnishTasterw.grf /opt/openttd-0.6.2/data/

New Ships

Install as root

umask 022
wget http://www.ttdpatch.net/newgrf/20/newshipsw.zip
unzip newshipsw.zip
cp newshipsw.grf /opt/openttd-0.6.2/data/

Note that in addition to installing NewGRFs, you will need to activate NewGRFs from within the game in order to use them. Also note that you will need to de-activate NewGRFs to join many network games.

Complete

Version History

Sep 5, 2008: Updated to OpenTTD 0.6.2. If you have trouble with 0.6.2, then try OpenTTD 0.6.0.

Apr 07, 2008: Updated the instructions for OpenTTD 0.6.0. If you are having trouble with 0.6.0, you can also try the instructions for OpenTTD 0.5.3.

Mar 02, 2008: Compiled succesfully with Solaris 10 u4.