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automatically selected (and downloaded) if you get the AIs via the "Check
 
Online Content". If you do not have an AI but have configured OpenTTD to start
 
an AI a message will be shown that the 'dummy' AI has been started.
 

	
 
4.1) (Required) 3rd party files
 
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Before you run OpenTTD, you need to put the game's data files into a data/
 
Before you run OpenTTD, you need to put the game's data files into a baseset/
 
directory which can be located in various places addressed in the following
 
section.
 

	
 
For OpenTTD you need to acquire some third party data files. For this you have
 
the choice of using the original Transport Tycoon Deluxe data files or a set
 
of free data files.
 
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 - trghr.grf or TRGH.GRF
 
 - trgir.grf or TRGI.GRF
 
 - trgtr.grf or TRGT.GRF
 

	
 
4.1.3) Original Transport Tycoon Deluxe music
 
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If you want the Transport Tycoon Deluxe music, copy the gm/ folder from the
 
Windows version of Transport Tycoon Deluxe to your OpenTTD folder (not your
 
data folder - also explained in the following sections). The music from the
 
DOS version as well as the original Transport Tycoon does not work.
 
If you want the Transport Tycoon Deluxe music, copy the files from the gm/
 
folder from the Windows version of Transport Tycoon Deluxe to the baseset
 
folder in your OpenTTD folder (also explained in the following sections).
 
The music from the DOS version as well as the original Transport Tycoon does
 
not work.
 

	
 
4.1.4) AIs
 
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If you want AIs use the in-game content downloader. If for some reason that is
 
not possible or you want to use an AI that has not been uploaded to the content
 
download system download the tar file and place it in the ai/ directory. If the
 
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Different types of data or extensions go into different subdirectories of the chosen main
 
OpenTTD directory:
 
	Config File:         (no subdirectory)
 
	Screenshots:         (no subdirectory)
 
	Base Graphics:       data                    (or a subdirectory thereof)
 
	Sound Sets:          data                    (or a subdirectory thereof)
 
	NewGRFs:             data                    (or a subdirectory thereof)
 
	32bpp Sets:          data                    (or a subdirectory thereof)
 
	Music Sets:          gm                      (or a subdirectory thereof)
 
	Base Graphics:       baseset                 (or a subdirectory thereof)
 
	Sound Sets:          baseset                 (or a subdirectory thereof)
 
	NewGRFs:             newgrf                  (or a subdirectory thereof)
 
	32bpp Sets:          newgrf                  (or a subdirectory thereof)
 
	Music Sets:          baseset                 (or a subdirectory thereof)
 
	AIs:                 ai                      (or a subdirectory thereof)
 
	AI Libraries:        ai/libraries            (or a subdirectory thereof)
 
	Savegames:           save
 
	Automatic Savegames: save/autosave
 
	Scenarios:           scenario
 

	
 
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4.3) Portable installations (portable media)
 
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You can install OpenTTD on external media so you can take it with you, i.e.
 
using a USB key, or a USB HDD, etc.
 
Create a directory where you shall store the game in (i.e. OpenTTD/).
 
Copy the binary (OpenTTD.exe, OpenTTD.app, openttd, etc), data/ and your
 
Copy the binary (OpenTTD.exe, OpenTTD.app, openttd, etc), baseset/ and your
 
openttd.cfg to this directory.
 
You can copy binaries for any operating system into this directory, which will
 
allow you to play the game on nearly any computer you can attach the external
 
media to.
 
As always - additional grf files are stored in the data/ dir (for details,
 
As always - additional grf files are stored in the newgrf/ dir (for details,
 
again, see section 4.1).
 

	
 

	
 
5.0) OpenTTD features
 
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OpenTTD has a lot of features going beyond the original Transport Tycoon Deluxe
 
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to load if you don't have that NewGRF file available. A list of missing files
 
can be viewed in the NewGRF window accessible from the file load dialogue window.
 

	
 
You can try to obtain the missing files from that NewGRF dialogue or - if they
 
are not available online - you can search manually through our forum's graphics
 
development section (http://www.tt-forums.net/viewforum.php?f=66) or GrfCrawler
 
(http://grfcrawler.tt-forums.net/). Put the NewGRF files in OpenTTD's data folder
 
(http://grfcrawler.tt-forums.net/). Put the NewGRF files in OpenTTD's newgrf folder
 
(see section 4.2 "OpenTTD directories") and rescan the list of available NewGRFs.
 
Once you have all missing files, you are set to go.
 

	
 

	
 
X.X) Credits
 
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