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This page will show you how to copy the required GRF files from your CD to the 'data' folder required for OpenTTD to run.
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Windows
- Insert the CD into the drive, and go to 'My Computer'
- Open the D: drive (Or your CD drive if it isn't D:)
- Press [Ctrl] + [F] on your keyboard, and type '*.grf'
- Click 'Find'
- Select all the files it found, and click 'Copy'
- Now open up C:/Program Files/OpenTTD/data/ , Right-click and choose 'Paste'
- Close all windows except the CD Drive
- Press [Ctrl] + [F] on your keyboard, and type '*.cat'
- Click 'Find'
- Select all the files it found, and click 'Copy'
- Now open up C:/Program Files/OpenTTD/data/ , Right-click and choose 'Paste'
Now you can run OpenTTD!
Unix/Linux
Note: These instructions are based on Ubuntu / Kubuntu (Debian based). You may need to change these depending on your distribution.
A Note about Unix/Linux: Because Unix/Linux files and folders are Case-Sensitive, you may find that OpenTTD will be affected by Capital Letters. This is what the names should look like:
- sample.cat
- TRG1R.GRF
- TRGCR.GRF
- TRGHR.GRF
- TRGTR.GRF
- TRGIR.GRF
- openttdw.grf
- openttdd.grf
- generictrams_v0.4.grf
BASH Method
This method uses the BASH shell to copy the required files. This assumes that you CD Drive is /media/cdrom0. If you have more than one CD drive, then try substituting cdrom0 for cdrom1, cdrom2, etc.
Open up a shell, and navigate to the CD rom drive
cd /media/cdrom0
Then take a look at the contents
dir
You should get a list of all the contents of the CD. Now on the disc I had, the GRF files weren't in a folder. If you need to look in different folders, simply type
cd <foldername>
then to list the contents
dir
to get back to the cd
cd /media/cdrom0
Once you've located the GRF files, you can type
sudo cp *.grf /usr/share/games/openttd/data/ sudo cp *.cat /usr/share/games/openttd/data/
This will copy all the required files into the data folder. The password it's asking for will be your password. press [Ctrl] + [F] on your keyboard, and type '*.grf' Now try to open up openttd again
openttd
There you go! All should work!
GUI Method
Note: These instructions are for Kubuntu (Hardy Heron) only. You may need to change these instructions as required for your distribution.
- First open up Dolphin in your home folder (/home/<username>/)
- Then without clicking on any folder/file, go to the right-hand pane and click 'Open as Root'.
- Enter your password, and close the window you opened.
- Once the 'root' window has opened, Click on 'Storage Media' on the left-hand pane, and click on the TTD CD.
- Now in the 'Tools' menu, click 'Filter...' and a bar will appear at the bottom of the screen. Type '*.grf' into it. This will only allow you to see GRF files.
- Now look through the contents of the CD until you find the GRF files (They'll be the only ones you can see).
- Select all the files, right-click and choose 'Copy'.
- In the same window navigate to /usr/share/games/openttd/data
- Right-click and choose 'Paste x files...'
- Go back to your CD in the same window and change the bar at the bottom of the screen to say '*.cat'
- Now look through the contents of the CD until you find the cat file (It'lle be the only one you can see).
- Select the file, right-click and choose 'Copy'.
- In the same window navigate to /usr/share/games/openttd/data
- Right-click and choose 'Paste 1 file...'
- Now close the window, and start OpenTTD!