In-game tutorial
Manual Tutorials

Basic tutorial:

Starting
Setting up a bus service
Setting up a train service
Setting up a plane service
Conclusion

Advanced railway tutorial:

Two Platforms
Two Tracks
Basic Network

In game tutorial:

In-game tutorial
In-depth Instructions

Railway construction:
Building tracks
Building stations
Building depots
Placing signals
Buying & selling trains
Converting railways
Road construction:
Building roads
Building stations and loading bays
Building depots
Buying & selling road vehicles
Waterways construction:
Building docks
Building depots
Placing buoys
Buying & selling ships
Building locks and canals
Airport construction:
Building airports
Buying & selling aircraft
General construction:
Building bridges
Tunnels
Landscaping
Working with vehicles:
Setting vehicle orders
Refitting vehicles
Replacing vehicles
Grouping vehicles

OpenTTD includes an in-game tutorial that guides you through the interface. It covers mucht the same as the beginner tutorial on the wiki, but is programmed as an interactive in-game tutorial. Follow the steps below to download and start the tutorial.

Contents

Chapters

The in-game beginner tutorial contains these chapters:

  1. Introduction
  2. Navigation
  3. Aircraft
  4. Ships
  5. Trucks and industry chains
  6. Buses and town growth
  7. Rail (incomplete)

How to get and start the Tutorial

1. Click on Play Scenario (in the main menu).

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2. Click on the Check Online Content button (lower left).

/File/en/Manual/Tutorial/Load scenario check online.png

3. Download the "Beginner Tutorial". Use the filter if you want to restrict the list of content.

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4. Close the download window.

6. Select the "Beginner Tutorial" in the Load Scenario window.

7. If you get a red text about missing files, click on the "find missing content online" button and download the NewGRF file required by the tutorial.

8. Click on "Load".

/File/en/Manual/Tutorial/Load scenario beginner tutorial.png

9. Follow the in-game tutorial :-)

/File/en/Manual/Tutorial/BeginnerTutorial.png

Tutorial AI

A previous attempt to create a in-game tutorial was TutorialAI that used the AI framework. This AI shows step-by-step instructions, e.g. how to build a bus connection.

This tutorial works also with OpenTTD 1.1.x.

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See also