Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may already know, OpenTTD (Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe) is a Transport Tycoon clone, working on Linux and Unix systems. Being an old game, it does not have good graphics, but it has a convincing gameplay.
The latest version available is OpenTTD 1.5.0, which has been recently released, bringing the below changes:
- Fix:Add Misc. GRF Feature Flag 6 to enable the second rocky tile set.
- Fix: Display relative offset changes in the sprite aligner.
- Fix: Original road vehicle acceleration crashed for vehicles taking over.
- Fix: GCC 5 compilation.
- Fix: Data race due to lazy initialisation of objects.
- Fix: Compilation with MinGW64.
- Fix: Use the regular clipping functions in the sprite aligner instead of some magic.
- Fix: Windows randomly drops SetCursorPos calls, breaking the RMB-scrolling.
In this article I will show you how to install OpenTTD 1.5.0 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, LXLE 14.04, Deepin 2014, Peppermint Five, Linux Lite 2, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Debian Wheezy and Debian Jessie.
Because the official website provides deb packages installing OpenTTD 1.5.0 is easy. All you have to do is download the openttd deb package and install it via command-line.
Follow the instructions for your system and architecture exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install OpenTTD 1.5.0 on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and derivative systems:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget binaries.openttd.org/releases/1.5.0/openttd-1.5.0-linux-ubuntu-trusty-i386.deb
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ gdebi openttd-1.5.0-linux-ubuntu-trusty-i386.deb
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget binaries.openttd.org/releases/1.5.0/openttd-1.5.0-linux-ubuntu-trusty-amd64.deb
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ gdebi openttd-1.5.0-linux-ubuntu-trusty-amd64.deb
Optional, to remove openttd, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove openttd
How to install OpenTTD 1.5.0 on Ubuntu 12.04 and derivative systems:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget binaries.openttd.org/releases/1.5.0/openttd-1.5.0-linux-ubuntu-precise-i386.deb
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ gdebi openttd-1.5.0-linux-ubuntu-precise-i386.deb
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget binaries.openttd.org/releases/1.5.0/openttd-1.5.0-linux-ubuntu-precise-amd64.deb
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ gdebi openttd-1.5.0-linux-ubuntu-precise-amd64.deb
Optional, to remove openttd, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove openttd
How to install OpenTTD 1.5.0 on Debian Jessie, Debian Wheezy and derivative systems:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget binaries.openttd.org/releases/1.5.0/openttd-1.5.0-linux-debian-wheezy-i386.deb
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ gdebi openttd-1.5.0-linux-debian-wheezy-i386.deb
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget binaries.openttd.org/releases/1.5.0/openttd-1.5.0-linux-debian-wheezy-amd64.deb
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ gdebi openttd-1.5.0-linux-debian-wheezy-amd64.deb
Optional, to remove openttd, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove openttd