OpenTTD Tutorial #15 - Tips For Making Profit

[@michapremi9586]

I just started the game two days ago. These videos are incredibly good and I don’t think there is any better tutorial out there.

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

Thank you. Glad the videos help

[@Robstar0]

What I missed is combining bus stations with train stations or airports, transferring travellers and mail from the city centers to the train stations and airports that are more at the side of the city, to fill up those big trains! Or you can sort of cheat by Ctrl-clicking and building a simple bus station in the center of a city, making it part of your train station to enlarge your catchment area and attract an enormous amount of travellers..

[@IlayarajaS1997]

Best comment. Fuck realism

[@naga5707]

Oh wow i need this, thabk you kindly

[@dudeguy8351]

having fun is where the real profit is made

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

Comment of the month!

[@thesun7960]

Haha exactly!

[@CoolspyGaming]

These tutorials are among the best I've seen of ANY game on youtube. It's really nice of you to lend your knowledge to a noob like me.

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

Thank you. I wish I had time to do more

[@FHBStudio]

I never knew the buildings in the capture area determined the passenger productivity. I just thought a city as a whole produced the passengers and that's that, all stations having the same productivity. This insight really helped.

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

Oh no this is very important we place in stations to get as much of the buildings in as possible and not just as many as the buildings to get the bigger buildings the bigger buildings provide more passengers than the smaller buildings

[@FHBStudio]

@@MasterHellish-Gaming Thanks for all the tutorials. Been bingeing them for a bit. I thought towns and cities worked the same as any industry in that regard, but it's more like every individual building is a single "passenger and mail" industry. One way I've tried optimizing my bus routes is by placing two (or more) bus stops side by side, then four of those stations across town with one direction roads leading in and out of them. I assign four or more busses a shared order and desynchronize them. Lastly, I add one more bus on a separate schedule which loads until full. Not sure if that's optimal but it's been highly effective and much better than what I had before. More throughput, less delay/waiting on broken down busses and high ratings.

[@NielsGoedvolk]

So I started playing this game in 1996 on my 486 VGA laptop as a teenager. It was my go to game and after a few years I came back to this game, played it for a while and then moved onto another one. By watching your videos I realized there are way more options I never used in all that hours of gameplay in past years. Thanks so much for bringing those insights in the tutorials. Diving into OpenTTD again with more knowledge and looking forward making cool and smooth train connections, which is for me the most fun part of OpenTTD. Thanks! 🎉

[@chrismusix5669]

I too am just starting out on TTD. Saw your victory over on Spiffing Brit's channel, but I was already beginning your tutorial series before I watched that. For my first game though, I picked up the Early Vehicles mod and the Sailing Ship mods and have started in the year 1700! Ha! Slow going for sure, but the sailing ships can do some nice passenger and mail transport in the beginning. Now, I figured out how to get the subsidies going and I had an opportunity for some coal shipping up to a power plant not too far away. Tried getting the canals and docks all set up but my first ship was just a couple days late to win the subsidy! Ahhh! But, I took it as a challenge and reloaded the save game file from just before I needed to setup the infrastructure for this route. After a couple more tries (and lots of pressing the 'pause game' button in-between actions) I DID IT! So much fun ≽ܫ≼

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

Glad you are having lots of fun with the game. I need to look into mods for the early game. Those ones sound good

[@FHBStudio]

4:00 if your local authority rating is at its worst, you should remove all trees and flatten all the land you want. What are they going to do about it, hate you more? I don't think so! Then, after you've done that, open up the local authority menu and plant trees just enough to satisfy them. The rating updates live as you watch it after planting trees.

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

Yes that is true there is a limit how much they will hate you. For more information on the actual mechanics you can check out the open ttd wiki

[@Tomab89]

I've been playing this game a fair bit on and off for the past, I don't know, 10-15 years (including the original TTD). And I've seen a handful of your tutorials now, even the basic stuff. It's indeed great! I have picked up a few tips and ideas, even though I know a fair bit about this game. Thanks a lot! I'll also check your let's plays later on. Subscription added!

[@PeteDeKiwi]

Hey Master Hellish. Thanks for your tutorial series. The best I have found for OpenTTD. Well done and thanks again.

[@captainawesome1749]

Thanks for the solid tutorials Master Hellish. I have a question pertaining to the graph(7:40) that shows value of goods (10 units) per 20 squares traveled, as a function of time. Do we know when the clock starts? Is it counting the time I have a truck waiting for a full load in the depot, or does it start when the truck departs and actually starts its travel?

[@Wyvernnnn]

When it starts its travel :)

[@landsgevaer]

@@Wyvernnnn source? I think it is total transit time, including 'storage' at stations.

[@grimwar1696]

once an item is loaded on a Vehicle, That is the Transmit timer Set for that loaded cargo. if it takes 20 days to load. The cargo loaded on day one will have 20 days added to the travel time. i Hope that will help you

[@stephenchurch1784]

I like to connect all the tiny towns that are close together and run a single mail truck and bus from the biggest town to each other town in a cluster. It's not a lot of money but, early game, it gives you a small trickle as you're putting together your first rail lines. It also helps get your overall population snowballing

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

That is one way of doing it. I would say most situations you would probably find that one good railway line would outperform any bus service you could make for the same money. Thought I could be wrong there. How often like popping bus stations in the towns to help with the town growth definitely helps for later in the game when you've got some lovely fat towns to work with

[@NickOtto6886]

Was wondering if the same principles applied to the Android version

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

Nick Otto Yes, It is the same game with some interface tweaks and warped up in a nice package for Android. Thanks for the comment

[@dimitardobrev3296]

It kinda cracks me up thinking of the people wearing headphones and the rage they must be going through watching this.

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

Oh how things have changed after almost 10 years

[@cupcakekitten1888]

My brother got me into this game but man is there a lot to learn. I really enjoy the challege but am glad I found your tutorials for when I get stumped. Thanks for making them, I found them to be very clear and easy to follow for a game that can get very complicated.

[@alicethemagicfurby]

As "promised" during todays live game, I'm starting my ottd training. Thank you for continuesly teaching me more about this wonderful game! Hopefully by next live I can actually compete a little 😎

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

It's good to have people of all experience levels joining in. Thanks for taking part

[@Zanik99]

While looking at the industry map you can enable and disable industries, and if you hover over the name of a certain kind of industry it will blink so you can easily find those hidden oil wells.

[@Liwet.]

Lot of annoying sounds in the background. Makes it hard to hear you.

[@floridmonkey2723]

Jared I think it's just you. I can hear a faint white noise, but only if I put it ridiculously loud. It's way quieter than him and it's not effecting how well I can understand him.

[@Alastor255]

@@floridmonkey2723 the fuck are you talking about, i can barely hear him during the graphic section around 8:00

[@c_srb704]

thank you so much dude now i know how to play

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

No problem!

[@xorxand1001]

if your looking for ideas on more content for this series I suggest you review some cool mods or tile sets. Also I'd like to see you open a multiplayer game and get tycooning. Please try not to end this here, I am really enjoying the tips and gameplay.

[@MaximShvetsov]

While this is a good explanation, I think there is a big point missed out in the video and only after reading a Wiki I realized that and my profits skyrocketed. You DO WANT to carry most of the stuff (especially coal) to a very long distance if you are going for the biggest profit. Note that you get the price-cut depending on the time per square - essentially taking into account train speed for the most part (and how twisted your tracks are). But you are still paid for the distance traveled, which means you want to travel further. In fact (and this is written in the Wiki), IT IS EASIER TO MAKE YOUR LINE TOO SHORT THAN TOO LONG in terms of profit. On a 256x256 map, I start my games by picking coal mine and power station on the opposite ends of the map and that is the first thing I build. That usually gets me 100k+ a year from 4-5 trains instantly (assuming you picked a good coal mine) and close to 900k+ a year after about 10-15 years of good service.

[@Krille19822]

I always have this enyoing problem. I tryed different types of distance and as strait rounds as possible. but still my trucks always go -cash. never going +proffit. How do make trucks make money? It´s the same with busses, but that´s y the stations are so close in a city i think.

[@landsgevaer]

Look up "transfer" vs. "unload" orders...

[@lemurmeme]

Awesome video dude, very helpful!

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

Glad it helped!

[@mati891]

Best tutorials! Great job.

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

Thank you

[@davidvarteresz2047]

How can I change transport fares? I can't figure it out. When I start the game my default fares are 0 and I don't know how to set a decent rate. Thanks.

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

You don't change this. If you are making 0 then something is wrong

[@housenkakobilka3619]

Is distance counted as factory to factory or station to station? Does passangers always all load out in next station or they have specific place where they r traveling? If station affect more houses does it mean more passangers or everything I need is attach it to city? If some station used to load out passangers a lot does it mean it will also generate more passangers?

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

Distance is calculated as the Manhattan distance between the station labels

[@kamauosborne3705]

So I am new to this game and In my towns i have quite a lot of traffic and back ups. Perhaps you can make a vid on how to best manage road vehicles in the towns to keep the things moving. Or perhaps a vid on how to get (passengers) ratings up in towns. I have a problem where I have over 1,000 passengers waiting at bus stops but if i build more buses you get back ups on the roads. So maybe a bonus vid on how to deal with "problems" like that.

[@7Drake77]

very nice, good work man :) ps I love the intro :D

[@LightningFox2407]

super helpful, thanks!

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

Your welcome

[@KatzenFails]

Could u do a multiplayer tutorial?

[@docminer2272]

lol i started with trains!

[@jj003333]

Thanks for your efforts to help us

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

It's my pleasure

[@ShareTheWordOfGOD-787]

Excellent video content for the game thanx a mill !!

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@takumi2023]

those sounds are annoying TT_TT i have a question does this apply to industries too? for example if i'm shipping farm produce to factory the amount i ship is the rating yea not its how much the location is producing. I'm kind of skipping around your channel watching videos on things i have questions on

[@AltCtrler]

Hey MasterHellish, Thanks for this wonderfull series of tutorials! I really learned a lot! I'm still wondering 1 thing though... what are the waypoints actually for?

[@DanHaiduc]

7 years later, here is a reply: the OpenTTD Wiki says you can use waypoints for routing trains to a specific track. For example, when you have lots of trains taking goods from a factory, you don't want them to clog up the station so that raw materials can't get to the factory, so you direct them to only one specific track in the station, leaving the others free. wiki.openttd.org/en/Manual/Waypoints

[@keks137]

@@DanHaiduc wonder if he will ever see your reply

[@DanHaiduc]

@@keks137 If he won't, at least some other people will.

[@bagalas87]

Greets. I just stumbled upon this great tutorial series and you might be able to help me with what is boggin me for time. I understand, that at early game it is only viable to trasnport, for example coal, to a nearby plant, due to slow train speed. Does that mean that later with monorails it is more profitable to trasnport the cargo the another more distant power plant? So, if I have a coal mind and a plant in one side of the map and another coal mine and a plant in the other, should I cross trasnport the coal the other side of the map instead of aiming the nearest plant? Also is there an easy way to find out what distance is viable for a given train speed and route?

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

bagalas87 There is no easy way to know for sure the optimum distance. You can use the cargo payment graph to help you make a decision. As a general rule you want to go as far as you can as quick as you can. You are correct in the early game the sower trains means that you should not go vary far for best profit.

[@edwilisgreat]

can anyone tell me which addon he is using for the clean graphics

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

zBase

[@laelster]

Thanks! :)

[@RoboticAlienDude]

Have you ever played the Locomotion series? Would you say it is a step up from Transport Tycoon or a downside?

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

I have not played it purely because OpentTTD is free and Locomotion is not. Thanks for the question

[@tombobulus4279]

how do you start a multiplayer game?

[@Krille19822]

+Krille19822 I missed one thing, Uneed to klick find servers in the lower left corner to pick a server. There are alot of gametypes in different servers.

[@jenibluere]

Hi, really enjoying the videos but I would really like to know the button for clearing the screen when it gets busy with all the windows as this happens often Thanks and keep up the good work

[@sharpshotm16]

Believe it is del on keyboard

[@xCrimsonNekox]

Do airports seem like cheating? They seem to make $$ easily =/. Also thx for the tutorials.

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

I think they are

[@willygoat9390]

Can towns turn into cities?

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

No, I don't think they can

[@xonegamer7274]

Thanks for the video. I mostly play like you suggest. Probably the only difference that I do not buy so much buses/trucks (my mistake will try this in my next game). However, i am very frustrated when I play against AI (Open TTD has a lot of AI that can be downloaded inside the game). I usually put AI to start like 5-6 months after me. Anyway AI get tons and tons of profit for let's say 3 months, witch just some 2 or 3 transport roads (usually one truck and one train) . I check his income , and does not make sense. AI and me have almost (+- 3-4 vehicles) and his profit is crazy and I always go on minus at the end of the year. I try lots of different AI scripts, they are all they same. I think this is cheating and is very frustrating. Playing the game alone is not so fun because I like competition in strategic and economical games. If someone have advice for balanced and not overpowered AI let me know what is the name of the script. Thanks in advance.

[@eshan309]

+XOneGameR Im currently playing a game with 12 AI and made them start with me (first AI set to start 9 months after me) so that we can start with same level. Since its AI and well programmed too, they do make good amount of money and I on the other hand make less than them, but in the long run, I do surpass them easily. What i wanna say is, you definitely will stay lower than most AI (except you are expert), but in the long run, you will make money if you do correct decisions of where to build, how much to build and what to build. Btw, playing on medium settings for all AI and the AI are mix of all, some stick to road vehicles, some do trains and only aircrafts and some do all. I think, its just a matter of how you build your transportation and move ahead with time.

[@seanmay9181]

Turn the game sounds down!

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

A lot has changed in 8 years

[@paulllovia8685]

As towns go bigger into cities, and you had a lots of vehicles, you will pay a larger vehicle running cost. And this wasted my money, how i can grow my money again? Pls make a video about saving money.

[@mikethk]

You are playing with inflation. It makes it harder. This guy is prop.... not doing that. It Means that you have to make longer routes, find new ways to earn Money etc. etc. How further a bus/car/train is travveling the profit go up. Because everything increase in Price you have to think about getting the newer better busses that are available. Thse busses are faster and can reach further. Also it is possible to travel between cities. Just like real life. 4 old busses can be changed with 1 new faster more reliable bus. And you have to think about that. Remmember that you will only Loose the money that you Loose on your equipment. This Means that you can remove ALL your busses and make 1 bus route which then will make you earn money. SO. Dont be scared about removing/renewing/changing your infrastructure, because it is actually needed. Mostly with inflation.

[@mikethk]

Same goes with everything else. . . 5 trains can suddenly be changed with 2 WAY faster more reliable trains for the same coal factory. . . . The faster trains can also reach further, before loosing money on slow delivery (as shown on the graph he shows above). You cant "save" money, but you can curtainly increase effectiviness. And this is important when playing with inflation. Which is the most fun and competitive thing to do. As in real life, you will have to optimize your infrastructure ALL the time.

[@filippetrula1234]

can u give me links for your new graphics and shit ? i want that vacuum tobes etc

[@AnEvilHobbit]

The key is Delete jenibluere :)

[@grandpixel]

Subsidies.

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

I have never really considered subsidies as that useful.

[@caremir]

damn this sounds on backgrounds...

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

The industries?

[@NiciBoyce]

Hi

[@MasterHellish-Gaming]

Hi

[@brandonknight3319]

Arrgh the noice

[@aliski768]

i wonder if have any way to passively win money in this game...like, you can fucking own a bank, and yet you profit nothing from it, that's sad and depressive

[@infected89]

turn down game sound effects, it's fucking annoying