Starting a new game

Welcome to the Starting a New Game guide for OpenTTD! In this guide, you'll learn how to start a new game and save it.

Start a new game
From the main menu, select New Game. From here you'll be presented with a large number of options for your game, which only apply to that save file. Feel free to tweak them if you want, but for this tutorial, we'll be using the default settings.

Press the large green "Generate" button. After a couple of seconds, your world will be created and you'll be free to start the game!

Quick tip: Change the interface size
When I play OpenTTD, I mainly use my laptop, so the default interface is way too small for me. If you want to make the interface larger, click on the settings cog, and adjust the Interface size and Font size settings.

Quick tip: Maximize your loan
If you want to maximize your loan, here's how!


 * 1) Click the Display company finances information button on the top bar. It's the money icon.
 * 2) Press the Borrow button until the loan can't increase.
 * 3) Close the menu.

Save your game
Okay, you're done playing and you want to save your game. Click on the Save Game icon.

Navigate to the folder in which you installed OpenTTD, then enter the save folder. Then, press the Save button at the bottom of the dialog box. If you're having trouble, you can click the '''.. (Parent directory)''' button at the top of the dialog box to navigate to the folder's parent.

Your game is saved! Feel free to exit the game.

Basic Tutorials

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