- Simutrans 124.5 Release Notes - 10 July 2026
Highlights of this version Stops can be shared without being public stops in networkgames Signals can be allowed to be passed without effect in the reverse direction. Full changelog Here's the full list of changes since the last version. Added (nazalassa) permissions for halts, to let other players serve specific halts (makie) more settings for inital climates in simuconf.tab Optional 'electricity_producer' flag (can be 0 or 1) for factories to override electricity producer status based on object name (janry) make sure the client id is valid to avoid server crashes by bad packets or bad actors (Nazalassa) button to allow signals to pass convois in reverse Changed link factory tool inaccessible when factories are cross-connected by default public player with built furts across rivers even for faster roads as long as there is one with max_speed of at least 25 km/h for road traverse new ne…
- Simutrans 124.4 released - 4 April 2026
Highlights of this version Searchable comboboxes (just type when a box is open) Grouping goods/passengers by connection Overhauled city growth Improvements for the tutorial for pak64, pak64.german, and pak128. Paksets updated on Steam Pak64 124.3 Pak128 2.10.1 Pak64.german 124.4.0.1 Pak128.german 2.4 Full changelog Here's the full list of changes since the last version. Added new settings cost_kw_per_credit (default was 512) to change revenue from power. Smaller numbers more income searchable comboboxes; for editing click twice expose make public month to cript API elevated powerlines new flag for bridges and ways in makeobj 60.9 clip_below Default is (1) but for slim structures (e.g. powerline) it could be set to zero for nicer display of structures below Retain message of the day in servergames. Can be reshown in the game info/network dialog (Nazalassa) bridge renovation when building…
- Simutrans 124.3.1 Released - 6 April 2025
Highlights of this version Improved bridge building (now requiring dragging or two clicks) and multitile city buildings. Currency symbol can now be changed. Cost and maintenance can now be much higher. Full changelog Here's the full list of changes since the last version. Added CURRENCY is now translateable to a local currency (no conversions though) Maintenance costs for roadsigns and signals Changed with pause setting, server saves game after going to pause => immediately able to fulfill join requests and more current savegames on crashing servers move multitile height drawing to building in preparation of new pillar type Also download https paksets from Android bridge builder is now only a two click tool (total reneval) Can not again connect to complex ramps on elevated ways or cross rivers automatically tram system type way can be laid over other tracks as well (like pak192 narrowga…
- 2024 Simutrans Screenshot Contest Winners - 11 February 2025
Polls are now closed, and the winner is… see the results on The Simutrans Blog!
- Vote now on the 2024 Simutrans Screenshot Contest! - 25 January 2025
Submissions are closed: It's time to vote to choose a winner! As always, voting is done on the Simutrans Wiki If you want to see the original images in full quality check the 2024 Simutrans Screenshot Contest gallery (press the tool button below the image and "Show"). IMPORTANT: Remember that each checkbox corresponds to the image above and not to the image below, even if there is a lot of space between the checkbox and the image! The winner will represent Simutrans as the new banner image at https://simutrans.com . Choose you favorite screenshot! Voting can be done until January 30th.
- Simutrans 124.3 released - 11 January 2025
Simutrans 124.3 comes with the new pipette and macro tools to make easier than ever to build the transport network you always dreamed of. Highlights of this version Pipette tool: Copy any building under the cursor. https://i.imgur.com/oM8xoi8.png Macro tool: Copy and save entire layouts to build them again with a single mouse click. Reworked tutorial to make it more stable and consistent across different paksets Paksets updated on Steam pak64 124.3 pak64.german 124.0.0.3 pak128 2.10.0 pak128.german 2.3 beta pak192.comic V0.72 Paksets updated outside Steam pak46.bitlit 0.1d Full changelog Here's the full list of changes since the last version. Added translate also error message and discern between saving and loading errors error message if a forbidden tools is tried to be executed in a scenario translate object file for script toolkit hm_test_area_tl(,) for testing the tiles before const…
- 2024 Simutrans Screenshot Contest - 18 December 2024
https://i.imgur.com/zUx6S51.png Welcome, everyone! This year 2024 is about to end, and what would be better than end it with our traditional Simutrans Screenshot Contest? Nothing! So prepare to compete and win the best prize of all: the winner of this year will become the new banner image for simutrans.com, which has remained unchanged for years. Participation 1 - You can participate with any pakset and any Simutrans version. 2 - You can submit as many screenshots as you want. 3 - You need to include title for every screenshot. Screenshots without title will not be eligible! 4 - You have until January 24st (inclusive) to submit your screenshots! Theme and guidelines 1 - The theme this year is... Stations! Enough of showing the countryside, show us your bigger stations! Or perhaps that little, calm station in the countryside. Whatever you want, if it contains at least one station. 2 - To…
- Simutrans 124.2.2 released on Steam - 20 November 2024
Simutrans released three minor versions this summer that have finally made its way to Steam. Here is the combined changelog of Simutrans 124.2, 124.2.1 and 124.2.2 Highlights of this version New way builder: If a new way starts one tile from an existing way and ends one tile from an existing way, it will now try very hard to make a parallel track. It works as good as it can do without terraforming. It may still join at a place where it cannot pass next to it but then go parallel again, greatly saving efforts (especially with diagonals). When you click on a chat message ticker, it opens the chat window in the corresponding message tab. Paksets updated on Steam Pak128.german 2.3 beta Pak64 124.2.2 Scenario tutorials for pak128 and pak64 Paksets updated outside Steam Pak48.bitlit 0.1d Full changelog Here's the full list of changes since the last version. Added Support for through depots (d…
- Simutrans 124.1 Released - 2 June 2024
Less than a month after Simutrans 124, a new Simutrans version has been released. This was supposed to be a bugix release to address some of the issues players reported for the 124 release, but it ended up being a minor release with new features (player ranking) and a renovated chat window. https://i.imgur.com/SpfoTDC.png For Steam players specifically this is also a very important release. The funcionality of the preloader has been integrated into Simutrans itself, so it is no longer required and has been deleted. Furthermore, we took this opportunity to add more Steam specific features, such as achievements and rich presence! Achievements and rich presence You have four achievements available currently: One for playing pak192.comic and another pak192.comic achievement obtained by transporting a certain amount of ink from a kraken. One for trying to delete a busy bridge. One hidden ach…
- Simutrans 124 Released - 5 May 2024
The long awaited Simutrans 124 is finally here! This version comes with a lot of changes, although the most visible ones are the improved support for anti-aliasing of fonts and some reworked windows. Under the hood, many less visible changes were made to allow this to be the first stable Android release - which means you will be able to play online now on Android too! Note for macOS players on Steam: Due to the new directory structure, paksets installed through Steam may not show at all. You can use the in-game installer to workaround this. Highlights of this version Improved anti-aliasing of fonts, now using TrueType fonts by default. Reworked main menu and option windows. Reworked list windows, they are now checkered lists easier to read. The minimap now changes if you are in underground mode. The new directory structure allows the players to install paksets if they don't have admin r…
- Pak192.Comic V0.7 - 2 February 2024
The Pak192.Comic recently released version 0.7 of this comic themed pakset. If you are playing Simutrans on Steam and you installed the Pak192.Comic DLC, you will get the update automatically. Otherwise, please see "Where and what to download" section. Changelog Gameplay changes turned "avoid over overcrowding" off by default again , and . now work for controlling time in the game ( and ) now work for sliced view up/down road speeds from 50 to 55 and from 70 to 80 pricing that considers the actual build year of the vehicle, instead of the introduction year Pubs now comsume rum as well there is a track/track submenu now increased the productivity of the wiredrawer higher fix costs for ships changed to intro years of 120 and 160 kph track tutorial works with the tutorial button now playing from 1930 onwoards should feel way more complete now compared to previous versions New objects Indus…
- Simutrans Extra #3: UI improvements, new paksets, new online server and more! - 22 October 2023
Welcome to Simutrans Extra! I have been pretty quiet so far this year as I needed a break after the Anniversary events of last year, but a lot of things have been happening in the Simutrans world meanwhile. It's time to review them! But first, let's talk about the elephant in the room. When there will be a new Simutrans release? We couldn't make a Simutrans release last year, the reason behind this being the war in Ukraine. Another negative effect of the war is that Ukrainian developer Pelya was drafted for the military. Pelya is not directly related to the Simutrans project, but he maintained a set of scripts that enabled games like Simutrans and OpenTTD (between others) to be compiled on Android. Unfortunately, the build for Android stopped working and to fix it one would have needed to fix Pelya's scripts. But no one in the team knew how to do so, so the release was delayed until we…
- Announcing the winners of the Simutrans 25th Anniversary Video Contest - 23 January 2023
Votations are closed and the first winner is... "Furniture Industry Route", by meruhen205. With the diverse routes shown and the attention to details (including the music!), it is no wonder why it is the most voted video - a total of 14 votes. Congratulations! In the second position we have "Akiwa Tsuneyama Main Line Local Service from Nakahara to Yamano" (have you read it to the end?) with 8 votes by danivenk, another greatly produced video. Good job! The third place is reserved to "Airport Hotel Shuttle Bus", by DThunder (he can't stay away from the podium!), a simple yet elegant video that reached 7 votes. Nice done! Here is the rest of the winners: 4 - "Autumnal Journey" by cousjath (6 votes) 5 - "Barington F line Light Rail Northbound Trip" by Jausdepot (3 votes) 6 - "The New Express Line" by Fightdrug (2 votes) 7 - "North American Style Commuter Train Journey" by DThunder (1 vote)…
- Vote now on the Simutrans 25th Anniversary Video Contest! - 16 January 2023
Thanks to everyone who submitted a video! Vote now to select the winner of the first ever Simutrans Video Contest! Playlist of participants is available on the Simutrans YouTube channel You can cast your votes on this survey in the Simutrans WIki. You can cast up to two votes. Every participant will take a prize, so please don't vote for yourself!
- Simutrans 25th Anniversary #10: The Music of Simutrans - 11 December 2022
On this unscheduled last post of the Simutrans 25th Anniversary, we will honour one of the (usually overlooked) characteristics of Simutrans: its music. Simutrans is unique in more than one way. One of these uniqueness is that, considering it is an open-source game, it has an incredibly rich set of music. With over 50 songs over various genres contributed by various artists over the years, Simutrans has one of the greatest collection of music of any open-source game. To celebrate this, we have uploaded the music of Simutrans for the first time ever in non-MIDI format; so you can play it directly in your browser! You can now listen to the music of Simutrans at this YouTube playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzRXNerdR1xM1qAkIQANJeDmWgyJc6KBa Which is your favourite track of Simutrans? I do have a personal favourite. You may be thinking it is "Above the Sky" as it is the track…
- Simutrans 25th Anniversary Video Contest - 1 November 2022
https://i.imgur.com/csaTmPT.png Welcome, everyone! The first Simutrans Video Contest is about to begin! This is the first time ever we celebrate a video contest, and it is not the only surprise! This year you can also win actual prizes just by participating! Let everyone win! Participation 1 - There are no categories. This means you can choose whatever pakset you want, and also whatever Simutrans version you want (yes, including Extended and OTRP). 2 - You can submit as up to two videos. This also means you can win up to two prizes! 3 - You need to include title for every video. Videos without title will not be eligible! 4 - You have until Januay 15st (inclusive) to submit your video! Theme and guidelines 1 - The theme this year is... Routes! Show us your best routes, for example by following a convoi or different convois. Be creative! 2 - To keep videos clean, hide city/station names a…
- Simutrans 25th Anniversary #8: An interview with himeshi, OTRP creator - 15 October 2022
Welcome to the last of interviews of the Simutrans Anniversary before the final event! Our special guest today has the honour of being the only other successful developer who has made a Simutrans fork: Simutrans OTRP. Let's explore the boundaries of Simutrans with the help of his creator, Himeshi! ______________________________________ First of all, introduce yourself. Who are you? Where do you live? What did you study? Where are you working or have worked on the past? I am Himeshi. Himeshi is a handle which I use in the Japanese community. THLeaderH is my handle on the International Simutrans Forum and other international simutrans communities. I have lived in Tokyo for my whole life except for its very beginning. I am a software engineer at a Japanese IT company, which provides a chat app for smartphones. My job is developing the company's chat app for iOS with Swift programming langu…
- Simutrans 25th Anniversary #7: The Simutrans trailer - 30 September 2022
The new trailer for Simutrans is here! Watch it now! Schedule of the Simutrans 25th Anniversary Posts We are getting close to the end of the events of the 25th Anniversary. But before the final event, we will be having a last interview with a very special guest. In two weeks, it will be time for Simutrans OTRP developer, "himeshi", to answer some questions! 2022-06-30 - A look back at our shared history. The Simutrans Timeline. 2022-07-15 - An interview with Hansjörg Malthaner, the Founding Father. 2022-07-30 - The Simutrans Museum 2022-08-15 - An interview with Markus Pristovsek, the Adoptive Father 2022-08-30 - For everything else, there's Simutrans 2022-09-15 - An interview with James Petts, the Ex Father 2022-09-30 - New Simutrans trailer 2022-10-15 - An interview with himeshi/THLeader, Simutrans OTRP developer From 2022-10-30 to 2022-12-31 - ??
- Simutrans 25th Anniversary #6: James Petts, the Ex-Father - 15 September 2022
One of the greatest honours an open-source project can have is to generate enough interest so that other people consider making their own versions of it. Simutrans, being a successful open source project, is no exception, and the greatest of those versions is Simutrans Extended (formerly Simutrans Experimental). Today, we will take a closer look at this fantastic fork with the help of his creator, James Petts. _____________________________________________ First of all, introduce yourself. Who are you? Where do you live? What did you study? Where are you working or have worked on the past? I am James Petts, and I live in London. My education and professional life are in the law. How does a man of law end up doing software development in his spare time? As with many open source developers, I started work on what eventually became the Extended fork of Simutrans because I wanted to see feat…
- Simutrans 25th Anniversary #5: For everything else, there is Simutrans - 30 August 2022
Enjoy this remake of a Simutrans advert video made 14 years ago by (the now inactive Devotee) vilvoh. The Simutrans Community does not only welcome coders and artists. People who spread its love for Simutrans are also important, specially when they put as much effort and love in that as vilvoh did. Let this video serve as a reminder of all of you who enjoy making and sharing Simutrans content (be it now or in the past): Thank you! Without you too, Simutrans would not be what it is today. Would you like to see (or make) more Simutrans-related media content? Well, you are in luck, because we have more surprises coming in this regard! Next time, however, we will come back with another interview. Join us in two weeks as we will explore the boundaries of Simutrans with an exclusive interview with James Petts, lead developer of Simutrans Extended. Schedule of the Simutrans 25th Anniversary Po…
