OpenTTD 0.7.2

Major Features:

1. Significant enhancements from the original game include for example:
   • bigger maps (up to 64 times in size)
   • stable multiplayer mode for up to 255 players in 15 companies or as spectators
   • dedicated server mode and an in-game console for administration
   • new pathfinding algorithms that makes vehicles go where you want them to
   • autorail/-road build tool, improved terraforming
   • canals, shiplifts, aqueduct
   • larger, non-uniform stations and the ability to join them together
   • mammoth and multi-headed trains
   • clone, autoreplace and autoupdate vehicles
   • possibility to build on slopes and coasts
   • advanced/conditional orders, share and copy orders
   • longer and higher bridges including new ones, full flexible tracks/roads under bridge
   • reworked airport system with many more airports/heliports (i.e. international and metropolitan)
   • presignals, semaphores, path based signaling
   • support for TTDPatch newgrf features
   • drive-through road stops for articulated road vehicles and trams
   • multiple trees on one tile
   • bribe the town authority
   • many configuration settings to tune the game to your liking
   • save games with zlib compression for smaller sizes which does not interrupt gameplay
   • big support for internationalisation. OpenTTD is already translated into more than 40 languages
   • dynamically created town-names in 18 languages and newgrf support
2. Lots of effort has been put into giving OpenTTD a better usability. These include:
   • convert rail tool (to e-rail, monorail, and maglev)
   • drag&drop support for almost all tools (demolition, road/rail building/removing, stations, scenario editor...)
   • sorting of most lists based on various criteria (vehicle, station, town, industries, etc.)
   • mouse wheel support (scroll menus, zoom in/out)
   • autoscroll when the mouse is near the edge of the screen/window
   • sell whole train by dragging it to the dynamite trashcan
   • cost estimation with the 'shift' key
   • advanced options configuration window, change settings from within the game
3. Graphical/interface features:
   • screenshots can be in BMP, PNG or PCX format (select in game options menu)
   • more currencies (including Euro introduction in 2002)
   • extra viewports to view more parts of the gamefield at the same time
   • resolution and refresh rate selection for fullscreen mode
   • colourful newspaper after a certain date
   • colour coded vehicle profits
   • game speed increase (through fast forward button or by pressing the TAB key)
   • snappy and sticky windows that always stay on top and neatly align themselves to other windows
   • more hotkeys for even less mouse-clicking
   • support for 32 bit graphics

Enhancements:

• This release changes how vehicle payments happen, so now you will get paid when the vehicle is unloaded instead of when it starts unloading.
• This fixes lots of 'exploits' that allowed people to get more payment than they should have gotten.