Installation of Simutrans

Simutrans is composed of two parts : the software (an executable file and some files to fo with, musics if you don't have anything else to listen, and some other stuff) and the pakset (.pak files and folders config, doc, scenario, sound, text) which contains all the necessary objects for the game. You can play with any pakset you want while it's compatible with the latest Simutrans releases. The two parts (software and pakset) must be downloaded separately.

Currently Simutrans is a free game developed by an international community, some people develop the software by coding patchs which are compiled in the latest Simutrans releases then, some other people develop one ore more paksets by creating objetcs. You can take part of the development, the software is coded in C++ and avaible on sourceforge, to create objects take a look at the addon creation tutorial on this site. To do some suggestions about the game or to ask for help, fo on the Simutrans'forum, for help demands you can ask your question directly in your language's section.

Last stable releases of the game are avaible here. You can also use the latest improvements by downloading nighlty builds of Simutrans (compiled every night with the latest patchs) here.

There are several paksets according to the player's preferences, they're different by their graphics and sometimes by their size. These are the paksets you can play :

It's the pak which has the most graphics, it's well playable and just awesome.Download

The fist pakset of Simutrans, it's economicaly well balanced but graphicaly limited because of its small size.Download

Ce pak a des graphismes simples inspirés des bandes dessinées comme son nom l'indique. Sa simplicité graphique met en valeur le gameplay. Ce pak est en développement soutenu même si il est déjà jouable.Download

Il a des graphismes aux couleurs mornes rappelant l'ambiance londonienne. Ce pak est jouable et est le seul compatible avec Simutrans experimental (une autre branche de Simutrans où sont expérimentées des nouveaux modèles économiques et d'autres idées, malheureusement il est atrocement gourmand en performances).Download

Le pak japan est développé principalement par la communauté japonaise de Simutrans, son développement a commencé car les dessinateurs japonais trouvaient les taille des trains du pak128 trop petite, ce pourquoi les trains sont bien plus gros dans le pak japan.Download

Voici les paks principaux, vous trouverez une liste exhaustive des paks sur this site.

Lorsque vous avez téléchargé Simutrans et au moins un pak, mettez les archives dans le dossier ou vous voulez installer simutrans (le plus souvent programs ou program files sous windows) et décompressez-les.

Les paks doivent se trouver dans le dossier simutrans. Ensuite lancez Simutrans par son executable, il créera alors un dossier dans vos documents qui contiendra les sauvegardes et d'autres choses.