Re: [Rails-devel] track/route awareness

[Michał B. <ba...@tl...>]

I intend to try the brute-force approach and see why it fails :-) for 
single trains brute-force should be more than enough, and you don't see 
more than 2 big trains in one company at the same time, do you?

the other idea is that I know the lead programmer of 1830 computer game, 
I'll ask how he solved this problem (the PC game is extremely quick in 
calculating this)...

Mark Smith wrote:
> Now this last point brings up a philosphical question of game 
> implementation. Should the Player pick the routes, or should the 
> computer auto-calculate the routes to maximize income? The game rules 
> specifically state the player picks routes, and has to live with the 
> mistake. However, sometimes in some games (like 1853), you may want to 
> maximize your mail run, or maximize your revenue at different times.


the 1830pc game calculates it for you, and I would be more than willing 
to sacrifice the player not losing when he doesn't see a best route for 
the huge time gain this would bring. a player could still run the train 
for a shorther route if none of the shareholders objected...

best regards,
   mike bazynski