Re: [Rails-devel] CVS and XCode

[Chris S. <chr...@gm...>]

> 5. I use the term Revenue Center specifically, because it is an object that
> produces revenue. A Junction is simply a connection point between two or
> more track segments. I don't see a Junction object as having any real value.
> Or put another way, I double a Junction object would have any code at all
> associated with it, and no data either. It is purely an abstract concept.

Some games allow re-use of the tiny bit of track at the center of a
plain track X tile, others do not.  Thus, in some cases, a junction is
an important concept.

> The code base is designed so that when I get to the point of selecting a
> track route, you go from point-to-point. If a point has a Revenue Center,
> you add that to you run (or not, if the train type and game allows you to
> ignore it). The selection code would not allow you to select a track segment
> already used by another train in the same operational step.

Note that the TGV in 1826 can re-use track.

> 9. Erik mentioned the need for a hex name "A1, B2, etc". If you launch my
> current product, and then let you mouse hover over a hex, a tool tip shows
> you the cell name.

Note that it is very important that this matches the notation used on
the printed version of the game.  I think you might have said you were
accounting for that, but wanted to be sure it's included.

> 11. I do track Red-Off Board cells as having a special type of location
> "dead-end" where the code would allow you to stop (or start) a train at, but
> not pass through.

They also need to be counted as a location that some trains can't
visit - in 1844, H trains cannot go to off-board hexes; in 18Scan, you
can only go to an off-board hex if you have a token in it, etc.

-- 
Chris

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