Re: [Rails-devel] [Rails-commits] 18xx/rails/gameStartRound_1835.java, 1.15, 1.16

[brett l. <wak...@gm...>]

It shouldn't be hard to do some tooltips for these.

---Brett.

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Mark Smith <mar...@gm...> wrote:
> One of the other pieces of information I would like to see on the Start
> Packet info is some way to describe the special features of the item
> (Private Company restrict placement on hex XX, Private Company can be traded
> for Share of Company YYY, Purchase of item comes with Share of XXX, etc).
> This would be applicable across all games, and would help to remind folks
> what the item does for them.
>
> This could be done with a simple icon, or text of --- ?? -- that is either a
> hoverable item that shows a pop-up/tool-tip, or an actual hyper link to
> generate a pop-up dialog box.
>
> Mark
>
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 1:55 PM, brett lentz <wak...@gm...> wrote:
>>
>> I worry that an extra column might add clutter.
>>
>> I like the strikethrough idea or using colors to convey this
>> meta-information.
>>
>> ---Brett.
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Erik Vos <eri...@hc...> wrote:
>> > Mark,
>> >
>> > What about an extra column in which to display the item status (a short
>> > text)?
>> > Status values could be like "buyable", "biddable", "sold", "low cash",
>> > "not
>> > yet".
>> > Could display these values in different colours as well (e.g. the first
>> > two
>> > in black, the last three in gray).
>> >
>> > Erik.
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> > From: Mark Smith [mailto:mar...@gm...]
>> > Sent: Monday 05 January 2009 00:13
>> > To: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game
>> > Subject: Re: [Rails-devel] [Rails-commits]
>> > 18xx/rails/gameStartRound_1835.java, 1.15, 1.16
>> >
>> > Erik,
>> >
>> > Yes, now that I went back an re-read the rules I quoted, I see that my
>> > interpretation was in error.
>> >
>> > Part of the reason I was looking at this issue, besides the fact I knew
>> > it
>> > was wrong, was that I was trying to figure out if there was a better way
>> > to
>> > display the start packet for 1835 (and others) where you have multiple
>> > items
>> > available at the start, but not all. A display by row of everything in
>> > the
>> > row.
>> >
>> > In working with this, I also see that an item becomes un-available if
>> > there
>> > is no sufficient cash for the player to purchase it. But it is not
>> > immediately obvious, unless you look at the price, and the cash. What
>> > would
>> > help is for some way to indicate items that have been SOLD (maybe draw a
>> > line through), or draw as blank -- and then for those you can't buy due
>> > to
>> > insufficient cash, to have a tool tip explain why it is not available
>> > for
>> > the player.
>> >
>> > Mark
>> >
>> > P.S. I do need to get back to my Tile Tray contribution -- and I thought
>> > with 4 days at home (New Years) I would find the time. However, the
>> > puppy
>> > kept distracting me.
>> >
>> > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Erik Vos <eri...@hc...> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>        Modified Files:
>> >>                StartRound_1835.java
>> >>        Log Message:
>> >>        Improve Start Packet Handling so that only the left most item
>> >> from
>> >> the second available row is for sale, rather than the   entire second
>> >> row.
>> >>
>> >> Mark,
>> >>
>> >> thanks for spotting this error. However, unfortunately your fix was not
>> >> entirely correct.
>> >> For instance, when the first and second rows were completely sold, the
>> >> entire third row but also the first item of the fourth row became
>> >> available.
>> >>
>> >> The original error was only that item++ was missing after the last
>> >> buyable=true statement.
>> >> I have now fixed it slightly differently: by moving item++ downwards.
>> >>
>> >> Erik.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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