From: John D. G. <jd...@di...> - 2005-03-01 22:52:48
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Erik Vos wrote: > I have thought about this for a while, but I'm not sure if > this really is a fundamental distinction. > > The only distinction which is really fundamental is between > companies that lay track, run trains, have a treasury etc, > and companies that don't. > > The latter are commonly known as "private companies", > although some games call them differently, like > "mountain railways" (1854). I would also count the 1841 > "concessions" in this category. IMO, even that distinction is not "fundamental" to all games. Don't forget the TSI private in 2038, which can run a train. That was the only thing I disagreed with on the block diagram. I suggest that as far as the game engine is concerned, "a company is a company". Let each rule set define any types of companies and impose any restrictions on their actions. |