RE: [Rails-devel] Hexes

[Erik V. <eri...@hc...>]

> > I can't think of much more. The rest will most likely be in Tile.
> > Tile would be a separate class hierarchy (if a hierarchy at all).
> 
> Tile should probably extend from BattleHex as a subclass. The 
> main benefit is inheriting some of the existing methods like 
> detecting and establishing neighboring hexes.

I doubt if that will work, but we'll see.
Would MapHex be a better name for BattleHex?
 
> 
> > Nevertheless I think that changing familiar hex names will 
> be confusing
> > (some of the 1830 ones I know by heart, even if I have 
> never played PBEM!).
> 
> I definitely agree with you. Perhaps having it as a property 
> in the XML, like TileNumber, and just rendering it when we 
> get to that point?

Exactly.
 
Erik.