RE: [Rails-devel] More Token Code

[John A. T. <ja...@ja...>]

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Brett Lentz wrote:

> What do you think is better, using a D or a -1 to denote the last token
> is reserved for destination runs?

I think you are going to wind up needing something more complicated, as
there are many different types of special tokens for companies.  For
example, you have east/west edge tokens in 1850, in 1846 you have tokens
which have one price when placed normally or a different place when placed 
to special reserved locations while you have connectivity to them (the 
regular price if you use them as teleport tokens), etc.
 
> I would rather use a term like "fixed" rather than "1830" for parameters
> like costMethod because it'll make things a lot more difficult in the
> future if we have to keep referencing the game name for a particular
> style of game mechanic.

I agree with the idea, although I think more thought is required in the 
implementation.
 
> 1835 we clearly won't be able to fully implement until we're able to do
> route calculation and improve our knowledge about the map.
> 
> The fixed rate tokens (18EU) should be some of the easiest to cope with.
> 
> Variable token price at floating time (1841) also doesn't strike me as
> particularly difficult, though definitely a special-case.  Perhaps
> extending our above model to allow for something like this:

No, in 1841 the cost per token is dependent on how near track is to your 
starting locations.  Then you purchase all of them up front (1-4 for 
minors, 2-5 for majors) at that cost each -- later placement is free.
 
> <Tokens costMethod="variable" cost="0,40,%,%,D"/>

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