Re: [Rails-devel] Rails-devel Digest, Vol 2, Issue 1

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

> >Much of 18EU can already be configured.
> >  
> >
> I forgot to mention the buying/selling of stock, as that is fairly 
> common in 18xx games besides 1830.  The initial offering is 
> held in the 
> company's treasury and pays dividends to the company.  It may buy or 
> sell its own stock during the OR, and stock in the pool doesn't pay 
> dividends.  There are some restrictions on selling stock as well.
> 
> >Such minors can already be configured, and work.
> >  
> >
> Where do you configure inability to lay green track?

That is not yet configurable.
 
> >If we agree that at least a partial 18EU implementation 
> would be nice to
> >have,
> >I'll be happy to start working on it. Don't hold your breath for the 
> >minor conversion, though.
> >  
> >
> Other than getting some work done for the future, I am not 
> sure how much 
> value there is an an implementation of 18EU that doesn't allow minor 
> conversion as that is the primary mechanism of the game.  I think it 
> would be better to implement other games completely that can be done 
> rather than spend time on a partial job, that may be wasted 
> anyway once 
> we get around to finishing it if the other parts change in 
> the meantime.

This is my main concern about rushing the implementation of many
games before the basics (Undo, Save and such) have been done.

Erik.