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

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

> Congrates on initial release of Rails!  It is great!  

Thanks.

> I wish it will be the best online 18xx tool in near future, 
> which is better 
> than VASSAL/v18xx in every aspect.  
 
That is certainly our goal.
But if the team remains as small as it is now,
that future may turn out a bit less 'near' than we would like,
at least for the 'on-line' aspect.

> Here is some wishes and comments.  
> 
> > 1. Undo - this seems to be the most important and desired feature.
> > 2. 1870 - because it's very close to 1830. Other than the 
> privates and
> > splitting revenue we've already got almost all of the rules
> > differences, so I expect this will be quick to get fully working.
> > 3. Save Games - while this is important, due to the relative ease of
> > playing a full game in a single sitting, I think we can 
> push this off
> > a little bit.
> 
> 4. Secret/Public bank/treasury/player money
> Bank/Treasury/Player money is secret in some 18xx, and is public in 
> others.  I wish secrecy of money is supported as rules say, 
> but it should 
> be selectable before game starts acording to players' preference.  
> 
> 5. Built-in Chat with log
> 
> 6. Online game
> For online synchronized game.  
> 
> 7. Web game
> For online asynchronized game.  Server keeps game data, and players 
> log in asynchronously to play his/her turn.  
> 
> 8. Map scaling

All good points, and most of these are on our wish list
from the start of the project (16 months ago, to give you
an idea about our time scale so far....)

> Apart from wish lists, thers seems to be a bug on stock 
> chart/moderator.  
> Current market value is showed in moderator in "Price(Place)" 
> format.  
> Place is showed in Alpha-Numeric.  Number is greater than it 
> should be 
> by one.  

You're right. Will be fixed.

> On stock chart, new company's CMV marker is placed over existing 
> company's CMV marker.  I guess it is not a bug, but 
> contradicts to what 
> we do in real games.  

I suppose we can reverse the order pretty easily.

Thanks for your comments.

Erik.