Re: [Rails-devel] Bug in 18EU

[brett l. <wak...@gm...>]

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Erik Vos <eri...@hc...> wrote:
> Oh, I now see that several more bug reports have been entered into the
> Tracker.
> I'll have a pass through the list this week to see if there's anything else
> that urgently needs a fix.
>
> Brett, there is a report on rails.sh having ^M at end of line, which seems
> harmful.
> Can you check that one?
>

Ah, yeah. I can handle that one.  That's what I get for editing the
file on my Windows box. :-\

> Erik.
>


---Brett.

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Erik Vos [mailto:eri...@hc...]
>> Sent: Monday 16 November 2009 23:28
>> To: 'Development list for Rails: an 18xx game'
>> Subject: Re: [Rails-devel] Bug in 18EU
>>
>> Jim,
>>
>> Same problem, same fix.
>> I agree that a final release can be done now, unless someone
>> finds another
>> bug before the weekend.
>>
>> Erik.
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Jim Black [mailto:jim...@ya...]
>> > Sent: Monday 16 November 2009 20:36
>> > To: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game
>> > Subject: Re: [Rails-devel] Bug in 18EU
>> >
>> > I've encountered the same bug chris mentions, below- can't
>> > bid amounts
>> > once the privates are in auction (the 'spinner', I gather), and we
>> > must increment strictly in $5's.  (I  was unable to play
>> forward one
>> > pbem game because I couldn't contrive $5 raises to match
>> the actualy
>> > bidding.)  I think some people play that you must raise in $5's,
>> > although I don't think that's the conventional/popular ruling.
>> >
>> > I did notice that rc2 did fix the stock-adjustment at the
>> > floor of the
>> > market probem I reported- thanks!   We're moving again with
>> our 1830
>> > pbem game, this was much appreciated.
>> >
>> > Also, I saw that impassable hex boundaries are now clearly
>> outlined-
>> > very nice, and thanks for that improvement too.
>> >
>> > I haven't had time to digest the latest re:
>> > current-dir/dropbox/token/
>> > real-time-load/etc, but I'll try to provide some feedback
>> > there later
>> > too.
>> >
>> >   - jim
>> >
>> > On Nov 16, 2009, at 10:16 AM, Erik Vos wrote:
>> >
>> > > This bug has been fixed in the source code base. Ths fix
>> > will be in
>> > > the next
>> > > release (candidate).
>> > > In one place, the amount field (spinner) was not enabled
>> together
>> > > with the
>> > > Bid button; this omission only surfaced when a game was reloaded.
>> > >
>> > > Not sure if this fix is worth a new release candidate; in
>> > any case I
>> > > don't
>> > > have any more time today to try creating one.
>> > >
>> > > Erik.
>> > >
>> > >> -----Original Message-----
>> > >> From: Erik Vos [mailto:eri...@hc...]
>> > >> Sent: Sunday 15 November 2009 23:37
>> > >> To: 'Development list for Rails: an 18xx game'
>> > >> Subject: Re: [Rails-devel] Bug in 18EU
>> > >>
>> > >> Strange. After loading your file I see the problem, but not
>> > >> if I replay it
>> > >> manually.
>> > >> The only explanation I can think of now, is that screen
>> > >> updating after a
>> > >> load
>> > >> is in some respect different than when playing manually from
>> > >> the start.
>> > >> And I must say that the location of the action to
>> > >> enable/disable this input
>> > >> field
>> > >> in the code is somewhat suspect. So I do have food for
>> > >> investigation now.
>> > >> Stay tuned.
>> > >>
>> > >>> -----Original Message-----
>> > >>> From: Chris Shaffer [mailto:chr...@gm...]
>> > >>> Sent: Sunday 15 November 2009 22:36
>> > >>> To: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game
>> > >>> Subject: Re: [Rails-devel] Bug in 18EU
>> > >>>
>> > >>> It's been there since we began the game.  Here is the most
>> > >>> recent save file.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> --
>> > >>> Chris
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>> On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Erik Vos
>> > >> <eri...@hc...> wrote:
>> > >>>> Did this not occur at the start of the round but only later on?
>> > >>>> In that case, a saved file might help. A copy of the log
>> > >>> file would also
>> > >>>> help.
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> Without any means to reproduce such a case, there isn't
>> > >>> much I can do.
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> Erik.
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> > >>>>> From: Chris Shaffer [mailto:chr...@gm...]
>> > >>>>> Sent: Sunday 15 November 2009 19:36
>> > >>>>> To: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game
>> > >>>>> Subject: Re: [Rails-devel] Bug in 18EU
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> The spinner is greyed out and disabled in our game, as
>> > >> is the text
>> > >>>>> entry area for the bid amount, using version 1.06.  Two
>> > >>> players have
>> > >>>>> verified it.  Clicking the Bid button bids the current
>> > amount and
>> > >>>>> increments the bid amount by 5.  Nothing else we do
>> changes the
>> > >>>>> spinner or the bid amount.  I've attached a screenshot.
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> Any suggestions?
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> --
>> > >>>>> Chris
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Erik Vos
>> > >>> <eri...@hc...> wrote:
>> > >>>>>>> 18EU will not let players place an initial bid higher
>> > >>> than 100, nor
>> > >>>>>>> will it allow players to increase the current bid by
>> > >>> more than 5.
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>> ??
>> > >>>>>> For me, adding any multiple of 5 works allright, both
>> > >> by clicking
>> > >>>>>> the spinner at the right of the bid amount field,
>> and by typing
>> > >>>>>> the amount into that field. This is so both in version
>> > >>> 1.0.6 and in
>> > >>>>>> the current code base, and also both for the initial and
>> > >>>>> for later bids.
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>> So I'm really at a loss what makes you having the
>> > >> experience that
>> > >>>>>> this all wouldn't be possible.
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>> I've also submitted this as a bug.
>> > >>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>> However, I need to know if it's possible to override this
>> > >>>>> and allow a
>> > >>>>>>> player to purchase an item for a price other than that
>> > >>>>> forced by the
>> > >>>>>>> program?
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>> See above.
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>> Currently there is no correction mode, as exists in Lemmi's
>> > >>>>> moderator.
>> > >>>>>> I've been thinking about that, and I suppose that the
>> > >> most wanted
>> > >>>>>> correction feature would be shifting money between any pair
>> > >>>>> of cash holders.
>> > >>>>>> That should be faily easily to add in version 1.0.8 or so.
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>> Erik.
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>
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