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Re: [Rails-devel] 1856 in Rails 1.1.0 -- error starting 1856 game
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From: Jim B. <jim...@ya...> - 2009-12-20 22:31:29
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Right, totally understandable- it would just would be nice to have some incremental releases for a while, if possible. %-> On Dec 20, 2009, at 2:23 PM, brett lentz wrote: > Adding the ability to play a whole new game (1856) was a a significant > amount of work that really couldn't be pursued incrementally. > > Unfortunately, save file compatibility is something that occasionally > will need to be broken. We don't like doing it, but this time around, > it was unavoidable. > > Now that there are more people actively playing and testing, we're > finding more bugs. Some are new, and some have probably been lurking > around a while without being found. Overall, this is a step in the > right direction. > > ---Brett. > > > > On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Jim Black <jim...@ya...> wrote: >> >>> Hard to say what the best time for a new bugfix release is. >> >> Some motherhood and apple pie here- >> >> With all the good development going on in Rails- naturally enough, but unfortunately- there's also enough associated bugs/issues that crop up constantly, that I hope you can move toward "faster and smaller" releases, in an agile style. >> >> It seems like 1.1 ended up being a bit of a 'waterfall' style release. That still puts artificial pressure on the developers and players to upgrade 'more stuff'- just, more desperately. >> >> More frequent 'minor/stable' releases/bugfixes/updates would be welcome, particularly if more could be done to help with release-to-release compatibility. (Eg, right now I can't upgrade my 1.0.6 games to 1.1, and can't load my 1.1 games in 1.0.6, etc- that's awkward and it would be a good area to improve iteratively, where pragmatic.) >> >> best, >> - jim >> >> >> On Dec 20, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Erik Vos wrote: >> >>> Actually, I just found the problem with UpgradesPanel: >>> replacing repaint() by revalidate() did the job. >>> Swing isn't so easy on certain aspects... >>> >>> Hard to say what the best time for a new bugfix release is. >>> At one hand, we have this incompatibility with tile #4 >>> (which will show up rotated when an old save file is >>> loaded into the new version), and the danger of any more >>> lurking (or newly introduced) bugs, on the other hand >>> the OR-start bug just fixed is serious enough for a >>> new release. >>> >>> Perhaps we should just go for it. >>> >>> Erik. >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: brett lentz [mailto:wak...@gm...] >>>> Sent: Sunday 20 December 2009 21:35 >>>> To: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game >>>> Subject: Re: [Rails-devel] 1856 in Rails 1.1.0 -- error >>>> starting 1856 game >>>> >>>> Ok. Do you want to spend some time on the upgrades panel >>>> before a new release? >>>> >>>> ---Brett. >>>> >>>> On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Erik Vos <eri...@xs...> wrote: >>>>> I couldn't reproduce this particular error because of lack of info >>>>> (I would need a saved file from a point shortly before the error, >>>>> or a copy of the game report so that I can replay). >>>>> >>>>> But I'm pretty sure that behind this error is the serious bug >>>>> that I found when playing some games. >>>>> That bug inhibits all normal starts of the first >>>>> (or perhaps any) OR in solitaire/hotseat play. >>>>> For some unclear reason it didn't occur after loading from >>>> a saved file. >>>>> >>>>> Anyway, I think it's fixed now, but some more testing is needed. >>>>> >>>>>>> Brett, this problem is serious enough that we'll need to >>>>> prepare a new release pretty soon. >>>>> >>>>> I have also fixed a few other minor things. >>>>> >>>>> One bug remains a mystery: the disappearance of the upgrade tiles >>>>> on selecting a different tile than the initially laid one. >>>>> That upgrades panel needs a hard look. >>>>> >>>>> Erik. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Aliza Panitz [mailto:ali...@gm...] >>>>>> Sent: Sunday 20 December 2009 09:18 >>>>>> To: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Rails-devel] 1856 in Rails 1.1.0 -- error >>>>>> starting 1856 game >>>>>> >>>>>> 5p 1856 with me and 4 of my imaginary friends. Player D got no >>>>>> privates, and floated a company at 75. After buying 4 shares, when >>>>>> they are trying to pass with $0 in the first stock round, >>>> , I get this >>>>>> error: >>>>>> >>>>>> Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" >>>> java.lang.NullPointerException >>>>>> at >>>> rails.game.OperatingRound.getStep(OperatingRound.java:1901) >>>>>> at >>>> rails.game.OperatingRound.nextStep(OperatingRound.java:944) >>>>>> at rails.game.OperatingRound.done(OperatingRound.java:1202) >>>>>> at >>>> rails.game.OperatingRound.process(OperatingRound.java:261) >>>>>> at rails.game.GameManager.process(GameManager.java:704) >>>>>> at >>>>>> >>>> rails.ui.swing.GameUIManager.processOnServer(GameUIManager.java:133) >>>>>> at >>>> rails.ui.swing.StatusWindow.process(StatusWindow.java:533) >>>>>> at >>>>>> rails.ui.swing.StatusWindow.actionPerformed(StatusWindow.java:493) >>>>>> at >>>>>> javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source) >>>>>> at >>>>>> javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(Unknown Source) >>>>>> at >>>>>> javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source) >>>>>> at >>>> javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(Unknown Source) >>>>>> at >>>>>> >>>> javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(Unknown Sour >>>>>> ce) >>>>>> at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) >>>>>> at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) >>>>>> at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source) >>>>>> at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source) >>>>>> at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) >>>>>> at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) >>>>>> at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) >>>>>> at >>>>>> java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source) >>>>>> at >>>>>> java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) >>>>>> at >>>>>> java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) >>>>>> at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) >>>>>> at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) >>>>>> at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) >>>>>> at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) >>>>>> at >>>>>> java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source) >>>>>> at >>>>>> java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source) >>>>>> at >>>>>> java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source) >>>>>> at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) >>>>>> at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) >>>>>> at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source) >>>>>> >>>>>> Clues? >>>>>> >>>>>> a: ship, tunnel, no shares, $120 >>>>>> b: W&SR, GW 3@70, $70 >>>>>> c: Flos, Canada, CPR 3@65, $45 >>>>>> d: no privates, 4 GT@75, $0 >>>>>> e: Bridge, 3 LPS@65, $20 >>>>>> >>>>>> d had priority in the stock round. >>>>>> >>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> ---------------- >>>>>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community >>>>>> Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support >>>>>> A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app >>>>>> distribution fast and easy >>>>>> Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers >>>>>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Rails-devel mailing list >>>>>> Rai...@li... >>>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rails-devel >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> ---------------- >>>>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community >>>>> Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support >>>>> A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app >>>> distribution fast and easy >>>>> Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers >>>>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Rails-devel mailing list >>>>> Rai...@li... >>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rails-devel >>>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> ---------------- >>>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community >>>> Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support >>>> A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app >>>> distribution fast and easy >>>> Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers >>>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Rails-devel mailing list >>>> Rai...@li... >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rails-devel >>>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community >>> Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support >>> A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy >>> Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Rails-devel mailing list >>> Rai...@li... >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rails-devel >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community >> Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support >> A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy >> Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Rails-devel mailing list >> Rai...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rails-devel >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Rails-devel mailing list > Rai...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rails-devel |
