Re: [Rails-devel] 1856: report text for conditional float

[Aliza P. <ali...@gm...>]

nit-pick and feature request:

Report window, Rails 1.1.1 :
Joshua starts WR at $90 and pays $180 for 2 shares (20%) to WR
WR floats

This could be misleading to newer players of 1856.  WR will not
operate unless there is a 2-train available when its turn comes to
operate for the first time.

In 1856, companies float when 6 shares are sold, and they
provisionally float when as many shares have sold as the currently
available train. (Rails enforces this rule, I believe  correctly.)

Suggestion: change text to

Joshua starts WR at $90 and pays $180 for 2 shares (20%) to WR
WR provisionally floats

[...]
[Joshua buys his 6th share of a new railroad later in the game]
GW unconditionally floats