Re: [Rails-devel] IfOption in Map.xml

[Chris S. <chr...@gm...>]

I think little helper texts would go a long way toward making the games
easier to play.  To check what this was about, I just fired up a game of
18AL.  I see the Tusc, S&NA, B&SLC, M&C and NDY are on offer in the private
company auction.  Now, I know 18AL has privates with a coal token, a lumber
terminal tile, a train name token and a half-price railroad, but I'll be
darned if i can remember which one the M&C is - maybe it's the lumber
terminal? Dunno.  A small text label woudl be very helpful.

By the way, when I click the small icon with a circle around an i, nothing
happens.  Is it supposed to do anything?

Similarly, it's really handy to remember if this is the game where the 5 or
the 6 train rusts the 3 trains when you're playing 8 different pbem games at
the same time.

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Chris

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On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Erik Vos <eri...@xs...> wrote:

> I don't know what kind of stories you would put there; I find the current
> private info is pretty complete.
> And so far the assumption pretty much was that users were up to date on the
> rules.
> Including the game rules certainly isn't in the scope of this project.
>
> But sure it can be done. For instance an (optional) extra <Info> tag per
> company and train type.
> Such train and private info could nicely be made visible as extra items
> under the Info menu in the Map/OR window.
>
> I can write the code, but I need a volunteer to write the texts. Anyone?
>
> Erik.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Black [mailto:jim...@ya...]
> Sent: Friday 15 January 2010 21:50
> To: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game
> Subject: Re: [Rails-devel] IfOption in Map.xml
>
>
> I wanted to interject a couple of comments related to the xml-
>
> a) in the privates auction- it's nice to see the privates info under the
> info (i) button, but it sure is cryptic.  could a textual description be
> added to the xml record, so that annotation/text displays instead? (if
> present)
>
> b) afaik, I can't get back to that help info later- that's problematic (the
> info is often critical, when you're trying to use the private)
>
> c) similar comment applies to trains- it's nice that the roster is listed
> in
> 1.1.1, albeit tersely- the rusting info is a key omission, in practice
>
> so, someday- throughout the game- maybe when you hover-over a private, a
> train-inventory, a particular major, etc- the help text could show in a
> popup.
>
> in general, rails' users might could use a little more care-and-feeding, in
> this area.   %-}
>
> this seems related to the thread issues here, but, my apologies if it's too
> tangential- just wanted to slip these comments in.
>
> -  jim
>
>
>
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