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

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

As Erik said, we need to be somewhat careful in how we handle this, as
we don't want to overstep our bounds.

This is one of those cases where Rails simply expects you to have your
own (purchased, legal) copy of the rules to use for referencing these
things.

While 18xx rights holders don't have anywhere near the reputation for
enforcement that Games Workshop does, I still want to maintain a
fairly strong requirement that in order to use Rails, you will need to
own a copy of the game.

That said...  I think we can do some tooltips that could provide
reminders without going overboard. I think something like "Allows
track on A7.", or "Allows crossing the Mississippi." might work.

---Brett.



On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Chris Shaffer <chr...@gm...> wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> 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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