Re: [Rails-devel] Autopass & RequestTurn

[Erik V. <eri...@xs...>]

OK.
Well, the Autopass and RequestTurn facilities now exist for
the Stock Round, but only the current player can effectively 
enter any turn requests (from other players, obviously). 

Erik.

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Davies [mailto:de...@gm...] 
Sent: Wednesday 20 January 2010 11:23
To: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game
Subject: Re: [Rails-devel] Autopass & RequestTurn

I think this is going to a lot of extra hassle for a limited use
feature.  In dropbox play or similar if someone presses autopass they
should be genuinely out of options for the turn and not intent on
coming back in.  If they want to jump back in then simply don't use
autopass and just pass normally until whatever you want to worry about
happens.  Does it really slow most people's PBEM games down waiting on
people to pass?

Things will be slightly different in a network version when we have to
think about that.  I can see autopass being a bit more valid here but
providing the player with a 'hand up' or 'interject' button that
cancels the autopass.

Phil

2010/1/18 Erik Vos <eri...@xs...>:
> Autopass is now available as an extra button in the Status (&SR)
> window only (not yet in the Start Round window).
>
> In addition, I have added a generic Request Turn facility, which
> can be used in any case where a user that normally would not get
> a turn could request one, provided that a situation exists where
> that would be valid.
>
> I'm currently aware of two such situations:
> - a user has autopassed but wants to unset that for any reason,
> - in 1830, a user has the M&H and wants to swap it for a NYC share
>  anywhere in between other player's SR turns or company OR turns,
>  out of that player's normal stock turn.
>  The rules allow this, but we couldn't implement it so far.
>
> In such a case, the Special menu will be highlighted (for all players)
> and will contain an entry "{player-name} requests turn".
> This is now only implemented for autopasses.
> If that menu option is selected, the autopass will be reset
> and the player will normally get a turn. This action must be taken
> *before* the previous player finishes his/her turn, otherwise
> the turn will already have passed to the next player after the
> player who autopassed. Then the only way to get that turn is to undo
> the last move and have the previous player set the turn request as yet,
> before redoing that last move.
>
> In hotseat or moderator play this will be no problem.
> In PBEM-like play via dropbox, the requesting player should ask
> the current (or any other) player to execute this action before
> finishing the current turn.
>
> I am thinking of a way to automate this and give the player
> who wants the turn to do this himself. I am thinking to have
> the requestor's program save a file named like
> "18xx_playername.requestturn" and have all other players program
> copies check for the existence of such a file, and,
> if found, execute the request behind the scenes,
> before checking who the next player will be.
> That file should then be removed immediately.
>
> The possibility to do this depends on whether or not the Rails
> copies of all players can delete each others request files;
> does anyone know that?
>
> Any comments on this approach?
>
> Erik.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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