[Rails-devel] Network Info- user-selected route outlines

[Jim B. <ji...@ko...>]

I hope that- perhaps, as a preliminary feature to Rails-calculated routes- users will simply be able to outline their routes directly in Rails (by selecting the track, along the way)- 'route specification', if you will.

I know automatic calculation is a very popular, heavily requested feature.

Still, to me- 'route specification' is probably more important/fundamental than 'automatic route calculation'.

Indeed, I wonder if 'route specification' isn't the extent of 'automatic route calculation' that would be /allowed/, in a conventional, tournament-level 18xx game.  (I would expect that many 18xx experts feel calculating earnings properly is part of the game- not something that's necessarily /desirable/ to automate?)

Will automated route calculation be offered as an option?  If users /don't/ select automatic route calculation, will they still get some of the benefits of this work?  (Eg, specifically, for route-specification?)

Ideally, players could can still outline their own route(s), per-train, in the map view- Rails would then record that, and add-up/record the corresponding earnings precisely.  (And, of course- other users could review the earnings/routes, in the game history.)

regards,
-  jim