Re: [Rails-devel] Implementation details for revenue calculation

[Stefan F. <ste...@we...>]

Phil:
I was more making fun (of myself) after rereading the rules for the Pullman, 
but it is good to see that others read my proposals carefully ;-)

My suggestion below is more against the spirit of the rules than according to 
it, but thanks for recommending to ask the 18xx yahoo group, which I believe 
is not needed, as I suspect that everyone agrees that it should be part of 
maximization process.

And reading your mail carefully, I learn that the plural of vertex is 
vertices ;-)
Stefan

>
> > Pullman: If I understand the 18EU rules correctly, the Pullman is an
> > exception to the second sentence under 4.4.3: "... must calculate the
> > maximum possible earnings". 4.4.9., second paragraph defines that "...
> > doubles the value of any City or Off-Map Location of the President's
> > choice".
> > To capture the spirit of the rules and to simplify things the Pullman
> > will not be part of the maximization process, but the President will be
> > prompted to select one the city values of the runs.
>
> Hmm, not sure I agree, I think this is a case of slightly misleading
> rules text.  I think that the 3: "... must calculate the maximum
> possible earnings" is always in force and Pullmans must take account
> of it.  David Hecht is pretty vocal on the 18XX yahoo list so it's
> always worth posting the question if we aren't in agreement on this.
> To make the 'must maximise' work for route calculation I would think
> that your D approach should work here (I'm beginning to think that
> with all these virtual vertices, route bonuses etc. that the EU
> revenue calc might take a little while!)
>
> Phil
>
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