Re: [Rails-devel] Rails Bug

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

I have tried to reproduce this error with the newest code, but everything
went fine.
That means that either the problem has been fixed in the meantime, or that
you have hit upon a rare case that only appears under some special
circumstances. In the latter case, I would need one or more saved files,
taken as closely as possible before the error(s) occur(s).

Any applicable fixes will be in the next release, as well as a first
implementation of revenue calculation.
(I just found that the current calculation algorithm does not count the 18EU
villages and ports, so it's definitely not finished).

As for Java versions: Rails is written for Java 1.5 (or 5.0). I am not aware
of any reasons why it would not run under 1.6/6.0, but Rails is not
systematically tested with that version, at least not by me.

Regards,
Erik.

-----Original Message-----
From: cha...@us...
[mailto:cha...@us...] 
Sent: Wednesday 05 May 2010 08:12
To: ev...@us...
Subject: Rails Bug


Message body follows:

I just downloaded the most recent Rails.  The game hung hard
twice during stock trading in 18EU.  Once right after
operations ended and trading started for the first time,
once after all the Minor companies were sold and some stocks
were bought, just as it was switching to another player's
stock trade turn (so both happened at the start of a
player's stock phase, before he had a chance to do
anything).  I saved the game and loaded (which got me past
the first lock-up).  When I loaded the second saved game it
was at a much earlier point in the game, and I got a warning
me that it was saved in a state where one of the [player
name] something was empty or null.  Sorry I can't recall the
exact error.

Playing on Vista, I have the latest Java and I don't have
problems running other Java apps.  I worked at Microsoft as
a hardware/OS tech and can pretty much tell you that it's
not a problem with my PC or setup.

BTW, the next feature I would add is a suggestion of the
best possible routes during each player's operation.  You'll
need it for AI, anyway, and it can cut HOURS from the
play-time as a player-assist.

DJL

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