Re: [Rails-devel] 1851 - Operating Company can't sell a sharetwicein one turn

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

For now it's all or nothing, I'm afraid. I don't remember who asked for it
(I thought it was you), but at least some people argued that decreasing
prices should be the normal state of affairs - which I didn't agree with,
but it was an easy option to add.

What you really want, it seems, is that on a second sale action, in the same
turn and for the same company, there should be an option to sell at either
the original or the new (lower) price. I think that's doable, but not
trivial, and moreover that additional option should be offered in an
unintrusive way - I wonder if it's really worth the effort.

Erik.

-----Original Message-----
From: John David Galt [mailto:jd...@di...] 
Sent: Sunday 01 August 2010 19:16
To: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game
Subject: Re: [Rails-devel] 1851 - Operating Company can't sell a
sharetwicein one turn

Erik Vos wrote:
> I have added a new game option that influences the prices for subsequent
> sell actions of the same company in one turn.
> The default remains, that the price stays the same. This behaviour can now
> be disabled, so that subsequent sell actions are executed at decreasing
> prices. 
> 
> It now works for 1830 only. Some more work on the code is needed to add
> other games. I will do that if we agree that this is the way to go.

I hope this option can be enabled on a per-use basis, not just at start of
game, since it is something a player will only rarely want to do (I can't
think of any use for it except to set up an intentional bankruptcy).

As for other games, I assume most games will not allow it, but 18AL/18GA
should.

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