Re: [Rails-devel] Rails 1.4 1835 playtest - hangs early

[John D. G. <jd...@di...>]

John David Galt wrote:
>> I tried it with 1835.  Contrary to what I wrote in the 18EU review, the
>> 1835 map doesn't show the Y or XX hexes.

My mistake.  It does show the XX hexes, just not the Y.

>> I got as far as laying tiles with the BY in OR1 (thanks for changing the
>> company names!)  Then it hangs (no "Buy Train" button, "Done" is grayed
>> out, and I don't even get the usual dialog saying BY has no train.)

Stefan Frey wrote:
> I have seen this bug before: It seems that the tile lay phase does not end 
> correctly, if the special tile lay of the OBB comes after the regular tile 
> lays. I had not time yet to follow this up, so I do not know if this comes 
> from the fact that there are already multiple lays allowed or that OBB itself 
> allows two independent lays.
> 
> Fortunately there is a quick workaround: Simply lay the OBB tile first, 
> followed by the regular ones. This works on your save file too.

Thanks, that works.

> Be aware that there are still several bugs ahead of your party. Some of them 
> already fixed in development, but some other still need further investigation. 
> (Nearly all of them related to PR merger/creation).

I continued this game just to see what other glitches I could find, and did
find several more.  It hung (sort of) partway through a stock round, about
halfway through the game (the next train to be purchased will be the 4 and
trigger PR formation, but I'm not there yet).  Here's a new save file with
commentary in it.

> And thanks for your excellent and interesting comments from your 18EU play.
> I will try to follow up, but time is a rare good at the moment.

I haven't yet managed to get a build to work locally, but I am trying to help
you out & not just complain.