[Rails-devel] 18GA (was: Tiles and Their Identifiers)

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

Just had a quick glance through the 18GA rules I have (the original Mark Derrick version), and it seems to me that almost everything is already configurable in the XML files.
The only exception I see so far is the OCR special ability (free 2-train). For that aspect I think we can reuse the existing SpecialTrainBuy class, which is already used for the 18AL NDY special ability, by setting the deduction to 100%. The only new aspect, which will require some Java programming to fix,  is that the OCR train is reserved (not normally buyable).

I don't know if 18GA v2 (from John David Galt) is any different. There also seems to be a Cotton Port variant.

Erik.

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Erik Vos [mailto:eri...@xs...]
> Verzonden: vrijdag 18 februari 2011 22:25
> Aan: 'Development list for Rails: an 18xx game'
> Onderwerp: RE: [Rails-devel] Tiles and Their Identifiers
> 
> Well, I'd say that an unfinished game is better than no game, because
> someone else (like me) might pick it up some day.
> For instance, if you would start with creating the 18GA XML config files
> (except Tiles.xml), as far as you can get, we would already have a subgame
> that's playable, if only by the 1830 rules only. I always start by copying a set of
> existing game files, and then modify these files.
> 
> On the map you could leave out any map tiles that don't yet exist, with a
> comment that a new tile should be inserted there.
> Once we have TileSet.xml and all missing tiles, Tiles.xml can be created with a
> separate utility, so don't worry about that file.
> 
> Erik.
> 
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > Van: ab...@o2... [mailto:ab...@o2...]
> > Verzonden: vrijdag 18 februari 2011 7:15
> > Aan: 'Development list for Rails: an 18xx game'
> > Onderwerp: Re: [Rails-devel] Tiles and Their Identifiers
> >
> >     Well. I started implementing 18GA and there are few game specific
> > tiles (Atlanta which includes new map hex and some other cities). But
> > don't fill pressed as I'm not sure if I will indeed finish that 18GA.
> > (And working on those tile made me realize issues with tiles in
> > general.)
> >
> >     Adam Badura