Re: [Rails-devel] Map.xml - Tile Orientation

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

This seems to be the first game with this particular map configuration, so
I'm not surprised about finding bugs.

I cannot load your saved file (not sure why), but in my own attempt to play
it I found that tile #57 cannot be laid "in any valid orientation" on city
hexes E11 and M7; I'll try to debug that.

 

Please choose a different game name than 1830 - we already have such a game.
I named it 18XX for my test.  I cannot handle duplicate names.

 

Erik.

 

Van: Erik Vos [mailto:eri...@xs...] 
Verzonden: zaterdag 5 maart 2011 21:30
Aan: 'Scott Petersen'; 'Development list for Rails: an 18xx game'
Onderwerp: Re: [Rails-devel] Map.xml - Tile Orientation

 

I'll have a look.

 

Van: sco...@gm... [mailto:sco...@gm...] Namens
Scott Petersen
Verzonden: zaterdag 5 maart 2011 21:18
Aan: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game
CC: Erik Vos
Onderwerp: Re: [Rails-devel] Map.xml - Tile Orientation

 

On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Erik Vos <eri...@xs...> wrote:

It's about how the hexes are named.

"letterOrientation" defines whether the letters (A-Z) alongside the map run
horizontally or vertically.

"even" defines which letters have even numbers: A (i.e. A2, A4, B3, C4) or B
(i.e. A1, A3, B2, C3 etc.) - in fact any letter can be used here.

Yes, there are 2x2x2=8 possibilities to set up map orientation and map hexes
naming!

 

Erik.


Thanks.  I suppose that's not the problem unless there is something I'm
still not understanding.  I have attached the XML files (modified from 1830)
and a save file if someone's willing to take a look.  Note how the track is
discontinuous in the northwest and lots of otherwise legal track upgrades
are disallowed.  I added the #441 single spoke city to help me troubleshoot
the error.

The tile upgrades seem to think that they are actually a space away (i.e.
E11 only allows the upgrades that would be allowed in G11).  I can't figure
out the general rule for the error.  I am totally stumped on this.  I was
thinking it was related to rotating the hexes, but now I'm not so sure.