Re: [Rails-devel] B&O PC Sale

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

It's not implemented in Rails, as I have just tested.  

But only now I notice that the rules *do* exclude B&O from being purchasable
by a company. I wasn't aware of that <blush> (it's many years ago that I
actually played 1830).

 

In any case, we need a bit of XML to specify that exclusion. Many ways to do
that, e.g. <Tradeable toCompany="no"/> (the default being "yes", but only if
allowed per Phase, where the default is "no").

 

I would formulate the truth table more generically as below, but essentially
it's the same as Scott's:

 


<Phase>

<Privates>

sellingAllowed

<Company>

<Tradeable>

toCompany

Buyable


No

No 

No


No

Yes

No


Yes

No

No


Yes

Yes

Yes

 

Erik

 

Van: sco...@gm... [mailto:sco...@gm...] Namens
Scott Petersen
Verzonden: zaterdag 26 maart 2011 15:36
Aan: Erik Vos
Onderwerp: Re: [Rails-devel] B&O PC Sale

 

I think you already know this, but in 1830. all privates can be purchased in
Phase 3 (3-train purchased) except B&O which may never be purchased.  This
is already implemented in Rails, but I don't know where this is specified.

I suppose the truth table would be:


 

Phase 2

Phase 3+


Not B&O

Not Buyable

Buyable


B&O

Not Buyable

Not Buyable




On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Erik Vos <eri...@xs...> wrote:
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> No, but such a tag or attribute can be added easily.
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> The main question, however, is how such an attribute would interfere with
the corresponding setting in the <Private> tag under <Phase>.
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> What is the truth table for private being buyable by a company, given the
settings in <Phase> and in <Company>?
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> Erik.
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> Van: sco...@gm... [mailto:sco...@gm...] Namens
Scott Petersen
> Verzonden: zaterdag 26 maart 2011 14:31
> Aan: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game
> CC: Erik Vos
> Onderwerp: Re: [Rails-devel] B&O PC Sale
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> On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 8:20 AM, Erik Vos <eri...@xs...> wrote:
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> I have no problem letting a company buy the B&O private, if it still lives
when the first 3-train has been bought.
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> Sorry, let me further explain.  I would like to implement a similar
private company to 1830's B&O that cannot be bought in to a Public
Corporation.  Is there something in the XML that specifies that property?