Re: [Rails-devel] Stop properties

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

> > Q4: Do we need a separate type for 1860 halts? And perhaps 1825 halts
> > (see also Q7 below)?
> >
> I would only add stopTypes to XML which are already supported.
> So currently we have only city, town and offmap.

We have already started to work at 18VA and 1825, so I would like to look at
these games anyway.

After all, the stop properties are only intended to make your life a bit
easier, at least in this matter....:-)

> I have not checked how you defined the ports in 18EU, but for me they are
> identical to towns and would not need an own stopType.

That's true for 18EU, and 1841 as well (except that in 1841 ports do not
count as stops in finding a valid route - towns do).
Currently, 18EU ports are defined as towns.

18VA ports are of a different kind. These are not separate stops (for
finding valid route purposes), but add a bonus to the nearby cities (if
tokened) - but only if that city is at one end of a route. 
To enforce port cities being at the end of a route, it could be helpful to
add ports as special kind of stops anyway. (This only applies to Baltimore
and Annapolis: you cannot both run through to Philadelphia or Baltimore and
get the port bonus).
On the other hand, if we don't consider 18VA ports as separate entities, I
think we should also remove the 18VA ports from the visible map.

> Towns can and should always be minor as for standard trains major and
> minor stops are both counted to train reach.

OK.

> All 1825 specific issues are supported by revenue modifiers already, thus
> there does not need a XML support for this.
> 
> 1825 modifiers are:
> DoubleHeadingModifier to allow two 2-trains run as a 3 train.
> ScoreTileOnlyOnceModifier to check that each tile is scored only once.
> TerminateAtMajorModifier to only allow runs that start/finish at majors.

Wouldn't you need something extra to support 1825 halts (on tile #11, in
some kits)? 
Only T-trains may (optionally) consider halts as stops, other trains must
ignore halts.
I think a separate scoreType could be helpful here, but perhaps you can do
without.

Erik.