Re: [Rails-devel] Test report: 1835 in Rails 1.5.1 (Windows XP) - corrected

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John David Galt [mailto:jd...@di...]

> 2. During a starting packet purchase round, if a player cannot take any
action
> (has too little money to buy anything currently available) a popup appears
> "[name] cannot buy anything" with an OK button.  If two players are
skipped
> they are combined on one popup.  That's cute, but I'd prefer the turns be
> silently skipped.

I have removed this popup.  The messages are still reported.

> Oddly enough, the stock round behavior is not the same.  If a player
cannot
> take any action on his stock turn (he has too little money to buy anything
> currently available, and owns nothing that can currently be sold) he still
gets a
> turn, even though "Pass" and "Autopass" are the only actions allowed.
> Again, I'd prefer the turn be silently skipped.

I tried, but, as I feared, it can't currently be done in a simple way
without breaking compatibility.
I have added this request to the Wiki list of things to do when we decide to
break compatibility.

I have also moved StartRound_1835 to the 1835-specific code package.
StartRound_1830 stays in the game package because it used by many games.
Perhaps it should be renamed to StartRound_Basic or StartRound_1830Style.

Erik.