Re: [Rails-devel] Some questions regarding a new release

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

> From: John David Galt [mailto:jd...@di...]
> I tried to test this, specifically the assertion that OBB doesn't close if
its hexes
> are built without using the private company power.  But I got a surprise:
> if you own OBB and build one of those hexes, the program doesn't ask
> whether you are using the private company power, it just assumes you are,
> even if you have a track connection to the hex.

Yes, that's a shortcut, of which I was aware.  
 
> This assumption doesn't seem to do any harm in 1835, since OBB is supposed
> to close if both hexes are built on, no matter how or by whom.  But it
will
> matter in games that have a private company with a tile-laying power which
> closes the private, or which reduces the cost of the tile (as in 1870 and
> 18C2C).

This should indeed be fixed.  Good point.

> The program correctly *does* ask whether or not you're using a private
> company power when placing a token in the NF or PfB hex.  There it does
> matter, since placing the token closes the private company only if it's
done
> using the private company's power.


Erik.