Re: [Rails-devel] Worth-Calculation for 1835

[Stefan F. <ste...@we...>]

Last time this discussion came up I wrote down an algorithm that tried
to tackle that issue on a general level. However it did not attract much 
love at that time.
So I will wait for better suggestions, but I am still reluctant to 
implement that on a case-by-case basis.
Stefan

On 04/02/2012 03:02 AM, Chris Shaffer wrote:
> This is a more global discussion than just 1835.  The question is
> whether to show net worth for a presumed "reasonable expectation of what
> will happen and when the game will end" or to show the net worth "if the
> game ended right now."  Any game with disappearing privates that have
> value during existence will be affected, but other scenarios are also
> affected.
>
> I recommend if you decide to display the former, you give players an
> option to also calculate and view the figures for the latter.
>
> --
> Chris
>
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>
> On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 11:36 AM, John David Galt
> <jd...@di... <mailto:jd...@di...>>
> wrote:
>
>     On 2012-04-01 04:59, Erik Vos wrote:
>      >> I found an issue about the worth-calcualtion in Rails for the
>      >> 1835-Variant.
>      >> Maybe the Pru shares counts double.
>
>      > Thanks for catching this bug, and for pointing me in exactly the
>     right
>      > direction for a solution.
>      >
>      > The PR is unique in that the market price corresponds to *two*
>     (5%) share
>      > units. This fact was overlooked in the worth calculation.
>      > I have pushed a fix to the master branch.
>
>     I have another small issue with the net worth calculation for 1835:
>     LD is
>     shown at face value, even though it will quickly disappear for nothing.
>     (This makes that player appear to have a large negative income in
>     the round
>     when SX floats.)  I recommend counting it as zero.  Likewise the B&O
>     private
>     and those like it in other games.
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