[Rails-devel] 1856 bug in Rails 1.7.3 - Can't launch CGR

[Mike B. <com...@ip...>]

A couple of unusual and related bugs came up in a game of 1856 yesterday.
The situation is that not enough shares were owned when the CGR formed to
fully launch the company.

BUG 1: Savegame 1856_20120510_1824_d.rails
The first opportunity to trade in the stock round belongs to player d. The
game offers him the opportunity to purchase various shares, including a
share of CGR for $0 - but will not actually carry out the purchase. CGR
shares either should not be available for this player to purchase since it
has no president yet, or the purchase should take place - I'm not sure which
answer is correct under the rules, but what's now happening is not right.

BUG 2: Same save-game.
The more important bug to fix occurs after you get past player d's stock
market turn. The Game correctly informs player e that he needs to purchase
another share of the CGR to float it, but will not permit the player to make
that purchase, even though he has both the funds and the share capacity to
complete the purchase. Nor is the price correctly calculated for that
purchase (which might be related to the problem with the purchasing).

Mike Bourke
Campaign Mastery http://www.campaignmastery.com
Co-author, Assassin's Amulet http://www.legaciescampaignsetting.com