Re: [Rails-devel] A question or two about the Rails XML interface.

[John D. G. <jd...@di...>]

On 2012-05-13 05:09, Erik Vos wrote:
> Thanks. 
> 
> I have created a (temporary) local branch for 1837 where I will collect the
> initial bits and pieces.
> Once the game can at least be started and show the map, I will merge that
> branch into the master branch and push it to the repository so everybody can
> access it.
> 
> I have already fixed some unterminated <LayTile> tags in Game.xml.
> 
> Next problem is that you have configured a number of game-specific classes
> without providing these classes.  That prevents Rails from starting this
> game.
> 
> Possibilities:
> (1) What we normally do when developing a new game is that we begin with the
> generic classes only, and only add new ones when the need clearly arises
> during development.
> (2) As 1837 presents itself as "a development of 1835", we could also start
> with the 1835 classes, which could then be modified or extended.  But that
> is a bit dangerous (for 1835), and not my preference.
> (3) I could also create empty 1837-specific classes according to what you
> have configured.  These could be filled in later where needed, removed if
> unused, or merged with their 1835 siblings where it appears that
> generalization is possible.
> 
> It seems to me, that the 1835 UI classes can be reused unchanged or with
> minimal changes. On the server side things are less obvious, so we will have
> to see how that goes.
> 
> Did you have any particular route in  mind?

No, I hadn't thought that far ahead.

The Prussian-merger stuff shouldn't need to change much, if at all.
The three-column starting packet will be new, though.