Re: [Rails-devel] How to Display additional Information in the StatusWindow..?

[Chris S. <chr...@gm...>]

In 1880, the par value selected affects the operating order.  There are
definitely times when knowing which specific slots are vacant matters a
lot.  For example, given ordering 100A, 100B, 100C, 100D, 90A, 90B... if
company 100B is operating, and slot 100C is vacant, triggering a stock
round means someone can open a company in slot 100C and operate
immediately.  If instead company 100D is operating and slot 100C is vacant,
triggering a stock round doesn't open up the same opportunity.

Similarly, if company 100B triggers a stock round, a player might want to
buy shares in company 100D, while they might want to avoid buying shares of
company 100A.

A huge part of the game is manipulating the timing of the stock rounds and
the subsequent opportunities to open companies in upcoming vacant slots.

--
Chris

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On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 3:27 PM, John David Galt <
jd...@di...> wrote:

> > Dr. Martin Brumm wrote:
> >     i would like to display the parslots (in 1880 there are a number of
> > ParPrices each with an fixed amount of slots available) and their current
> > Status (occupied or not and if occupied by whom). ____
>
> 1837 has this feature too.  In the printed game it is on the stock price
> chart.
>
> On 2012-06-30 15:05, Chris Shaffer wrote:
> > Why not have it be a display on the map?
>
> Because it's unrelated to anything in the map pane.  It is a stock price
> and if
> displayed anywhere, I'd put it in either the status window or the stock
> price
> chart.
>
> But in practical terms I don't even see a need to display it beyond the
> existing
> "Par" column on the status window.  The only time it will matter in the
> game is
> if somebody is starting a new company and some of the par prices are
> unavailable
> because all the slots are taken.  In which case -- just gray out those
> prices in
> the radio-button dialog in which the president sets the par price!
>
>
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