Re: [Rails-devel] How to Display additional Information in the 1880 Stockmarket pane/StatusWindow..?

[Dr. M. B. <dr....@t-...>]

Hi John & Chris,

 

The information from a coneceptual standpoint should go on the StockMarket
pane.

 

IN the Stautswindow itself we already show parprice, currentprice for
simplicity reasons/overview. (That information could be gained from the
stockmarket pane also (hm why isn't the par price per company noted on the
stockmarket pane ?).

 

So should the Parslot Status be shown on the Stockmarket Pane only or also
in the StatusWindow ? And if should it be an additional Column in the
companies Price Section ? Or anyone has another idea where and how to show
that info ?

 

Regards,

Martin

 

Von: Chris Shaffer [mailto:chr...@gm...] 
Gesendet: Sonntag, 1. Juli 2012 13:32
An: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game
Betreff: Re: [Rails-devel] How to Display additional Information in the
StatusWindow..?

 

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.


 

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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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