[Rails-users] Rails 2 RC 3 released via Sourceforge

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

Good Day to whom it may concern,

even though Stefan planned to have 2.0 out of the gate a long time ago, 
things didnt go that well. But i'll hope that this RC will be shortlived 
and nearly free of bugs.

There might be one left in regard to semirestrictive tile laying 
options. If someone has the time to check and produce some savegames 
which show a unexpected behaviour, i'll be happy to have a go at 
debugging :).

please find below the latest changes towards Rails -18xx:
# Rails 2.0 Release Candidate 3

Major Contributor: Stefan Frey
Minor Contributors : Erik Vos, Chris Noon, Marek Jeszka, Martin Brumm

Be carefull while using this Release on games in progress on 1880 and 1835.
Due to the bugfixes here it is recommended that you replay the game 
using the game log from the old version.
It was not possible to make the savegames compatible if you ht the bug 
in your ongoing game (1835).

Fixes:
Fixed the Reload Command, missing was the RailsRoot Instance, Move some
Code around to resemble the initial load sequence.
Condition check for zero vertexes added (Marek Jeszka)

18AL : BonusToken Situation in 18AL
         Quick Fix to make MapHex.upgrade working for hexes that have no 
station
         and get upgraded to a station by a specialtilelay.
         18AL has exactly that scenario and a number of other games too.

1880 :     Fix Tile 8877 Shanghai Yellow value was wrong now corrected to 30
         Fixing a bug in 1880s handling of players debt during emergency 
raise of trains.
         Fixing the bug that an investor was still able to operate in 
Phase 4.
             This apparently didnt get transfered to 2.0 RC1 while being 
fixed in 1.9.
         Fixed the problem that a Special Train Buy using the RC could 
trigger a
         phase change that wouldnt be recognised for Train Discards.
         Fixed missing Stockmarket field F8.

1835 :    Corrected game behaviour for 1835. According to Rules a sell 
share action only does NOT prolong the Stockround but is treated as a pass.
         Only share buying actions are valid to prolong a round.


1856:     Fixes by Erik Vos
         fixed reload and press done button bug in 1856 (SF)
         quick fix to remove token of ship company in 1856 in phase 5
         (first 6 train), this is related to name and realName 
attributes of Phase (SF)

18EU:     added 18EU test games from Volker Schnell, fixed two reporting 
issues (SF)
         preliminary bugfix for 18EU offboard revenue modifier (SF)
         fix for StartCompany_18EU equality problems (SF)
         added third station on B/V -3005 tile to prevent error on 
upgrade to 581 (SF)

Internal reworking of code and structure too numerous to mention; all 
being done by Stefan Frey

UI Fixes: (Chris Noon)
allow use of the edit box on spin controls, i.e.  font size.
Sizeable Fonts in Stockspace enabled


If i forgot anyone on that list please excuse the oversight.

Thanks and have fun
Martin Brumm for all contributors.