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Re: [Rails-users] [Rails-devel] BugFix Release for Rails 1880 Alpha5 available - still buggy?

[<Dr....@t-...>]

Hi Tom, 

	plase find my answers included.  

	Von: Tom McCorry <tom...@gm...> 

	An: "Dr....@t-..." <Dr....@t-...> 

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	Betreff: Re: [Rails-devel] [Rails-users] BugFix Release for Rails
1880 Alpha5 available - still buggy? 

	Datum: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:36:05 +0200 

	    A few other esoteric rules to work on at some point if not
handled already: 1) A company only floats when then the Director has
the required number of shares or the company is sold out. So if it
takes 4 shares to float and the Director has three and someone else
has 1, the company does not float.  Thats not implemented yet as the
company floats as soon as the qualifying quota of shares has reached
regardless if the acting player is the director or not and the
floatation is checked after every action in the stockround, Thanks for
that point needs to be adressed, minor impact on game play i suspect
:)  2) Companies only float at the end of a stock round (i.e. you
can't buy enough to float and then sell down in the same SR).  See
above  3) A player's foreign investor gets a share of the first
company a Director floats. It does not get a share if the player takes
over the Directorship from another player.  Implemented already should
work 4) A foreign investor may never close during the game (it may
never connect to the associated railroad or the Player may lose the
Directorship of the associated company.) Need to account for closeout
of company in this manner.  Implemented, closing mechanismn should
work via reach destianation, otherwise no share movement takes place. 
  5) When the first 4 train is sold, the second 4 train goes to the
owner of the Rocket if still in play immediately. If the owner of the
Rocket is train tight, the bonus train is lost.  Actually it is not
lost, as this is the only chance for a director to discard a train,
but that part is not yet fully implemented  6) 1880 has a loan feature
for emergency train buying.  Implemented as a player can have a
negative amount of cash from which the interest is determined and put
on top at the end of each subsequent stockround. Players are able to
sell stock if permitted and might not sell stock if they want to go
into negative cash.  7) Bonus run for Russia to Vladasvosktok 
Implemented needs to be checked in game. 
Comments on previous items: 1) As noted, there is no reason I can
imagine to buy a smaller (fewer phases) building permit and is against
the rules to buy a larger permit. The general design philosophy of
Rails to allow what you can do in the game, enforce rules
automatically when reasonable from a coding perspective, and rely on
players to enforce rules like they would in a live game otherwise
should apply.  
 You cant buy a larger permit, thats checked, you can downsize in the
moment if you want to.   Thanks for the feedback  Regards, Martin
 -------------------------------------------- Tom McCorry Sent from my
iPad 
On Mar 26, 2012, at 7:17, "Dr....@t-... [1]"
<Dr....@t-... [2]> wrote:

	Hi, 

	as stated, currently one has to save the game after the End of the
Startround Bid/SelectionPhase and quit the game. Start Rails anew and
load the save game. This will fix th problem with the incorrect player
order on display. This workaround needs to be kept until we can fix
that handling by the game engine.  

	The rules state the following: 

	The number of Building Permits is dependent on the Director's
Certificate. If this is a

 40% share, the Building Permit is for 1 Phase.

 30% share, the Building Permit is for 2 Phases.

 20% share, the Building Permit is for 3 Phases.
- The Director has a free choice over which Phases.  

	One could now argue that the phrase "is for" makes it mandatory for a
director to select a 3 Phase Permit. I took the next statement to be
the indication that a director might choose some other building right.
 (Perhaps i should recode that based on the logical assumption that no
director 

	will want to forfeit a possible building phase ? -Opinions here ?) 

	There is currently no automatic detection of a connect situation. You
have to declare the connect manually via the Reach Destination Ability
of the GUI. 

	Running Routes through Taiwan is a bug might be related to the fact
that it is a town and not a city. Will check that.  

	The Chinese River Building Company P4: 

	The owner of P4 incurs no cost whenever they build for the first time
in a river hex. If a hex shows
both a river and a mountain symbol, the building cost is reduced by
¥20. 

	You cant buy 50 % of stock until the first 3 train is sold. If you
cant buy any more after the first 3 train is sold thats a bug. 

	I'll look into the behaviour again, please do me a favour and save
the game and send the savefile to me with a short description of the
bugs or things you think should be handled differently. 

	Von: "zi...@ju... [3]" <zi...@ju... [4]> 

	An: dr....@t-... [5] 

	Cc: twa...@ya... [6], jbe...@gm... [7], ed...@we... [8],
r.d...@as... [9] 

	Betreff: Update: BugFix Release for Rails 1880 Alpha5 available -
still buggy? 

	Datum: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:36:25 +0100 

	Okay, I tried running a game again, and didn't see some of the
problems I did the first time, namely wrong player cash/spending and
game hanging up after a SR after round cycling.  However, I did see:
BCR getting a choice of building rights - it's always a 20% certif so
should be ABC or BCD only - but this is minor.  More criticial issues:
you don't get Private investor share, cash, and 50 bonus when you
connect - they stay running;  it runs routes through, not just to,
Taiwan - like if it was city/town; tried to upgrade yellow to green on
river and it asked for more money to pay for it; looks like some
private company gives ability to lay unconnected track; you can't buy
more than 50% of companies. 

	Best regards, Paul

---------- Original Message ----------

	Hi Guys, if you experience any problems please send me the save file.
Regards, Martin 

	   Also, Paul has been "playing" with '1880' from this version of
RAILS, and experienced the problems described below (Dr. Brumm please
note), so we need to keep an eye on things.    

	     I downloaded the game from the dropbox.  Then started a game as
a trial.  Some problems:  cash was associated with the wrong player. 
For example player #1 had 200+ and couldn't buy anything, but #2 who
had 80 was able to continue buying 100 value shares.  One of my
players started the HKR (the one that starts in Shanghai) and there
are no tiles available for Shanghai.  Finally, when the company order
got around to the point when the rest of the 2Ts disappear and you
have a stock round, the stock round was okay I think, except for the
player cash issue, but then the game went back to the company whose
turn was interrupted by the SR, and was asking if it wanted to buy a
train or be done.  2+2Ts were not available though they should be, and
also selecting "done" didn't end the company's turn.   

	Paul

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Re: [Rails-users] BugFix Release for Rails 1880 Alpha5 available - still buggy?

[Tom M. <tom...@gm...>]

A few other esoteric rules to work on at some point if not handled already:

1) A company only floats when then the Director has the required number of shares or the company is sold out. So if it takes 4 shares to float and the Director has three and someone else has 1, the company does not float.

2) Companies only float at the end of a stock round (i.e. you can't buy enough to float and then sell down in the same SR).

3) A player's foreign investor gets a share of the first company a Director floats. It does not get a share if the player takes over the Directorship from another player.

4) A foreign investor may never close during the game (it may never connect to the associated railroad or the Player may lose the Directorship of the associated company.) Need to account for closeout of company in this manner.

5) When the first 4 train is sold, the second 4 train goes to the owner of the Rocket if still in play immediately. If the owner of the Rocket is train tight, the bonus train is lost.

6) 1880 has a loan feature for emergency train buying.

7) Bonus run for Russia to Vladasvosktok




Comments on previous items:

1) As noted, there is no reason I can imagine to buy a smaller (fewer phases) building permit and is against the rules to buy a larger permit. The general design philosophy of Rails to allow what you can do in the game, enforce rules automatically when reasonable from a coding perspective, and rely on players to enforce rules like they would in a live game otherwise should apply.



--------------------------------------------
Tom McCorry

Sent from my iPad

On Mar 26, 2012, at 7:17, "Dr....@t-..." <Dr....@t-...> wrote:

> Hi,
>  
> as stated, currently one has to save the game after the End of the Startround Bid/SelectionPhase and quit the game. Start Rails anew and load the save game. This will fix th problem with the incorrect player order on display. This workaround needs to be kept until we can fix that handling by the game engine.
>  
> The rules state the following:
>  
> The number of Building Permits is dependent on the Director's Certificate. If this is a
> 
 40% share, the Building Permit is for 1 Phase.
> 
 30% share, the Building Permit is for 2 Phases.
> 
 20% share, the Building Permit is for 3 Phases.
> - The Director has a free choice over which Phases.
>  
> One could now argue that the phrase "is for" makes it mandatory for a director to select a 3 Phase Permit. I took the next statement to be the indication that a director might choose some other building right.  (Perhaps i should recode that based on the logical assumption that no director
> will want to forfeit a possible building phase ? -Opinions here ?)
>  
> There is currently no automatic detection of a connect situation. You have to declare the connect manually via the Reach Destination Ability of the GUI.
>  
> Running Routes through Taiwan is a bug might be related to the fact that it is a town and not a city. Will check that. 
>  
> The Chinese River Building Company P4:
> The owner of P4 incurs no cost whenever they build for the first time in a river hex. If a hex shows
> both a river and a mountain symbol, the building cost is reduced by ¥20.
>  
> You cant buy 50 % of stock until the first 3 train is sold. If you cant buy any more after the first 3 train is sold thats a bug.
>  
> I'll look into the behaviour again, please do me a favour and save the game and send the savefile to me with a short description of the bugs or things you think should be handled differently.
>  
>  
>  
> Von: "zi...@ju..." <zi...@ju...>
> An: dr....@t-...
> Cc: twa...@ya..., jbe...@gm..., ed...@we..., r.d...@as...
> Betreff: Update: BugFix Release for Rails 1880 Alpha5 available - still buggy?
> Datum: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:36:25 +0100
>  
>  
> Okay, I tried running a game again, and didn't see some of the problems I did the first time, namely wrong player cash/spending and game hanging up after a SR after round cycling.  However, I did see: BCR getting a choice of building rights - it's always a 20% certif so should be ABC or BCD only - but this is minor.  More criticial issues: you don't get Private investor share, cash, and 50 bonus when you connect - they stay running;  it runs routes through, not just to, Taiwan - like if it was city/town; tried to upgrade yellow to green on river and it asked for more money to pay for it; looks like some private company gives ability to lay unconnected track; you can't buy more than 50% of companies.
> Best regards, Paul
> 
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> 
> Hi Guys, if you experience any problems please send me the save file.
> Regards, Martin
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Also, Paul has been "playing" with '1880' from this version of RAILS, and experienced the problems described below (Dr. Brumm please note), so we need to keep an eye on things.
>  
> 
>  
> 
> I downloaded the game from the dropbox.  Then started a game as a trial.  Some problems:  cash was associated with the wrong player.  For example player #1 had 200+ and couldn't buy anything, but #2 who had 80 was able to continue buying 100 value shares.  One of my players started the HKR (the one that starts in Shanghai) and there are no tiles available for Shanghai.  Finally, when the company order got around to the point when the rest of the 2Ts disappear and you have a stock round, the stock round was okay I think, except for the player cash issue, but then the game went back to the company whose turn was interrupted by the SR, and was asking if it wanted to buy a train or be done.  2+2Ts were not available though they should be, and also selecting "done" didn't end the company's turn.
> Paul
> 
> 
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[Rails-users] BugFix Release for Rails 1880 Alpha5 available - still buggy?

[<Dr....@t-...>]

Hi, 

	as stated, currently one has to save the game after the End of the
Startround Bid/SelectionPhase and quit the game. Start Rails anew and
load the save game. This will fix th problem with the incorrect player
order on display. This workaround needs to be kept until we can fix
that handling by the game engine.  

	The rules state the following: 

	The number of Building Permits is dependent on the Director's
Certificate. If this is a

 40% share, the Building Permit is for 1 Phase.

 30% share, the Building Permit is for 2 Phases.

 20% share, the Building Permit is for 3 Phases.
- The Director has a free choice over which Phases.  

	One could now argue that the phrase "is for" makes it mandatory for a
director to select a 3 Phase Permit. I took the next statement to be
the indication that a director might choose some other building right.
 (Perhaps i should recode that based on the logical assumption that no
director 

	will want to forfeit a possible building phase ? -Opinions here ?) 

	There is currently no automatic detection of a connect situation. You
have to declare the connect manually via the Reach Destination Ability
of the GUI. 

	Running Routes through Taiwan is a bug might be related to the fact
that it is a town and not a city. Will check that.  

	The Chinese River Building Company P4: 

	The owner of P4 incurs no cost whenever they build for the first time
in a river hex. If a hex shows
both a river and a mountain symbol, the building cost is reduced by
¥20. 

	You cant buy 50 % of stock until the first 3 train is sold. If you
cant buy any more after the first 3 train is sold thats a bug. 

	I'll look into the behaviour again, please do me a favour and save
the game and send the savefile to me with a short description of the
bugs or things you think should be handled differently. 

	Von: "zi...@ju..." <zi...@ju...> 

	An: dr....@t-... 

	Cc: twa...@ya..., jbe...@gm..., ed...@we...,
r.d...@as... 

	Betreff: Update: BugFix Release for Rails 1880  Alpha5 available -
still buggy? 

	Datum: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:36:25 +0100 

	Okay, I tried running a game again, and didn't see some of the
problems I did the first time, namely wrong player cash/spending and
game hanging up after a SR after round cycling.  However, I did see:
BCR getting a choice of building rights - it's always a 20% certif so
should be ABC or BCD only - but this is minor.  More criticial issues:
you don't get Private investor share, cash, and 50 bonus when you
connect - they stay running;  it runs routes through, not just to,
Taiwan - like if it was city/town; tried to upgrade yellow to green on
river and it asked for more money to pay for it; looks like some
private company gives ability to lay unconnected track; you can't buy
more than 50% of companies. 

	Best regards, Paul

---------- Original Message ----------

	Hi Guys, if you experience any problems please send me the save file.
Regards, Martin 

	   Also, Paul has been "playing" with '1880' from this version of
RAILS, and experienced the problems described below (Dr. Brumm please
note), so we need to keep an eye on things.    

	     I downloaded the game from the dropbox.  Then started a game as
a trial.  Some problems:  cash was associated with the wrong player. 
For example player #1 had 200+ and couldn't buy anything, but #2 who
had 80 was able to continue buying 100 value shares.  One of my
players started the HKR (the one that starts in Shanghai) and there
are no tiles available for Shanghai.  Finally, when the company order
got around to the point when the rest of the 2Ts disappear and you
have a stock round, the stock round was okay I think, except for the
player cash issue, but then the game went back to the company whose
turn was interrupted by the SR, and was asking if it wanted to buy a
train or be done.  2+2Ts were not available though they should be, and
also selecting "done" didn't end the company's turn.   

	Paul

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[Rails-users] rails-Version with 1880 alpha2 available

[<Dr....@t-...>]

Hi, 

	you can find an updated version at : 

	http://dl.dropbox.com/u/29072620/rails-1.7.0-1880-alpha2.zip 

	Fixes: Internal Maphandling/Hexes back to use of rails generic. 

	          : Various Map mistakes reported by Tom Mccorry. 

	This version is still not fully functional in regard to the private
company handling mechanismn. 

	Further Feedback very much appreciated. 

	Please send bug reports regarding this version either to me or if you
are on the rai...@li... list there.  

	Kind regards, 

	Martin

Re: [Rails-users] Rails Version including 1880 for alpha testing avail

[Stefan F. <ste...@we...>]

Martin:
if you are interested I would like to have the possibility of uploading 
of alpha-prototypes to sourceforge outside the standard release mechanism.

Brett:
as far as I understand sourceforge now it is possible to load files in 
the webspace of the project and make those available without using the 
official file release mechanism.

I suggest to open this up to make alpha-testing possible. Further I 
suggest to give those rights for example to Martin. However I am not 
able to grant any rights, so this is up to you to decide.

Stefan


On 03/11/2012 02:14 PM, Dr....@t-... wrote:
> Hi,
>
> anyone interested in testing out the prototype implementation of 1880
> into rails please drop me a mail directly.
>
> Questions regarding that version should either be directed to me or on
> the rails-devel-Mailing List.
>
> Regards,
>
> Martin
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Re: [Rails-users] Rails Version including 1880 for alpha testing avail

[Oliver H. <oli...@gm...>]

Yes please. :)

Viele Grüße
Oliver

Am 11.03.2012 um 14:14 schrieb "Dr....@t-..." <Dr....@t-...>:

> Hi,
>  
> anyone interested in testing out the prototype implementation of 1880 into rails please drop me a mail directly.
>  
> Questions regarding that version should either be directed to me or on the rails-devel-Mailing List.
>  
> Regards,
> Martin
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[Rails-users] Rails Version including 1880 for alpha testing avail

[<Dr....@t-...>]

Hi, 

	anyone interested in testing out the prototype implementation of 1880
into rails please drop me a mail directly. 

	Questions regarding that version should either be directed to me or
on the rails-devel-Mailing List. 

	Regards, 

	Martin

[Rails-users] [Rails-devel] Release Rails 1.7.0 available

[Stefan F. <ste...@we...>]

A new release for the Rails 1.x branch.

Downloads are available at http://rails.sourceforge.net/ or by the
direct link http://sourceforge.net/projects/rails/files/Rails/1.7.0/

This release celebrates many improvements to the UI due to the
work of Frederick Weld.

Contributors: Erik Vos, Frederick Weld, Martin Brumm, Stefan Frey

Includes all previously reported bug fixes of the 1.6.x branch.

Please be aware that this release contains many changes, so bugs are 
more likely.
Any feedback is welcome.

Many of the included changes are NOT activated by default: Either switch 
them off
using the configuration dialog or use one of the new predefined profiles:

prettyUI --> all UI changes except docking activated
ORdocking --> only activates the docking framework
(currently only available for the OR window)

Note: To show a background map, the option has to be switched on in 
Configuration => Map/Report => Display background map.
Background maps are only available for 1856, 1889, 18EU, 18GA (incl. 
Cotton Port) and 18AL so far.

The following are the major changes by topic:

General UI improvements:
* Interactive highlighting of hexes
* Enhanced highlighting of active table cells during Operating Round
* Adaptive rendering of token labels
* Lay Tile: Invalid tile lays are displayed (incl. the reason for
not being valid)
* Support for icons
* Splash screen with improvement startup behavior

Added UI options:
* Map / Zoom Fit Option: Fit-to-window and more
* Map / Display Routes of Active Company
* Map / Highlight company locations
* Appearance / Display borders in grid layout
* Windows / Flexible panels for operating round:
Applies a docking framework to Operating Round Window

Added Music/Sound Effects options (mp3 only):
* Music: Background music can be specified per round-type and phase
* Sound Effects: Sound effects can be associated to more than 20 game events
* Includes support of "intelligent" effects (eg., revenue
sound as in RailroadTycoon1)
* No music/sound files are provided by Rails

Rails configuration:
* Added support for OS dependent centralized rails file storage
(UNIX: ~/rails, Windows: %APPDIR, MacOS: 
~/Library/Preferences/net.sourceforge.rails)
* New configuration profile system based on profile hierachy
* Several predefined profiles can be distributed

Further changes:
* Added StatusWindow File menu action to dump the (transposed) contents 
into a csv file
* Several changes to use non-modal dialogs
* Several updates to 1880 development
* Added user-friendly network info including keyboard shortcut
* Added highlighting of private companies' hexes triggered by mouse-over
* Added invalid tile lays to upgrade panel (grayed out & reason)
* Added option to play 1856 as a 2-player game.


Further bug fixes:
* Fix for 1835 bug: BY presidency not transferred during start round.
* Always address the company president when a home token must be relaid.
* Fixed 'Load Recent' by running it in a separate thread.
* Fixed the glitch of initially displaying map images in the wrong scale
* Fixed 1856 background map's mini-map (Windsor area)
* Added precise sizing and positioning of token labels

Re: [Rails-users] Game status as text file

[John D. <joh...@gm...>]

Salutations, gentlefolk !

You might want to take a look at
  http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/663100/1830-firefly-a-game-played-via-rails-dropbox-and
  my 'game report' of a match played with Rails and Dropbox

Let me know if there's anything I can help you with.

Yours, John Desmond

Re: [Rails-users] Rails - Bug in version 1.6.2

[Phil D. <de...@gm...>]

Have you got the savegame from before taking the action...this seems odd

On 20 February 2012 09:20, Mike Bourke <com...@ip...> wrote:

>  Hi – ****
>
> ** **
>
> I just had the game freeze and crash (log attached) while playing 1851.
> The situation was that a company had no train, and there were no trains
> left in the IPO to purchase.****
>
> ** **
>
> If the “Purchase Trains” had been allowed, it would have been possible to
> buy a train from another company.****
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Re: [Rails-users] Game status as text file

[Oliver H. <oli...@gm...>]

Erik,

You can find an excellent example on Keith Thomasson's website: 
http://www.fwtwr.com/fwtwr/18xx/1870/e968/index.asp

I think, a structured output file in CVS would do the job. You could 
then process it via script or in Excel etc.

Viele Grüße
Oliver

Am 07.02.2012 um 12:34 schrieb "Erik Vos" <eri...@xs...>:

> Hi Oliver,
>
> Currently there is no such function in Rails, but it shouldn't be too
> difficult to add.
> What would you like to be the contents of such a report?
> Simplest would probably be just the whole contents of the Game Status
> window.
>
> Erik.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Oliver Heck [mailto:oli...@gm...]
>> Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 2:33 PM
>> To: rai...@li...
>> Subject: [Rails-users] Game status as text file
>>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> is there a way to get the current status of a game in some kind of text
> file,
>> that then could be formatted for print output? I would love to use rails
> for a
>> pbm-fanzine.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Oliver
>>
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Re: [Rails-users] Game status as text file

[Oliver H. <oli...@gm...>]

Erik,

You can find an excellent example on Keith Thomasson's website: http://www.fwtwr.com/fwtwr/18xx/1870/e968/index.asp

I think, a structured output file in CVS would do the job. You could then process it via script or in Excel etc.

Viele Grüße
Oliver

Am 07.02.2012 um 12:34 schrieb "Erik Vos" <eri...@xs...>:

> Hi Oliver,
> 
> Currently there is no such function in Rails, but it shouldn't be too
> difficult to add.  
> What would you like to be the contents of such a report?  
> Simplest would probably be just the whole contents of the Game Status
> window.
> 
> Erik.
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Oliver Heck [mailto:oli...@gm...]
>> Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 2:33 PM
>> To: rai...@li...
>> Subject: [Rails-users] Game status as text file
>> 
>> Hi there,
>> 
>> is there a way to get the current status of a game in some kind of text
> file,
>> that then could be formatted for print output? I would love to use rails
> for a
>> pbm-fanzine.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Oliver
>> 
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[Rails-users] [Rails-devel] Release Rails 1.6.3 available

[Stefan F. <ste...@we...>]

A bug release for the 1.6.x branch.

Downloads are available at http://rails.sourceforge.net/ or by the
direct link http://sourceforge.net/projects/rails/files/Rails/1.6.3/

This release fixes one sole bug:
1856: Errors with late-game dit upgrade/downgrade - ID: 3485172

The bug effects all versions since (at least) Rails 1.5.1.

Thanks to Bill Rosgen for fixing the bug and Aliza Panitz for reporting.

Re: [Rails-users] Game status as text file

[Erik V. <eri...@xs...>]

Hi Oliver,

Currently there is no such function in Rails, but it shouldn't be too
difficult to add.  
What would you like to be the contents of such a report?  
Simplest would probably be just the whole contents of the Game Status
window.

Erik.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oliver Heck [mailto:oli...@gm...]
> Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 2:33 PM
> To: rai...@li...
> Subject: [Rails-users] Game status as text file
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> is there a way to get the current status of a game in some kind of text
file,
> that then could be formatted for print output? I would love to use rails
for a
> pbm-fanzine.
> 
> Cheers,
> Oliver
> 
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[Rails-users] Game status as text file

[Oliver H. <oli...@gm...>]

Hi,

is there a way to get the current status of a game in some kind of text
file, that then can be formatted for print output? I would love to use
rails for a pbm-fanzine.

Cheers,
Oliver

[Rails-users] Game status as text file

[Oliver H. <oli...@gm...>]

Hi there,

is there a way to get the current status of a game in some kind of text 
file, that then could be formatted for print output? I would love to use 
rails for a pbm-fanzine.

Cheers,
Oliver

[Rails-users] Release Rails 1.6.2 available

[Stefan F. <ste...@we...>]

A bug release for the 1.6.x branch.

Downloads are available at http://rails.sourceforge.net/ or by the
direct link http://sourceforge.net/projects/rails/files/Rails/1.6.2/

This release fixes one sole bug: It was not possible to sell a single
President share. Ongoing and new games should update.
The bug effects all versions since Rails 1.5.2.

Thanks to Erik Vos for fixing the bug and Bill Probst for reporting.

[Rails-users] Release Rails 1.6.1 available

[Stefan F. <ste...@we...>]

A maintenance release for the 1.6.x branch.

An update is strongly recommended especially for new games, as otherwise
the game options can be wrong (see below).

Downloads are available at http://rails.sourceforge.net/ or by the
direct link https://sourceforge.net/projects/rails/files/Rails/1.6.1/

Thanks to all contributors:
Frederick Weld, Erik Vos

and to those who reported Bugs:
Bill Probst.

List of bugs fixed and further changes:
- Enforced that the DynamicReportWindow stays on top during time warp
- Added background map for 1889 (courtesy of Frederick Weld)
- Fixed autosave functionality (handling of 18xx_autosave.xxx files)
- Fixed retrieval of default game options (if options pane was not opened)
- Fixed 1856 background map's mini-map (Windsor area)
- Enforce selling over-limit shares first
- Fixed wrong price of 6 train (630 => 600) in 18TN

Note: To show a background map, the option has to be switched on in 
Configuration => Map/Report => Display background map.
Background maps are only available for 1856, 1889, 18EU, 18GA (incl. 
Cotton Port) and 18AL so far.

[Rails-users] Rails 1.6.0 available

[Stefan F. <ste...@we...>]

This release celebrates that 1835 is declared fully playable.

Warning this release might not work with existing save files (see below).

Contributors: Martin Brumm, Stefan Frey, Erik Vos, Frederick Weld

List of bugs fixed and further changes:
- 18EU: Fixed that share price could raise at the end of the merger round
- 1825: Update to Minors
- Background map: Fixed glitches at 18GA display
- All games: Fixes to make entering special tile lays more efficient
WARNING: The last fix might make existing save files unloadable.

Note: To show a background map, the option has to be switched on in 
Configuration => Map/Report => Display background map.
Background maps are only available for 1856, 18EU, 18GA (incl. Cotton Port) 
and 18AL so far.

[Rails-users] Rails 1.5.4 available

[Stefan F. <ste...@we...>]

A new bug-fix release 1.5.4 for Rails is available.

Downloads are available at http://rails.sourceforge.net/ or by the
direct link https://sourceforge.net/projects/rails/files/Rails/1.5.4/

Thanks to all contributors (Erik Vos, Stefan Frey)
and those who reported bugs 
(Thomas Wall Hannaford, Hildebrand Tigelaar, John David Galt).

List of bugs fixed:
- 18AL, 18Kaas, (1870): Green tile #25 was not upgradeable to #45 and #46
- 18AL (and others?): The registration of buying one train to prevent any 
further buys was not undoable.
- 18AL: Background map for 18AL included (thanks to John David Galt for his 
permission)
- 1835: allow dumped president's share to be exchanged against a 20% share.
- 1835: BA home token is now laid in its first OR.
- 1835: Fixed PR train discarding bugs.
- 18EU, 18GA: Background map could not be displayed in previous released 
versions, this is fixed.
- All games (required for 1835): Added tooltips to Game Status share fields to 
display portfolio composition.
- All games: Fixed offering special token lays where that is not actually 
allowed. 
WARNING: The last fix might make existing save files unloadable.

Note: To show a background map, the option has to be switched on in 
Configuration => Map/Report => Display background map.
Background maps are only available for 18EU, 18GA and 18AL so far.

Re: [Rails-users] How do i run Rails on Windows

[Stefan F. <ste...@we...>]

Thanks for reporting that bug.
Only option you currently have is reverting the option to not show the 
background map in the configuration dialog.

I wonder if no other user ever tried using a background map before???

Seems that the map file is not correctly located in the jar, thus uses not the 
default Class/Resource-Loader. As we developers run from Eclipse
we have not seen the bug before. I will look into that.
I have changing the Classloader high on my priority-list for Rails 2.x for
several reasons anyway.

Stefan


On Tuesday, November 22, 2011 05:11:28 am Jerry Anderson wrote:
> Ok - i figured out what i was doing wrong. the game starts but I am not
> seeing the background map for 18GA. I am getting an error about the path.
> There is no "data" directory. This is the error 
> java.io.FileNotFoundException:
> C:\Personal\18XX\rails-1.5.3\rails-1.5.3\data\18GA\MapImage.svg (The
> system cannot find the path specified) at
> java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
>  at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
>  at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
>  at sun.net.www.protocol.file.FileURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source)
>  at sun.net.www.protocol.file.FileURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown
> Source) at
> org.apache.batik.util.ParsedURLData.openStreamInternal(ParsedURLData.java:
> 547) at
> org.apache.batik.util.ParsedURLData.openStream(ParsedURLData.java:471) at
> org.apache.batik.util.ParsedURL.openStream(ParsedURL.java:417) at
> org.apache.batik.dom.svg.SAXSVGDocumentFactory.createDocument(SAXSVGDocume
> ntFactory.java:158) at
> org.apache.batik.dom.svg.SAXSVGDocumentFactory.createSVGDocument(SAXSVGDoc
> umentFactory.java:124) at
> org.apache.batik.bridge.DocumentLoader.loadDocument(DocumentLoader.java:10
> 6) at
> org.apache.batik.swing.svg.SVGDocumentLoader.run(SVGDocumentLoader.java:84
> )
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
>  From: Jerry Anderson <jer...@ya...>
> To: "rai...@li..." <rai...@li...>
> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 7:34 PM
> Subject: [Rails-users] How do i run Rails on Windows
> 
> 
> Are there instructions somewhere that explain how to run the game. I see
> the batch file but I have no idea what to supply as a command line
> parameter. %1.
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Re: [Rails-users] How do i run Rails on Windows

[Erik V. <eri...@xs...>]

> From: John David Galt [mailto:jd...@di...]
>
> I don't use any command-line arguments.  I don't think you need any.

One way to load a saved game file (with .rails extension) is to provide its
path as
a command-line argument.

Erik.

Re: [Rails-users] How do i run Rails on Windows

[Jerry A. <jer...@ya...>]

Ok - i figured out what i was doing wrong. the game starts but I am not seeing the background map for 18GA. I am getting an error about the path. There is no "data" directory. This is the error
 
java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Personal\18XX\rails-1.5.3\rails-1.5.3\data\18GA\MapImage.svg (The system cannot find the path specified)
 at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
 at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
 at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
 at sun.net.www.protocol.file.FileURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source)
 at sun.net.www.protocol.file.FileURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown Source)
 at org.apache.batik.util.ParsedURLData.openStreamInternal(ParsedURLData.java:547)
 at org.apache.batik.util.ParsedURLData.openStream(ParsedURLData.java:471)
 at org.apache.batik.util.ParsedURL.openStream(ParsedURL.java:417)
 at org.apache.batik.dom.svg.SAXSVGDocumentFactory.createDocument(SAXSVGDocumentFactory.java:158)
 at org.apache.batik.dom.svg.SAXSVGDocumentFactory.createSVGDocument(SAXSVGDocumentFactory.java:124)
 at org.apache.batik.bridge.DocumentLoader.loadDocument(DocumentLoader.java:106)
 at org.apache.batik.swing.svg.SVGDocumentLoader.run(SVGDocumentLoader.java:84)

 

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 From: Jerry Anderson <jer...@ya...>
To: "rai...@li..." <rai...@li...> 
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 7:34 PM
Subject: [Rails-users] How do i run Rails on Windows
 

Are there instructions somewhere that explain how to run the game. I see the batch file but I have no idea what to supply as a command line parameter. %1.

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Re: [Rails-users] How do i run Rails on Windows

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On 2011-11-21 19:34, Jerry Anderson wrote:
> Are there instructions somewhere that explain how to run the game. I see the
> batch file but I have no idea what to supply as a command line parameter. %1.

Here's how I do it.

1. Download the Rails zip file, then unzip it to its own directory.  (Since I
want to look at the source code, I preserve old versions, so I have the latest
in E:\My Documents\Programming\Rails\1.5.3 -- but that's just an example.)
Make sure you preserve the subdirectories that are in the .zip file.

2. Go down through the directories until you find the .jar file, in this case
"rails-1.5.3.jar".  Write down the full path of its location.  In my case this
directory is called
   E:\My Documents\Programming\Rails\1.5.3\rails-1.5.3
Right-click the .jar file, then select "Create Shortcut".  A shortcut icon
will appear.  Select (single-click) that shortcut and hit Ctrl/X ("cut").

3. Right-click "Start" and select "Explore" (or if you're administrator,
select "Explore All Users").  Navigate to an appropriate place in the Start
menu subtree, and paste your shortcut there.  Or just paste it on the desktop.

4. Right-click the shortcut and select Properties.  Name the shortcut "Rails".
Then select the Shortcut tab, and make sure it has these settings:  (This
assumes my folder structure, so change to match yours).

   Target:  "E:\My Documents\Programming\Rails\1.5.3\rails-1.5.3\rails-1.5.3.jar"
   (The quotes are required.)

   Start in: "E:\My Documents\Programming\Rails\1.5.3\rails-1.5.3"
   (The quotes are required.)

For extra credit, also go into "Change Icon" and give the shortcut an icon
appropriate to a game.  (I use the pair-of-dice icon found in
%SystemRoot%\system32\pifmgr.dll .)

I don't use any command-line arguments.  I don't think you need any.

[Rails-users] How do i run Rails on Windows

[Jerry A. <jer...@ya...>]

Are there instructions somewhere that explain how to run the game. I see the batch file but I have no idea what to supply as a command line parameter. %1.