Re: Rail S America [21.11.13] BETA READY

[thenobodies80]

cairnswk, this is absolutely one of your best looking map. It looks simply amazing, really a great job!

[cairnswk]

cairnswk, this is absolutely one of your best looking map. It looks simply amazing, really a great job!

thanks for a lot of pushing and shoving about a year ago...

[Gilligan]

cairnswk, this is absolutely one of your best looking map. It looks simply amazing, really a great job!

+1 look forward to the XML here.

[cairnswk]

cairnswk, this is absolutely one of your best looking map. It looks simply amazing, really a great job!

+1 look forward to the XML here.

might be a couple of weeks away Gill, i have RL priorities for uni just now.

[cairnswk]

Version 33. Small and Large and 88s

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88s and 888s

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[Gilligan]

Oh no not another XML!!!

[cairnswk]

Oh no not another XML!!!

You wanted to be XMLer in blue
I'll put it up another day, since you're already loaded.

[Gilligan]

Oh no not another XML!!!

You wanted to be XMLer in blue
I'll put it up another day, since you're already loaded.

I'm doing more in the past few weeks than I did for months before that....

[cairnswk]

Version 33. Small and Large and 88s & XML

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88s and 888s

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[cairnswk]

Wondering when this might move to betta to be tested?

O wait, it is hasn't been xml checked yet....Gilligan, where are you

[Gilligan]

Sorry cairns, didn't want to overload the beta testing group and I had yet another exam yesterday.

Anyway, get these fixes up and it'll go on the beta site!

Bolivian - missing UYU V (image also needs to be adjusted to say 5 stations to hold)
Belem Line is missing FOR B (image adjust to say 7 stations to hold)
Cordoba Line missing UYU T (image update too)
C. American missing MGA H

MAO J is misspelled MAN J
PNZ R should not border REC R

If you can make the non-connection between MGA H and TGU H clearer on the small map, I think it would be good.

is there going to be a max on positions? in a 2 player game you drop 88/3 = 29 regions = 9 deploy, a bit high for a first turn imo.

Get these few fixes up and we are gogogo!

[cairnswk]

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is there going to be a max on positions? in a 2 player game you drop 88/3 = 29 regions = 9 deploy, a bit high for a first turn imo.
...

Thanks Gilligan for examing this.

Will this be suffice?

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<minreinforcement>1</minreinforcement>
<reinforcements>
   <reinforcement>
      <lower>1</lower>
      <upper>29</upper>
      <divisor>7</divisor>
   </reinforcement>
</reinforcements>


[Gilligan]

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is there going to be a max on positions? in a 2 player game you drop 88/3 = 29 regions = 9 deploy, a bit high for a first turn imo.
...

Thanks Gilligan for examing this.

Will this be suffice?

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<minreinforcement>1</minreinforcement>
<reinforcements>
   <reinforcement>
      <lower>1</lower>
      <upper>29</upper>
      <divisor>7</divisor>
   </reinforcement>
</reinforcements>


On the second turn you'd have a good chance of getting 10 drop (30 regions).

Maybe just do 1 army for 5 territs? That's 5 on the first turn.

[cairnswk]

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<minreinforcement>1</minreinforcement>
<reinforcements>
   <reinforcement>
      <lower>1</lower>
      <upper>5</upper>
      <divisor>5</divisor>
   </reinforcement>
</reinforcements>


This then?

[Gilligan]

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<minreinforcement>3</minreinforcement>
<reinforcements>
   <reinforcement>
      <lower>1</lower>
      <upper>114</upper>
      <divisor>5</divisor>
   </reinforcement>
</reinforcements>

This gives min 3.

2p = 5 armies
3p = 5 armies
4p = 4 armies
5+ = 3 armies

do you think that is okay? your deploy would go up to 4 when you hit 20 regions.

for reference...if we do 1 for each 4,

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<minreinforcement>3</minreinforcement>
<reinforcements>
   <reinforcement>
      <lower>1</lower>
      <upper>114</upper>
      <divisor>4</divisor>
   </reinforcement>
</reinforcements>

2p = 7 armies
3p = 7 armies
4p = 5 armies
5p = 4 armies
6p+ = 3 armies

your deploy would go up to 4 when you hit 16 regions.

[cairnswk]

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<minreinforcement>3</minreinforcement>
<reinforcements>
   <reinforcement>
      <lower>1</lower>
      <upper>114</upper>
      <divisor>5</divisor>
   </reinforcement>
</reinforcements>

This gives min 3.

2p = 5 armies
3p = 5 armies
4p = 4 armies
5+ = 3 armies

do you think that is okay? your deploy would go up to 4 when you hit 20 regions.

I like this one.
6 armies for 30
7 armies for 35
etc.

[Gilligan]

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<minreinforcement>3</minreinforcement>
<reinforcements>
   <reinforcement>
      <lower>1</lower>
      <upper>114</upper>
      <divisor>5</divisor>
   </reinforcement>
</reinforcements>

This gives min 3.

2p = 5 armies
3p = 5 armies
4p = 4 armies
5+ = 3 armies

do you think that is okay? your deploy would go up to 4 when you hit 20 regions.

I like this one.
6 armies for 30
7 armies for 35
etc.

alright, let's try that to start. it might be a tad slow in the beginning, but we can amend in the beta phase if we need to speed it up a little. especially in 12p games, where you need 13 regions on top of your starting 7 to go up in deploy (not including bonuses)

[cairnswk]

OK V34 adjusted from the requirements above

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and XML attached below.

[Gilligan]

make sure you put one army for every 5 territories on the map somewhere!

also, you got all of the fixes in the xml but this:

Belem Line is missing FOR B

then we can go beta!

[cairnswk]

make sure you put one army for every 5 territories on the map somewhere!

also, you got all of the fixes in the xml but this:

Belem Line is missing FOR B

then we can go beta!

Done above, but not in the 88s.

[Gilligan]

make sure you put one army for every 5 territories on the map somewhere!

also, you got all of the fixes in the xml but this:

Belem Line is missing FOR B

then we can go beta!

Done above, but not in the 88s.

where?

[cairnswk]

OK V34 adjusted from the requirements above

Small

Large

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and XML attached below.

Here...F5 and Shift

[Gilligan]

i meant where on the map. I refreshed the image and still don't see it

[cairnswk]

i meant where on the map. I refreshed the image and still don't see it

i put the reinforcements in just above the Station Names...and yes, i can see the image...so it's prob you're cache needs clearing

I'll be out for short while...my selfie Xmas present - new 40" TV has just arrived and it needs assembly and testing.

[Gilligan]

I cleared my cache and still don't see it

I never understood why mapmakers don't just create a new link for updates

PS - watch a good movie for me