Rail Africa [Quenched]

[MrBenn]

Well, that is a surprise MrBenn. Thank you.
(i was expecting to wait a while longer in sticky)

I'm trying to get some things moving....

[AndrewB]

AndrewB, some changes to the xml if you would please.
1. the neutrals on PRA have been removed.
2. LOS has been added to Ivory Coast line and YND & ACC moved.
3. TIP added to Gr Northern Line and BGZ moved as has TUN and ALG
4. New line names - can you check those please.
5. Adjusted bonuses for some lines.

This is finished as far as gameplay goes so you should be almost right to wrap up the xml.

http://bolonniy.com/CC/Rail_Africa_v5.xml

XML Changes:
1. neutrals in "PRA Pretoria N" were removed.
2. "LOS Lagos G" was added and neighbors re-assigned accordingly. Added to the G bonus
3. "TIP Tripoli B" was added and neighbors re-assigned accordingly. Added to the B bonus
Great Northern Express
4.a). "The Great Northern Express" was renamed to "Great Northern Express".
4.b). "The Sahara Express" was renamed to "Sahara Express".
4.c). "The Algerian" was renamed to "L'Algérian".
4.d). "The Continental" was renamed to "El Continental".
4.e). "The Ivory Express" was renamed to "Côte-d'Ivoire Express".
4.f). "The Equatorial" was renamed to "Le Équatoriale".
4.g). "The East Coaster" was renamed to "East Coaster".
4.h). "The Desert Express" was renamed to "Kalahari Express".
4.i). "The Victoria Falls Express" was renamed to "Victoria Falls Rail Road".
4.j). "The Blue Line" was renamed to "Suid-Afrikaanse".
4.k). "La Madagascan" was renamed to "Le Malgache".
5.a) "The Nile Liner" bonus is changed from 5 to 6
5.b) "El Continental" bonus is changed from 6 to 8
5.c) "The Inlander" bonus is changed from 6 to 7
5.d) "The Viper" bonus is changed from 9 to 10
5.e) "East Coaster" bonus is changed from 8 to 6
5.f) "Suid-Afrikaanse" bonus is changed from 3 to 4
5.g) "(RBK) All Rabak Stations" bonus is changed from 3 to 5
5.h) "(CPT) All Capetown Stations" bonus is changed from 3 to 5

Location Changes (Ongoing, as the 88 cursor file is gone).
1.LOS Lagos G -
2. YND G -
3. YND J -
4. ACC G -
5. TIP B -
6. BGZ B -
7. TUN B -
8. TUN E -
8. ALG B -

[ender516]

It's kinda good to know that I'm not the only one who can't find the 88 cursor file.

Assuming "Le Équatoriale" is French, the correct spelling would be "L'Équatoriale" .

[cairnswk]

It's kinda good to know that I'm not the only one who can't find the 88 cursor file.

Assuming "Le Équatoriale" is French, the correct spelling would be "L'Équatoriale" .

Ender516....thanks for that, we've already had one fix on that...i pulled the translation from Google and it was caped for the É
i would be pleased to hear from any other french speaker to confirm adivce on that please before i change it again. i don't want to go changing ti everytime someone puts their two cents in

88 cursor file? If you're talking about the java GUI for placing the coordinates, it's here...
http://grunk.org/risk/MapAssist.jar
from this CC access page
http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1085

[cairnswk]

AndrewB, some changes to the xml if you would please.
1. the neutrals on PRA have been removed.
2. LOS has been added to Ivory Coast line and YND & ACC moved.
3. TIP added to Gr Northern Line and BGZ moved as has TUN and ALG
4. New line names - can you check those please.
5. Adjusted bonuses for some lines.

This is finished as far as gameplay goes so you should be almost right to wrap up the xml.

http://bolonniy.com/CC/Rail_Africa_v5.xml

XML Changes:
1. neutrals in "PRA Pretoria N" were removed.
2. "LOS Lagos G" was added and neighbors re-assigned accordingly. Added to the G bonus
3. "TIP Tripoli B" was added and neighbors re-assigned accordingly. Added to the B bonus
Great Northern Express
4.a). "The Great Northern Express" was renamed to "Great Northern Express".
4.b). "The Sahara Express" was renamed to "Sahara Express".
4.c). "The Algerian" was renamed to "L'Algérian".
4.d). "The Continental" was renamed to "El Continental".
4.e). "The Ivory Express" was renamed to "Côte-d'Ivoire Express".
4.f). "The Equatorial" was renamed to "Le Équatoriale".
4.g). "The East Coaster" was renamed to "East Coaster".
4.h). "The Desert Express" was renamed to "Kalahari Express".
4.i). "The Victoria Falls Express" was renamed to "Victoria Falls Rail Road".
4.j). "The Blue Line" was renamed to "Suid-Afrikaanse".
4.k). "La Madagascan" was renamed to "Le Malgache".
5.a) "The Nile Liner" bonus is changed from 5 to 6
5.b) "El Continental" bonus is changed from 6 to 8
5.c) "The Inlander" bonus is changed from 6 to 7
5.d) "The Viper" bonus is changed from 9 to 10
5.e) "East Coaster" bonus is changed from 8 to 6
5.f) "Suid-Afrikaanse" bonus is changed from 3 to 4
5.g) "(RBK) All Rabak Stations" bonus is changed from 3 to 5
5.h) "(CPT) All Capetown Stations" bonus is changed from 3 to 5

Location Changes (Ongoing, as the 88 cursor file is gone).
1.LOS Lagos G -
2. YND G -
3. YND J -
4. ACC G -
5. TIP B -
6. BGZ B -
7. TUN B -
8. TUN E -
8. ALG B -

AndrewB, thanks for those.
Below are the images from that xml....

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[ender516]

It's kinda good to know that I'm not the only one who can't find the 88 cursor file.

Assuming "Le Équatoriale" is French, the correct spelling would be "L'Équatoriale" .

Ender516....thanks for that, we've already had one fix on that...i pulled the translation from Google and it was caped for the É
i would be pleased to hear from any other french speaker to confirm adivce on that please before i change it again. i don't want to go changing ti everytime someone puts their two cents in

88 cursor file? If you're talking about the java GUI for placing the coordinates, it's here...
http://grunk.org/risk/MapAssist.jar
from this CC access page
http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1085

Hmm, on second thought, my rusty French skills have betrayed me. Because French uses two genders, masculine and feminine, we need to decide exactly what "The Equatorial" is modifying. "Le" and "Équatorial" are masculine forms, while "La" and "Équatoriale" are feminine. However, "Le" always becomes "L'" before a vowel or an h. So it is either "La Équatoriale" or "L'Équatorial". For example, "Equatorial Guinea" is "Guinée Équatoriale", while "equatorial climate" is "le climat équatorial". Since "railroad" is "chemin de fer" (iron road) and this is masculine, I would go with "L'Équatorial".

By all means find a French speaker if you can, but I did take French in school here in Canada for eight years.

[cairnswk]

...
88 cursor file? If you're talking about the java GUI for placing the coordinates, it's here...
http://grunk.org/risk/MapAssist.jar
from this CC access page
http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1085

Duh! me. not knowing or realising what this was.
Found it know, thanks to AndrewB.

[hahaha3hahaha]

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[AndrewB]

http://bolonniy.com/CC/Rail_Africa_v6.xml

XML Changes:
Location Changes
1.LOS Lagos G - Done
2. YND G - Done
3. YND J - Done
4. ACC G - Done
5. TIP B - Done
6. BGZ B - Done
7. TUN B - Done
8. TUN E - Done
9. ALG B - Done

XML is completed and ready to varifications.

[cairnswk]

http://bolonniy.com/CC/Rail_Africa_v6.xml

XML Changes:
Location Changes
1.LOS Lagos G - Done
2. YND G - Done
3. YND J - Done
4. ACC G - Done
5. TIP B - Done
6. BGZ B - Done
7. TUN B - Done
8. TUN E - Done
9. ALG B - Done

XML is completed and ready to varifications.

AndrewB...sorry, but OUG D is missing an army.

[AndrewB]

Didn't see that change in the list of changes.

Please stand by

[AndrewB]

http://bolonniy.com/CC/Rail_Africa_v7.xml

Changes:

1. Added OUG Ouagadougou D.

[cairnswk]

Didn't see that change in the list of changes.

Please stand by

Oh, my bad, sorry....

http://bolonniy.com/CC/Rail_Africa_v7.xml

Changes:

1. Added OUG Ouagadougou D.

Thanks AndrewB, i'll put this forward for checking

Version 18

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http://bolonniy.com/CC/Rail_Africa_v8.xml

[AndrewB]

http://bolonniy.com/CC/Rail_Africa_v8.xml

-Banghazi renamed to Benghazi
-Windjoek renamed to Windhoek

[cairnswk]

Version 18

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http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s282 ... a_V18L.png

http://h1.ripway.com/cairnswk/_rail_africa_v9.xml

[cairnswk]

I have split the small file into small and large maps.

There was an issue in the upscaling from the small to the large and this has been resolved so that there is no longer a one pixel border showing on the left or bottom of the large map.

The master files are now in .png format, but the tests 88s are in opn jpg.

I have also taken the XML to version 9 (AndrewB's last version was V8) now, and i think the centering is more complete now, although i'd like someone with really good eyes to cast that overview please.
KTM -> KRT (as per map) has also been rectified.

And hoping that we get an upload soon , i think Forza AZ has checked the XML and is OK with that ??

[cairnswk]

Current Version 18

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JPG files

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http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s282 ... a_V18S.png

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s282 ... a_V18L.png

http://h1.ripway.com/cairnswk/_rail_africa_v9.xml

[iancanton]

there are a few spelling mistakes in the xml. the ones i've noticed are L'Algérian for l'algérien, N'djamena for N'Djamena, Kinshasha for Kinshasa and Capetown for Cape Town.

http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites/2007-1 ... 7/0/214873
http://www.cnrs.fr/cw/fr/pres/compress/ ... iongb.html
http://www.lefigaro.fr/lefigaromagazine ... roique.php
http://www.tourismcapetown.co.za/

as for the equatorial, i believe it's either l'équatorial or la équatoriale, but am not sure which.

ian.

[ender516]

there are a few spelling mistakes in the xml. the ones i've noticed are L'Algérian for l'algérien, N'djamena for N'Djamena, Kinshasha for Kinshasa and Capetown for Cape Town.

http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites/2007-1 ... 7/0/214873
http://www.cnrs.fr/cw/fr/pres/compress/ ... iongb.html
http://www.lefigaro.fr/lefigaromagazine ... roique.php
http://www.tourismcapetown.co.za/

as for the equatorial, i believe it's either l'équatorial or la équatoriale, but am not sure which.

ian.

I think you're right about those spellings, except that l'algérien should still be capitalized: L'Algérien. Similarly, as I mentioned a while back, it would be L'Équatorial or La Équatoriale, with the former being my preference. Also, it is not uncommon for capital letters in French to omit the accent, but it is not wrong to have it.

[cairnswk]

there are a few spelling mistakes in the xml. the ones i've noticed are L'Algérian for l'algérien, N'djamena for N'Djamena, Kinshasha for Kinshasa and Capetown for Cape Town.

http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites/2007-1 ... 7/0/214873
http://www.cnrs.fr/cw/fr/pres/compress/ ... iongb.html
http://www.lefigaro.fr/lefigaromagazine ... roique.php
http://www.tourismcapetown.co.za/

as for the equatorial, i believe it's either l'équatorial or la équatoriale, but am not sure which.

ian.

I think you're right about those spellings, except that l'algérien should still be capitalized: L'Algérien. Similarly, as I mentioned a while back, it would be L'Équatorial or La Équatoriale, with the former being my preference. Also, it is not uncommon for capital letters in French to omit the accent, but it is not wrong to have it.

OK, i've made a decision....
L'Algérien will be final. <name>E: L'Algérian</name> in XML
L'Équatorial will be final. <name>I: L'Équatoriale</name> in XML.
I'll adjust the xml and the map, and hope the God I never have to do another French name again.

[cairnswk]

iancanton wrote:there are a few spelling mistakes in the xml. the ones i've noticed are L'Algérian for l'algérien, N'djamena for N'Djamena, Kinshasha for Kinshasa and Capetown for Cape Town

These should be final images, with adjusted ticket and xml request change as per above.

Current Version 18

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http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s282 ... a_V18L.png

http://h1.ripway.com/cairnswk/_rail_africa_v9.xml

[iancanton]

i've spotted two others and checked for more suspects, just in case: in the xml, we have swapokmund instead of swakopmund; laayoune is supposed to have a circumflex (â) on the second a.

http://www.swkmun.com.na/
http://www.football.fr/football/maroc/2 ... youne.html

OK, i've made a decision....
L'Algérien will be final. <name>E: L'Algérian</name> in XML
L'Équatorial will be final. <name>I: L'Équatoriale</name> in XML.

the xml says L'Algérian and L'Équatoriale, which is different from ur decision.

the changes below ought to fix the french names.

<name>E: L'Algérien</name>
<name>I: L'Équatorial</name>

ian.

[cairnswk]

i've spotted two others and checked for more suspects, just in case: in the xml, we have swapokmund instead of swakopmund; laayoune is supposed to have a circumflex (â) on the second a.

http://www.swkmun.com.na/
http://www.football.fr/football/maroc/2 ... youne.html

OK, i've made a decision....
L'Algérien will be final. <name>E: L'Algérian</name> in XML
L'Équatorial will be final. <name>I: L'Équatoriale</name> in XML.

the xml says L'Algérian and L'Équatoriale, which is different from ur decision.

the changes below ought to fix the french names.

<name>E: L'Algérien</name>
<name>I: L'Équatorial</name>

ian.

Bugger, i don't have much luck at times.
Ian, those should all be fixed now.
Thanks for your patience.

[cairnswk]

Current Version 18

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http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s282 ... a_V18S.png

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s282 ... a_V18L.png

http://h1.ripway.com/cairnswk/_rail_africa_v9.xml

[thenobodies80]

Some coordinates on the small version seem different from the others, i don't think that it is a real issue... (e.g. N-PRA / I-PTN)
Another small thing is the link between G-ACC and G-LOS, with the 888 the rail is complitely cover, but honestly the game isn't worth the candle.



Well done, this map is ready for the man with the bowler hat

Nobodies