Ownership / Scenario - [RBP Help Contents]
The Ownership and Scenario features share a window; they are accessed indirectly, such as via the Scenario button on the Game Setup window.
SCENARIOS
If you want to experiment with the playability of certain game situations, use the Scenario button on the Game Setup window. In the Scenario window that opens, you can select a player and (re)set his cities, cash, railroads owned, etc. RBP can then play the match from that point.
Note that train location and city settings can be selected most easily by first highlighting the field to change, then clicking on the map at the desired location.
Also note that even though the Scenario editor has been tested, it may be possible to create unusual or unreasonable scenarios that confuse RBP. RBP should properly handle all realistic scenarios. RBP does not save Scenario information within saved games.
SCENARIO WITH CONTINUOUS PLAY
Tell RBP to re-run a scenario repeatedly, and you can learn the range of possible results over many replays. You can even do this with a saved game. Here's how: 1) start RBP anew, 2) load a game that was saved prior to completion, 3) select the Edit Configuration pull-down menu, 4) change the Type/Style setting of any human players to computer AI players, 5) click the More Game Options button, 6) there, enable the "Non-stop play" and "Continuous game repeat" checkboxes and verify "Pause after computer turns" is set to zero and click OK, 7) back in the Game Setup/Configuration window click the Scenario button, 8) in the Scenario window simply click OK (ignore any warnings about cheating), 9) back in the Game Setup/Configuration window click OK, 10) you'll be told this is a computer-only game, click OK, 10) if the game does not start running, click the Start game / OK (done) button in the map window. RBP will then repeatedly play the saved game to completion while you watch, or you can minimize the map window and see the statistics build in the Game Status window.
CHEAT
You can also use the Scenario editor while a game is in progress to make changes. Access it via the Game, Edit Configuration pull-down menu followed by the Scenario button. Dislike your next destination? Did something go wrong? Change it! Note that RBP considers all such changes to be cheating; this will negatively impact your game score.
During a Web-based match, such changes should only be made by the GM. RBP will automatically send the changes to all players.
OWNERSHIP
You can open the Ownership window via the Travel and Evaluate Empire menu options.
GAME STUDY
During the course of or after completing an actual board game session, you might wish to evaluate the RR networks of all the players. Here's how: 1) start RBP anew; 2) from the Game menu, choose Edit Configuration; 3) specify the number and names of the players; 4) click the Scenario button; 5) in the Scenario window, click on a player name button, then click on the RRs he owns; 6) repeat for each player, and click Done, then OK (ignore when RBP starts a game); 7) from the Information menu, choose Evaluate Empire; 8) click on a player name button; 9) when you click Done, a window with statistics will appear; 10) repeat as desired.