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[18 India] "Hidden Hand" contains bogus cards at start and selected draft cards not showing #11057

Open waaayback opened 1 month ago

waaayback commented 1 month ago

We just started a 4p game and I just drafted my 6 cards. However when I look at my entity and click on "Show Hand" there are two things wrong: 1) I don't see my 6 selected cards 2) I DO see a bogus "Hidden Hand" LOL

https://18xx.games/game/171470

waaayback commented 1 month ago

This might be a show-stopper...

ChrisTheCat commented 1 month ago

When I look at the entities tab and click show hand, it shows me my entire starting hand - this is after I've selected my six starting cards

waaayback commented 1 month ago

Update and clarification... now that we have played through a few rounds of SR1, as of this action (https://18xx.games/game/171470?action=15) MY hidden hand is displaying correctly (I can't speak for ChrisTheCat)... HOWEVER... if you back up to where I first submitted the bug above (https://18xx.games/game/171470?action=0) you can see my Hidden Hand is full of garbage.

ChrisTheCat commented 1 month ago

At this action https://18xx.games/game/171470?action=4#entities it still shows me all my choices, even though I just picked six to keep.

It started showing me only my hidden hand on this action: https://18xx.games/game/171470?action=8#entities

waaayback commented 1 month ago

An unrelated but undesired side effect to the "Hidden Hand" is that it is visible in Hotseat Mode... this basically makes Hotseat Mode unusable during a game unless you want to cheat... unlike 1846 (where there is only a hidden hand during the drafting phase), for 18 India it lasts the whole game. Not sure what could be done about it...?!

ChrisTheCat commented 1 month ago

I expect keeping hands secret would be a huge lift for the coding team. They rejected the idea for 1846. At the time, @tobymao opined that it was out of scope. I think you'll just have to live with the fact that people can peek at other's hidden hands via cloning and hotseat.