[Kde-games-devel] missing Egyptian art? ;-)

[Wolfgang Rohdewald]

On Wednesday 24 June 2009, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> > On Wednesday 24 June 2009, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> >> Correct me if I am wrong, but what is required is to be able to identify 
> >> "this is 5 wan, that is 6 bamboo, that is east wind", etc.?
> > 
> > yes for the svg element identifier - but does not have to be visible on the tile.

> I thought to play multi-player-mahjongg you need to know the suit and 
> number? Am I confused?

I am not sure if you speak as a player or as a programmer -
I rather meant the player perspective:
the top left arab numbers and latin characters only "translate" the rest of the
symbols, they do not appear on tiles used in China. On the character tiles
you always have chinese symbols for the numbers plus perhaps the arab number.
Bamboo and circle tiles have the corresponding number of bamboos/circles except
bamboo 1 which mostly is a bird.

> (I don't know about winds...

The wind tiles always have the chinese symbol for the corresponding wind plus
optionally ESWN as a translation for western players.

> and are the flowers/seasons even used?)

Normally yes but not in tournaments because to get them is pure luck and does
not need any skills

in the US, joker tiles are also used.

-- 
Wolfgang