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Suggestions / Re: Export Layout - included images files
« on: June 28, 2007, 09:29:46 PM »
Press V while holding CTRL, ALT, and SHIFT and the TD will give you a system information dump. Copy that info and paste it in a reply.
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Help Me / Re: Export to HTML
« on: June 28, 2007, 02:06:16 PM »
Yep, unfortunately this has been reported to me by a number of people already. It doesn't happen for everyone (I can't even reproduce it). I'm going to try to release 2.3.4 to deal with this ASAP.
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Suggestions / Re: Show file name of Templates
« on: June 27, 2007, 11:44:52 AM »
I think what I can add is code that remembers what the last saved or loaded template filename was. Then, when you press the Save Template button, the save dialog will have that name pre-filled-in. This isn't foolproof, but should probably accomplish what you are asking for. I'll look into it.
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Help Me / Re: Point system
« on: June 27, 2007, 10:17:36 AM »
Yes, that looks like it would work.
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Help Me / Re: Point system
« on: June 26, 2007, 04:58:56 PM »
Look in the "Default" filter for an example. Also see section 19.2.5 in the user manual for an explanation.
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Help Me / Re: List of events are sorted by ..?
« on: June 26, 2007, 04:54:05 PM »
The "Tournaments Information" dialog (the first screenshot in your post), is simply a dialog that identifies which of your tournaments was loaded, and which ones passed your filter. That's basically all of the information it is intended to provide. It is meant to help you adjust your filter(s). It doesn't make any difference what order those tournaments are listed in. Incidentally, they are listed in the order in which the tournament files are found on your hard drive.
Other places where ordering might or does matter, such as in the listing of players on the Players tab or the Stats tab, you can click a column header to change the sort order.
Other places where ordering might or does matter, such as in the listing of players on the Players tab or the Stats tab, you can click a column header to change the sort order.
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Help Me / Re: List of events are sorted by ..?
« on: June 26, 2007, 03:50:31 PM »
The sorting in the "Info" dialog on the Stats tab is by filename, because that is how it finds and loads each of your tournament files. But the ordering is irrelevant and makes no difference.
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Help Me / Re: Point system
« on: June 26, 2007, 03:48:22 PM »
OK...
For every player that is in a tournament, they have a number of attributes: Buy-in cost, rank, rebuy cost, winnings, hits, points, etc.
When generating Stats, those values are taken for a set of tournaments and we arrive at final values for those attributes. We do this in different ways for different attributes, but because these are known values, the TD software knows how to arrive at a final value. For example, on the Stats tab you'll see "Hits", which is the sum of the number of hits a player made for each tournament. You also see "Average Hits", which is the average number of hits a player made. The TD can compute these because it knows what type of value it represents.
While the "Points" value displayed on the Players tab represents the amount of points a player has received in this (the currently loaded) tournament, the "Points" value displayed on the Stats tab represents the sum of the points a player has received in a set of tournaments. Again, because the TD knows this is a "points" value, it knows to add them up to arrive at a final "points" value on the Stats tab.
But there are other ways to rank players (or rate players or compare players or however you wish to phrase this). The "Score" value allows the user to make up their own way of rating a player's performance.
To do this, a new value is created for a player for each tournament in which they play. It is called "Score". When stats are generated, the "Score" (or "Tournament Score") formula is applied to each tournament in which they player, to create a "Score" value for that tournament (for that player). You don't see this value on the Stats tab, just as you don't see the "Points" value for some player for a single tournament (the "Points" value you see for a player on the Stats tab is the SUM of ALL of his "Points" values - for each tournament in which he played).
Now we've created a new value (for each player, for each tournament) called "Score". Just as each "Points" value was added together to arrive at a final "Points" value, we want to come up with a final "Score" value - in this case we distinguish it by calling it the "Overall Score". But the TD doesn't know how to do this, because any two users may want to do it differently. Therefore, there is another formula applied, called the "Overall Score" formula, that allows you (the user) to manipulate the "Score"s any way you wish. You may want to simply sum up the score values for a player, or you may want to add them up and divide them by the number of tournaments (an average), or any of a million other things.
Try switching the View mode on the Stats tab to get a better idea. In "Normal mode", you see the sums and averages, etc, of the attributes for a player. When in "Single field mode", you see only a single attribute, such as "Points", but you get to see that attribute for each tournament.
So, if playerX played in 3 tournaments, and was awarded 20, 30, and 100 points, respectively, for those tournaments, you'll see on the Stats tab (in Normal mode), 150 in the "Points" column (the sum of all points for playerX).
Switch to "Single field mode" and you'll see 3 columns, one for each tournament, and you'll see the values 20, 30, and 100 in those columns, breaking down the points that playerX received in each tournament.
You can do the same with the "Score" field, to see what your "Score" formula awards to a player for each tournament. Switch back to Normal mode and see what the Overall Score formula gives based on those Score values.
For every player that is in a tournament, they have a number of attributes: Buy-in cost, rank, rebuy cost, winnings, hits, points, etc.
When generating Stats, those values are taken for a set of tournaments and we arrive at final values for those attributes. We do this in different ways for different attributes, but because these are known values, the TD software knows how to arrive at a final value. For example, on the Stats tab you'll see "Hits", which is the sum of the number of hits a player made for each tournament. You also see "Average Hits", which is the average number of hits a player made. The TD can compute these because it knows what type of value it represents.
While the "Points" value displayed on the Players tab represents the amount of points a player has received in this (the currently loaded) tournament, the "Points" value displayed on the Stats tab represents the sum of the points a player has received in a set of tournaments. Again, because the TD knows this is a "points" value, it knows to add them up to arrive at a final "points" value on the Stats tab.
But there are other ways to rank players (or rate players or compare players or however you wish to phrase this). The "Score" value allows the user to make up their own way of rating a player's performance.
To do this, a new value is created for a player for each tournament in which they play. It is called "Score". When stats are generated, the "Score" (or "Tournament Score") formula is applied to each tournament in which they player, to create a "Score" value for that tournament (for that player). You don't see this value on the Stats tab, just as you don't see the "Points" value for some player for a single tournament (the "Points" value you see for a player on the Stats tab is the SUM of ALL of his "Points" values - for each tournament in which he played).
Now we've created a new value (for each player, for each tournament) called "Score". Just as each "Points" value was added together to arrive at a final "Points" value, we want to come up with a final "Score" value - in this case we distinguish it by calling it the "Overall Score". But the TD doesn't know how to do this, because any two users may want to do it differently. Therefore, there is another formula applied, called the "Overall Score" formula, that allows you (the user) to manipulate the "Score"s any way you wish. You may want to simply sum up the score values for a player, or you may want to add them up and divide them by the number of tournaments (an average), or any of a million other things.
Try switching the View mode on the Stats tab to get a better idea. In "Normal mode", you see the sums and averages, etc, of the attributes for a player. When in "Single field mode", you see only a single attribute, such as "Points", but you get to see that attribute for each tournament.
So, if playerX played in 3 tournaments, and was awarded 20, 30, and 100 points, respectively, for those tournaments, you'll see on the Stats tab (in Normal mode), 150 in the "Points" column (the sum of all points for playerX).
Switch to "Single field mode" and you'll see 3 columns, one for each tournament, and you'll see the values 20, 30, and 100 in those columns, breaking down the points that playerX received in each tournament.
You can do the same with the "Score" field, to see what your "Score" formula awards to a player for each tournament. Switch back to Normal mode and see what the Overall Score formula gives based on those Score values.
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Help Me / Re: Formula - Roundout
« on: June 26, 2007, 12:17:18 PM »
The round out data point isn't available to the Points formula. I'll put it on the to-do list to add it.
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Templates, Layouts and Sounds / Re: Return to mainpage when new blind
« on: June 26, 2007, 10:53:12 AM »
Uh, yeah, duh. This can be done using the conditions of a screen set. Create a new screen set with only the main screen in it. Set the conditions of it to display when the "seconds" are less than 10, for example. Then, no matter what screen is being displayed, when the round (or break) gets down to under 10 seconds remaining, the main screen will be displayed.
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Templates, Layouts and Sounds / Re: Template Gallery
« on: June 26, 2007, 09:54:03 AM »
FYI, I've implemented an export feature for the layout for the next version. This will export your layout (.tlo file) and all images that your layout utilizes to a ZIP file, to make it easy to relocate (read: share) your layouts. You can optionally include sound template and sound files, and chips layout and chips image files. Hope to release later this week.
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Help Me / Re: points based on initial knock w/re-buys
« on: June 25, 2007, 04:24:18 PM »
You'll have to do it manually. Once the player rebuys, he will no longer be ranked until he busts out again. There's no way to tell what his rank WOULD HAVE been, had he stayed busted out.
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Templates, Layouts and Sounds / Re: Return to mainpage when new blind
« on: June 25, 2007, 10:58:37 AM »
This would also require defining which screen is your "main screen". I'll put it on the to-do list.
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Help Me / Re: Point system
« on: June 25, 2007, 10:55:09 AM »
Don't confuse "points" with "score".
Points are simply a value that can be given to a player in a tournament for any number of reasons. Using the Stats, the points can accumulate over many tournaments (much like total winnings, or total losses accumulates over many tournaments).
Overall Score is a value used to rank players' performance, relative to one another, over many tournaments. The "Score", as defined on the Stats tab, is simply a value you give to a player for a tournament. You do this to facilitate generating an "Overall Score". In other words, score a player on each tournament in which they play, then take those scores and generate an Overall Score.
The reason you'll see an Overall Score on the Stats tab, even if you didn't create a Score or Overall Score formula, is that a filter by default has formulas defined for these values. You are free to change them or delete them.
Points are simply a value that can be given to a player in a tournament for any number of reasons. Using the Stats, the points can accumulate over many tournaments (much like total winnings, or total losses accumulates over many tournaments).
Overall Score is a value used to rank players' performance, relative to one another, over many tournaments. The "Score", as defined on the Stats tab, is simply a value you give to a player for a tournament. You do this to facilitate generating an "Overall Score". In other words, score a player on each tournament in which they play, then take those scores and generate an Overall Score.
The reason you'll see an Overall Score on the Stats tab, even if you didn't create a Score or Overall Score formula, is that a filter by default has formulas defined for these values. You are free to change them or delete them.
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Help Me / Re: formula help
« on: June 25, 2007, 10:47:23 AM »
Or, if you're using version 2.3 or later:
switch(r, 1, 20, 2, 15, 3, 10, 4, 7, 5, 6, 6, 5, 7, 4, 8, 3, 9, 2, 10, 1, 0)
or:
switch(r, 1, 20, 2, 15, 3, 10, 0) + if(r > 3 && r < 11, 11 - r, 0)
or:
if(r < 4, (5 - r) * 5) + if(r > 3 && r < 11, 11 - r, 0)
switch(r, 1, 20, 2, 15, 3, 10, 4, 7, 5, 6, 6, 5, 7, 4, 8, 3, 9, 2, 10, 1, 0)
or:
switch(r, 1, 20, 2, 15, 3, 10, 0) + if(r > 3 && r < 11, 11 - r, 0)
or:
if(r < 4, (5 - r) * 5) + if(r > 3 && r < 11, 11 - r, 0)