Here's the first beta of version 2.5. The big change is the separation of the Settings into its own dialog. The release also adds two new screens: Player Movement and Blinds Schedule. There are a few other changes and bug fixes, all are listed below.
Please be aware that this is a beta release, which means it is not *necessarily* ready for primetime. I believe all of the bugs have been fixed, but real-world use always exercises the code in new and different ways, so if you decide to use it, be prepared.
Note that the user manual has NOT been updated, but the new features are mostly self-explanatory, so if you are familiar with the TD, you shouldn't have any problem using the beta version.
I welcome any and all beta testers. Please share your experiences with the beta version, whether posting them here or emailing them to me. Your feedback always helps to improve the software in the best way - the way that real users really use it.
Edit: Version 2.5 beta 1 is no longer available. See this topic for info on 2.5 beta 2: http://thetournamentdirector.net/forums/index.php?topic=1033.0Version 2.5 beta 1
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New Features:
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- "Tournament" screens now display in main window, Settings now opens
in its own dialog. This allows multi-display setups to display
the Tournament screen to players at all times, while performing
settings modifications, buy-ins, bust-outs, etc, on another screen
- Added "Player Movement" page to more easily display player movement
to players
- Added "Blinds Schedule" page to more easily display the blinds/
rounds schedule to players
- Added player table and seat information to Tournament History, at
start of tournament for every player, and at bust-out for each
player
- Added option to add your own entries to the Tournament History
- Added Seat column to Add-on and Rebuy dialogs
- Added "Custom" option to Name Formats
- Added option to specify one dimension of a banner image and allow
the image to display proportional to original image dimensions
- Added "position" variable to Points for Playing and Tournament
Score formulas
- Added option to disable Status Messages (without creating a new
Status Message Set with each message disabled)
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Bugs Fixed:
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- Tournament history entry for setting clock said "Clock set to NaN"
- Tournament history entry for removing a player from tournament who
had already bought-in said "Undo buy-in for Unknown Player"
- Incorrect message displayed when attempting to enter empty string
in Unavailable Seat label dialog
- Using "numberOfScores" and "s" variable on the Overall Score formula
(in the Stats) caused a formula error
- Using hotkeys F6 and F10 sometimes caused other hotkeys to stop
working momentarily. Using hotkey F5 sometimes attempted to restart
the software
- Unbalanced tables icon sometimes displayed when in simple
(non-tracking) mode
- Exporting the layout and overwriting an existing ZIP file did not
overwrite the file; instead it added files to the existing ZIP
archive
- Background images on the Seating Chart and Player Rankings pages
were omitted from the layout export
- Player movement suggestion sometimes shows immediately after
buying player(s) in and having them automatically randomly seated
- Tables page in "Problems" dialog showed no players were seated even
in simple (non-tracking) mode
- Not specifying "rotateMax" and "rotateDelay" attributes in <prizes>
token when "rotate" attribute was set to true caused the software
to appear to lock-up
- Formula test dialogs showed an error in the formula when a new
variable was created using the assign() function
- Show Last Movement dialog (on Tables tab) rendered incorrectly
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