I am releasing a test build that I would like some people to try and report back to me any issues. I have changed enough internally that I want more testing done before I release it to the general public.
Starting with this release I am changing my version numbers to be the year followed by the release number. This makes more sense with the incremental builds that I continue to release.
You can edit racers during a practice race or Free Play. Be very careful with this. For example if you enable a different racer with a duplicate transponder that new racer will get the laps while the existing racer will no longer get laps.
No longer need to set max racers, it is always 24.
The race screen does not show empty racers anymore, it will only display racers in the race
You can define individual racer colors instead of slot colors. Enable this on the General Config. screen and then define the racer colors in Edit Racers.
Multiple copies of the software can be ran at once, make sure to install the copies to different directories to prevent conflicts
The window can be resized smaller, 400x300 is the smallest size though this cuts off controls
Row height will be changed automatically if all racers do not fit on the screen. The row height setting now just controls the default
The email function filters out non-printable characters as those can create problems with the emails sent
Windows graphics now use the newer GDI+ graphics library, this might cause problems with Windows 2000 and older systems
Added none to the make menu on the edit racers screen to fix the behaviour if you click a racer with a make and then click one without, it will now default back to none instead of the previous racers make
Errors in manually edited xml files no longer send me a crash report they just give the user a warning
When a racer is first added to a race they are put in last place instead of first place for their initial lap
Lowered audio priority
Please test this release and let me know if you do or do not run into problems. I would like some people to verify functionality or identify issues so I can do any needed fixes/updates before this is released to the public.
Also if you do not like the implementation of some of these changes such as emptying the race screen, row space, racer colors etc. please give me input on a better approach.
As always your help is appreciated
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I think the new features are positive and will improve overall usability and handling. Personally I see no downside to the changes.
I will download the test version and test it in an event tomorrow evening. Hopefully everything works fine as usual.
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I'll also be trying it out tomorrow at a very small GTG seeing I was having half those issues.
Oh, and sorry about all those e-mails as I was configuring the race.xml file!
If I had known it was going to e-mail you, I would have disconnected from the internet! =/
Thank you for all the time you put into this program, I know it's just a hobby for you.
But we all appreciate it!
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I think the new features are positive and will improve overall usability and handling. Personally I see no downside to the changes.
Yeah, the usability changes are what always concerns me. I like to get feedback in case maybe the way I am thinking things should work does not line up with everyone else.
But most of the usability changes in this case were getting rid of some leftover behaviors on how the program used to operate when you had to manually add each racer to a race.
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Originally Posted by RFick73
Oh, and sorry about all those e-mails as I was configuring the race.xml file!
If I had known it was going to e-mail you, I would have disconnected from the internet! =/
No need to be sorry. I wanted the software to submit any exceptions that occur and it was not emailing me crash reports. Instead I made a quick little web app with a database that the software submits the reports to. So I periodically check the latest errors recorded in the database and knew to just filter out anything that said XML parser related errors.
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Downloaded and installed the beta over the current 0.76 without problems. First impressions are positive - all changes are available as described. No errors occured with first test laps.
Today we will have a race event with 5 drivers, so tomorrow I can give you more feedback.
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Sorry to report this, but we had several issues yesterday I'd like to address.
EDIT RACERS
1) I had to change an email-address; in the respective field the change was saved and shown. The report nevertheless was send to the old address.
2) One racer had his name also in the SPEAK field. I tried to remove it, but after deleting and saving it still showed up. (this is no real issue, just an uncommon behavior)
RACE SREEN
1) When starting a session, sometimes the starting horn sound was not played, the countdown itself (3, 2, 1) worked fine though. In a rough estimation only 5 out 8 times the horn sounded. I also like to add, that if I select a countdown from for example 5, the first number annouced via voice is always one less, in this example 4. This was also in the previous versions.
2) There seems to be a delay after the first crossing of the counter and showing the racer on the screen compared to 0.76 where it was nearly the same time. The delay is sometimes only 1-2 secs, but sometimes up to 7-8 secs.
3) When the racers appears the first time only the picture and the time was shown. No rank, no name. After 5-10 laps (7-8 secs average) rank and name where suddenly there. Lap count was correct and name was announced for best laps correctly, even when not showing.
If you need further details please let me know. Hope you can allocate the bugs and fix them. (Systems: Win XP SP3, Kyosho IC Tag)
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