Hi guys!
Happy new year! :-)
I just shrink wrapped the latest version of Backgammon Studio which contains some nice improvements:
- Several new challenges (training tracks if you like):
- Fearless! Leave a blot for direct shot? Looks risky but perhaps now is the time to do so?
- Double Trouble! You just rolled a double! Twice as many chances to get it wrong!
- Cubed! The cube just came sailing across the board! Be brave or admit defeat?
- 3rd roll checker! Too early to make a big mistake?
- Breakup! Breaking up is hard to do! Now you have to break up your prime or do you?
- Several new action tags:
- Pick and pass or not - Classical problem of hitting in your home board and either leave a blot or move it to safety.
- Bury a checker or not - Very painful to put a checker out of play but perhaps you have to?
- Slot the ace or not - Slotting the ace can sometimes have a tactical advantage.
- Hit on the ace or not - Hitting on the ace can sometimes be a useful tempo hit.
- Slot the front of opponent prime or not - Going for a great anchor or perpare for a great escape!
- New search now also support specifying the dices.
- Bookmark headers for easier folder navigation.
- Match info dialog for devices where all info can't be displayed properly at once.
- Old inspecting of challenges (in your private database) has been retired and integraded with the new challenge select section.
- Position type masters now require more positions to qualify.
- In your private training ground you can limit the errors that are used by date to only train on your latest errors.
- Scorecard on the backgammon board to easier spot the current score which can be key to many problems.
- Sort by date in position forum.
- More help buttons in the interface for direct access to useful help information.
- In position forum.
- In matches list.
- In importing matches.
- Eventually all sections should have a help dialog.
- Deleting the last match for a player will allow you to delete the player also to reduce the number of players in match player dropdowns.
- Merging and renaming tournaments has been integrated into the matches list.
- View performance progress per month in your private database.
- Specify a match threshold to qualify for the Average PR overview as comparing average PR for players with only a couple of matches with others with many matches is perhaps not so useful.
In other news:
A strong contender (mamabear!) has started to gain ground in the champions list:
Hall is still the king of the hill but I am confident I'll dethrone him soon! :-) Or perhaps mamabear will beat me to it?
Closing in on 3000 matches in the public database now! 2959 as of today. This amounts to over a million positions: 101693! A big thanks to MishyPoo and her transcription team for their hard work!
Give it a try!
http://www.backgammonstudio.com
Best regards,
TP
PS: Too few pictures?.. You can quickly (arrow down on desktop) leaf through the improvements (with pictures) on: http://www.backgammonstudio.com/index.php?gotomenu=improvements