Open Beta Testing - [PCCS 0.1.5]

[treva]

So it crashes after saving one innings? Are you trying to save to the program files directory? Try saving to my documents and let me know if it works.

The next update is going to feature a few things that will make using the sim a bit better:

1. Save scorecards to database (pccsdb) meaning that you can view and create pngs later.
2. Customizable color scorecard bars for each team.
3. Match results will be stored.
4. Option to select last lineup used.

Saving it to My Documents still causes it to shut down. I will try loading up the sim from My Documents. I didn't do it yesterday because I had already created two teams and it wouldn't let me copy the file over. Will get back to you as to whether it saves properly when everything is loaded and saved from My Documents.

 

[sohum]

how hard would it be to implement the team logo's and player pic option's.

Not a priority atm.

 

[treva]

The sim still closes when I load it up from My Documents when I try to save the scorecard. Once you implement stored matches it won't be a problem. Will ball-by-ball updates be saved as well as scorecards?

 

[treva]

An observation I have made is that teams are bowling their strike bowlers for just two overs at the end of the innings. Ireland bowled Trent Johnson for just two overs and he took 2 wickets and New Zealand bowled Iain OBrien just 2 overs at the end and he took a wicket. That'll need addressing because they should be bowling all four of their overs.

 

[Mihir Doshi]

An observation I have made is that teams are bowling their strike bowlers for just two overs at the end of the innings. Ireland bowled Trent Johnson for just two overs and he took 2 wickets and New Zealand bowled Iain OBrien just 2 overs at the end and he took a wicket. That'll need addressing because they should be bowling all four of their overs.

I am too intrested to know why is this...

Also Tell me... That What about the scorecard of reduced size..

 

[adyhorn]

What I am currently doing is duplicating all the players currently in Sohum's database and creating their domestic sides.

 

[harrisb]

that'll be great adam, so are you making the english county/aussie domestic sides, and are you also making the grounds, or just the players.

harrisb added 2 Minutes and 1 Seconds later...

The next update is going to feature a few things that will make using the sim a bit better:

1. Save scorecards to database (pccsdb) meaning that you can view and create pngs later.
2. Customizable color scorecard bars for each team.
3. Match results will be stored.
4. Option to select last lineup used.

Does this mean we can have historically accurate leagues, e.g. we can program in each match for a league, and put in the line-ups from that game if we want to.

also, on the 'matches' page, the time of the match never changes, just the date. it would be good if you could alter the time of the match.

 

[sohum]

The sim still closes when I load it up from My Documents when I try to save the scorecard. Once you implement stored matches it won't be a problem. Will ball-by-ball updates be saved as well as scorecards?

I don't know what's going on. Could you answer the following questions?

1. What OS are you on?
2. What is your screen resolution when you're using PCCS?
3. Does it output either of the scorecards?
4. When you say the sim closes, does it crash with a "PCCS stopped working" or does it just close with no message?
5. Have you been able to output any scorecards using the Save Scorecard function?

Cheers.

sohum added 2 Minutes and 46 Seconds later...

An observation I have made is that teams are bowling their strike bowlers for just two overs at the end of the innings. Ireland bowled Trent Johnson for just two overs and he took 2 wickets and New Zealand bowled Iain OBrien just 2 overs at the end and he took a wicket. That'll need addressing because they should be bowling all four of their overs.

I am too intrested to know why is this...

I've noticed this as well... it seems to occur because I'm too aggressive in pursuing a medium pacer/spinner in the middle overs, wherein it tends to put part-timers in as well. I'm planning to do an overhaul of the bowler selection system after I'm done adding all the features I have planned for 0.1.3. So I'll probably target those fixes towards 0.1.4.

Also Tell me... That What about the scorecard of reduced size..

Haven't figured it out yet, unfortunately. I'll be taking a look at the scorecard code later today when I code the scorecard button for saved scorecards.

sohum added 7 Minutes and 2 Seconds later...

Does this mean we can have historically accurate leagues, e.g. we can program in each match for a league, and put in the line-ups from that game if we want to.

I'm not sure what you are asking. What this will mean is that you can manually create matches representing a league, for example. As long as you set the games to be on different days, you can do the following:

Day 1: Team A vs. Team B (cannot load any previous line-ups)
Day 2: Team A vs. Team C (can load Team A from Day 1)
Day 3: Team B vs. Team C (can load Team B from Day 1, Team C from Day 2)

Unfortunately, it would take a bit more effort to allow you to choose any previous lineup to load. However, you can't simulate games from the past. For example if Player X moved from Team A to Team B between Day 1 and Day 2, the lineup you would try to load for Team A on Day 2 would be incomplete (it would be missing Player X).

also, on the 'matches' page, the time of the match never changes, just the date. it would be good if you could alter the time of the match.

I'll try to include that on the create match screen.

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Eventually, the idea is to include a tournament engine, so that you don't have to manually create matches. For example, you would select "Triangular" tournament, number of rounds and teams involved. It would then generate the matches for you with appropriate time intervals. The final piece would be updating points tables and the like after the completion of a tournament, and generating finals opponents automatically.

 

[treva]

1. What OS are you on? Windows 7
2. What is your screen resolution when you're using PCCS? 1366x768
3. Does it output either of the scorecards? It saves the scorecard I am viewing
4. When you say the sim closes, does it crash with a "PCCS stopped working" or does it just close with no message? Comes up with that message and after Windows looks for a solution it gives me no option but to close down.
5. Have you been able to output any scorecards using the Save Scorecard function? As I say above, I click the save button and it just saves the scorecard I am viewing before it closes down.

 

[adyhorn]

that'll be great adam, so are you making the english county/aussie domestic sides, and are you also making the grounds, or just the players.

I plan on doing it for all the sides Sohum has made, so for now Australia, Bangladesh, England and India. Atm I am copying the players Sohum has made (e.g. Australian international team) into their domestic sides (e.g. New South Wales) so there could be less than 11 players in some teams. I will add players people want to their domestic sides as long as they give me good non-biast stats. I will also create the grounds but I would like people to post ground stats (e.g. variation, bounce, e.t.c) for their teams ground. I would like someone to post stats for the SCG.

Thank you,
Adam.

adyhorn added 7 Minutes and 14 Seconds later...

Also before I forget, if possible could you create a duplicate player button.

 

[harrisb]

check Cricinfo for the squads and non-bias stats.

for the grounds in my IPL database, i've just put every ground stat to 5. as i don't really know the indian/south african pitches too well.

harrisb added 1 Minutes and 51 Seconds later...

yeah, that's slightly annoying, that once you've created a player and put him in one team, you can't put him in another team. which then means you can't have multiple league teams in one database e.g, having english, aussie, south african, indian, etc domestic sides in one database because some english players play for aussie teams during the winter and vice-versa.

 

[adyhorn]

I put NSW home ground to ANZ Stadium because they play their T20 matches there and as this only has T20 so far I thought it better than the SCG.

 

[Ollie_H]

yeah, that's slightly annoying, that once you've created a player and put him in one team, you can't put him in another team. which then means you can't have multiple league teams in one database e.g, having english, aussie, south african, indian, etc domestic sides in one database because some english players play for aussie teams during the winter and vice-versa.

Can't you just make the player again and put him in a seperate team?

 

[sohum]

yeah, that's slightly annoying, that once you've created a player and put him in one team, you can't put him in another team. which then means you can't have multiple league teams in one database e.g, having english, aussie, south african, indian, etc domestic sides in one database because some english players play for aussie teams during the winter and vice-versa.

I was thinking about this the other day. I will eventually add support for players to be part of multiple teams. For now, one work-around you can use is copy the Clean.pccsdb and make a Players.pccsdb. Add all your players to that (without teams). And then make a separate pccsdb for each league. Unfortunately, this is the best I can suggest before implementing multiple teams per player.

sohum added 1 Minutes and 14 Seconds later...

1. What OS are you on? Windows 7
2. What is your screen resolution when you're using PCCS? 1366x768
3. Does it output either of the scorecards? It saves the scorecard I am viewing
4. When you say the sim closes, does it crash with a "PCCS stopped working" or does it just close with no message? Comes up with that message and after Windows looks for a solution it gives me no option but to close down.
5. Have you been able to output any scorecards using the Save Scorecard function? As I say above, I click the save button and it just saves the scorecard I am viewing before it closes down.

Hmm... and this happens with all matches, right? Could you send me your PCCSDB file? Although there shouldn't be an issue with that, who knows? If that doesn't work, I'll try to get you a debuggable version.

 

[treva]

Here is my DB. If people want a DB with Ireland, NZ and Netherlands with 11 players then just download this.

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