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Monday, June 10, 2013 at 9:43:23 AM
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Think I fixed it...
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
Hey guys!
I think I found the problem. It occurs when the computer has to "reach" to fill restrictive races with CPU horse. Examples - starter allowances... low claimers for 2yo and 3yo only..
As it spins through, it gets less and less selective, and it allows CPU horses to race more often than they should. When it did that, the "entries" table (which is keyed on the horse number) may not get populated with the new race. I believe I have a fix for that, and I also put in a second check that to ensure the horse is making it into the race I intended.
So I'll be keeping an eye on things. If you see a horse show up in entries that doesn't get to race, please let me know (it may happen a couple more times as some races are already carded.. I'll try to do a double check and manually fix them, but I may miss one
Thanks again guys!
--Mike
--Mike
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Monday, June 10, 2013 at 8:23:34 AM
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Working on fixing a bug...
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
Hey guys!
Not exactly sure what caused it (though I have a good idea), but the CPU has been putting extra horses into races. This is confusing the game a bit, and some horses that are supposed to be entered into races are being ignored.
I will be working on fixing things this morning. Until it is fixed, I am going to pause races.
Thanks, and sorry for the problem.
--Mike
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Saturday, June 08, 2013 at 11:31:43 AM
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Races delayed a bit today...
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
..sorry for the problem. Looks like I had an ethernet cord go bad last night (on the machine that runs the "horse update" routine daily); just found out about it this morning.
The computer is back up, but I need to hold off on spinning races until this update is finished.
Sorry for the delay.
--mike
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 6:44:36 PM
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Coming soon announcement! Plus more panhandling..
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
Hey guys!
Good news - Coming Soon - Mobile Viewer! : I've been working with some folks on the side to try and bring a functional viewer to mobile devices! It is a very light weight (similar in look to the old Java viewer), browser based viewer that I've tested successfully in several mobile environements. We are currently working on making it a bit prettier, and hope to have it up and running within the month... possibly sooner!
Unrelated Panhandling : Thank you to everyone that has supported my FlashNics project on Kickstarter. It is really a personal goal of mine to get this thing printed, as I believe the ability exists to use the deck to help teach children certain math skills as an interactive, fun flash card game. I have also developed a "casual game" 2 player game using the cards that one play tester referred to as "Uno on Steroids." A different play tester wrote up a nice review on Reddit :
Louisville Board Gamer - Play test review
Anyway, I'm still sputtering a bit to cross the finish line, so I've decided to "chum the well" again and offer some more DerbyFever bonuses...
If you support FlashNics on KickStarter :
If will match credits-for-dollars up to $15 if you back FlashNics on Kickstarter. The thing to know about KickStarter - you will not be charged if funding for the project isn't successful. That means, if the project is not funded, you won't be charged a dime and you can keep the credits. Just promise not to back it and then cheer against me... :)
Now, if it is (hopefully!) funded, KickStarter / Amazon (it uses Amazon's payment system, not PayPal.. but it does accept CC's..) will charge you at your funding level, but there's now more (no Ginsu knives.. I promise)...
As previously offered, I will give you an additional 50% in credits for any sponsor up to $15. But now for any amount between $15-$30, I will also give you that amount in credits as well as the same 50% bonus. In other words, if we are funded and..
You supported for $5, you get 250 credits (the initial 500 + an additional 250 if funded)
You supported for $10, you get 1500 credits (the initial 1000 + an additional 500 if funded)
You supported for $15, you get 2250 credits (the initial 1500 + an additional 750 if funded)
You supported for $20, you get 3000 credits (the initial 1500 + an additional 1500 if funded)
You supported for $30, you get 4500 credits (the initial 1500 + an additional 3000 if funded)
That's a 50% bonus for helping me out... plus you can get a real card gamed mailed directly to your house.
The $30 pledge level would cover 4 decks shipped inside the US to share with family and friends, or two decks shipped anywhere in the world. There are even a few options that will let you help me create a character to put in the game. Really, how often do you get to do that?!? :)
Here is a link to the project : FlashNics Kickstarter Project
Thanks again for putting up with me and my outside goals and dreams! You guys are the best!
--Mike
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Monday, May 06, 2013 at 10:40:07 AM
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Get some free credits! Help out FlashNics!
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
Hey guys! Since I don't have much advertising on the site, I figured this wasn't too inappropriate.. :)
Although it's unrelated to DerbyFever, I created a card game named FlashNics. :) It started out as a way to help my son Ben better learn addition / subtraction, but we began playing it with the entire family and we really enjoy it. I would really like to have a small run of these printed, as I believe they hold not only family playability but education value as well. As a father with small children, I believe anything I can do to encourage "play learning", especially involving mathematics, is beneficial.
Of course, doing even a small isn't cheap (I need much deeper pockets than I have), so I started a KickStarter campaign to try and fund the initial run. Needless to say, I'm not doing so hot. :/ It's probably the ugly face and Kentucky accent in the videos, or maybe it's that my "social network" is all but non-existent outside of the horse racing game. So I decided to see if I could drum up a little help from you guys... a nickel here and dime there may help get this thing off the ground. But I won't do so without helping you out as well. :)
If you help support the KickStarter campaign, I will award you as many credits within DerbyFever.com as you supported with up to 1500 game credits, even if the KickStarter fails (so you have the opportunity to get credits for nothing). And, if it succeeds and the game is realized (meaning you supported the project and get the rewards that come with it AND the previous credits), I'll add 50% more credits (up to 750 game credits).
So it's kind of a no lose : if it fails, you get free credits. If it succeeds, you get the Kickstarter rewards based on whatever level you supported at as well as free credits... and you're supporting an educational / family game.
Click here to go to the KickStarter campaign.
If you support, just send me your KickStarter ID you supported under and your DerbyFever.com ID and I'll credit you the initial amount ASAP.
..and please to pass this along to anyone that may be interested.. I need all the help I can get.
So that's my spiel. Thanks for listening, and I apologize for the interruption. :)
--Mike
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Sunday, April 28, 2013 at 11:46:29 AM
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Who is coming in for the Oaks / Derby?
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
Hey guys!
Is anyone making it to Louisville this year for the festivities? If so, and you want to try to get together a bit, let me know!
Use the Connect > Contact admin from inside the game.
I am trying to get a headcount and see if we want to do a formal gathering or just a dinner. If we have enough I'll try and secure a location.
Thanks!
--Mike
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Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 1:54:38 PM
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March 31st - April 8th - I'll be hard to reach
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
Hey folks!
My family and I are going on our yearly vacation. I do not plan on taking a computer, through I will be taking my iPhone to check in on things (with the ability to log into my home PCs).
My nephew will once again be watching my home but, as you may recall, he has limited computer experience (I actually had to have a friend, Craig, come over last year to fix a problem). The good news : the new game is up, the new router is up, and all of my power backups have been replaced. So I doubt anything too bad can happen. But, if it does, it may take a while to get things righted (still e-mail me if things are down more than 15 minutes). You may have noticed : I have NOT made any schedule changes. I believe the new game to be solid enough to run itself during this time. :)
As some players may have noticed : CPU2 is a bit goofy, and it goes down about 25% of the time at night. I'm sure it will go down again while I'm gone, and I'm sure I'll have to have him reboot it for me. If you purchase using PayPal and it doesn't go through within 15 minutes, it's likely that CPU2 is down. If you notice it is up and you did not get credited, feel free to contact me.
Thanks for understanding!
--Mike
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Monday, March 18, 2013 at 5:06:32 PM
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Back up! A few notes..
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
Hey guys!
I once again proved I am not networking guy by taking too long to get the new router and my network jived out, but it DOES work! So I am hoping for a slight bit of improved speed (likely not too notable) and, more importantly, less random outages (they haven't been bad lately, but they're still annoying).
A few other notes -
* I did NOT get the updates to the game uploaded. We were already down enough today, and I didn't want to chance messing it up and stayign down any longer. I am going to try to get the BTB on the main page tonight however.
* The backup database and the live one got a little out of snych.
For both of these reasons, I am going to have to take the game down again for a few hours very soon to get the updates loaded and the DB resynched.
Thanks for your patience!
--Mike
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Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 2:28:16 PM
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Downtime Early Monday - New Stuff likely
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
Hey guys!
I am going to do my monthly backup Monday, and will also be uploading an update to the game.
This update covers several small issues, and will also likely have a couple new additions (including the BTB list on the front page and almost surely the addition I have been working on, though it's still not quite done).
Thanks!
--Mike
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Friday, February 15, 2013 at 6:52:51 PM
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..might have a nice little surprise next week...
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
..maybe the following week.. but it's something that I've gotten a lot of requests for over time... no promises yet.. have to see if it all holds together... stay tuned... ;)
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