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Arcade Tournament Manager v1.6.1 Update

Posted by Scott on March 14, 2013
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I know, I know, it has been 2 days since I released v1.6.0. I have been getting a tremendous amount of praise and feedback, so I decided now would be a good time to address a few of the user requests. Below I have listed a few of the updates in this version. Sorry if your request did not make it into this version, I will get the good ones in as soon as I can.

Version 1.6.1 Updates

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  • Minor Bug Fixes
  • Options Menu Layout changed to be more organized
    • Split into section tabs
  • BetaBrite Functionality Updates
    • Ability to add a custom message to the display while the tournament is being set up
  • Warning system to let Tournament administrators know that they are overwriting a score
    • This can be disabled in the options menu withing the Scoring Options section

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As always, let me know if you find something that is not working properly or if you have any ideas on how to make this application better.

To get the latest version of this software go to the Arcade Tournament Manager Page.

New Arcade Tournament Software Update v1.6.0

Posted by Scott on March 12, 2013
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Hey Everyone,

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This latest version is actually a pretty big release.  I did some major back-end changes to make the application more stable, added and reorganized a bunch of the options.  (see image)

New Options:

  • Olympic Style Coloring
  • Color selection for Breakout Window Marquee
  • Classic BetaBrite Led Sign Integration

 

The biggest and most exciting addition of this version is the code to control a Classic BetaBrite LED Sign!

To control the sign, I modified an API that a guy named Jeff Atwood created for the .NET Framework back in 2005.  This API enables the Tournament Application to control the sign with the highlights of the tournament.

I have recorded a video of the early version of the Tournament Application displaying information on the sign.  You can sort-of get the idea from the video below of how cool this could be for a tournament.  I have added many more features that aren’t present in this video so stay tuned.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Lmsph3bK-c

To get the latest version of this software go to the Arcade Tournament Manager Page.