From Vancer on the request thread:
1. A start/stop/pause button on the main screen would be good, This would allow for the pre-scheduled breaks (more serious game) or the ability to simply take a break when the table decides to (less serious game) ... speaking of which, can you just run the pre-set breaks down to 0 and it's as if you don't have any scheduled?
2. The app needs to stop at the expiration of a round due to being in the middle of a hand, then started back up for the beginning of the next round and the increased blinds (also a reason for #1)
3. A tab or options page with preset blind structures and/or configurable blind structures
4. Oh yeah, an actual end of round timer sound to go off just before it pauses and waits for your prompt to begin next round/upped blinds ... in a game where guys are a little more serious they will run right past the time if something doesn't sound off to get their attention.
5. the afor mentioned stuff about number of players in the tourney, buy in and payout structure, and the power and config stuff you mentioned would be nice too, but the above stuff is needed to make it usuable to run a small home tournement.
Hope that feedback helps!
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1 - The enter button serves as start and stop. Knowing that, do you think I should add another button on the screen? Or would it be worthwhile to make an invisible button behind the main time?
2 - Does my answer to #1 resolve this? I've never seen people stop the time at the end of a round until the hand is over, but that's your choice
If you'd prefer, I can move the alert up. I went ahead and added a beep at 0:30 remaining as a warning.
3 - That's the pain that delayed me from finishing up the first release for 2 months. I was so frustrated trying to find a way to allow for editing a datagrid. Seems like I need to bind to a SQL Server Compact DB in order to edit. So I have to come up with a decent UI from scratch. It is coming. In the meantime, you can edit the Blinds.xml in the Program Files\PokerChrono directory on your phone.
4 - It uses your system.beep sound. Three of them at the end of each round. I am adding another at 30 seconds remaining as well. I may look into configuring a custom sound, but at first look it appears that I need a third party control to play any sound. I may be able to use windows media player, but I'm not sure how well that will work. If your system sound is set to nothing, you will not hear any sound.
The suggestion about a pause at the end of each round is contrary to all tournaments I've been a part of. I don't want to build in features that would only be useful to a single person (too many unused features == bad). So if anyone else would like this functionality (it'll be configurable), please say so and I'll add it.
5 - I'm not sure there's anything I can reply to here
Let me know if you continue to have problems with your sound!
Keep the suggestions coming