[CaptLego]

Originally Posted by warewulf

Pretty crazy. I can't believe I got it working.

Probably the first time I've had to edit my path statement for something on chiptalk.



If I only have 4 colors, how do I get rid of the other 3 colors?

You can just ignore the extra three color slots. If you want the automatic calculator to not use them, then just set their denoms to be outside the range that would be useful for your game.

[warewulf]

I only want to use 25 - 1000

Maybe leave an option to blank out the other chips?

[Captn_All_In]

Hey there Capt, I tried, but I have no idea where exactly I should save this stuff, and then on top of that I have no idea how to write my own DOS path!


Just a few more directions would be awesome! I seriously hope that I get to be able to use this program! It looks incredible!!

[FetishGirl]

Originally Posted by Captn_All_In

Hey there Capt, I tried, but I have no idea where exactly I should save this stuff, and then on top of that I have no idea how to write my own DOS path!

I got it working by extracting the breakdown3.zip into the bin/win32/ folder and running the program from there

[Matthew]

Originally Posted by FetishGirl

I got it working by extracting the breakdown3.zip into the bin/win32/ folder and running the program from there

YOU DA MAN!.....oh, wait a minute.....YOU DA GIRL!!!!

I couldn't edit my path - so thanks!

[CaptLego]

Originally Posted by warewulf

I only want to use 25 - 1000

Maybe leave an option to blank out the other chips?

warewulf,
The error you're getting is because your chipset doesn't have a denom small enough to make the small blind. You specified a starting stack of 3000, with a buyin = 200*SB. So for that game, you'd need a small denom no bigger than 3000/200 = 15

I've added a check and an error dialog box to catch this condition. I'll include that in the next update.

In the meantime, there are several ways you can make it happy for your case:
1) Add a smaller denom to your set.
2) Change to the option to use buyin = 100 SB
3) increase the buyin

Thanks for catching that.

As for hiding the rows of unused denoms -- that ain't gonna happen anytime soon

[CaptLego]

Originally Posted by FetishGirl

I got it working by extracting the breakdown3.zip into the bin/win32/ folder and running the program from there

That's a handy tip. Thanks!
I'll add that to the installation instructions.

[CaptLego]

Originally Posted by Captn_All_In

Here is just a quick thought before I submit this message....would it be possible to look at several of these at the same time? So as to compare one breakdown with another?? Or maybe a way to export/print them??

Just a thought!

Thanks again!!

Thanks for the suggestions!
I'm planning to do these things.

Right now, from the file menu you can save/load a breakdown. The file format is handy for the program (or matlab user), but otherwise.... not so good. I can add an "export" operation that would save the breakdown as a text file (or XML?), so you could view it or print it.

The other thing is to handle multiple games. In deciding what chip breakdown to purchase, this is always the hardest part. You want the set to support a variety of games. For this, I was thinking of adding a second window that would work kinda like the chip factory's set display. This second window would have slots for several games. You could then send the breakdown from the calculator to/from any of the slots. Then the second window could calculate the minimum number of chips for each denomination that would be required to cover any of the games.

[CaptLego]

Originally Posted by Captn_All_In

Hey there Capt, I tried, but I have no idea where exactly I should save this stuff, and then on top of that I have no idea how to write my own DOS path!


Just a few more directions would be awesome! I seriously hope that I get to be able to use this program! It looks incredible!!

Captn,
I think Fetishgirl's tip is probably the easiest way to go.
1. Extract the Matlab runtime libraries to wherever you want. For example, if you extract them to c:\breakdown, then after the extraction is complete, the goodies of interest will be in c:\breakdown\bin\win32.
2. Unzip the breakdown3.zip files to that folder (c:\breakdown\bin\win32).
Now just find the breakdown3.exe file and double-click on it.

Did that get you going?

[Captn_All_In]

No I still cant get it. Don't worry. I am not really feeling like messing with this today. I played really badly tonight.


Anyways, thanks for making this program I am sure it will be extremely helpful to many newbies!!