Field Control / Scoring Support Systems

[aaeamdar]

Version 0.3 is out! (Cue thunderous applause)


Version 0.3: Added a whole lot of features and protection to the program.
Together with the changes from 0.2, should be very well protected from
crashing.
Release date: 6/23/09

Added features:
-Practice rounds (scoring optional) now supported
-Eliminations are coming along nicely, implemented for early rounds
-Documentation now includes support classes
-Disqualifications now supported
-New ImproperFileFormatException almost totally protects from bad file
input

Minor fixes:
-Surrogate status (implemented in Version 0.2) now actually works
-Filenames (except config.ini) are set in config.ini
-Filenames are standardized
-Super cells now actually worth 15 points (they were worth just 2)
-No longer crashes when a file being read is also open in Office
-Doubles do not exist in the project anymore; this should prevent math
errors

On the Horizon:

-GUI: we'll see
-Support for 4 teams in match (possibly 8, though this may get tricky)
-Support for alternate elimination formats (need ideas on what these
might be
-Elimination matches
-Decide when to skip matches based on wins/losses
-Re-generate the schedule based on wins/losses
-Switching Outcome to ENUM
-More protection (assert-type statements & such)

[Francis-134]

Originally Posted by aaeamdar

-Support for alternate elimination formats (need ideas on what these
might be

The only alternate elimination format I can think of (or has been used in the history of FIRST) is double elimination. I found a link to a sample 8-team bracket here (PDF).

[Chris is me]

FIRST has used the highest Match Score after 2 matches to determine who goes on before. It was kind of silly, but done.

A few tournaments (Battlecry) use a single match Eighth-Final to determine the quarterfinalists.

Round Robin eliminations are in theory possible.

[aaeamdar]

Version 0.4 is out: This time it's Graphical!

The new version supports a Graphical User Interface. The features/tweaks are WAY too numerous to list, but the essential change is that it's in graphical mode now. Quite a few features are still not working.

Features not working/not yet implemented with the GUI version:
-Elimination matches
-Practice matches
-Loading pre-existing results

If you find something that should be working but isn't please please please let me know! The more feedback I have the better I can make this project.

Additionally, if you're planning to/are interested in using this software for your off-season event, I would love to hear from you! (or by CD PM, or by replying here). You can reach me at <myusername>@gmail.com. Things I'd be interested in hearing include but are not limited to: features you'd like to see added, WHEN your event is so I know what your deadline is, and support requests for the software.


Notes on this version:

This is basically the "Version 0.1" of the GUI versions. It's very unpolished and probably has a lot of bugs. In terms of reliability and features, Version 0.3 is actually better. However, moving towards a graphical interface will allow much better flexibility in terms of user input.

[aaeamdar]

Sorry it actually is up now (I forgot to upload the file).

(www.team1719.org -> Library to get the file)