Harry, thanks for giving a better and far more detailed answer than
I would have. I did see the question while traveling over the
holidays, but you did such a thorough job of answering that I felt
no need to chime in.
I can only add a few notes now:
1. There are "Help" buttons on the Custom Games page to guide the
user through inputting a Custom game with and without the WinPoker
method.
2. The max number of Custom video poker games that can be saved is
50. (There are already 24 packaged video poker games in the drop
down menu on the Game Selection page).
3. I do intend to add multiline capability. It will be an upgrade
available at a small incremental cost to previous owners of DRA-VP.
It is not going to happen for at least 6 months, and more likely, a
year.
4. DRA-VP will not, unfortunately, run on Open Office. Open Office
is striving to be totally compatible with Excel, and at least one
developer has told me that future versions of Open Office may be
able to do just that.
Hey, Happy New Year, Harry, and the vpFREE community, too!
--Dunbar
PS--dixiepokerace, feel free to email me if you still have any
questions about Custom Games.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Harry Porter" <harry.porter@...>
wrote:
dixiepokerace wrote:
> I've got three questions regarding Dunbar's excellent Risk
Analyzer
> for VP:
I look for Dunbar to be along to provide input, but let me offer
what
I can:
> What about games not supplied in the pull-down menu? I've tried
> using the "custom games" add-on, but am unable to add, say, 7-5
BP
> with a progressive rather than the pre-loaded 8-5 BP. I suspect
I
> may have to purchase additional software to run "custom games".
Is
> this true?
If you have a fully functional product (vs. say, a demo) then the
Custom Game option should permit you do handle this in short order.
- Click "Change Game"
- Select "CUSTOM GAMES!"
- Click "OK"
If you've never added a custom game to RA-VP previous, a table will
appear that allows you to enter the new game data (paylines,
payout,
frequency). This data can be hand input or, more expediently, you
can
import the data from Winpoker, via the Clipboard. (You could also
import the data via any other source, provided it's transferred
into
the Clipboard in the exact same format used by Winpoker.)
To transfer data from Winpoker to the Clipboard, you perform the
standard game analysis in Winpoker for the revised paytable
(Analyze/Game/Run Analysis). Then, from the Winpoker analysis
screen,
click on "Copy to Clipboard". Return to the Dunbar RA-VP
spreadsheet
and from the Custom Game screen, click "Use Winpoker 6.0 Data".
With the new game data entered (manually or via WP), now click
on "Use
Table Info". You'll be prompted to confirm that you want to add
the
newly defined paytable into the list of saved custom games. Click
"Yes" and enter a new name for this game when prompted.
Once you've defined at least one custom game, when you click on
"CUSTOM GAMES!" you'll be presented with a list of existing defined
games and be prompted to select one or opt to define a new one
(following the preceding outlined steps).
I expect there is a limit on the number of user defined games, but
I
don't recall what that limit is.
> Is there a Risk Analyzer for multi-hand games as well, or is
there a
> simple trick to using the current version to give results for
> multi-hand games?
The answer to both is no. I'm sure Dunbar has given thought to
extending his analyzer, perhaps with a separate product.
> Also, I've made the switch with my new computer and am seeking
to
> have NO Microsoft products on my system. I noticed while trying
to
> run v1.5 thru OpenOffice2.0 Calc that I get a bunch of "not
found"
> errors.
> Is this a simple fix or is v1.5 inoperable with anything but
Excel?
ยทยทยท
RA-VP has been tested and certified for use with Excel 97 and later
versions. I'll let Dunbar speak re compatibility with OpenOffice.
- Harry