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Now Available - N2 Points Calculator v1.2

Doug Reichl

Now Available - N2 Points Calculator v1.2

by Doug Reichl » Tue, 31 Mar 1998 04:00:00

Now Available - NASCAR 2 Points Calculator v1.2

Get it at:

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

Set "File Area to Search" to "Games"

Set "Search Keywords" to "n2pts1_2"

If you have trouble searching (it may take several hours for the new
file to make the search listing), then just List All Files (it was
uploaded tonight Mar 29).

Here is what is new/fixed:

* Version 1.1  - Bug Fixes:

                 - The driver list did not add drivers properly.  It
                   appears that drivers are listed multiple times when
                   using more than one .STN file

                   When I looked for a driver name, I allowed too many
                   characters to be searched and ran into the Laps Run
                   field by one character.  I fixed it by shortening
                   the driver name character allowance.

                   This is why this bug was there:

                   I do an exact search to differentiate between drivers.
                   Therefore, "Jeff Gordon" is different from "Jeff  Gordon".
                   If you look at the charts, you will see something like:

                        Driver                         Starts  Percent
                     -------------------------------------------------
                     Jeff Gordon              1           1      100
                     Jeff Gordon              3           1      100
                     Jeff Gordon                          1      100

                   Well, those extra numbers in the middle of the chart are
                   NOT supposed to be there.  They are saying that the
                   driver is:

                   "Jeff Gordon             1"
                   "Jeff Gordon             3"
                   "Jeff Gordon              "

                   This would be 3 different drivers to me.  I just search
                   for less characters now so I do not run into the Laps Run
                   field, which is where this additional number came from in
                   the driver name.

                 - When moving the charts up and down for Bonus Points and
                   Laps Led the drivers listed were scrambled and most
                   drivers are listed many, many times.

                   This was caused by having the sorter not clear data
                   before resorting.  This allowed the list to sort amongst
                   a new list multiple times scrambling the order and
                   listing drivers out of order.

                   Fixed by clearing data before sorting list.

                 - If the driver listings went over 99 then drivers would be
                   listed with a % sign in front of the number (eg %100).
                   This also caused the remainder of the chart to shift over
                   and become scrambled.

                   Fixed by allowing more room for Driver Numbers.

               - New Features:

                 - I added a Best, Avg and Worst column to Start and
                   Finish Position charts.  I renamed them from Avg
                   Start to Start Pos and from Avg Finish to Finish Pos.

                 - I added a Starts column to the DNF chart.  This was
                   because the Percentage of DNFs is based off of the number
                   of races the driver competed in and not the number of
                   races in a season.  Therefore, the Percent column might
                   have one driver with 1 DNF at 20%, but another driver
                   with 1 DNF at 100%.  I only included this so I wouldn't
                   get bug reports of bad math.  ;)

                 - I removed the "Total Races" entry from the Save All
                   file SUMMARY.TXT.  I used to put this at the top of
                   each chart, but now I only put it at the top of the
                   file once and remove the others to make the chart
                   look cleaner.

               - Released on March 25, 1998

* Version 1.2  - Bug Fixes:

                 - When moving the charts up and down for Poles and Wins
                   the drivers listed were scrambled and most drivers are
                   listed many, many times.

                   This was caused by having the sorter not clear data
                   before resorting.  This allowed the list to sort amongst
                   a new list multiple times scrambling the order and
                   listing drivers out of order.

                   Fixed by clearing data before sorting list.

               - Released on March 25, 1998
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