Update Progress

Update Progress

Good progress is being made on the next major DartMan update. This update will include the following:

A completely redone and revamped online gaming system, including webcam video streaming between players.

A complete overhaul of the User Interface, to allow easily extending it with new games

Hopefully a release will not be too much longer!

Website Updates

The dartman.mickhynes.com website has been updated with the following changes:

• Updated all references to players to use their username now, instead of actual names
• Added drop down menus on the main navigation menu, for easier and quicker navigation to sub-sections of the site. At present, these are under the profile, stats and contact menus.

DartMan v2.1.0.6 released!

DartMan v2.1.0.6 has been released. This version contains the following changes:

Updates

• Added the display of 170+ scores in the game screen

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that meant valid scores such as 165 were not possible to enter. Also disallowed attempted entry of scores > 180 (even though these were not validated, and the score was not submitted).

When restarted, you can choose to update DartMan to obtain these changes.

DartMan v2.1.0.5 released

DartMan has been updated with the following bug fixes:

• Fixed a bug which caused legs to not save due to datetime culture issues. This only occurred in certain rare situations.
• DartMan now automatically detects if the PDC DartsDemo is installed, for caller out sounds. If it is installed, and it's sounds location are different to those configured in the settings, it corrects this so that sounds will be played.

Please update when prompted when DartMan is launched to receive these fixes.

DartMan v2.1.0.2 released!

DartMan has been updated with the following changes:

New Features

• Added an option End of Leg Counter
• This option allows you to set the default timeout at the end of a Leg against a Computer player, before the next leg will automatically begin

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug caused by clicking the New Game menu whilst in a game. This caused the application to crash

DartMan will automatically update when launched next.

Website Updates

The DartMan website (dartman.mickhynes.com) has been updated, with the following changes:

New Features

• Added a twitter feed to the home page, under the Recent Games. This displays the most recent tweets from the DartMan Twitter Account
• The player names in the View Game page are now clickable. Clicking them will bring you to that player's statistics page
• Added links to Previous and Next games on the View Game page. These links allow navigation of:
• All games
• Player One's games
• Player Two's games

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug which meant the navigation menu wasn't displayed on the Error page
• Fixed incorrect links to JavaScript and CSS files, causing 404 errors
• Fixed the formatting of the display of legs in the Game screen for Firefox, Opera and older Internet Explorer browsers. This was due to missing CSS entries

DartMan v2.1.0.1 released

DartMan v2.1.0.1 has been released. The changes included are as follows:

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug in online play, which caused an incorrect Player to be associated to the game. This caused other issues with online play also.
• DartMan now detects the default browser, and uses that when links to Register, Profile or Download Sounds are clicked. These windows now open immediately - previously this could freeze the program for 45 seconds.
• Fixed 2 bugs caused when clicking the Options or My Friends menu within the View menu.

New Features:

• Added a link to the 'Register Player' web page from the Friends Screen
• Added a new menu option in the Game Screen: Help -> View log files...
• This option will open the folder where logs are stored, for assisting with any issue diagnosis if necessary.

DartMan will automatically update the next time it is launched. Please leave feedback in the comments, or via the Contact Us page on the site.