Release 0.39
New Features
- Check for updates option added. The program will check the website to see if a new version is available, if one is it will ask if you want to visit the website to download it. This is enabled by default
- Documentation added. The program includes a manual that can be read using your web browser
- Free Play race type added. This race type is for open track time, it has the following characteristics:
- No time or lap limit, race must be manually ended
- Racers are automatically removed from the race if they do not get a lap within the timeout period
- Overall best lap and personal best lap are announced
- Rank and time are not announced
- Results are not stored to the database
- Race screen is sorted by average lap time
- Start time for each racer is dynamic based on when they first cross the lap counter, like the staggered start race type
- If a racer timed out and was removed when they get back on the track all their information is reset to 0
- The pace column on the race screen shows average lap time
- When selecting a racer image it is now automatically resized if it is too large
- Linux Text To Speech is now supported. You must have kttsd installed and configure it with kttsmgr
- You can now create new makes and models for the edit racers screen by typing in the info on the edit racer screen and hitting enter
- The database and report data xml file now includes the rank a racer was at for each lap along with the time the lap occurred
Enhancements
- When in lap race mode an announcement is now made when a racer is on their last lap
- The racer logo defined in the theme.xml file now displays on the main page
- Many enhancements to speed up internal processing of data
- Lamborghini was added to the make/model list
- Buttons on the main screen were updated and now take you to the documentation by launching a web browser
Bug Fixes
- Controls on the statistics screen are now disabled while a race is running
- Fixed bug allowing racers to be added with UID or name set to none or just a blank field
- Changed the select racers screen to not use the select racers window in the background when automatically adding racers with the Kyosho IC lap counter