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Originally Posted by reckless
hello Ted:
I am writing today to ask you if is it possible to offer end users a slimmed down version of RDSS??
Also, I had d-loaded the pp's for Saturday late Friday evening. For some reason I did not get the pp's for Oaklawn's final race, with a diolog box popping up and stating something about the odd distance of that race (it was a marathon) and that distance adjustments couldn't be made.
Lastly (I promise), if I do download an earlier version of RDSS as you suggested on an earlier day, must I delete and remove the entire version of RDSS that I have on my hard drive?
Must I also contact you and/or TM about this, my thinking being when I fetch some race-cards the TM computer might read my computer and get different versions, which could necessitate denying me access?
Will changing versions of RDSS cause me more agita or less?
Thanks Ted for all your help. Please PM your home address so I could send you the license fee.
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Reckless,
I am very happy for your success on 4/11 and simultaneously I commiserate with your pain - don't slash those wrists just yet (my wife is a mental health crisis counsellor and I don't want her to be calling Philly 911 over RDSS
).
The
stripped down version of RDSS you want is Version 0.97.9 (
the previous version). Download the V0.97.9 Update version (no need to download the whole Full Install) then run the installation. No need to uninstall V0.98.5. No need to check anything with TrackMaster or with me (but do let me know if anything goes awry). It will crash less - you will be happier.
RDSS (nor Spec nor Val) cannot work races over 12 furlongs (mile and a half), hence the final race at OP Saturday. These distances are not conducive to pace analysis. In Spec/Val you can simply change the distance today to one which the software CAN work (e.g. change it to 12f). You can't do that yet in RDSS, but should in the next version.
Again, I apologize to you and to anyone who is frustrated with RDSS Version 0.98.5 (and give the same advice: revert to the previous version if the current one is TOO annoying).
What I am doing is basically rewriting RDSS. The past 2 years or so have shown me what I (and others) want to have (i.e. a prototype) and now I am re-organizing the foundations to be able to do all that is expected. Sometimes in software development, you don't know what you don't know, and I made a few design mistakes. The next version (whenever it arrives) will be a
lot less memory intensive and the missing bells and whistles will be there (for those who need them). I have not been promoting RDSS (though new people keep showing up).
If you still wish to continue with it, you're welcomed to subscribe (and check your PM in a minute for the postal address).
Thanks for you kind words, and also for telling it like it is - warts and all, I don't mind. Let me know if the previous version works better for you.
yours,
Ted