¶ Introduction
This update introduces a revamped design for the Sign-in/Sign-up pages and the "Start New Table" page, enhancing user experience. Key improvements in logic, tournament management, and bot behavior have also been made to streamline gameplay and registration processes.
¶ Summary
Sign-in and Sign-up Page Design: Redesigned dialogs with options to log in using Google or Facebook, and simplified registration by removing country and club details.
Start New Table Page: New two-step wizard design for setting up casual tables.
Logic: Enlarged bidding cards, refreshed game lists every 10 seconds, added new sounds, and automated closing of tables with four bots after four games.
Tournaments: Fixed issues with video visibility, microphone settings, registration, round movement, score comparisons, and tournament links.
Bots: Improved claim acceptance, bidding conventions, lead rules, and accuracy in notrump and signoff rules.
¶ New Features
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New design: Sign-in and Sign-up page
We've re-worked the design of the sign-in and new user registration dialogs. Users are no longer required to enter their country and club details during registration. Users are now able to Sign-in or Sign-up using their Google account.
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New design: Start New Table page
The new casual table dialog is redesigned as a two step wizard.
¶ Bug Fixes and Minor Improvements
¶ Logic
- New Login and Sign-Up page design
- Added "Login with Facebook" and "Login with Google" buttons
- Casual Games and Tournaments tables list is refreshed every 10 seconds
- Enlarged bidding cards
- Improved scenarios where "stop" card is displayed
- Added sounds for Play Countdown, Game Results, Bots seat, Menu icon, Watch table
- Automatically close a casual table played by 4 bots after 4 games
¶ Tournaments
- Fixed issue where Web users couldn't see Mobile users' video
- Set "Undo not allowed" as default parameter
- Fixed disabled microphone in Lobby
- Fixed Pairs registration scenarios
- Fixed end round movement when round timer expires
- Added score comparison with a specific user
- Display tournaments starting in 24 hours
- Added links from Lobby and Tournament details to Management Dashboard
- Fixed re-join lobby when tournament ends
- In a play-with-bots tournament always assign the best hand to south
¶ Bots
- Fixed some claim acceptance scenarios
- Lead from doubleton will no longer apply when holding an honor
- When all cards are equal, lead rules are now applied for all tricks (not just the first trick)
- Implemented the Ghestem bidding convention which now replaces the Michaels convention
- Direct and balancing overcalls of opponents 2 level premeptive bid were implemented
- Do not assume fit with the partner in a suit bid naturally by opponents
- Reset the knowledge when replacing a double with its big double variant
- Bot would now pass in most cases after his partner bid a penalty double
- Accuracy improvements for some notrump rules and rules used to signoff in partner's suit
- Consider blackwood response to queen's request as a natural non-forcing bid
- Use notrump points system for Stayman related and "notrump game is remote" pass responses
- Use length points system for a jump suit rebid
¶ Notes
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