GoDraw V 6.2.4 is available for general use as from 02/02/08

GoPlayers.gdi was generated from the ratings update on 01/05/08

You can download the latest version of the list of players used by the GoDraw program. See the link at the bottom of the page.

NEW in version 6.2.4 issued on 02/02/08:

PREFERENCES

In the new Preferences tab - 'Display Format', available from Settings>Preferences, you can specify how the players' names are to be displayed. These can be either name(grade) or name(MMS) or just name as in the Printing Format options. The default is name(MMS) for any tournament style.

BUG FIXES in version 6.2.4:

PRIZES

The expected prize count is now correctly updated to the true prize count when all results are completed.

WINS

Player's wins now correctly includes any free wins.

HANDICAP EDIT

You can now enter handicaps up to 31, and get a meaningful error message if you try to exceed the limit. The limit on extra komi is +-999

ROUND NUMBER

For Manual pairing, the displayed round number updates immediately rather than waiting for the 'End Manual' button to be pressed.

NEW in version 6.2.3:

SWISS HANDICAP

Draw displays Grades rather than MMS. Also during editing of draw or Manual draw again we show Grades, not MMS

MANUAL

Update DrawMaster section to refer to new Handbook rather than repeating the material.

NEW in version 6.2.2:

ROUNDS FIELD

The editing of the rounds field is now achieved via a drop down list for improved reliability.

REGISTER IMPORT

Extended register import fields to include separate columns for Given and Family names. Also now accepts the fields Group and Rounds

ON-SCREEN HELP

New section Register Edits explains how to navigate round the register, delete players and edit any of the fields.

MANUAL

Update to include all the new register import functionality.

NEW in version 6.2.0:

IMPROVED AUTOCOMPLETION

Deletion restarts autocompletion

EDITOR SCROLLING

You can scroll through the list of names in the player list using the up/down arrow keys without opening the list.

REGISTER IMPORT

You can import player details into the register from a text file. Please read the new section 'Import Register' in the Manual for format details.

BUGFIXES at version 6.2.3:

1. Viewing ranklist for previous round now shows correct ranklist, not final.
2. Autocompletion was incorrect after typing illegal character then Escape.

BUGFIXES at version 6.2.2:

1. Delete trailing characters in names restarts autocompletion before typing.
2. Misleading message when both tiebreaks set to 'None'.
3. Missing warning in Swiss manual pairing when weaker player is white.
4. Viewing player details while editing may cause edit undo.
5. Adding single board to new room, rather than to last room.

BUGFIXES at version 6.2.1:

1. Cursor jumping to end of field while editing register.
2. Sleeping players above the bar counted at close of registration.
3. Draw comment displaying 'handicap' for 'no komi' games.
4. Spurious scrolling in the Groups form.
5. Unsafe Group edits in Swiss or All Play All tournaments.
6. Need to press Enter twice to get next batch of 5 results, if there was a missing result in the batch.

Please see the Introduction and Quick Tour sections of the Manual to get a fast overview of the system. The Manual is included in the download file.

This page is part of the British Go Association web site.

Last updated 08/05/2008. Comments on this page to Geoff Kaniuk.