Release 2.3.8.1
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 10:40 pm
Version 2.3.8.1 has been released.
For users of version 2.3.7.5 - this upgrade will NOT automatically install (at least not until the start of November). Release 2.3.7.5 will no longer be supported past the end of October, so you are advised to upgrade as soon as possible.
The new release can be downloaded from http://www.thebetengine.co.uk/downloads.htm
If you are upgrading, please select the bottom option (Upgrade) on the downloads page.
Additions
1. Horse racing for Australian and New Zealand markets.
2. The Betfair Result Service does not include race results for Australian or New Zealand horse races - so, in test mode, results can only be obtained for races that go InPlay. The race grid has been updated to grey-out any races for which results cannot be obtained - and these races will not be included for betting purposes (regardless of whether they are ticked or not).
3. When market P/L is used, the race P/L is colour coded - green for a profit; red for a loss.
4. You can set the minimum and maximum number of bets to be placed on a dutch bet. This is used as an additional filter when you are dutching against all horses/dogs that meet certain criteria and you only want to bet if there are between x and y selections. For most cases, you can leave this set to the default minimum of 1 and default maximum of 50.
5. Filters added for race types, race distances and courses for American, South African and Australian markets. Note - further courses/distances/race types will be added over the coming days/weeks as I don't have a definitive list to work from and have to treat this as a voyage of discovery.
6. New setting - Enable advanced overrides - added to Settings/General. Advanced overrides will only be added to the runner grid if this setting is ticked.
7. Advanced Override: Allowable ranking can now be overridden and set at an individual runner level. It uses the same entry format as the generic allowable ranking feature (see the manual).
8. Advanced Override: You can now set odds ranges for both the win and place markets, so bets will only get placed if the odds ranges are matched on both markets.
9. Advanced Override: Conditional selection - you can flag a horse/dog to become a selection only if it hits a certain ranking in the betting (this is in addition to any named selections that you have made).
10. Conditional selection is also enabled directly on the Criteria tab - so that you can place a bet on a particular ranked selection in addition to any manual selections (this acts as a combined automatic/manual system!)
11. Where TBE detects that the inferred winner is incorrect, it will now highlight the corrected winner's name in red - to indicate that the initial result has been corrected and that the P/L may be wrong (depending on the staking plan in operation).
12. Select/deselect races by course name - right click on the column header above the tick boxes on the race grid and select from the pop-up menu.
13. Hide/show non-selected races - right click on the column header above the tick boxes on the race grid and select from the pop-up menu.
14. New race filter - No. of Places (see Events tab). You can restrict the races loaded by the number of places that pay out. Note this is only activated if Place markets are selected and EW betting is NOT selected. The filter defaults to 5 (i.e. all place markets that pay out on the first 5 runners), so if you want to restrict it to load only the markets that pay out on the first 2 runners - set the filter to 2.
15. Commentary - very much work in progress, but a single reason for betting/not betting will be added to an extra column in the races grid.
16. Extended Commentary - again work in progress, but reasons for betting/not betting each selection will be added to an extra column in the races grid.
17. Each betting system now remembers the directory where the last selections file was loaded from (for manual systems only).
18. Added Place for Win option - where selections are made in the Win market depending on the odds in the Place market.
19. Select/deselect place markets - right click on the column header above the tick boxes on the race grid and select from the pop-up menu.
20. Housekeeping functions - you can now clear down the information directories from within the program - see Settings/Diagnostics.
21. Ability to send debug files to Support from within the program - see Settings/Diagnostics.
22. Added a splitter to allow resizing of the Runners and Bet Criteria boxes. Double click on the title bar of the Runners group box to maximise the Runners area. Double click on the title bar of the Betting Criteria group box to maximise the Betting Criteria area. Click on the splitter bar to return the areas to their default sizes.
and many more!
Fixes
1. Fixed a bug with Must Run indicators.
2. Lay betting to a fixed liability (either fixed or %) has been corrected when betting at BSP.
3. Missing header (SD) added to export CSV routine.
4. Fixed a bug with Win for Place option.
5. Fixed a bug where place markets were not being loaded when E/W betting was enabled.
6. Fixed a bug where live odds were not always being used correctly.
7. Fixed a bug where snapshots were not always being processed correctly.
8. Fixed a bug where races could not be reloaded due to awaiting a result - even when a result was not awaited.
9. Fixed a bug with Pro staking when limits were in force.
10. Fixed problem with Filters being checked erroneously when the horse filters had not been downloaded and Prevent bets was not set.
11. Added a timeout to prevent TheBetEngine waiting indefinitely for a response from a time server (when Synchronise clocks every hour is set)
and many more!
Changes
1. Max dutch multiplier can be turned off by setting the value to zero.
2. Max dutch multiplier can now go up to 100.
3. Back and Lay XYZ sequences can now go up to 30 in length.
4. Additional courses added for AUS, NZL, RSA and USA racing.
Breaking Changes
1. The option to convert to BSP if unmatched has been replaced by a new option. You can now choose to cancel the bet, keep the bet (on the hope of getting matched InPlay) or convert the bet to BSP. If you have a betting system that used the old option, you will need to re-select it using the new option.
Manual
An updated manual has been produced covering the new features and can be downloaded from http://www.betdynamics.com/downloads/Th ... Manual.pdf
I would like to remind you that TheBetEngine has a dedicated form at http://www.thebetengine.co.uk/forum/ and I would encourage you to sign up and use the forum for feedback, reporting bugs or requesting new features. I would like to see the forum gather some momentum and get other people involved in the conversation.
Alistair
For users of version 2.3.7.5 - this upgrade will NOT automatically install (at least not until the start of November). Release 2.3.7.5 will no longer be supported past the end of October, so you are advised to upgrade as soon as possible.
The new release can be downloaded from http://www.thebetengine.co.uk/downloads.htm
If you are upgrading, please select the bottom option (Upgrade) on the downloads page.
Additions
1. Horse racing for Australian and New Zealand markets.
2. The Betfair Result Service does not include race results for Australian or New Zealand horse races - so, in test mode, results can only be obtained for races that go InPlay. The race grid has been updated to grey-out any races for which results cannot be obtained - and these races will not be included for betting purposes (regardless of whether they are ticked or not).
3. When market P/L is used, the race P/L is colour coded - green for a profit; red for a loss.
4. You can set the minimum and maximum number of bets to be placed on a dutch bet. This is used as an additional filter when you are dutching against all horses/dogs that meet certain criteria and you only want to bet if there are between x and y selections. For most cases, you can leave this set to the default minimum of 1 and default maximum of 50.
5. Filters added for race types, race distances and courses for American, South African and Australian markets. Note - further courses/distances/race types will be added over the coming days/weeks as I don't have a definitive list to work from and have to treat this as a voyage of discovery.
6. New setting - Enable advanced overrides - added to Settings/General. Advanced overrides will only be added to the runner grid if this setting is ticked.
7. Advanced Override: Allowable ranking can now be overridden and set at an individual runner level. It uses the same entry format as the generic allowable ranking feature (see the manual).
8. Advanced Override: You can now set odds ranges for both the win and place markets, so bets will only get placed if the odds ranges are matched on both markets.
9. Advanced Override: Conditional selection - you can flag a horse/dog to become a selection only if it hits a certain ranking in the betting (this is in addition to any named selections that you have made).
10. Conditional selection is also enabled directly on the Criteria tab - so that you can place a bet on a particular ranked selection in addition to any manual selections (this acts as a combined automatic/manual system!)
11. Where TBE detects that the inferred winner is incorrect, it will now highlight the corrected winner's name in red - to indicate that the initial result has been corrected and that the P/L may be wrong (depending on the staking plan in operation).
12. Select/deselect races by course name - right click on the column header above the tick boxes on the race grid and select from the pop-up menu.
13. Hide/show non-selected races - right click on the column header above the tick boxes on the race grid and select from the pop-up menu.
14. New race filter - No. of Places (see Events tab). You can restrict the races loaded by the number of places that pay out. Note this is only activated if Place markets are selected and EW betting is NOT selected. The filter defaults to 5 (i.e. all place markets that pay out on the first 5 runners), so if you want to restrict it to load only the markets that pay out on the first 2 runners - set the filter to 2.
15. Commentary - very much work in progress, but a single reason for betting/not betting will be added to an extra column in the races grid.
16. Extended Commentary - again work in progress, but reasons for betting/not betting each selection will be added to an extra column in the races grid.
17. Each betting system now remembers the directory where the last selections file was loaded from (for manual systems only).
18. Added Place for Win option - where selections are made in the Win market depending on the odds in the Place market.
19. Select/deselect place markets - right click on the column header above the tick boxes on the race grid and select from the pop-up menu.
20. Housekeeping functions - you can now clear down the information directories from within the program - see Settings/Diagnostics.
21. Ability to send debug files to Support from within the program - see Settings/Diagnostics.
22. Added a splitter to allow resizing of the Runners and Bet Criteria boxes. Double click on the title bar of the Runners group box to maximise the Runners area. Double click on the title bar of the Betting Criteria group box to maximise the Betting Criteria area. Click on the splitter bar to return the areas to their default sizes.
and many more!
Fixes
1. Fixed a bug with Must Run indicators.
2. Lay betting to a fixed liability (either fixed or %) has been corrected when betting at BSP.
3. Missing header (SD) added to export CSV routine.
4. Fixed a bug with Win for Place option.
5. Fixed a bug where place markets were not being loaded when E/W betting was enabled.
6. Fixed a bug where live odds were not always being used correctly.
7. Fixed a bug where snapshots were not always being processed correctly.
8. Fixed a bug where races could not be reloaded due to awaiting a result - even when a result was not awaited.
9. Fixed a bug with Pro staking when limits were in force.
10. Fixed problem with Filters being checked erroneously when the horse filters had not been downloaded and Prevent bets was not set.
11. Added a timeout to prevent TheBetEngine waiting indefinitely for a response from a time server (when Synchronise clocks every hour is set)
and many more!
Changes
1. Max dutch multiplier can be turned off by setting the value to zero.
2. Max dutch multiplier can now go up to 100.
3. Back and Lay XYZ sequences can now go up to 30 in length.
4. Additional courses added for AUS, NZL, RSA and USA racing.
Breaking Changes
1. The option to convert to BSP if unmatched has been replaced by a new option. You can now choose to cancel the bet, keep the bet (on the hope of getting matched InPlay) or convert the bet to BSP. If you have a betting system that used the old option, you will need to re-select it using the new option.
Manual
An updated manual has been produced covering the new features and can be downloaded from http://www.betdynamics.com/downloads/Th ... Manual.pdf
I would like to remind you that TheBetEngine has a dedicated form at http://www.thebetengine.co.uk/forum/ and I would encourage you to sign up and use the forum for feedback, reporting bugs or requesting new features. I would like to see the forum gather some momentum and get other people involved in the conversation.
Alistair