Playactions so far (Call, Check, Bet etc) and positions HUD

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Is it possible to show this stuff directly on the table?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Tum...@gmail.com on 3 Feb 2010 at 9:39

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Tummii,

I hate to sounds like a broken record, but I need more details.  I don't know 
what
you're asking for...  Positions HUD?  

If you're asking for the actions of other players to be overlaid on the table 
in some
obvious fashion, like little blocks of text that say "CALL" or "CHECK", etc., 
then
what you're asking for is possible, but I won't be doing it.  That's a big 
request,
and I simply don't have the time or energy.  The virtue of this project being 
open
source, though, is that maybe someone else will!

In any case, adding a feature like this will have to wait a while.  We are 
currently
in a feature freeze, which means that no new features will be added to 
BlazingStars
until v1.0 is released.  After that, the first thing on my list is to add Full 
Tilt
support, and that's going to take a while.  

Don't get me wrong - I'm happy that you like the program enough to come by and 
ask
for this, and I appreciate the effort you put into it;  it's just too big a 
feature
(if I understand you correctly) to add on my own.  I'll leave the issue open 
for a
while, though, and maybe someone will show up who will do this for you.

Original comment by steven.h...@gmail.com on 3 Feb 2010 at 5:00

• Added labels: NeedsDeveloper, Priority-Low, Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Priority-Medium, Type-Defect

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I'm glad you made this program,
it's really great.

my requests were going in this direction:
playactions :
under the name of the player there is a box (maybe half visible) which says on 
the
river something like this "C/BR/C" every letter is the action by the player and 
the
different streets get divided by the slash's. So i could re-read the player 
actions
made so far, when many tables are played this is very useful.

positions-HUD:
just a simple box that show the current position of the player, like UTG+2 MP3 
BB
etc. so you don't need to count the position.

but again these are requests that would make the the programm worth some $, so i
could understand if you wouldn't implement them right away.
the idea of the features just came from the "longHUD" it's a windows-prog for
pokerplayers.

thx again!

Original comment by Tum...@gmail.com on 4 Feb 2010 at 9:32

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Ah, I see what you mean. To be honest, I'm not sure that this 
is even feasible. There are only a few ways to accomplish 
something like this, but most of them won't work properly, and 
the one that would (hooking into the chat box) seems error 
prone and would require a lot of work. 

I'm not even sure that this feature belongs in BlazingStars. I 
wrote BS to be a hotkey program, not a HUD.  I've nosed 
across the line with the window overlays,  but I don't think 
that I'm willing to go much further than that. Trying to do too 
many things with BlazingStars will just turn it into an 
unmaintainable mess, and I want BlazingStars to remain a 
focused and useful program for Mac poker players. 

So, upon reflection,  I think that I'm going to have to say 
"sorry, but no" to this one. I really do appreciate your support 
of the program, but I'm afraid that you will have to go 
elsewhere for this feature (or fork the code and implement it 
yourself - BlazingStars is open source for a reason!). 

Original comment by steven.h...@gmail.com on 4 Feb 2010 at 5:05

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One final note on this:  I don't know if it is something he'd be willing to do, 
but a feature like the one 
you're suggesting sounds like it would be a more natural fit for Poker Copilot 
than for BlazingStars. I'll cc 
this to Steve and if he feels like it he can comment here. 

Original comment by steven.h...@gmail.com on 4 Feb 2010 at 5:08

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I agree with you, Steven. It doesn't sound like this request would be a good 
fit for 
BlazingStars... and would probably be a better fit for Poker Copilot...

Original comment by steve.mc...@gmail.com on 4 Feb 2010 at 5:37

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maybe a standalone app would be the best thing since this is probably something 
only
for special players i am not sure. an app which is nice and fast ? that's what 
i like
most about blazingstars so easy and functional.
thx again

Original comment by Tum...@gmail.com on 5 Feb 2010 at 8:43