New update for opt betatest

nico on 2008-08-26 17:28 EST

There has been a new update for the OPT beta test. It has taken quite a while to release a new update, but that was mostly due to the fact that the server has been rewritten in C#. The changes to the server are so big that you must download the latest version of the client, that you can find here

New features in this version:

-winston draft is added.This is a draft format for two players. For an explanation on the format, look here
For a written explanation, you can look here

-when an opponent is unresponsive, you can ping him to see if he is timing out

additional changes/bug fixes:

- Active player's name is highlighted

- Pre-game: player that has not started a game/loaded a deck, is highlighted

- automatically saving themes on exit has been set as the default value

- Major bug: When you had a database that was missing cards, and an opponent loaded a deck that contains cards that are not in the database, you would be warned for an unknown card with name XXXX in the list. In this version it only shows cards in your decklist that are not known.

Ofcourse we have left some bugs for you to track down so you won't be bored, or lazy.

Comments (6)

by _S3BaS_ on 2008-08-27 00:09 EST

Thanks looks awesome

by Spyx on 2008-08-27 10:12 EST

which server do we connect to?

by _S3BaS_ on 2008-08-27 13:04 EST

is this 83.119.184.87 Join #opt for more information xDDD :DDD

by Spyx on 2008-08-27 21:17 EST

Ok but then I need to enter login information also, where do I register an account?
I tried asking in #opt but there's hardly anyone there.
It would be nice if there was kind of a step by step on how to get started on this program, because it really has potential especially with the multiplayer options.
But right now it doesn't seem very user friendly.

by bakert on 2008-08-28 12:57 EST

This looks great Nico.

This program is intended as a replacement for Magic Workstation?

Is there a website or a getting started guide?

In the absence of a better place to report it I will let you know here that in Windows XP (under VMWare) the application brings up a wide and short dialog entitle "Online Play Table" containing the message "Loading Theme: default_1-1_players" which never goes away and does not respond to clicking the close dialog "X" in the top right.

If there is a better place to report bugs please let me know. Thanks!

by nico on 2008-08-28 18:21 EST

you can report bugs on the forum, we have a board specially for the opt betatest.

Greetz Nico