Desperately Seeking Help to Solve the Crashing Problem

If you are one of the people who can’t use Poker Copilot 2.97 (the current update), can I beg you to do the following?

 

1. Please send me this file from your computer:/Users/[your mac os x user name]/Library/Logs/Poker Copilot.log

You can send it to steve@pokercopilot.com. If you are using Mac OS X Lion, here’s a tip on how to get to the Library folder:

2. (for the technically savvy):

a) Open Terminal
b) Type 
cd /Applications/Poker\ Copilot\ 2.app/Contents/MacOS/ 
and press enter
c) Type 
./Poker\ Copilot\ 2 
and press enter
d) When Poker Copilot crashes there will be some error messages dumped to the terminal. Copy and paste that into an email and send it to me at steve@pokercopilot.com

 

This info will help me solve the problem.

 

 

Is Poker Copilot 2.97 Crashing For You?

Some Poker Copilot users can’t get the latest update to run. Frustratingly, I can’t reproduce this. I don’t have enough information to solve it yet.

If you are having this problem, you can help. Please go to this topic in our discussion forum and contribute as you best can. I’ve asked for some specific info there which will help me.

 

Poker Copilot 2.97 Now Available

Poker Copilot 2.97 is now available to download.

What’s changed:

  • Added support for Club 7 Poker (Merge Network)
  • Improved lag problems that were occurring after a couple of hours of multi-tabling. Note: To get the full benefit of this improvement, you’ll need to reset your database.
  • Improved PokerStars support when you have multiple versions of PokerStars (e.g. PokerStars.fr, PokerStars.it)

What’s fixed:

  • Fixed broken Merge Network parser when handling uncalled all-in bets (a problem introduced in the last update)
  • Fixed broken charting by day that was causing crashes since the last update

Update Instructions:

  1. Download the latest version here.
  2. Open the downloaded file.
  3. Drag the Poker Copilot icon to the Applications icon. If prompted to replace an existing version, confirm that you do want to replace.

Now you are done and ready to hit the tables.

Poker Copilot Still Not Coming to App Store

So the news here is that nothing is happening…

Poker Copilot has been ineligible to be added to the App Store until Apple and Oracle completed Java 7 for Mac OS X. Work was coming along well, I’ve been trying all developer-only releases, and sending feedback and bug reports to Apple/Oracle.

But then, a couple of days ago, Apple announced that as of March 2012, applications available in the App Store will have to be “sandboxed”. This means, they won’t have access to other program’s files and info. Which means that a program like Poker Copilot would not be able to interact with a program like PokerStars. Which means Poker Copilot won’t be making it into the App Store.

I’m a bit disappointed, as this has been a goal I’ve been working towards for months.

 

Poker Copilot 2.96 Now Available

Poker Copilot 2.96 is now available to download.

A big thanks to the Winamax team for working closely with me to get things ready for their changed hand history format.

What’s changed:

  • Upcoming Winamax hand history changes supported.
  • Improved pasting of formatted hands into plain text editor
  • Improved handling “My playing day starts at” for summer time

What’s fixed:

  • Fix for Merge Network stake level problem – no small blind posted meant incorrect stake level info

Update Instructions:

  1. Download the latest version here.
  2. Open the downloaded file.
  3. Drag the Poker Copilot icon to the Applications icon. If prompted to replace an existing version, confirm that you do want to replace.

Now you are done and ready to hit the tables.

Poker in Barcelona?

Last (northern hemisphere) winter I hibernated in Beirut. This year, I’m at the other end of the Mediterranean, in Barcelona.

I’m looking to join a regular home poker night. Small buy-ins, playing for fun. Know of anything? Let me know via email: steve@pokercopilot.com

 

Deleting Ongame Hand Histories on Mac OS X

Someone asked on the Poker Copilot Get Satisfaction site how to delete Ongame hand histories. It is tricky, because Ongame stores hand histories in a hidden file.

So here are step-by-step instructions for finding and removing Ongame hand histories on Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion):

  1. In Finder, from the “Go” menu, select “Go to Folder…”
  2. In the window that appears, enter ~/.P5 and press enter. You may want to copy and paste that bolded text
  3. Now in Finder a window will open in which you can go through your Ongame Network hand histories, deleting or moving as you want
  4. Once you’ve deleted the hand histories, if you want the changes reflected in Poker Copilot, you need to reset your database. In Poker Copilot, you do this from the “File” menu, by selecting “Reset Database…”

In earlier versions of OS X, the “Go to Folder…” option from step 1 may be slightly different.

 

Poker Copilot Problems with Summer Time Changeover

People in some places where winter time is changing to summer time seem to be having problems starting Poker Copilot. If this affects you, you’ll need to wait a day, then start Poker Copilot again. I’m looking in to a better long-term fix.

So far, I suspect this is mostly a problem for Brazilian users of Poker Copilot.