looking for feedback on new site

[johnwatson11218]

I am looking for feedback on a new blackjack site that I am developing.

The url is:

(Dead link: http://www.barracudafix.com/bc/game.jsp)

I posted this site here a few months ago (and got some great feedback). That discussion was here : http://www.blackjackinfo.com/bb/showthread.php?p=177454

This new site is using the same backend but I have rewritten the front end in flash. I have a few more tweaks I want to make to the UI then I am going to make this flash version the main one for my site.

It might not be clear from the UI (yet!) but you have to click "Deal" to start the game. I'm wondering if the display of previous hands at the bottom helps. Also, the graph is the true count plotted against the penetration.

 

[johnwatson11218]

link working?

I just had a complaint on another site saying that my link isn't working. Are you guys able to see the game? It looks like there is some activity based on what I see in my log files. Keep in mind the original link was for a flash website so you need to have flash installed to run it.
Here is the link to the older ui that just uses html and javascript

(Dead link: http://www.barracudafix.com/)

 

[Canceler]

The link takes me to the site, but I see only a big gray screen that has a little white box with a red X in it in the upper left corner.

 

[johnwatson11218]

hmm, ok

to me that sounds like either you don't have a flash player installed or you have an older one. I'm not doing anything to detect whether or not the web browser has a flash player installed.
I'll look into putting some kind of detection in there and see if I can put up better error messages if this is the case.

 

[Canceler]

Coincidentally, my Flash player was updated first thing this morning. Still no change. I'm using IE8, if that matters. (If it does matter, you probably need to fix something.)

 

[aslan]

Coincidentally, my Flash player was updated first thing this morning. Still no change. I'm using IE8, if that matters. (If it does matter, you probably need to fix something.)

Same gray screen here, too.

 

[johnwatson11218]

OK I see what is going on now

I tried it in Internet Explorer and I see what you guys are talking about. Sorry I only tested in Firefox and Chrome. I will code a fix and upload an update.

 

[aslan]

I tried it in Internet Explorer and I see what you guys are talking about. Sorry I only tested in Firefox and Chrome. I will code a fix and upload an update.

I use Firefox, but only saw a gray screen.

 

[johnwatson11218]

OK I got it up in IE

There was a problem with the way I was embedding the flash movie that IE didn't like. I changed that and now I can see it in IE. Please let me know if there are still issues with pulling the site up.

(Dead link: http://www.barracudafix.com/bc/game.jsp)

 

[Canceler]

Works for me now.

 

[aslan]

Works for me, too, except it has me on a losing streak in a super high count. Is this sim rigged? How many decks does it represent?

 

[johnwatson11218]

it is using 6 decks

Sorry about the losing streak. Afaik it isn't rigged, I tried to implement a good shuffle and correct game play. If you can see the hands at the bottom of the screen you can do an audit. You should be able to to see all 6*52 cards, reconstruct the count, see the outcome etc. If you see anything funny - a screen shot of the cards from the bottom would be so helpful.

Anyway I'm going to move forward with this. I'm thinking of adding more info to the list of previous hands at the bottom. Things like the change in the raw count/true count. Whether you made any BS mistakes playing that hand. Some kind of indicator that you weren't moving your bet up and down correctly. The ability to select a counting vector (maybe even enter your own that you want to practice against).

 

[johnwatson11218]

The count I'm using ...

I just looked at the code and the count I'm using is

2,3,4,5,6 -> +1
10,J,Q,K,A -> -1
that number is dived by the number of decks left in the shoe. So I think the first few hands would see that number divided by 6, after 52 cards it is divided by 5 etc.

 

[Canceler]

Works for me, too, except it has me on a losing streak in a super high count.

If you raised your bet during the high count, you may not have gotten credit for it. I bet 100 on the first hand of the shoe, won, and got only 10 added to my bank.

Also, my feeling is that I should not have had to click Stand when I got to 21; it should have moved on automatically. JMO.

Also, a Reset or Clear button would be good, in case I want to start over.

 

[johnwatson11218]

I'll revisit the bet

I think the bet is picked out already ... in other words you can edit the bet after the current bet has already been made. (edit: actually I can see now that the bet isn't changing at all for me; arghhh!!!) That is something that has bugged me for a while. I will fix it this weekend.
Yea I can also make it end the round unconditionally when you get to 21.

 

[johnwatson11218]

change in bet amount should be working

Ok, thanks for pointing out that the bet wasn't changing. I found the bug and pushed an update just now. I tested it out and it seems to be working.