The Banks are now open. Bank & kick with confidence & avoid ball-in-hand

Thanks Gerald,
It’s defiantly a work in progress. It seems like making the app was the easy part now. I wouldn’t have thought that in the beginning. We will continue to grow both the app and the sight. Thanks for the encouraging words.
Good Banking,
 
Hi Clyde,

At this point I've probably spent 3 hours on my BSC. I think you are off to a great start. I'll be

looking forward to hearing that BSC has overtaken Angry Birds in the App Store!

The BSC really got my attention when I plotted out a 1 railer in the side and made my first attempt,

then a miss, followed by another success.

My buddy and I are rabid bank pool students so we really like what you've done. I will have to do

some more table testing but my hope is that I can use and rely on this tool as a reference builder

for studying the game.

The first thing I noticed with my 1r-side bank was that the setup has to be exact. So I grabbed some

adhesive doughnuts and made sure that what I was doing was repeatable, including a doughnut on the

rail point of impact.

Before using the BSC I started thinking of all the variables that one could put in to make it more

accurate. Now I think that would be a waste of time as there are lots bigger fish to fry, like

making sure that you are hitting the ball where you aim it, etc. It might be nice to have a few

macro collections like Diamond w/pro-cut, Diamond with rail upgrade, GC regular etc.

What I was noticing in the dry study (no table play yet) was that certain shots like the Z bank

usually plots out on the BSC at 2/3-1/3 for cushions 1 & 2 respectively. Depending on the actual

table we usually figure any where from 1/3 to 1/4 for rail #2. The reason I'm going into this detail

is that I'd like the capability to:

save shots

be able to build solution sets

expand trajectories in at least 1/2 diamond increments from the original plot to see where the

patterns fall apart

Take back "moves" rather than restarting

Make the default position for the restart button farther away from the red button

Have the capability to insert notes ( you're at the DCC and you're about to play Larry Nevel. You've

been watching and noting the idiosyncracies of the main table :-)

Have voice command for toggling small or large views

Be able to adjust the sensitivity of the playfield to touch commands

Have more gray area to navigate on the short side of the table

Ticks on head rail seem dimmer than ticks on side rails, heck, why not make 'em all easier to see all the time

develop a grid system projector that would shine down from your lightbox or fixture

And just to respond to one of your comments, Yes, it is easier and more fun to tackle the technical work

And finally (no offence intended), you really should get somebody to proofread your "sight".

Ok, enough rambling and back to work.


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supergreenman said:
Someone would be replacing thier Iphone the day after they pulled this baby out on me during a match.

Just sayn.
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IMHO, I wouldn't try to use the BSC during a game. The setup needs to be too exact for any realtime use. Where you could probably use it would be for calc'ing your lag hits. Either the individual player or a bar team member could start setting up the anticipated lag shot while the opponent was still at the table.

I think a determined cheater could get away with a lot while pretending to use their cell phone.

Randyg said earlier that the BCA approved it for training. I hope they aren't considering it for actual play.

Always something to watch out for...now we've got to watch out for support teams of former railbirds feeding info to their player du jour. :angry:
 
Considering it is already against the rules to use a phone or ipod for that matter in any way during match play it would be pointless to rule on it.

Seems like a good practice tool though. I will be anticipating it on the Android Market as well. Hate Apple! Haha!
 
FD,
Glad you’re having success. I had no doubt. Let’s start with the Z bank. The devise is calculating mirror images and therefore will come up short off the second rail. This is caused by the spin imparted off the first rail. Try aiming the ball’s center at the impact point and hit it firm.
Saving shots: Just plot the shot then do screen shots and they will be saved to your cache. Down load them to your PC, print them and make a book…as you wish.
We’re looking at take back moves to shorten the process when the user changes their mind, wants another solution…
The space is a premium so the switch position are pretty well set. More switches will be coming so we’ll see.
I appreciate all the feedback. It sounds like you’re a long time tech guy. I’m taking it all in, weighing all the input and working on BSC-2.0 so thanks a lot and keep me up to date on your progress.
Cheers,
 
5/4/11 I will be in PC darkness until Sunday night. Please continue to post your questions or comments. I will answer your questions upon my return. Thank you all very much and I hope to meet some of you in Vegas next week.
Keep kicking,
Cheers,
 
Bustah360 said:
Still no dice for the Android phones?
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I'm still looking for a programmer. It's a fairly complex program and the last programmer that looked it over didn't think he could do it. So I'm back in search mode. I will keep you posted though. It works well on ipod touch 8G, which is quite inexpensive now if you're interested in such a thing.

Thanks for asking,
Clyde
 
I'll stick to the Diamonds. Thats what they put them on the table for.

Its like an auto pilot when you don't know how to fly an airplane.
Flip the auto pilot off and you'll probably crash.

Turn the Ap off and its like, "Now what do I do"?
 
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