PT4 Wish List

[PartyAnimal]

Since my PT3 Update Cache took over 11 hours, I tried to grind with PT4 then HM2 and noticed the following issues.

1) Dual display problem. I last used PT4 on the second display attached to my laptop. After I stopped using the laptop for the night, I disconnected the HDMI cable. When I restarted the laptop and PT4 in the morning, I could not see PT4 on the laptop screen. I could see it running on the task bar and right-clicked on it then "Move", but did not know how to move it to the laptop display. I could not access PT4 until I went back to my desk and connected to the second display. Please make PT4 always start in the first display.

2) Why is importing hands (e.g., "Get Hands From Disk") so slow? HM2 is so much faster importing.

3) The "Avg Stack" in the default tournament HUD is wrong and keeps changing. For example, in a single table tournament, the lobby correctly shows the correct average of 3500 chips, but "Avg Stack" fluctuated between 3503 and 3750 with the same number of players.

4) What happened to the Hud option "Stats From Current Tournament Blind Level Only"? If it was deemed not to be useful, please replace it with filters for effective stack sizes (like HM2). As players upgrade to PT4, many of them will also upgrade their PCs (e.g., SSD, Windows 8).

5) Can the "Number of Players Filtered" be improved to be like HM2? For example, I may have a filter for 3-6 players, but when it goes down to 6 players, I would still want to see the player's stats up to 10-handed instead of starting off with zero stats.

6) Is it possible to have a filter for the rebuy period? Many play very differently during the period when they can have unlimited rebuys in a tournament compared to when it becomes a normal freezeout.

7) Can we have a feature to shift the player HUDs (counter-)clockwise? If the Preferred Seating option is not working properly, it would be great to be able to shift the player HUDs one seat at a time (like HM2).

8) Can the spacing between the rows of HUD stats be reduced (instead of creating another table group for the second HUD row)? Screen real estate is too much at a premium.

9) Will the HUD specifically for heads-up (shown in the preview video) be in the next beta? Can we have an example tournament HUD using the positional popups?

10) How can we display a shortened version of the player names in the HUD, e.g., only first three letters (like in HM2)?

11) What happened to the AF and AFq stats? Aggression Factors was one of the holy trinity of stats, but I didn't see it in most of the tournament HUDs provided.

12) Can the tournament prize structure be input while playing the tournament so that ICM and equity stats can be calculated?

13) Can the size or number of hands in a database be shown in "Database Management"?

Thanks for considering my suggestions.

[WhiteRider]

Thanks - I'll make sure the development team see your comments.
A couple of quick answers:

10) There is a Player Name Short stat built in. This shows 5 characters, but if you want 3 instead it's easy to make a copy and change the number of characters shown.

11) I don't think these stats are used much anymore by the pro players that we consulted with over the design of the default HUDs. The tournament "legacy" HUD uses AF, and "PT3 classic" uses AFq.

[KuPoB_K]

1) Dual display problem. snip..

If you use Windows I can help you with this. Next time this happens hold your mouse over the icon on the taskbar so that the preview window shows up. then right click to bring the little grey menu and from it choose (left click) move. Now leave your mouse and DO NOT press anything. Instead on your keyboard single press the left or right arrow once. Now without pressing anything move your mouse and your "lost window" will be draggable.
Hope this helps. It works with any program.

[PartyAnimal]

on your keyboard single press the left or right arrow once. Now without pressing anything move your mouse and your "lost window" will be draggable.
Hope this helps. It works with any program.

Thanks. I think I discovered this workaround by trial & error.