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When are some courses 3 instead of 2?
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Author:  twilightramblings [ Sat Oct 26, 2019 12:09 pm ]
Post subject:  When are some courses 3 instead of 2?
Hey guys,

So after months of complaining I wish there was a more automated tool to make schedules....I'm making one :lol:

It's a python script, using information I enter into the command line to create entries in the schedule and featureRace files.

I want to make it work for all the countries but I need to know under which conditions each course has to be a 3 instead of just the normal 2 for dirt. Then I can program in a rule that just typing "dirt" checks the conditions and puts the right one in.

If you know them, can you add them to this post? Or if you know how I can find out the hard and fast rules, that's okay too :D

(Also, once I have it done and have done an entire schedule and tested to make sure it does it all right, I'd be happy to post the script if anyone's interested)
Author:  twilightramblings [ Sun Oct 27, 2019 1:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: When are some courses 3 instead of 2?
Okay, so I just checked the combined schedule to see how jumping courses are written and now I have even less of an idea :lol:

Would a good general rule be that if it's a dirt variable or a jumping variable it will be [coursename]2 and pick the right surface based on the race type?
Author:  simpleminds [ Sun Oct 27, 2019 4:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: When are some courses 3 instead of 2?
twilightramblings wrote:
Okay, so I just checked the combined schedule to see how jumping courses are written and now I have even less of an idea :lol:

Would a good general rule be that if it's a dirt variable or a jumping variable it will be [coursename]2 and pick the right surface based on the race type?



Best Example is Lingfield which has all weather, Flat Turf and 2 Jump you can have more by changing the 1 to 2 .

<NAME>Lingfield<SUBCOURSE>cc_flatTurf1
<CDIR>LH<DRAW>L3TO8<CDESC>UNDULATING<CPROFILE>SHARP<WORLDC>1769,203

<NAME>Lingfield<SUBCOURSE>cc_dirt1
<CDIR>LH<DRAW>L3TO8<CDESC>FLAT<WORLDC>1769,203

<NAME>Lingfield<SUBCOURSE>cc_jumps1
<CDIR>LH<CDESC>UNDULATING<WORLDC>1769,203

<NAME>Lingfield<SUBCOURSE>cc_hurdles1
<CDIR>LH<CDESC>UNDULATING<WORLDC>1769,203




Gray
Author:  twilightramblings [ Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: When are some courses 3 instead of 2?
So if I was doing a race for Lingfield, how would I know which to use? If I have a dirt race as Lingfield2 in the same meet, does that mean my jump race would be a Lingfield3? I know in the AUS schedule there's only like one race that has a 3 and it's a South African race, which are all all-weather and flat, so is that because of distance using a different sub-course?
Author:  simpleminds [ Mon Oct 28, 2019 2:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: When are some courses 3 instead of 2?
twilightramblings wrote:
So if I was doing a race for Lingfield, how would I know which to use? If I have a dirt race as Lingfield2 in the same meet, does that mean my jump race would be a Lingfield3? I know in the AUS schedule there's only like one race that has a 3 and it's a South African race, which are all all-weather and flat, so is that because of distance using a different sub-course?



In Your Feature Races they will have Course tags example

<NAME>Hever Sprint Stakes<RACECOURSE>Lingfield:cc_dirt1
<MONTH>Mar<PRIZE>56250<DISTANCE>5.0<RACECATAG>LISTED<AGE>4YOUP

In Your _sched_f it should show

3,19
Lingfield2
Hever Sprint Stakes

You can remove the 2 after Lingfield as that is left over from old Version SO5 it wouldn't affect what track has the Tag in your Feature Races is Lingfield:cc_dirt1 and if you want to do another Dirt Track you would change the 1 to the 2 on that Tag Like this Lingfield:cc_dirt2


Gray
Author:  twilightramblings [ Mon Oct 28, 2019 5:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: When are some courses 3 instead of 2?
Wait so the number isn't even important?

Because yeah, I've seen those examples and written some myself for USA races, but I just assumed that 1 meant turf, 2 meant dirt and I wasn't seeing 3 because it was for jumps.

If it's not needed, I'll leave it out.
Author:  simpleminds [ Mon Oct 28, 2019 5:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: When are some courses 3 instead of 2?
twilightramblings wrote:
Wait so the number isn't even important?

Because yeah, I've seen those examples and written some myself for USA races, but I just assumed that 1 meant turf, 2 meant dirt and I wasn't seeing 3 because it was for jumps.

If it's not needed, I'll leave it out.




That's right the Course the race uses is taken from the tag in the feature Races.
Author:  twilightramblings [ Tue Oct 29, 2019 6:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: When are some courses 3 instead of 2?
That's going to make the script I've written much easier to program for that - if it was going to be some sort of "if you've used this other tag, you have to use x number" it was going to be difficult, because the script is output-only and doesn't read the other races.

Need to plan out some lower level races to add to my schedule and then I finally get to test writing a whole schedule with it :D I've even made a quick little script that will generate random races for me, so if I ask for 4 random lower races, it gives me this:

1m7f C6 3yo
5f C4 3yo
5f ListedHcp 3youp
1m6f C7 4youp
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