Starting scheduled games
The buttons on the scheduled game window allow you to control
how much of the action you want to see.
Play
Click on Play to display a menu that lets
you play the first unplayed game on the day you selected in the
Calendar, or, if you have selected a particular game in the
Scheduled Games area, play the game you have selected, whether it
is the first scheduled game that day or not.
When you choose to play a game, the Scheduled Game Options window
appears as the first step in playing the selected game. Use this
window to choose game options, decide which (if any) functions
should be handled by the computer manager, and choose view
preferences for the game window. After you have chosen these
options, the game will begin.
Autoplay
Click on Autoplay to display a menu that
lets you:
-
Play the first unplayed game on the day you
have selected,
-
Play a game you have selected in the
scheduled games area,
-
Play every unplayed game up to a game you
have selected in the scheduled games area,
-
Play every unplayed game on the day you have
selected, or
-
Play all of the remaining games in the
season.
When you autoplay games, the computer manager
makes all of the decisions for both teams and continues playing the
games in rapid succession until the games you requested have been
completed. Depending on the speed of your computer, each game takes
anywhere from less than a second to a few seconds to complete, so
DMB doesn't show you the progress of the game in any way. As each
game is completed, the score is posted to the game list and the
standings and other reports are immediately updated.
Stop
If you have told DMB to autoplay a series of
games, press Stop to quit playing those games. The game that is currently is
progress will play to completion, but any remaining games
will not be
played.
Options
Clicking on the Options button will bring up the
following screen:
This screen allows you to choose:
-
the boxscore format,
-
the achievements that will cause boxscores
and scoresheets to be generated when your league is set up to save
those items only when special
events occur
-
text sizes and colors for various parts of
the scheduled game selection window.
Cancel
Click on Cancel when you have finished playing or autoplaying
games and you wish to close this window. You cannot close the
window while any game is in progress.
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