RDSS1 and the Kentucky Derby - Pace and Cap

Ted Craven · 05-05-2011, 10:57 AM

This year (as every year) the current version of RDSS (i.e. V0.99.2 aka RDSS1) can have trouble opening the 20 horse field of the Kentucky Derby race. The issue has to do with the intensive use RDSS1 makes of Windows graphic objects. You will have the best chance of working the race with these tips:

1. Open RDSS and go directly to the Derby race. If you open another race first, then open the Derby, RDSS will almost certainly crash.

2. If the race opens and you start to pick pacelines and RDSS crashes before you have selected a line for each horse, or you have multiple lines for some horses - start eliminating horses before you have entered more lines than RDSS can handle on your computer. You can usually manage to have 16 lines in the Analysis screens before running into trouble.

3. If you're still having trouble, reboot your computer, don't open any other programs, open RDSS, open the Derby race - see if that works.

All of the foregoing problems with memory and RDSS are among the many reasons why I have rewritten it, and why I will be publishing RDSS 2.0 later this year.

Very sorry for the inconvenience. If anyone is having trouble, just let me know.

Good luck in the Derby!

Ted

05-05-2011, 10:57 AM	#1
Ted Craven Grade 1 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Posts: 9,257	RDSS1 and the Kentucky Derby This year (as every year) the current version of RDSS (i.e. V0.99.2 aka RDSS1) can have trouble opening the 20 horse field of the Kentucky Derby race. The issue has to do with the intensive use RDSS1 makes of Windows graphic objects. You will have the best chance of working the race with these tips: 1. Open RDSS and go directly to the Derby race. If you open another race first, then open the Derby, RDSS will almost certainly crash. 2. If the race opens and you start to pick pacelines and RDSS crashes before you have selected a line for each horse, or you have multiple lines for some horses - start eliminating horses before you have entered more lines than RDSS can handle on your computer. You can usually manage to have 16 lines in the Analysis screens before running into trouble. 3. If you're still having trouble, reboot your computer, don't open any other programs, open RDSS, open the Derby race - see if that works. All of the foregoing problems with memory and RDSS are among the many reasons why I have rewritten it, and why I will be publishing RDSS 2.0 later this year. Very sorry for the inconvenience. If anyone is having trouble, just let me know. Good luck in the Derby! Ted __________________ RDSS - Racing Decision Support System™