CONVENTION files written by users

[nonnosub]

Hello everyone,

 

I'm a newbie, hope not to be offtopic or saying anything already covered in the past.

 

I wrote a series of CONVENTION_xxx.bss files that I would play online with my usual pards, ... but when I tried to do that I realised the opps were unable to see ANYTHING of the whole Convention Card due to "loading error". And that is obvious (even if I' didn't think about before), as my main file recalls convention files that are not on the default \conventions\ folder on BBO servers (while are on my pc and on the pard's one).

 

My first question is: would it be possible to made public-domain a CONVENTION_xxx.bss file written by an user, obviously after proper debugging procedure by BBO Staff?

 

I could live without it, definitely, by embodying all these pieces of my system into the main CC FD file, but I'm in a big trouble with the so-said "floating convention files", like the Roman Blackwood (with extended answer scale to show Aces AND chicane) that I'm used to play with my p. In fact in this very case I should foresee and write ANY possible bidding-tree in which this 4NT could be used. And this is a real pain in the neck, as it is well known by the ones who experienced that.

 

My second question (retreat position, lol) is: still possible to implement into my main file a "floating convention" situation, like BLCW 4NT, WITHOUT TO PUT THAT "OUTSIDE" IN A CONVENTION_XXX.BSS FILE? Like the only example at the moment present on BBO, i.e. the Roman Keycards BLCW "convention_rkcb1430.bss"?

 

Thanks in advance

roberto

[csdenmark]

If you have problems to see the bids it is most likely you have a syntax-bug in your file. You may have edited via editor instead of via bid-edit application.

 

Nobody asks you to include RKCB in your convention card. What you need is opening bid + initial response. Then it can be wise to go a bit deeper to aut. explain fancy conventions or relays.

[nonnosub]

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My first question is: would it be possible to made public-domain a CONVENTION_xxx.bss file written by an user, obviously after proper debugging procedure by BBO Staff?

 

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My second question (retreat position, lol) is: still possible to implement into my main file a "floating convention" situation, like BLCW 4NT, WITHOUT TO PUT THAT "OUTSIDE" IN A CONVENTION_XXX.BSS FILE? Like the only example at the moment present on BBO, i.e. the Roman Keycards BLCW "convention_rkcb1430.bss"?

My post doesn't seem to be very interesting for this forum. But I expected a sort of answer at least by who, in the bbo staff, manages Full Disclosure software and/or possible improvements to it.

 

Again, I would appreciate some help on this matter.

 

Thx a lot

[John in the Sun]

I have also run into the same situation. The convention card with my custom convention loads fine for me; and loads OK when my partner and I are practicing bidding. This leads me to believe that the problem is indeed that the opponents don't have the convention on their computer.

 

IMHO the FD software should follow the convention links and load the convention bidding into the main CC, then no one else needs the convention, not even partner.