Starters Orders 7 Horse Racing news & patch notes

1.047 Foreign jumps trainer count bug fixed. Betting market sometimes corrupted. Fixed. Possible corrupted AI trainer horse breeding index check/fix Season flat champ horse calc bug fixed. Pace Jockey AI mods/fix relating to momentum and potential. Should smooth out horse progress during a race a little possibly improving consistency slightly. Possible (rare) crash fix. Possible rare index corruption (maybe rare crash) at end of season fixed.

Trainer mode crash fix. Old comms option (jumps calls related) fix. Comms crash fixed. Old SO6 style comms. Occasional stutter during race fixed. Crash fix. Skipping race. Followed horse in auction interupt fix. Disable audio speech fix. End of season possible lock up (rare) fixed. Possible Speech fix. Old style SO6 commentary integrated as a back up option in case of issues with Text-to-Speech (rare crashes). Revert to standard comms in the Options (select USE NEW TTS STYLE COMMS in options).

1.044

• Trainer mode crash fix.
• Old comms option (jumps calls related) fix.
• Comms crash fixed.
• Old SO6 style comms. Occasional stutter during race fixed.
• Crash fix.
• Skipping race. Followed horse in auction interupt fix.
• Disable audio speech fix.
• End of season possible lock up (rare) fixed.
• Possible Speech fix.
• Old style SO6 commentary integrated as a back up option in case of issues with Text-to-Speech (rare crashes). Revert to standard comms in the Options (select USE NEW TTS STYLE COMMS in options).

1.030

• Licence check. Exports will be disabled if there is a licence conflict. This should stop the user losing all their exports (HDB file) when a conflict occurs.
• Players should not use more than one licence or have the web and Steam build both installed or use save files or exports from a third part. Any of these three could cause a licence conflict.
• Possible fix for shader related racecourse crash on some machines.
• 'N'otes option added to some breeding screens.
• Stallions retired to stud that are followed by the player will generate a notification email.
• Export licence conflicts small log file created in SAVES: EXPORT_ERR.txt
• 4th position kit race fix.
• Yearlings display fix (multi yearlings of same name).

1.028 Kit. Duplicate horses (of different ages) may now compete in kit races. Game races minor pace mod. Kit. Pacifier effect added (previously there was no effect and game horses that required a pacifier would not be penalised in kit races). Nag added to export screen reminding players that non league mode game horses cannot be entered into online league. 1.027 Showcase file. 'C' now referes to male horse that has not been gelded. Fixes issue with older horses race entries. Late season. More 3youp handicaps and less 4youp. 1.024-1.026 Kit fixes. Possible active horse indexing bug fixed. Loading modded game over new code. Crash fixed. Colts becoming Stallions at 4 mostly. Now changed to 5. Group 1 winners with a form drop off more often race in lower group races. Minor mods regarding group winners entries based on recent form. More 2yo novices after July.

1.010

• Memory leaks/issues fixed.
• Physics engine - race related leaks fixed.
• Kit: Significant memory leak relating to exported lineage. Fixed.
• Kit: Exports Lineage now limited to 6 generations. Fixes HDB file sizes.
• Kit: Possible lineage related crash fixed.
• TAB fixed in betting shop.

1.008

• Minor progression tweaks (flat related only).
• Extra verification regarding league play games status.
• Possible bug in backup process under certain conditions. Fixed.
• Kit racecard bug resulting active game buttons. Fixed.
• Jockey (UK) name fix.
• Trainer AI mod (first run of season) - listed races.
• Checks to avoid possible invalid stallion breeding reference related crash.
• Adjustments to aging profile (flat vs jumps).
• Retirement code minor adjustments.

0.152 Prep race (new code) related crash fixed. Options (new game) screen. Silks selection image corruption fix. Breeding status on tables now sortable. Sort proxies fixed or added to average breeding dist. fields. 0.151 Race kit bug fixed. Race kit init improved. 0.150 Game data object (primary) summary data added to finance screen. Mainly for debugging and modders use. PRESS 'D' to toggle. Bug fix resulting in start game lockup relating to modded trainer data files. Back/quit button fixed. Breeding Mares table now returns correct sort on returning to screen. AI mods to allow some horses (mainly 2yo and 3yo) to drop in class slightly on first run of season. Horse data screen jockey feedback icon fixed. DATA UPDATE: UK: Trainer and jockeys updated based on recent stats (and some extras). Please report any problems. Only applies to games started after patching. AUS: Trainer and jockeys (flat) updated based on latest stats. Please report any problems. Only applies to games started after patching. IRE: Some trainer and jockey updates. FR: new + updated jockeys. USA: No trainer and jockey changes. These items are intended to be entirely fictitious and will not be changed due to legal reasons. Users may edit files manualy.

0.149

• AI optimisations to speed up autoruns etc.
• Some extra lower handicaps replacing maiden races with field problems (not 2yo).
• Possible lock up end of first season (usualy jumps) related to no Stallions available fixed.
• Bug related to withdrawing prepped horses (if required) fixed.
• Prep horse suplimented for race without considering current declarations and conflicts. Fixed. Disance and race value now considered.
• Win table icon wrong (introduced last patch) fixed.
• maxruns and maxwins fix.
• Handicapping tweaks primary regarding Novice and Maiden runners. Lower ratings for poor performances. Feedback required.
• Form book fix to allow correct browsing after returning from horse data screen.
• maxruns and maxwins work with 0.
• Layout bug on race card (occasional large gaps) fixed.
• Breeding (global) Stud screen. Progeny group wins fixed.
• Past performances (horse data) table jockey feedback icon fix.
• Start year changed to 2020.

0.142 1024 x 768 screen mode layout fixes. Flat Novice race eligibility changes to reflect BHA: Not won more than 2 flat races. Not won class 1 race. Not won more than 2 class 2 races. (3yo up) winner with >= 3 excluded. Trainer ranking fix. Possible race sequence related memory leak fixed. Old injuries listed as current fixed. Some Injuries not recorded in historical store fixed. fixes. Use sparingly and with care - possible walk overs. AI changes for trainer horse entry (regarding prepped horses). Possible breeding fix relating to pref distance spread - feedback. Player recieving breeding offer from themselves. Fixed. League masters build additions. 'Hide stats' option now only hides detailed stats. Basic stats are now visible on horse data screen. Listbox back on home page to filter flat/jumps horses. Repeat breeding bullet not working. Fixed. Repeat breeds are now (fee / 2). 1024x768 screen layout fixes. Minor early race pace tweak (constructed races only). Feedback.

Age sort proxy fix for main home menu and training menu tables. Minor horse trainer entry AI tweaks regarding lightly raced horses. Horse breed data store bug fixed. Interupt skip on SALE (tommorow) added. Bullet on SALES screen. More trainer AI horse entry tweaks (regarding 2 and 3yo). Bug where horse with one run get's underestimated and a minimum rating after season start despite form. fixed.

0.129

• Kit init fix.
• HDB file backup name bug fix.
• Possible bug relating to deleted HDB files cause by closing game window (rather than using quit button) fixed.
• Fix for horse entry kit corruption.
• Breeding Tab (from trainer Data) now retains parents tabs (navigation fix).
• Auction layout fix.
• 2yo auction. Horses default to selected on auction list.
• Button zone bug during race sequence fixed.

1080 layout fix. Old school race sequence layout changes and bigger viewing area. More view buttons. Paddock screen fix. Possible save game vanishing fix. Back button fix (end of season). Table - last highlight line bug fix. Races added: Troll House Stud Mares Hurdle (Chelt). Minor schedule (UK) tweaks. Minor handicapping tweaks (flat Novice). Flat novice races. No runners with more than 2 wins.

This update contains a few fixes plus the ability for modders to now add jumps schedules and racecourses to Australian and USA game modes. Changes to accommodate AUS and USA jumping user mod courses and schedules. Minor course screen duplication fix. Possible crash fix regarding local code racecourse count (modders) fixed. Stallion fees ( Aei related bug fixed). May take a while to filter through in current games. Field (out to grass) layout fix. Trainer home screen 1080 table fix. Two user modded Australian jumps courses added (primarily for mod schedule testing): Warrnambool and Oakbank. Dummy AUS combined schedule added. This contains the flat schedule setup for a combined game. Testing only for now. Potential Lockup fix.

Updates/fixes this patch: Importing horse into AUS game age bug. Fixed. Transfer in bug (AUS game) fixed. Resulted in false declarations + crash. Lineage diagram. Male/female order flipped. Minor tweaks to spread of US turf/dirt races. Incorrect Legends defaulting at game start fixed.