Free ball in Snooker

Hi, for years I have been frustrated that your snooker games don't play the free ball rule correctly. I'd hoped it would have been corrected by now, has it even been flagged? I know its not "real" snooker, just a version of it, but presumably if you want to correctly apply the rule it would be no more difficult than (currently) incorrectly applying the rule. Does FlyorDie want accuracy or are you OK just with what you have, flawed though (in this case) it is? Thank you

DEVELOPER

please elaborate

Planet Saturn

OK, happy to thank you.

In snooker, a free ball is awarded after a player commits a foul and if the opponent has only an obstructed view of an available object ball. That means that if the opponent can see BOTH sides (to hit) of the object ball, a free ball is NOT awarded.  In Flyordie snooker games though this rule is misapplied, and a free ball is awarded even if the player CAN see both sides (to hit) of an available object ball. It is very frustrating as it does happen quite a lot and gives an unfair advantage to the player awarded the free ball incorrectly and presumably it wouldn't take much to correct this error in the Flyordie programme.

I have copied and pasted below a definition of the free ball rule from snookerhq.com which corroborates what I have said above:

"A free ball may be awarded only after a foul, when the incoming player is left snookered. In snooker, the cue-ball is not considered snookered if at least one ball on can be struck at both extreme edges (in a straight line) without obstruction by any ball not on. If no ball on can be struck on both extreme edges, the cue-ball is snookered and a free ball may be called. In practice, this means a player can still see part of the ball on and be awarded a free ball if they cannot hit both extreme edges of any ball on".

Thank you for reviewing this on behalf of snooker players frustrated by this Flyordie error.

DEVELOPER

The game's implementation should follow the official rules.

Could you please send us a top-view screenshot showing a situation where a free ball is awarded even though it shouldn't be? That way I can check whether it's a bug.

Thanks!