Using the App

Site Versions

There are two versions of Lockout.Live:

lockout.live

The main version can be found at lockout.live.

This version gets updated infrequently, but is usually the most “stable” version.

beta.lockout.live

The beta version can be found at beta.lockout.live.

This version is updated more frequently, and has the latest features, games and more.

Tip

Unless you are having a specific problem with it, it is recommended to use the beta version over the main site!

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Creating a Board

From the home page, choose from the following options and click the Generate Board button to get started with a new bingo board for your game of choice!

Game

The game you want to play. This changes the available objective set options.

Objectives

Which objective set you want to use.

Most games may only have the one default set, but some games may have multiple sets such as streamlined (a quicker version of the default set) or beginner (an easier version of the default set).

Mode Setting (Size/Time etc)

The game mode setting, typically the size of the board or the time limit for the game mode.

Seed Optional

The seed you want to use for the board.

If left blank, a random seed will be automatically generated for you.

Seeds can sometimes have refresh numbers. This indicates how many times the seed was refreshed to create the next new board.

For example, the seed MV2XRO:4 means the seed MV2XRO was refreshed 4 times.

You can paste in a seed with a refresh number or you can type it in manually (e.g. seed:refresh). After focusing away from the input or clicking the Generate Board button, the seed and refresh count will be applied.

Mode

What game mode you want to play. See Game Modes for more information.

Advanced Options & Modifiers

Additionally, you can toggle to show the advanced options and modifiers.

Modifiers

Which modifiers you want to use for the board. See Game Modifiers for more information.

Password Optional

A password to protect the board.

When sharing a link to a password protected board, other players will be prompted to enter the password to join the game.

Server

The server the game will use to host the game.

Any other players joining the game will use the same server (but they do not need to change their own server setting).

This mainly impacts the latency of the game updates between players, such as clicking off goals.

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Inviting Players

You can invite players to your game by going to the Settings tab and clicking the Copy Invite Link button.

Caution

This is a unique link that can sometimes be different from the URL your browser may be showing. Always use the Copy Invite Link button to get the correct link.

Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut C to copy the invite link to your clipboard.

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Interacting with the Board

Tabs

The board is split into 3 tabs:

• Image Tab - The game board with the objectives displayed as images.
• Text Tab - The game board with the objectives displayed as text.
• Settings Tab - The settings for the game board & debug information.

Tooltips

Hovering over an objective will show a tooltip for that goal.

If you hover over a goal while on the Image tab, you will see the objective goal text shown.

If you hover over a goal while on the Text tab, you will see some (optional) additional help text for the goal.

Tip

You can switch this around by setting the Swap Tooltip Text app setting to Swapped.

Completing Goals

To mark off a goal as completed, left click on the goal. Certain modes (like Rush) may require you to hold the left click to fully complete marking off the goal.

Some modes will also let you mark off a goal by pressing Space while hovering over it with your cursor.

Selecting Goals

select a goal to indicate the goals you plan on completing. This gives the goal an inset border of your selected colour.

To select a goal:

• right click on the goal.
• right click and drag in a straight line across several goals.
• right click on the edge “Guide Lines” to select a line of goals (as long as they are enabled in the app settings).

Selected goals are only visible to you and are not shown to other players. You can, however, share this info across multiple devices using the Linked Devices feature.

Targeting Goals

target a goal to indicate that you are currently working on it. This gives it a pulsating “target” overlay.

To target a goal:

• shift + left click on the goal.

Targeted goals are only visible to you and are not shown to other players. You can, however, share this info across multiple devices using the Linked Devices feature.

Lowkey Goals

lowkey a goal to hide the goals you’re not interested in. This makes it appear significantly more muted.

To lowkey a goal:

• shift + right click on the goal.
• shift + right click and drag in a straight line across several goals.
• shift + right click on the edge “Guide Lines” to lowkey a line of goals (as long as they are enabled in the app settings).

Lowkey goals are only visible to you and are not shown to other players. You can, however, share this info across multiple devices using the Linked Devices feature.

Firefox

Firefox has a “feature” where shift + right click will always open the context menu, no matter what.

To disable this functionality

1. Go to about:config in your browser, by entering it in the address bar.

2. Accept the warning.

3. Search for dom.event.contextmenu.shift_suppresses_event

4. Set it to false

5. Profit!

Marking Progress

You can mark off progress on a goal by scrolling up and down with your mouse wheel or using the up and down arrow keys. This tracks the progress of the goal in the top right corner.

You can alternatively increase or decrease the progress in steps of 5 by holding the Shift key.

Progress is only visible to you and is not shown to other players. You can, however, share this info across multiple devices using the Linked Devices feature.

Example Interactions

Here’s an example of all the interactions in action.

This shows:

• Column 4 and Row 4 being selected
• 4 completed goals
• 1 targetted goal
• 2 goals with progress
• The rest of the goals lowkeyed

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Tip

There are several keyboard shortcuts that can help with interacting with the board.

• S - Clear Selected goals - unselect all selected goals
• T - Clear Targeted goals - untarget all targeted goals
• L - Clear Lowkeyed goals - unlowkey all lowkeyed goals
• F - Focus goals - lowkey any goal not selected, targeted, lowkeyed or with progress marked off

Scorebar

The scorebar is displayed below the game board. Initially, it will show just an outline until a player has completed a goal.

The scorebar shows different scores depending on the game mode. You can cycle through available score types for the game mode by clicking on the scorebar.

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Timer

The timer can be paused and resumed by clicking on it.

Going to the Settings tab and clicking Manager Timer will show a dialog with the options to:

• Reset the timer back to 00:00:00
• Lock the time to the current time (so no more goals can be completed)

You can also middle click on the timer to bring up the same dialog.