The following conditions must be met for online playing:
- Email address
Participants are identified by the email address of their account.
- Familiy members
Unfortunately, family members who are registered as secondary users of a device cannot join a session because their email address cannot be retrieved by KubiTarock. However, it is possible for multiple users to join a session on different devices with the same primary user account. You only need to use different names for the system user "Me" on these devices.
- Online user group
One player must take over the role of the group administrator. To do this, he must first purchase an online group add-on that is valid for one year. Then he can set up an online user group. Before he can add the maximum of 12 members to his group, he must set up profiles for them. Each profile must contain a unique player name and password. The duration of the group can be extended for another year by purchasing the add-on.
- Parallel Skype audio conference
In order to communicate with the other online users, it is essential that an audio conference is held with the other online users parallel to the KubiTarock session.
When playing online, the following restrictions apply to the view and to the actions offered against offline playing:
- New game
The start of a new game must be triggered by the game master. This is only possible at the beginning of an online session and after the end of a game. Within a session all games except the last have to be played to the end. However, the action "Finish automatically" is offered in the case of a clear playing state.
- Card dealing
The deal is not triggered automatically when the game starts. Rather, it has to be triggered by the player in turn. It is animated on all involved devices. If the stop button is pressed, the cards are still completely dealt, only the animation is suppressed.
- Booking
The booking of the player results can not be suppressed or skipped in an online session.
- Undo/Redo
Undoing and redoing of actions is usually disabled for online sessions. However, the group administrator has the option of enabling and disabling these functions even during a session. If they are enabled, the active user can trigger these functions. This also applies to the resetting of a game or the automatic playback backward or forward.
- Automatic playback backward and forward
These actions are only animated by the user who triggers them. The other online users only see the result of the animation. This is the game state at the end of the playback or the game state at the time when the stop button was pressed.
- Finish automatically
This action will be shown to the active player in the action box if the game result is definitely clear. It will be performed with animation on all involved devices. If the stop button is pressed, the game will still be performed automatically until the end, as opposed to playing offline.
- Playing assistant
The use of the playing assistant is normally disabled for online games. However, the group administrator has the option of enabling and disabling these functions even during a session. If they are enabled, the active user can trigger these functions.
- Sound output
The sound output is currently disabled when playing online.