Author: Harald Faber
Date: 08:04:43 03/08/00
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On March 08, 2000 at 10:50:03, Lex Loep wrote: >On March 08, 2000 at 03:03:05, Harald Faber wrote: > >>On March 08, 2000 at 02:01:16, Lex Loep wrote: >> >>>On March 08, 2000 at 00:47:04, Harald Faber wrote: >>> >>>>I haven't found a possibility to interrupt autoplayer games within Rebel Tiger >>>>and finish them automatically later from that interrupted position. >>>>Like playing from a startup position. >>>> >>>>Could you tell me if and how it is possible? >>> >>>Thats not possible. >>> >>>There are limits in the auto232 protocol which prohibit starting from >>>anything else than the startposition. >>> >>>Lex >> >>This is not true. AFAIK all other programs support autoplaying at least one (the >>first) game from an eidted position. >> >>Rebel Tiger is the first program I know that does not support this. > >That may be, but normaly when a match is started a new game command >is given. This is how the standard implementation of the auto232 code >works. >I am sure it is possible to make an option to not send a new game command, but >that is no more than a hack. >There is no way to send the position accros, nor the time controls, so this >means both sides must be synchronised manually. >Although it may sometimes be handy to been able to continue a match, it does >reduce the value of it's results. e.g. you may get a different result when >you interrupt and continue a game. I know that the hash e.g., especially for pb, is cleared and empty if one re-starts the game from that point. But this may be for both programs. However, playing a game from a setup-position is still interesting and useful. >Anyway, I will put this feature on the whish list and if there is enough >interest I may add it in a future update. > >Lex sounds as if the work for that is more than 15mins... ;-)
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