Author: James T. Walker
Date: 04:53:53 04/27/00
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On April 26, 2000 at 08:13:35, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On April 26, 2000 at 01:17:06, Lex Loep wrote: > >>On April 25, 2000 at 23:43:26, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On April 25, 2000 at 11:09:36, Lex Loep wrote: >>> >>>>This could happen because the prompt does not end in a % symbol. In that >>>>case when you login as guest you have the default FICS% prompt and >>>>all works fine, but login into your own account which may have a nonstandard >>>>promt gives the problem. >>>> >>>>Lex >>> >>> >>> >>>If you need a particular prompt, why not set it yourself when you first >>>connect, to avoid this? I have seen this happen to other interfaces in the >>>past (ziics a long time ago when I was using it) but Don fixed it when it was >>>pointed out as a problem. >>> >>>also you should set the 'interface' variable for sanity... it lets the >>>opponent know you are running a chess program. IE winboard does >>>set interface "winboard 4.0.7 + crafty" or whatever... which really helps >>>to let everyone know this is a computer, rather than acting like a 'stealth >>>computer' which is not uncommon nowadays. I think interface authors should do >>>everything possible to prevent cheating when possible... although 100% is >>>impossible with a smart human operator that understands all the ICC commands. >>>But it will help with the majority of potential 'cheaters'... >> >> >>It's on my list for the next version. >> >>Lex > > >that's a good idea. Several cheaters get caught at present because when you >see 'interface=""' you know it is ChessPartner, since every other interface does >set the variable. > >:) I use the ChessPartner interface to play on FICS because I like it better than winboard but I'm not cheating with it. The problem is, it is very easy to cheat using it so there should be a way to tell if the program is playing the moves or not. Jim Walker
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