Author: John Merlino
Date: 14:56:45 11/28/00
Go up one level in this thread
On November 28, 2000 at 17:26:22, ujecrh wrote: >I did not see any answers on these topics yet so let me send them again. The >first one is very interesting to have and does not seem difficult to implement, >the second might go against some basic CM designs so you may have good reason to >not want it: > >1/ It would be nice if we could specify an initialization string that will be >send to the winboard engine when it is started like winboard does (with the >parameter /initString=...). It could either be from a ChessMaster textfield in a >dialog box or simply offer the option to give a filename. Then, when the >winboard engine is started, the content of the given file is sent as is. Either >way would be greatfor example when you want to disable ponder and the engine >does not support any parameter to do it from command line but requires the >"easy" command >to be sent. > >2/ Allow custom personalities and winboard engines to have ratings and play >rated games ! > > >Ujecrh To be quite honest, it is doubtful that either of these will get in the patch. The first one is a good idea, but will probably be added next version. Since it isn't a bug, it will be always put on the back burner in favor of fixing bugs. The second one is very difficult, because trying to "accurately" calculate a rating for a custom personality or an imported engine is basically impossible, and there would be little to no point in approximating the rating. However, the next version MIGHT allow the user to SPECIFY a rating for a custom/imported personality. But, once again, this would not be bug-fixing.... jm
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.