Author: Lex Loep
Date: 07:18:05 01/01/01
Beta 3 of the Engine Research Tool can be downloaded from: http://www.lokasoft.nl/uk/downloads.htm While there, also make sure you have the latest winboard adapter. Changed in beta 3: - Detect winboard engine resign. - Detect winboard draws. - Fixed problem with parameters in EnginePath in engineext.ini. - Record timestamp in logfile. - Added 200 mS Operator time per move in autoflag. - Scores recorded in fraction of a pawn. - Mate in n values decoded. - Show timecontrol in PGN header. - Show version info in PGN and logfile. Some clarification of the operator time; During testing I found some engines sometimes lost on time, after some investigation I realized this happens because the engines clocks would get out of sync with the ERT clocks. When tranfering the move from engine A to B there are some small delays which are not much but accumulated over 40 moves can add up to several seconds. So it could happen the engine thought it still had a few seconds left, ERT still would flag the program. To avoid this I have added a 200 milliseconds operator time per move. Over 40 moves this is 8 seconds, now autoflagging only takes place when the ERT clock goes negative by the 'number of moves' * 200 mS. For the moment I will take a break in further development, still I think it has turned into a usefull tool. I would like to get some feedback on the following: - What features would you like to see ? - Are there essential things missing ? - Would you like to see auto232 support added ? - Would you like to see UCI support added ? - Remote engine support via the LAN ? - Support for more than 2 engines and full tournament support ? - Would you prefer a small standalone tool or have it integrated in RT/CP ? You may send your feedback to: support@lokasoft.nl or just post in this forum. Lex
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