Author: Lex Loep
Date: 11:33:30 01/01/01
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On January 01, 2001 at 10:47:44, Peter Fendrich wrote: >On January 01, 2001 at 10:18:05, Lex Loep wrote: > >>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. > >If I understand this right, wouldn't it be better to send the remaining time >(time and otim in the winboard protocol) to the programs? > That would be better but I wanted to keep the interface to the engines as simple as possible. The native engines and most winboard engines support this, but then what would happen if you use auto232, then there are no such command. >> >>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 ? > > Maybe some of the wb-232 translators will do? > Could be. Can somebody test this ? >>- Would you like to see UCI support added ? >>- Remote engine support via the LAN ? > > Yes > >>- Support for more than 2 engines and full tournament support ? > > Yes > >>- 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 > >Will this be an upgrade for the Rebel Tiger package? > Right now this tool is available for free for everyone. It does requires RT or CP to be installed. Most likely it will be bundled with future updates of RT and CP. Lex >//Peter
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