Author: Lex Loep
Date: 04:51:48 02/07/05
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On February 06, 2005 at 18:03:08, Peter Skinner wrote: >On February 06, 2005 at 15:56:46, Lex Loep wrote: > >>Thats right, CP only sends the move AFTER it has received the opponents move, >>this can be simply proved by looking at the log files. Its ICC that then comes >>back with the "Not your turn error". > >Well the problem is that CP is sending the move somehow _exactly_ when it is >receiving the move. And by exactly, I mean in the same ms... that is pretty damn >fast for a reply. Its not exactly at the same time, its sending the move AFTER receiving the move from ICC. Be aware the resolution of the timestamp in the logfile is something like 10 ms (depends on OS). > >>To me its clear where the problem is. The delay is just an attempt to >workaround the problem. > >If this problem happened in _all_ interfaes, then I would say the problem is ICC >itself. CP is the _only_ interface with this problem. Arena, Winboard, and Chess >Assistant don't seem to have this problem. > Don't know why that is, maybe those programs take more time to pass the move. >>Like mentioned before, I have never been able to reproduce the problem myself. >>It also seems to happen with a few people. Perhaps they have very fast PC's. >>Suggestion for now is to try a even higher delay, something like 500 ms. > >I am not using a "fast" computer by today's standards. I am using a PIV 2.0Ghz. >Surely the CPU speed is not the problem here. Then again I am not in it for the >rating points. I like watching the games, conversing with opponents, and >modifying books. Just today I was having games with a 1300 rated player just so >he can try some openings... it was fun to watch. > >Even with a "slow" computer compared to the monsters on ICC, I don't limit my >forumla to much. I don't have !computer, and I play anything rated within 1200 >points rated, anything else can play unrated, and for as long as they want. > >I would love to get this "problem" fixed. > Someone at ICC was going to look into it, unfortunately I have not heared from him. So for the moment the only solution seems to be introducing articifial delays. Lex >Peter
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