Author: Will Singleton
Date: 16:47:52 02/03/99
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On February 03, 1999 at 16:53:03, jonathan Baxter wrote: >On February 03, 1999 at 13:47:14, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >> >>On February 03, 1999 at 12:49:37, Inmann Werner wrote: >> >>>Hello >>> >>>Last night, my Engine ran into a computer program on ICC, which again and >>>again played against my engine. After resigning or finishing a game, there >>>always at once started a new game. After about 5 games I shut down my computer, >>>so this was the only chance to stop this. (Sometimes, I also want to sleep!!) >>>Is there any chance to stop this "autoaccept". Is there a chance, that a game >>>only starts, if I accept it manually with "accept". >> >>Don't be open, which you can achieve by typing "set open 0". I assume you are >>running with WinBoard, if so, this will prevent WinBoard from accepting the >>challenges, since there can't be any if you aren't open. >> >>I don't use WinBoard anymore, but when I did, I hacked it so that there was a >>menu item that turned off "auto-accept". This wasn't hard to do. >> >>bruce > >Just type : > >+noplay > >without the angle brackets. Then that computer can't issue challenges to you. > >Jon The +noplay option is the best when you get a situation like this. But be aware that ICC has some new vars, manualaccept, useformula, minseek, and maxseek. I don't know how they interact with winboard, though. Read up on it by typing "help new-features." Will
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