Author: Steve McRiley
Date: 12:57:37 01/24/00
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On January 24, 2000 at 15:51:25, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On January 24, 2000 at 14:26:35, Steve McRiley wrote: > >>On January 24, 2000 at 09:43:28, Dan Homan wrote: >> >>>For a tourney like this, what is the ettiquite for programs whispering >>>or kibitzing eval information? By default my program will spit out how >>>it thinks it is doing (score, depth, nps) after each move (I usually alias this >>>to a kibitz or a whisper depending on whether I am playing an automated computer >>>or a human). I know that other programs have a similar facility (some also >>>display pv info). >>> >>>It might be interesting for some of the participants to see this information and >>>certainly for the observers to see this information. On the other hand, some >>>participants (particularly ones who are operating manually) may find >>>this screen cluttering information to be rather annoying. Maybe there could >>>be an "eval" channel, where participant programs could send eval information >>> - or would this be too confusing? >>> >>>Another question: My program will be running under Xboard by Tim Mann. >>>Xboard automatically accepts game requests that fit your formula. How >>>do I prevent someone from "matching" my program a few minutes before >>>the tournament game is supposed to start? Do I have to set "open = 0" until >>>the moment before the game begins? >> >>There are (as has been posted)several ways to do this but I think the easiest >>way is to just set manualaccept to 1. This way you will have to manually accept >>any matchrequests. >> >>/McRiley > > >This is an ICC command, not an xboard command, correct? Which means that >"zippy" will get a match request, and accept it automatically by sending ICC >the "accept player-name" command. I thought manualaccept was to prevent seeks >from starting a game without the seeker being ready... Yes, its an ICC command. You can be right (and probably are ;) ) about how zippy will react on this so maybe it is better just to set open 0 before the tournament. /McRiley
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