Re: [Bug-gnubg] Show move after selected in Hint window

[Jim Segrave]

On Thu 09 Jan 2003 (17:04 +0100), Nardy Pillards wrote:
> From: "Jim Segrave" <address@hidden>
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 4:13 PM
> > On Thu 09 Jan 2003 (14:14 +0100), Nardy Pillards wrote:
> > > Possible to do a Show (selected move) before starting the Tutor?
> > >
> > > Explaining:
> > > There is a 'difficult' move. I play that move and I ask for Hint.
> > > Hint tells me: your move isn't the best, there are 2 better ones.
> > > I look at those moves and pick one of them.
> > > I click 'move'.
> > > While Tutor is 'thinking', my old move is still on the board.
> > > It would be nice to see the move chosen from Hint on the board while
> Tutor
> > > is thinking.
> >
> > How about another command & tool bar button for 'Show possible Moves',
> > not conected to the tutor window (so you don't get to see the hint
> > info or the ordering of the moves).
> >
> > What should happen:
> > You roll the dice.
> > You click the 'Show' button.
> > A popup window appear with four buttones:
> >
> > next previous play quit
> >
> > The board goes to the first move in the move list (the routine which
> > generates moves does them in a fixed order, so there's no hint as to
> > which is best).
> >
> > next & previous move the board to the next/previous possible move
> > (with wraparound).
> >
> > Play makes the current position into your move
> > Quit puts the board back.
> 
> I do like this, I really do :o)
> 
> But I think it would be added value, not?
> That is: I still would like to see the selected move from 'Hint' reflected
> on the board before Tutor starts. It's just odd to see the move you did on
> the board, ask for a Hint, select another move there, click 'Move'... and
> see the 'considering move....' from Tutor while your first move is still
> shown.

I've got a bad feeling that this may be hard - I'm not sure though.
Gnubg has a couple of arrays representing the chequer locations for
the two players. I think the board is drawn from that and I think it's
used during move selection, evaluation, etc.

It may not be easy to change the array, draw the board, put the array
back without redrawing, then do the evaluation. 
 
> (and I would like the 'added value'... I (actually 'we': belgian backgammon
> league hasselt) think it would be a great feature)
> 
> 
> > I haven't time to work on this right now, but it seems a better
> > learning tool than using the hint window and show. I think it wouldn't
> > be too hard to do.
> >
> > You could get RSI with a 11 roll of course.
> >
> > --
> > Jim Segrave           address@hidden
> 
> 
> Not if you use 0-Ply to randomly display the - let's say - first 20 moves ?



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