Re: [Bug-gnubg] autoplay suggestion

[Joern Thyssen]

On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 06:05:56PM +0100, W.Stroop wrote
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joern Thyssen" <address@hidden>
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> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 5:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Bug-gnubg] autoplay suggestion
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> 
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 04:14:14PM +0000, Joern Thyssen wrote
> > On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 10:25:57AM -0500, Gary Wong wrote
> > > On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 01:42:18PM +0000, Joern Thyssen wrote:
> > >
> > > I think the only feature missing from the current code to be able to
> > > implement this suggestion is to customise the "initial" position, i.e.
> > > when "set auto game" is on, gnubg should return to some specified
> > > position when resetting the board (as if repeatedly playing a "prop").
> >
> > Yes, but this is the same as recording a rollout.
> >
> > What was suggested was to play a, say, 7 point match with *each* game
> > starting with the same non-standard position. This doesn't make sense to
> > me :-)
> 
> Let me just clarify: I can see why you want to start the first game with
> a non-standard position, but why do you want to start game two, where
> the score is, say, 2-0, which a non-standard position?
> 
> Jørn
> 
> To count the score of the non standard posistion  :)
> 
> It's also practical if you want to create a game file of positions which
> arise after e.g
> 1:  6 1  5 2

Maybe this is just hairsplitting between two people not having English
as their native language.

The following three scenarios exist:

(a) money game: play a number of games starting from the same position.
This is equivalent to a rollout, thus recording such a game will be
covered by the rollout recording discussed in another thread.

(b) match play: play the *same* game (i.e., the same score, and same
cube value) multiple times. Again, this is equivalent to a rollout.

(c) match play: play a match starting from some arbitrary position, and
play the *entire* match starting from there. After the second game the
score is 2-0, thus the second game should start from the starting
position with the cube in the middle, and the score being 2-0. I can
never imagine why you want to start game 2 from some other position than
the usual starting position.

I now assume your suggestion is covered by (a) or (b), which will be
covered by the rollout recording code (once written). 

It's possible to do record one match at the time of (c) unless you want
each individual game in the match to start from some non-standard
opening position.

Jørn
Jørn