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OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java)
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Steven Atkinson



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PostPost subject: Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java)    Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:14 pm Reply to topic Reply with quote
Jim Ablett wrote:

wb command 'st' not implemented in Olithink (would only take about a minute to implement). If you send 'time 120000' it will work correctly.

The problem with xboard is it revisions and various implementations by different engines.

As an example, the xboard page i have states
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time (boolean, default 1, recommended 1)
If time=1, xboard will send the "time" and "otim" commands to update the engine's clocks; if time=0, it will not.

but Oli makes no mention of "time" in it's feature list.
Oli also seems to read in the (minutes component of) "base time" for the "level" command, but it makes no use of it, or "otim" at all.

I realise people may say - "But it works in Xboard/Arena", so why bother making it protocol compliant. And fair enough.
These GUIs are full of hacks and work arounds for every engine i suppose. But this is not the way it should be. Engines should implement the protocol, instead of GUIs being full of hacks.

So - for the record - I *am* interested in making Scid vs. PC work properly with xboard engines. It is my goal to make this a solid, clean and maintainable project. Please tell when i do things wrong. But i'm not interested in including hacks for engines which don't implement the protocol properly/well.
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OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Oliver Brausch Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:34 am
      Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Graham Banks Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:47 am
      Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Matthias Gemuh Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:53 am
      Re: Thank you a lot....but....... Ruxy Sylwyka Tue Feb 28, 2012 6:08 am
            Re: Thank you a lot....but....... Oliver Brausch Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:15 am
                  Re: Thank you a lot....but....... Ruxy Sylwyka Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:36 am
      Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Marek Soszynski Tue Feb 28, 2012 6:58 am
            Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Jim Ablett Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:09 pm
                  Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Marek Soszynski Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:15 pm
                        Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Jim Ablett Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:28 pm
                               Jim Ablett Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:56 pm
                              Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Marek Soszynski Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:56 pm
                                    Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Marek Soszynski Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:21 pm
                                          Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Jim Ablett Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:39 pm
                                                Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Marek Soszynski Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:51 pm
                                                      Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Jim Ablett Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:19 am
                                                            Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Steven Atkinson Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:46 am
                                                                  Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Jim Ablett Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:58 am
                                                                        Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Steven Atkinson Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:14 pm
                                                                              Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Jim Ablett Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:08 pm
                                                                                    Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Marek Soszynski Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:06 am
                                                                                          Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Oliver Brausch Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:51 am
                  Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Oliver Brausch Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:56 pm
                        Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Jim Ablett Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:13 am
      Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Lucas Braesch Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:10 am
            Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Oliver Brausch Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:08 am
      Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Mesrine Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:46 am
            Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Jim Ablett Thu Mar 01, 2012 5:50 am
                  Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Oliver Brausch Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:31 am
                        Re: OliThink 5.3.1 released (Win, Mac, Linux and Java) Oliver Brausch Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:12 pm
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