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Shivkumar Shivaji



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PostPost subject: Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants    Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 2:50 am Reply to topic Reply with quote
Daniel Shawul wrote:
shiv wrote:
Daniel Shawul wrote:
That is expected if you don't select Referee engine. Ok here is what you do. You have to do some work to get a board display. I know it is easier to display a board right away but there is a reason to what I do and explaining it would be pointless.

a) Click on the Engines tab and touch 'freechess.org' to remove it from the Active particpants list, and then click on 'Scorpio' from the installed engine's list to add it to the active list. So after that you should have 'user' and 'Scorpio' on the active list.

b) Pick a referee engine to draw the board. That would be NebiyuChess.
Engines->Referee->NebiyuChess.

c) Start match

You should see a board and make a move by touching two squares.
Daniel


Great, that works. I guessed that step a was necessary and did it prior to me posting a message, but not step b.You should consider making step b optional at some point and default to NebiyuChess with an option to override the referee perhaps.

So far, so good! Probably opening book support is something you will add later. I like the ability to play Scorpio.

Hope this is not a subtle way of telling me you don't care about Nebiyu sorry Smile Scorpio is there by accident, well almost anyway. It is the only one which probes egbbs and it would be unfair not to include it. GUI is hugely improved now with game list view that allows to replay moves, and the ability to view multiple games for crazy house. Also FICS seek, observe and match are simplified by providing a list of seeks,games and players ,so user don't have to type anything.
I will implement your request that the steps be easy for most. I will provide a menu at start up to choose from
* play on FICS
* play a chess game against an engine
* play checkers etc..
* play alien (avoid at all costs for you)
So you will not see things you don't want to see.

cheers


I did not mean to downplay Nebiyu at all. I just re-read what it is from your website. If it is weaker than Scorpio but more general purpose, thats sounds interesting but I prefer more engine chess strength Smile However, I will give Nebiyu a shot and see how strong it is (I will consider it if it is still strong for me).

Thanks for considering the request. A simple menu will make it easier for most. I will probably mainly use it for use case #2: Play a chess game against an engine.

I tested out FICS mode and it worked fine as well. An interesting feature to implement for FICS is pre-move. Most non windows GUIs dont support pre-move on FICS.
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AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Fri May 25, 2012 3:44 pm
      Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Adam Hair Fri May 25, 2012 7:35 pm
            Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Fri May 25, 2012 7:48 pm
                  Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Shivkumar Shivaji Fri May 25, 2012 11:04 pm
                        Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Fri May 25, 2012 11:28 pm
                              Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Shivkumar Shivaji Sat May 26, 2012 6:03 pm
                                    Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Sat May 26, 2012 6:16 pm
                                          Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Shivkumar Shivaji Sun May 27, 2012 2:50 am
                                                Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Sun May 27, 2012 12:54 pm
      Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Sat May 26, 2012 12:59 pm
            Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Sun May 27, 2012 12:47 pm
                  Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Mon May 28, 2012 12:03 pm
                        Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Shivkumar Shivaji Tue May 29, 2012 9:58 pm
                              Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Wed May 30, 2012 1:05 am
                                    Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Shivkumar Shivaji Wed May 30, 2012 9:22 pm
                                          Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Wed May 30, 2012 10:03 pm
                                                Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Shivkumar Shivaji Wed May 30, 2012 11:18 pm
                                                      Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Wed May 30, 2012 11:31 pm
                                                            Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Shivkumar Shivaji Thu May 31, 2012 5:23 am
                                                                  Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Thu May 31, 2012 2:04 pm
                                                                        Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Shivkumar Shivaji Thu May 31, 2012 10:37 pm
                                                                              Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Thu May 31, 2012 11:07 pm
                                                                                    Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Shivkumar Shivaji Thu May 31, 2012 11:23 pm
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                                    Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Peter Österlund Thu May 31, 2012 11:08 pm
                                          Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Thu May 31, 2012 11:25 pm
                                                Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Peter Österlund Thu May 31, 2012 11:31 pm
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