Re: [Scidvspc-users] Feature request: Play vs WinBoard engines

[Steve A <ste...@gm...>]

Hmm - It's just too easy and fun beating up Phalanx.
I'll probably just think about it somemore before i make any changes here.

I finally fixed our annoying filter issue,
(when tree is open, gamelist filter removes didn't work properly) and
we also have a Board Search bug-fix, so this is probably enough to warrant
a release shortly.

S.

On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 8:10 PM, Steve A <ste...@gm...> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Dale Hards <dal...@go...> wrote:
>> Hi Steve, thanks for getting back to me. I'm not sure about removing the
>> tactical game idea. Not sure about Phalanx either.
>>
>> As for new Xboard engines, my vote is something that you can configure the
>> strength of easily. Some of us (me) have no idea how to configure hash
>> tables, move plys and whatnot. We just want to make it 1200 ELO, and correct
>> me if I'm wrong, that is available in Phalanx?
>
> Selecting the engine strength is a desirable feature, and it's why Phalanx was
> originally adopted... but it's ELO ratings are hugely inaccurate.
> Also - it has unresolved bugs in windows, and no maintainer, so that's
> one reasom i'd like to nix phalanx.
>
> Another is Scid's bloat. I really can't reconcile adding a *third*
> player vs computer feature.
> Of course we can keep the current "Fischer Chess/Random Pawns/etc" features of
> Tactical Game in the new Xboard Game feature.
>
> Currently, stockfish has a good "Skill Level" UCI Option.
> Perhaps there exists an Xboard engine with a similar option... though
> configuring Xboard Engines cannot (currently) be done through Scid's interface.
>
> Another alernative is to keep Tacgame and SeriousGame as-is, and just properly
> document how to use the Xboard/UCI adapter with the Serious Game feature -
> but i have no experience with such adapters, and as a rule, native
> implementations
> are generally a better solution.
>
> Having said all this , I quite enjoy playing Phalanx occasionally,
> so i'd probably miss it too.
>
> S.