Re: [Bug-gnubg] Re: The importance of METs

[Jim Segrave]

On Tue 02 Sep 2003 (18:01 +0200), Nardy Pillards wrote:
> From:                 Jim Segrave <address@hidden>
> > Assuming you've got a gnubg with socket support (I think Nardy's
> > builds have this, but I'm not sure).
> > 
> > Start a copy of gnubg, you may as well use the nogui version. This
> > will be the master. Enter the command
> > 
> >    external 127.0.0.1:4000
> > 
> > where 127.0.0.1 means the local host, use port 4000
> > 
> > Start another copy of gnubg.
> > Go to Settings->Players. At the bottom, click external and fill in
> > 127.0.0.1:4000
> > 
> > Start a match/session whatever and watch it play. 
> > 
> > I believe, from looking at the code, that the master server will be
> > playing using the Evaluation settings for cube and chequer play, 
> not
> > the player 0 settings.
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Jim Segrave           address@hidden
> 
> Yes, Nardy's builds have socket support.
> But this is what happens:
> 
> Run first instance of gnubg. command:
> external 127.0.0.1:4000
> 
> Run second instance of gnubg.
> Settings/Players. Check External. Enter: 127.0.0.1:4000
> 
> The second instance, new Match 7 pts
> It plays, but it acts weird. Checkers you put on the bar aren't 
> 'seen'. It moves checkers from points were no checkers are.
> 
> Close the second instance.
> First instance gets a popup window telling:
> "Reading from external connection.
> Bad file description"

That's not unreasonable = normally the server (the one with the
external 127.0.0.1:4000 command) may as well run as no gui, as it
isnt' doing any board updates.

Watching gnubg playing against itself it looks normal, but it moves a
bit quickly to ensure that everything is legal (I did test that evals
were used yesterday by setting a lot of noise on the server side and
anlaysing a game afterwards - that game was legal).

Watching now, I do see chequers for both sides going on and off the
bar and outside of insane cube play by the server gnubg, it looks
normal.


-- 
Jim Segrave           address@hidden