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Re: BGBlitz supports GnuBG-AI
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Lasse Hjorth Madsen |
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Re: BGBlitz supports GnuBG-AI |
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Sat, 26 Oct 2024 23:32:12 +0200 |
For what its worth, I think this is the right approach, separating the engine and the user interface, like in chess.
I would like to try to train an engine some time, but wouldn't attempt an UI.
/Lasse
Hi all,
FYI, i just published a beta of BGBlitz 3.2. One of the features is that I support GnuBG as AI. This will surely raise questions.
Why did I include GnuBG? If you look at the situation at chess or Go you have a flourishing scene of AIs. Why not the same for Backgammon? The smaller community is surely one reason, but imagine you write a top backgammon AI .... and now? You have to invest another 5-10 years to get a complete program.
Backgammon lacks a plugin mechanism. In chess you can plugin Stockfish in Fritz or Shredder, but we don't have such a thing. BGBlitz was intended to support plugins from the very start (that is the reason why the AI of BGBlitz has it's own name TachiAI), but because no one wanted it (and the AIs I had access to were either weak or I can't use them for legal reasons) I removed it some years ago.
But recently I thought, come on try to include GnuBG
* first as a PoC and
* second BGBlitz then supports already 2 of the 3 current relevant AIs.
BTW GnuBG can be used in BGBlitz on Windows, Linux and MacOS (you have to install it with macports on MacOS. I tried only the cli)
If someone applies I'll provide an API for general use.
BTW because I don't include GnuBG in any way but use only the cli version, I don't see any license issues.
Your thoughts are highly appreciated.
enjoy
Frank
Windows: https://bgblitz.com/download/beta/BGBlitz_3_1_0_setup.exe
Mac Apple Silicon: https://bgblitz.com/download/beta/bgb_distr_3.1_ARM.dmg
Mac X86: https://bgblitz.com/download/beta/bgb_distr_3.1_x86.dmg
Linux: https://bgblitz.com/download/beta/bgblitz_installer_310.jar