I've tried it out. It "works" but the size of my dice window is bigger so the "click" does not hit the right dice pair in the window. I thin GNU Backgammon draws the dice window based on the screen resolution. But the principal works - and it is a funny thing to do. :-)
However - it seems like a pretty similar feature is already available in GNU Backgammon ... let me check. Yes! Settings -> Options...-> Dice (pane) -> read from file (radio button) When you then click OK it will open a file selection dialog where you can choose a corresponding file to the dicefile.txt file in your tool. Thanks for sharing! -Øystein fre. 9. mai 2025 kl. 11:49 skrev MK <[email protected]>: > Oops. They were in the wrong folder. I corrected it right away. > Try again and enjoy. Thanks for letting me know. > > MK > > > On 5/9/2025 3:39 AM, Øystein Schønning-Johansen wrote: > > The links on the webpage (zip-files) do not work. Dead links. > > > > -Ø > > > > ons. 7. mai 2025 kl. 21:32 skrev MK <[email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]>>: > > > > I have created three little utilities that you may find useful. > > > > One reads dice rolls from a text file and passes them to > ExtremeGammon as keyboard inputs while > > playing in manual dice mode. > > > > Another does the same for GnuBG by sending mouse clicks instead > (since it doesn't accept keyboard > > input). > > > > And the third one creates text files with dice numbers, in a unique > way, by deriving them from > > random numbers in the 1-36 range using an array, which may possibly > result in better "dispersion", > > as well as "distribution", of rolls. > > > > Go to https://montanaonline.net/backgammon/utils.php < > https://montanaonline.net/backgammon/ > > utils.php> to download the ZIP files containing the > > executables, source codes and instructions (they are smaller than 25 > Kb each). > > > > From there, you can click on the "Home" icon to explore the rest > of my backgammon site if you > > want. > > > > MK > > >
