I think what I will do is see if there is an existing gtp command, if not I will see if there is a kgs extension for it - if there is I will imitate it with a cgos extension.
If a program doesn't honor the extension I'll just document how it works and what to expect. I'm not going to fake handicap - there is already GTP command in place for that. Will have to slightly extend the CGOS client to handle it though. Will make a web page that clearly explains how everything works. - Don On Sat, 2006-12-23 at 22:37 +0100, Magnus Persson wrote: > Quoting Don Dailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > The simplest thing is to just explain it on a web page, but there is no > > explicit > > way to tell the programs that white is being compensated (or not) for > > the > > handicap stones and that bothers me. > > The first step is to inform future programmers of the compensation. KGS uses a > special command for playing and placing free handicap. Right now I do not > remember if this is part of the GTP protocol or if it is an extension of KGS. > The only hard problem I can see would be if the server would "fake" > handicap by > playing black moves with white passes. Then it would be impossible to know for > sure if it is a handicap game or not. But as long as there are explicit > commands for the handicap given it is not hard to implement and it would also > work later because as far as I know all important servers and programs > uses the > compensation. > > -Merry christmas! > Magnus > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
