Darryl, Just a shot in the dark, but you didn't set "plies" to Many, did you? I recommend 2.
John On 3/28/06, Darryl Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- Jason E Katz-Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 22:26 +0100, Darryl Francis wrote: > > > I've done Quackle simming on the opening move in several games, and > > > Quackle has whizzed through 1000-2000 iterations very quickly, even > > > when its top choices were not intuitively "obvious". Good results, > > > nifty speed! > > > > > > On the opening move in other games, where the first move is an > > obvious > > > no-brainer (eg from an opening rack of AAENOQU, play QUENA from > > 8D), > > > Quackle seems to take forever to do 50 or so iterations, and even > > then > > > the no-brainer move hasn't risen to the top of the list as the best > > > move. Poor result, snail-like speed! > > > > > > Why the disparity? > > > > hm I don't know :( I don't think I've noticed that kind of thing. How > > many candidates are you simulating? Is there a relation between how > > long > > quackle has been running and how often your sims are slow? > > > > thanks > > Jason > > Anything from 3 to 10 candidates. Doesn't seem to make a lot of > difference. > > I must admit that Quackle did appear to sim faster when I first started > using it, and now it's just slowed down. Anything to do with temporary > files not being cleared or deleted? > > Even closing down Quackle and restarting it doesn't seem to make it sim > faster - I had hoped any temporary files might have been cleared at > closedown, but it doesn't seem so. > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with > voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > Cranium board game Chess board game Scrabble board game > Child board game Monopoly board game Family board game > > > ________________________________ > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > Visit your group "quackle" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > ________________________________ > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quackle/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
