John, I've been using 5, 6 and many plies. I'll try 2 and see what impact that has. Thanks.
Darryl --- John O'Laughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com 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/
