Re: [computer-go] Engine development for beginners
The latest version is also fairly well-documented; if there's anything you'd like me to explain in more detail, just let me know and I'll (re)add it for the next version. Peter Drake http://www.lclark.edu/~drake/ On Aug 6, 2007, at 10:52 AM, Oliver Lewis wrote: Orego version 3 in Java (before the C++ rewrite and the optimisation for Monte Carlo / UCT) was really simple to understand and add new players to. Perhaps Peter Drake can reinstate the link from his site - otherwise I can email you a copy. On 7/28/07, Jeff Nowakowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2007-07-27 at 18:03 -0700, Joshua Shriver wrote: Are there any really simple engines out there that know just enough to play a legal game of Go? Preferably C, Perl or Java? Have a look at GoGui and the included gtpdummy engine, which plays a random game. It's Java based. If you write your engine to understand GTP, you can then plug it seamlessly in to GoGui. Using GTP also means your engine will be usable on CGOS and KGS and playable against other GTP engines. http://gogui.sourceforge.net/ http://gogui.sourceforge.net/doc/reference-gtpdummy.html -Jeff ___ 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/ ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
Re: [computer-go] Engine development for beginners
Orego version 3 in Java (before the C++ rewrite and the optimisation for Monte Carlo / UCT) was really simple to understand and add new players to. Perhaps Peter Drake can reinstate the link from his site - otherwise I can email you a copy. On 7/28/07, Jeff Nowakowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2007-07-27 at 18:03 -0700, Joshua Shriver wrote: Are there any really simple engines out there that know just enough to play a legal game of Go? Preferably C, Perl or Java? Have a look at GoGui and the included gtpdummy engine, which plays a random game. It's Java based. If you write your engine to understand GTP, you can then plug it seamlessly in to GoGui. Using GTP also means your engine will be usable on CGOS and KGS and playable against other GTP engines. http://gogui.sourceforge.net/ http://gogui.sourceforge.net/doc/reference-gtpdummy.html -Jeff ___ 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/
Re: [computer-go] Engine development for beginners
On Fri, 2007-07-27 at 18:03 -0700, Joshua Shriver wrote: Are there any really simple engines out there that know just enough to play a legal game of Go? Preferably C, Perl or Java? Have a look at GoGui and the included gtpdummy engine, which plays a random game. It's Java based. If you write your engine to understand GTP, you can then plug it seamlessly in to GoGui. Using GTP also means your engine will be usable on CGOS and KGS and playable against other GTP engines. http://gogui.sourceforge.net/ http://gogui.sourceforge.net/doc/reference-gtpdummy.html -Jeff ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
[computer-go] Engine development for beginners
Are there any really simple engines out there that know just enough to play a legal game of Go? Preferably C, Perl or Java? Some of the open source engines I've looked at are rather complex and not to friendly to a beginner. Kinda looking for the tscp of chess for go :) -Josh ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
Re: [computer-go] Engine development for beginners
Since my rewrite, I don't consider my bot (HouseBot) to be too far along... It barely knows how to do more than play a legal game of go (it does 1-ply monte carlo) The class goban tracks the board state, checks for legality, etc... It can be found here: http://housebot.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/housebot/trunk/housebot/goban.d?view=markup The relevant code spans lines 711-1227. 500 lines may sound like a lot, but it doesn't really do a heck of a lot. About 40 lines are comments, 100 lines of unit tests and in contracts. The play function, the heart of the class, is ~150 lines, but has 3 helper functions embedded inside for both clarity and profiling. If you poke around, looking at other code in the file, there are a few things that will make it look more complex. I tried to add a generalized code flavor to stuff allowing for different position and board classes. The goban class was written quickly and doesn't use that extra fluff. I plan to refactor this file over the coming week(s). It's written in D, which looks a lot like C++/Java. Joshua Shriver wrote: Are there any really simple engines out there that know just enough to play a legal game of Go? Preferably C, Perl or Java? Some of the open source engines I've looked at are rather complex and not to friendly to a beginner. Kinda looking for the tscp of chess for go :) -Josh ___ 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/
