Re: [Bug-gnubg] miscellaneous bugs and suggestions

[Joern Thyssen]

On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 04:18:20AM +0200, Robert-Jan Veldhuizen wrote
> Hi team,
> 
> a whole list this time :-)
> 
> 
> bugs:
> 
> - "alert! missed double (x.xxx)" gets inserted when copying data from hint 
> window
> 
> - rollout windows on my PC are often a bit too small (last two digits of 
> "cubeful" not shown) so I have to resize them.

Both should be fixed in the next build.

> questions:
> 
> - if I use 3-ply lookahead and no 1-ply pruning, will the search space I 
> set be used for 2-ply, and half of that for 3-ply? That is what I'd expect, 
> but I've been wondering if that's what's really happening. Could it be that 
> the 3-ply search space is a quarter of what I set, as would happen WITH 
> 1-ply pruning?

Yes

> 
> - for cube decisions, is the search space relevant? 

No, it's on my own todo-list to fix this.

> - just wondering, is it clear to any (native) English speakers that a 
> "novice" is a better player than a "beginner", as by GNUBG's ratings?

Can't answer that one. My English - Danish dictionary translates novice
and beginner to the same word :-)

> - maybe the "noise" settings could disappear from the GUI? Some users seem 
> to be confused about this and the few(?) people using it might have little 
> problems using the text command?

Noise is used for the settings lower than Expert.

> - after analyzing a match, when I want to do a better evaluation or a 
> rollout on a cube decision, the result is only shown (and counted in 
> statistics) for the player on roll (either the doubler or the taker). Since 
> all values are computed anyway, why not change the figures for both 
> players? Now I have to do an identical evaluation/rollout, taking twice as 
> much time. 

The integration of rollouts in the hint dialog and the sync between hint
and annotation is work in progress. Don't expect this to change anytime
soon.

> See next suggestion though:
> 
> - how about extending "rollout cube decision" so that one can also just 
> check the double decision (only upper rollout) 

The double decision requires both rollouts as well as the equity for
"double, pass".

I've put the remainer of your suggestions on my local TODO list, I'll
look at them later (I'm not saying I'll implement them all).

Jørn

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