3. News

This page exists due to its inclusion in the initial LyX document; it is better off ignored.

3.1 Bugs listing

• If CPU has got no valid move to make for the 60th (and last) move, the game is said to be finished.
• Score and mobility view strings have some dirty reads.
• Bug when red runs out of stones. View of loser displayed but no message is displayed and view is such that player is up. Maybe view=loser_view does not apply. Also, no annotation for loser -> probably view=something_wrong.
• Bug in randomisation discovered.

3.2 Recently resolved bugs

• A deadlock exceptional case bug was discovered and repaired.
• Randomisation now works as anticipated.

3.3 Pending tests

• Test novice and see if it plays well.
• See if beginner is not broken.
• Bug when saved on player 2's turn and then switched to CPU after a game is saved. CPU does not make a move .
• In novice, CPU sometimes passes when has a move.
• Test meters - in extreme cases too - seems fine.
• Reshape problem - decided to remain as it is.
• Check diagonal lines in evaluation.
• A1 corner is possibly flipped towards end of game - test planted in code for borders, but it's obviously when CPU has no move to make. Resolved August 10th.
• Test width search.
• Saved game bug found. Loading a game and then initialising the board state causes conflicts.
• View enum; check that nothing is broken.
• Test #define menu callback values.
• Test undo.
• Test the editing tool.

3.4 Features to be added

Evaluate in a more sophisticated way a given position e.g.

• Check the opponent's stones around i.e. structure and blocks on sides and corners. --Done
• Make program teach itself by saving to file and modifying values.

Increase width of search. --Done

Make program play itself quickly and independently to test performance. --Done

Randomise some decision points to make behaviour unpredictable/ non-deterministic. --Done

Add difficulty change to command line prompt and inform user appropriately. --Done

Make more details appear in log files and statistics reports. --Done

Generate 5 reports for all difficulties using batch files. --Done

Possibly testing depth 5? Add customised depth?

Clear screen in debugging. --Done

Customised computation from command line. --Done

Add an 'undo' option and find a way of implementing it. --Done

Add a feature (controlled by a menu entry) that edits the board state. --Done

Visual indication to be added to editing mode with. --Done

Indentation and space conversion required to be applied to current version. Version 0.6.0 should then become current release. --Done

A solution for slow texture processing is necessary. Number of FPS is requested to be about 3 on a P3 machine. --Done

Description of algorithms submenu for 5 difficulty levels to be generated. --Done

A solution for slow texture processing is necessary. Number of FPS is requested to be about 3 on a P3 machine. --Done

3.5 Tests and evaluation

1. Expand batch file to automatically run a large series of games with non-deterministic result and record the results in a report
2. Lots of testing to examine all (well, a sample really - to make things exhaustive) possible paths.
3. Program currently seems stable and robust. Weaknesses with command line ordering is known and has been taken care of.