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AlienBoard: android app for chess variants
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Daniel Shawul



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PostPost subject: Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants    Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 1:05 am Reply to topic Reply with quote
shiv wrote:
Thanks for the latest features and the speed in implementing them. You changed a lot including a simple menu that clarifies what you want to do on startup.

Well the reason I am coding fast is because I already had a working java gui that does everything. So I am only porting it to android platform, but when that runs out probably soon, I will be slow Smile I am glad you liked the menu. Did you also like the highlighting scheme? You can make many chess moves by one single click instead of two. For example e2e4 can be made by clicking the empty e4 square. That is simple enough but there are many cases that comes handy specially in other board games. For some reason I like this feature,and no other GUI does that AFAIK.
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I must note that Scorpio is a good engine to play against at least for me. It is not that strong for me on the android tablet, however its competitive and fun to play against.

You must be a strong player. It is about 5x slower than the regular version so I don't know where that puts it interms of elo but a random _guess_ would be in the 2000 elo range. Its searches 200kns on my phone, I don't know how much Stockfish or other strong engines search per second there. Ofcourse I don't want you to be stuck with Scorpio, so I will look for a stronger engine that I can include if the author allows me. Maybe I can pick up Ivanhoe Cool (public any way).

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Issues:

1. When I run out of time, I still want to continue the game but I get "Time Fail" or some message like that in the engine log. One should have the option to continue.

Right now it is not very user friendly because I tested it only with engines. It even shuts down as soon as the last mating move is played. So no chance to replay the game. I will try to incorporate those options in the next release.

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2. I see random crashes on the UI. Is there a log file I should store and send to you?

Indeed. I solved one crash that happens almost at the end of every game. The problem with those crashes is mostly related to concurrent modification that is a headache on the android. I think that is a priority and will try to solve it ASAP.

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Feature requests:

1. Opening book if its easy to add. The engine taking time on move 1 means either something is wrong in my setup or there is no opening book support.

There is none. If I can find a tiny opening book I will include it. The problem with Android ndk is anything you put in assets folder is saved twice. So when my app size is in reality around 1mb total, it takes up 2mb on the phone. So I am a bit reluctant to include big files with the apk, but ofcourse once can download books compatible with scorpio and put them on the sdcard! I only need to provide option to modify scorpio to read book from any path... Will that work for you ?

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2. Ability to setup a position.

Ok. I will put it on to do list.

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3. Ability to navigate to a position in the move list and resume play from there. I am able to do the former but not the latter.

Aha you tried the move list window. I haven't tested it well myself. In the java version of the app I mentioned before, it is possible to accept takeback offers in FICS mode. It will undo the requested number of moves and played continued from there.
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Glad to do more tests if needed.

Thanks. I am total newbie with regard to what chess players want from the app, but I will do what I can to incorporate features.

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Daniel
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AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Fri May 25, 2012 3:44 pm
      Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Adam Hair Fri May 25, 2012 7:35 pm
            Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Fri May 25, 2012 7:48 pm
                  Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Shivkumar Shivaji Fri May 25, 2012 11:04 pm
                        Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Fri May 25, 2012 11:28 pm
                              Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Shivkumar Shivaji Sat May 26, 2012 6:03 pm
                                    Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Sat May 26, 2012 6:16 pm
                                          Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Shivkumar Shivaji Sun May 27, 2012 2:50 am
                                                Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Sun May 27, 2012 12:54 pm
      Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Sat May 26, 2012 12:59 pm
            Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Sun May 27, 2012 12:47 pm
                  Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Mon May 28, 2012 12:03 pm
                        Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Shivkumar Shivaji Tue May 29, 2012 9:58 pm
                              Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Wed May 30, 2012 1:05 am
                                    Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Shivkumar Shivaji Wed May 30, 2012 9:22 pm
                                          Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Wed May 30, 2012 10:03 pm
                                                Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Shivkumar Shivaji Wed May 30, 2012 11:18 pm
                                                      Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Wed May 30, 2012 11:31 pm
                                                            Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Shivkumar Shivaji Thu May 31, 2012 5:23 am
                                                                  Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Thu May 31, 2012 2:04 pm
                                                                        Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Shivkumar Shivaji Thu May 31, 2012 10:37 pm
                                                                              Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Thu May 31, 2012 11:07 pm
                                                                                    Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Shivkumar Shivaji Thu May 31, 2012 11:23 pm
                                                                                          Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Miguel A. Ballicora Fri Jun 01, 2012 12:58 am
                                    Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Peter Österlund Thu May 31, 2012 11:08 pm
                                          Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Thu May 31, 2012 11:25 pm
                                                Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Peter Österlund Thu May 31, 2012 11:31 pm
                                                      Re: AlienBoard: android app for chess variants Daniel Shawul Thu May 31, 2012 11:39 pm
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