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🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Mon, Aug 22, 2005 11:43 PM UTC:

Game Courier has been back for a few days now, yet little activity has
picked up on it. Are some people missing the emails that it is their
turn?

Because of the time lost during the move, interrupted moves in timed games
have gotten an extra 14-day grace period that covers the time Game Courier
was gone plus some, but that will be running out soon.

Thomas McElmurry wrote on Tue, Aug 23, 2005 12:18 AM UTC:

It could be that in some games the player to move hasn't checked frequently to see whether the site is back up.

As for the emails, I can't speak for others, but I've received the notifications of my opponents' moves only inconsistently throughout the summer.

carlos carlos wrote on Tue, Aug 23, 2005 05:10 AM UTC:

fergus, my game with greg strong hasn't been given any extra time.  i'm
not sure when the site first went on the blink, but i am pretty sure i
would have had time remaining on it.  i just logged in and it says i have
less than zero seconds remaining.

🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Tue, Aug 23, 2005 05:33 PM UTC:

You won't see your extra grace time until you move. When you initially
look at your game, the amount of time given in inaccurate.

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Matthew Montchalin wrote on Mon, Apr 30, 2007 09:07 PM UTC:

Is there any way a 'button' could be added to the module that allows
people to view the game logs from start to finish, more or less
automatically?

I was wondering if there was a simple, easy way of watching a game log
play itself out automatically, assuming the user types in the point at
which it begins?  For instance, when I go to the implementation of Ultima
(i.e., Baroque), I always choose the kind of pieces I want to look at, and
then I always have to click 'VIEW' to translate the board into something
that makes sense to me.

It would be nice if there were a button that said 'VIEW CONTINUOUS'
(with user-definable pauses inbetween moves) so I could watch the whole
game play itself out automatically.  But if 'VIEW CONTINUOUS' takes too
much room to display on the screen, how about 'MOVIE' for an
auto-play-out option?

Joe Joyce wrote on Sat, Mar 28, 2009 03:54 PM UTC:

Fergus, there is a problem with some game logs that Carlos Cetina and I
have noticed. When we try to move, we get this error message:
 
 ILLEGAL: b b8-b7 on turn 4:
 There was no b on b8. The piece on b8 is a r.
 Go back and try again.

It's happening in this game:

 	sissa-joejoyce-2008-355-896

and Carlos can provide others.

Carlos Cetina wrote on Sat, Mar 28, 2009 08:37 PM UTC:

Fergus, Joe,

The list is large:

1maeko-sissa-2009-64-853
2maeko-cvgameroom-2009-60-041
3sissa-makov333-2009-51-848
4sissa-makov333-2009-50-781
5sissa-makov333-2009-33-859
6sissa-sherman101-2009-1-802
7sissa-j_carrillo_vii-2008-176-889
8sissa-j_carrillo_vii-2008-190-889
9sissa-j_carrillo_vii-2008-162-938
10sissa-coopwie-2008-159-958
11sissa-joejoyce-2008-355-896
12sissa-makov333-2009-37-822
13sissa-makov333-2009-16-863
14sissa-makov333-2009-15-795
15makov333-cvgameroom-2009-14-585
16sissa-makov333-2008-330-795
17sherman101-sissa-2008-265-684
18sissa-pallab-2008-316-790
19fergus-cvgameroom-2008-291-131
20sissa-cvgameroom-2008-318-962
21pallab-cvgameroom-2008-282-552
22j_carrillo_vii-cvgameroom-2008-166-128
23sissa-j_carrillo_vii-2008-141-743
24j_carrillo_vii-sissa-2008-124-168
25j_carrillo_vii-cvgameroom-2008-124-693
26j_carrillo_vii-cvgameroom-2008-138-982
27j_carrillo_vii-sissa-2008-130-578
28j_carrillo_vii-sissa-2008-125-050

Joe Joyce wrote on Thu, Apr 9, 2009 04:47 PM UTC:

The Fischer Random logs have blown up. Completed games, when you look, show
errors on moves and tell you to go back and try the move again.

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Jeremy Good wrote on Tue, May 26, 2009 11:55 PM UTC:

Can anyone re-enable the feature that allows one to go back and move
differently at a previous phase of the game? That feature appears to be
broken but certain games require it and it's helpful for times when
someone makes an illegal move and one wants to correct it and continue to
use proper numbers for notation.

Joe Joyce wrote on Wed, May 27, 2009 03:59 PM UTC:

I second that, if it can be done. I've gotten a few inquiries about that
missing feature. It's touches like that which have made Game Courier such
a fine piece of software. People talk about how important and useful
Zillions is to game designers. In a strategic sense, I think Game Courier
is better, because it is so much more flexible. Admittedly, you have to get
a real intelligence to play against, rather than an artificial one, but
that is not always a bad thing.

Steven Streetman wrote on Fri, Feb 18, 2011 08:06 PM UTC:

Spartan Chess Preset Request 
short version

Is there anyone out there who can help me create a preset for Spartan
Chess?

Steven Streetman wrote on Fri, Feb 18, 2011 08:07 PM UTC:

Spartan Chess Preset Request 
long  version


I have just begun reading about how to create a preset and intend to create
robust one for Spartan Chess. Joe Joyce has already developed a
non-rules-enforcing preset for Spartan Chess and we are new playing a
game.

So I have the following steps in mind.

Step 1:  Have Joe Joyce walk me through what he has already done for
Spartan Chess (which he has agreed to do).

Step 2:  Create one or more new graphics including that for the
Lieutenant.

Step 3: Upload the Graphics and create or extend and existing piece set.

Step 4: Enter rules so that the game of Spartan Chess plays properly.


I think I pretty much have to do it all; create a custom piece or two,
create or extend piece set and write a set of rules for the game of Spartan
Chess. I imagine that for #4 the place to start would be with the Set of
rules for Western set and then modify them to enforce Spartan rules for the
Black side.

I imagine that it will be a good deal of work with a steep learning curve
for me. 

Is there anyone out there who as some experience with creating a preset who
might be able to give me some assistance?

Greg Strong wrote on Sat, Feb 19, 2011 02:24 AM UTC:

Steven,

I'll try to help you...  Your excellent game is definitely worthy of
support.  (Just finished getting my butt kicked in H.G.'s computer Spartan
tournament.)

I understood how to make rule-enforcing presets, but it's been a few years
since I've messed with it.  I'm pretty sure this won't be too hard. 
Thankfully, no en passant :)  It's almost the opposite of writing a
computer chess program though.  Instead of looking at a position and
determining a list of legal moves from that position, with game courier you
present the position to the user, let him do something with the pieces, and
then you decide if what he did is ok.

Edit the game courier preset for orthodox chess and take a look at the code
and see if it makes any sense to you.  If not, I can probably just do it
for you.

Joe Joyce wrote on Fri, Oct 14, 2011 02:41 PM UTC:

Is it possible to add 2 things to Game Courier:

 - variable time controls for players as a handicapping mechanism;

 - a way to publicly indicate you will trade games with other people when
you offer an open invite?

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