Re: [pbmserv-dev] Bug: Moultezim Board 1431 **

[Cameron Browne <cameron.browne@btinternet.com>]

At 01:41 29/11/2006, Douglas Zander wrote:
> there is an option for the challenge command "-m" or "--manual" which turns on
> the manual for both players before their first move.  this was undocumented.
> unfortunately it does not seem to work correctly for what the player wishes to
> do.  I am currently working on a proper way to turn on manual for both players
> before any forced moves.

A better solution might be to still automatically make forced moves, 
but only penalise a player if they had made a non-forced move before resigning.

In Game::doResign() (game.cpp, line 1619) the following test is made 
to determine whether the resigning player has moved:

    int first_move = (moves.Count() - players.Count() < FirstMove());

Perhaps this should be changed to instead check whether the player 
had made any non-forced moves? I don't know how to determine this or 
what side-effects it might cause.

Cameron