jrke: what can i add in PR2
Pappu_Kumar_Pashi: Hi, Everyone Hope you all are doing well :blush:
Let's be friends
LelouchVC2: WE can NEVER be friends
jacek: :O
WINWINWIN: jacek, did not enjoy the contest?
jacek: didnt get hooked up really
jacek: but i dont enjoy contests overall
eulerscheZahl: you are a board game player
jacek: eeyup
FaizanRizvi: hi
jacek: ohai
FaizanRizvi: has anyone solved ANEO Sponsored Puzzle?
WINWINWIN: I have
jacek: ok i fiddled with pr2. now im at top half
eulerscheZahl: not that impressive tbh
Astrobytes: I got to 234th and got a bit bored
Astrobytes: Might go back to it, if it wasn't for the 'contest' I probably wouldn't have started it so, all good I guess
WINWINWIN: Othello released today morning
WINWINWIN: https://www.codingame.com/contribute/view/5106941b8347f7341a4dbe2f39dabce52586
WINWINWIN: Looks perfect
Astrobytes: Yea I know, I'm 1st :P
Astrobytes: He's done a good job
cegprakash: The aim of this game is to win.
cegprakash: wow
cegprakash: You lose if:
You mess up.
wlesavo: standart statement
cegprakash: (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
wlesavo: it is great though
cegprakash: aren't games made to have fun?
cegprakash: "The aim of this game is to win." sounds harsh to noob players like me
cegprakash: who play for fun
Astrobytes: cegprakash it's just the default HTML, he's not done the statement yet
MSmits: cegprakash wants it to be: "This game has no aim, enjoy!"
MSmits: btw, guess what this is:
Astrobytes: Also "noob players like me who play for fun" - ceg?!
MSmits: http://chat.codingame.com/pastebin/6a3b6027-a402-414b-a606-ede6b68e1621
MSmits: I ran out of memory after n = 21 :(
Astrobytes: Oware endgames?
MSmits: yep!
Astrobytes: Jeez lol
MSmits: i just enumerated them, i didnt solve
Astrobytes: That's... a few
MSmits: it might be crazy hard to solve seeds over 10
MSmits: because of loops
MSmits: so i doubt memory is the bottleneck here
Astrobytes: Yeah, I'd imagine that'd be the case
Astrobytes: brb
Astrobytes: back, doctor checking up on me
MSmits: ah, ok, hope it's getting better
Astrobytes: Nah, no change. MRI on Tuesday. Most probably a bulging disc
MSmits: can do they help you with that?
Astrobytes: Depends. That's just one option (the most likely one). Depending on severity then surgery is the last resort. Otherwise, physiotherapy and pain management
MSmits: I see
Astrobytes: Can only speculate until the MRI, everything's hinging on the results
MSmits: yeah I imagine
Astrobytes: Anyway, back to Oware endgames. Do you plan to try to create a book?
MSmits: not sure if I will actually use it. It's not that useful inside of CG I think
MSmits: could use it in a meta mcts though
MSmits: but I first want to see how hard it is to deal with the loops
Astrobytes: Yeah I was thinking that, could be your next long-term PC overheating project :P
MSmits: problem with using it inside of CG is that you wont go beyond 6-7 seeds
Astrobytes: Yep
Astrobytes: Seems to help out tric trac though
MSmits: Might not help him out at all, could just be his eval that is improving
MSmits: i've seen him high before
jacek: does he smoke? o.O
Astrobytes: Beat me to it jacek
MSmits: lol
Astrobytes: I think he said it was helpful
Astrobytes: The book, not smoking that is
MSmits: ah ok, then it;s a tradeoff between endgame book and opening book
jacek: i benefit from opening book
MSmits: maybe I'll do bothj
jacek: i created it months ago, might as well update it
MSmits: probably using half the size for one and half the size for the other is probably going to be better than either
Astrobytes: I'd be interested in the results
MSmits: I'm pretty sure an opening book here will wreck any opposition if I do it like i did it on uttt and yavalath.
MSmits: (the cheesy way)
Astrobytes: It should wreak utter havoc with the NNs anyway
MSmits: yeah
Astrobytes: especially re curse's one I think
MSmits: just have to find their one mistake. They're already losing games so there are mistakes
MSmits: the best bots are easiest to counter because they play narrowly
MSmits: but writing a good opening book generator that makes use of transpositions in this game is not that easy
MSmits: you will want to combine results from gamestates with different scores, but same seed layout
MSmits: and different turns
Astrobytes: Yep. Nightmare
MSmits: dont think jacek does this, but it could be good even without this. I'd want to use these transpositions though... purist
Astrobytes: Definitely sounds like something you'd enjoy doing :P
MSmits: yes
Astrobytes: Well, ultimately the transpositions are pretty important
MSmits: it's hard to say, the game sure gives the impression that they are
jacek: well i use transpositions
jacek: but they are rarely happen in the beginning
MSmits: do you use transpositions with different scores
jacek: no
MSmits: you can do that if you, instead of keeping the winrate, keep the expected seedcount from the current position
MSmits: seedscore
MSmits: it's messy and hard to implement but possible
jacek: im doing alphabeta thing, not meta mcts
MSmits: hmm ok
MSmits: not sure how it would work in that case
MSmits: thats the drop out expansion stuff right?
jacek: yeah
jacek: though not exactly as described there. i dont understand the algo *.*
MSmits: i didnt get too much into it. I like meta mcts
Astrobytes: drop-out expansion?
Astrobytes: Is that the article thing on techio you did jacek?
MSmits: it's a way to do meta-minimax
jacek: but i expand leaf based on their score - depth penalty. somewat like UCB
MSmits: best first search
jacek: i wrote about meta mcts
MSmits: yeah I know
jacek: https://www.research-collection.ethz.ch/bitstream/handle/20.500.11850/146939/eth-25905-02.pdf
jacek: this is doe
Astrobytes: cool, thx
Astrobytes: Nice paper
jacek: hmm he deals with cycles on endgame i think?
MSmits: awari doesnt have cycles
MSmits: it has a rule to resolve loops
MSmits: thats why oware abapa is unsolvable
MSmits: you can resolve loops with unlimited cpu, but it might involve going to a depth of 200 or something in some cases
MSmits: it's kinda strange. the game has a tiny statespace but a giant tree complexity
MSmits: for awari, both of those are tiny
struct: Hello
MSmits: hi
Astrobytes: Hey
Astrobytes: good job getting Othello up and running so quickly
struct: Thanks, I still have some stuff done that I did not submit yet
struct: Now the flip doesnt go outside the square
jacek: phew
haukc: hi hooman
Uljahn: hi, Automaton2000's brother
Automaton2000: that is a problem for me
struct: Im not sure what time I set for Othello
struct: I might increase it though
struct: https://i.imgur.com/boUZeai.png
Astrobytes: Holy board size Batman
struct: Are tooltips needed?
MSmits: I think I speak for cegprakash when I say there should be a tooltip that reminds you to have fun
eulerscheZahl: huh?
MSmits: you missed that I guess :)
eulerscheZahl: i guess so too
MSmits: he was criticizing the statement earlier
MSmits: because it said the aim is to win :)
eulerscheZahl: ah, the default statement
MSmits: yes
Astrobytes: Cause he's like the *least* competitive guy on CG :P
jrke: any suggestion for PR2
Mr_Luc1f3r: Guys are there any challenges without graphics?
eulerscheZahl: there are puzzles without. but no multiplayer games
Mr_Luc1f3r: Nice.How can i find these kind of puzzles?
eulerscheZahl: https://www.codingame.com/training/easy
just open some. the community puzzles (with an author shown) are almost always without animations
Mr_Luc1f3r: Ok thanks
Astrobytes: jrke, not being funny but at a certain point you have to start trying to think of strategies by to improve by yourself. It's kinda the point
struct: Soon I get sued for porting games
struct: nice tomatoes top 5
tomatoes: :blush:
WINWINWIN: which multi tomatoes?
tomatoes: uttt
MSmits: gold?
WINWINWIN: Really well done! I thought that the only non NN in UTTT top 5 was MSmits
MSmits: no
MSmits: thats oware and it's top 3
MSmits: uttt has no succesful nn
MSmits: re curse made a nn that is good enough for legend though
WINWINWIN: Oh. So UTTT is only Minimax / MCTS?
MSmits: as far as i know, yes
MSmits: and it's mostly mcts variants, minimax is less succesful
MSmits: but some are in/near top 10
MSmits: it's notoriously hard to write a good eval for uttt which makes minimax worse than mcts at uttt
MSmits: oh wow, it's actually legend uttt rank 5
MSmits: that is really impressive tomatoes
WINWINWIN: Understandable, there is only 1 easy factor of how many boxes controled
MSmits: you can do 2 in a row and such
WINWINWIN: But 2 in a row is not always a win chance, so you have to evaluate the whole board right?
MSmits: I managed to get a working eval for early playout termination that is probably top 10 if i submitted it, but it is still weaker than just random
MSmits: WINWINWIN eval doesnt have to be perfect
MSmits: you can give 50 points for 2 in a row and 100 points for a won board
MSmits: or something like that
MSmits: oh i do of course mean unblocked 2
MSmits: otherwise it is useless
WINWINWIN: That would make sense, but it seems really hard to get an eval in which ties are uncommon
MSmits: with enough detail you can avoid tied scores
MSmits: but then your eval might be slow or wrong
WINWINWIN: Yes, slow is a major issue for a detailed eval
WINWINWIN: what depth do you reach?
MSmits: mcts doesnt have a fixed depth
WINWINWIN: I meant what depth do you normally reach
MSmits: i dont know what that means though
MSmits: mcts will have branches that go 5 deep and branches that go 20
Uljahn: what depth does you opening book has? :smirk:
Uljahn: *have
MSmits: between 3 and 40
struct: mcts is meant to reach end game
WINWINWIN: Sorry, I have a very basic understanding of MCTS and minimax
struct: right?
MSmits: ah mcts uses statistics to explore good branches deeper than other branches
Uljahn: with enough rollouts
tomatoes: minimax has depth. mcts no
MSmits: my opening book usually doesnt go deeper than 10-12
struct: But I know what he means
struct: I saw someone using mcts with fixed depth and eval
jacek: oO
Snef: how do you call a mcts with fixed depth and no rollout then ?
MSmits: but i can make an exception when another player is using one, i will just force down a specific branch and go 40 deep if i want to
MSmits: Snef by no rollout you mean no random sim?
Snef: yea only moves from nodes
MSmits: it's mostly just a UCB guided search, it's no longer mcts, even though i still refer to it as mcts also
MSmits: mc stands for monte carlo = random
MSmits: and there is no random so...
Snef: the first X moves are chosen randomly before applying ucb :p
MSmits: i dont do that in any bot
Snef: oh
MSmits: either I pick the first one I havent explored or i pick them all
MSmits: uttt i pick 1, yavalath, oware onitama I pick all
Snef: yea i do the same i explore unvisited first but i still do random for like first 100/200 iterations
MSmits: you can backprop the highest score of all chldren or an average, whatever works
MSmits: Snef maybe it works well I dunno, havent tried that much
Snef: 100 iterations won't change much anyway
MSmits: I see only one advantage to that and it might be a big advantage
MSmits: you do a lot less UCB
MSmits: but instead of random you might as well just iterate
MSmits: if you're doing that many
Snef: sure
MSmits: btw tomatoes is also using teclles heuristic
MSmits: it really does improve any bot
MSmits: teccles that is
Snef: but for mcts if one brach at depth 5 isn't promising you won't expand it right ?
jacek: tickles
Snef: branch*
MSmits: probably not, depends on exploration parameter
MSmits: it's all automated anyway
Snef: yeah.. but i feel you can ignore branch that would be better at a deeper depth
MSmits: if you think your bot has that problem you need to raise your exploration parameter
MSmits: it's really just a matter of fitting the parameter
jacek: and i used to be 5 in uttt ;(
Snef: i don't have this problem i don't have a real mcts yet :p
it's just thoughts
MSmits: do you have an opening book there too?
MSmits: ah ok
jacek: just center and teccless stuff
MSmits: ah, good enough really
MSmits: I think my current leaderboard version has no opening book for player 2
MSmits: there's no point when everything solves as a loss, you're just making it easier for the other guy
jacek: you could at least choose furthest loss
jacek: or one with most visits, hoping he wont notice
struct: how many rollouts jacek?
MSmits: kar liso tried that, I have him solved between ply 25 and ply 40 and his bot is deterministic to ply 25 :P
Uljahn: btw karli so seems to be weak against the side opening
MSmits: Uljahn probably he is just strong against corner opening because that is where his book is
jacek: struct about 100k at first turn at 1s
struct: o.o
Uljahn: MSmits: yep
struct: ah ok
struct: 1 s
struct: what about 2nd turn?
jacek: well 10k
Uljahn: are your rollouts that heavy?
MSmits: yeah... that seems really heavy
MSmits: esp. if you reach that high in the top 10
jacek: or just slow
MSmits: that wont cut it
jacek: well i have 1-ply check for win
MSmits: you wouldnt even be able to get into legend with that speed
MSmits: unless you did something else
jacek: and moves that can win small board are twice as likely chosen as others
jacek: i dont have any pool node or log table or other fancy optimizators
jacek: oh sh... which reminded me, i reuse tree in uttt
jacek: when in oware i dont
jacek: time for another submit in oware!
MSmits: hmm
Astrobytes: I can hardly wait
MSmits: yeah in uttt it does help to favor some kinds of moves
MSmits: never got it to work that well though
jacek: and how many rollouts do you have
MSmits: 90-130k on turn 2
MSmits: this is normal for top 10
jacek: oO
MSmits: re curse has more
Astrobytes: (65 trillion on first turn ofc)
jacek: or maybe we count rollouts differently
MSmits: maybe, i count it as a selection, expansion and a single sim
MSmits: to end of game
jacek: so do i
jacek: hmm
jacek: so you say i could optimize it for 10x speed?
MSmits: depending on what you do, sure
MSmits: maybe your random rollout is just very good
jacek: my board has 10 bitboards
MSmits: my yavalath random rollout is super slow, but it makes it better
MSmits: i use 9 x uint16_t and 1x uint32_t
jacek: why uint32_t
MSmits: big board needs it
MSmits: needs 27 bit
MSmits: or was it 18
MSmits: anyways doesnt fit in 16
MSmits: miniboards do
jacek: actually how do you fit Xs and O in 16 o.O
Hjax: TIL scipy can run the Hungarian algorithm for me
MSmits: 3^9 < 2^16
jacek: youre using ternany?
MSmits: for some parts of the bot yes
MSmits: I use 3 different systems
jacek: oh my
MSmits: big board is binary
Astrobytes: bitboards, titboards and s**tboards
MSmits: opening book has a crazy coord system
MSmits: right call that the s**board
Uljahn: polar?
Astrobytes: ;)
MSmits: It's a coordinate system that takes into account finished boards
MSmits: all finished boards where X wins have the same code
MSmits: because it doesnt matter what the board looks like
Uljahn: ah, sort of a mask
MSmits: it uses transpositions maximally, only 8692 possible boards out of 9^3 = 19863
MSmits: 3^9 that is
MSmits: i only use that to store opening books though
MSmits: because it's extremely slow
MSmits: also makes the whole board fit in 128 bit
Uljahn: and accounts for symmetry i guess
MSmits: yeah
Uljahn: that's nice
MSmits: it also does this:
MSmits: XX0
00.
XX0
MSmits: =
MSmits: X00
00.
XX0
MSmits: board looks different, but has the same future
struct: How are they equal?
jacek: why
MSmits: if X plays, X wins
MSmits: sorry
MSmits: draw
MSmits: if O plays, O wins
MSmits: so it's the same board
struct: if X plays in first he wins
MSmits: this is a miniboard
MSmits: i should have said that sry
MSmits: the two miniboards are identical
struct: ah right
struct: I see
MSmits: of course the overall board might be different, but thats encoded in other miniboards
MSmits: so the fact that there's an extra X in the first doesnt matter for the code for that particular miniboard
MSmits: there arent that many transpositions like that, but half of the possible boards are ended games and there are only 3 of those really... so plenty of possible transpositions there
struct: Do you think opening books will be essential in Othello?
MSmits: but anyways, this is only useful for opening book, you would have to convert this to ternary or binary every time you needed to make a move
MSmits: more useful than it is in uttt, it's really not that useful in uttt
MSmits: in uttt, opening books work well vs opening books, if there was only one guy using them he would barely have any advantage
MSmits: in yavalath, their use is extreme because games can end so early
struct: yeah
struct: On some games it should be hard to implement though, like Yinsh
struct: Where starting positions are too many
MSmits: Yes, like Onitama as well
MSmits: and Bandas
jacek: you dont have book for onitama? O:
struct: Also there is no chains in Othello
MSmits: I dont, how would I use it?
MSmits: 300k starts
struct: I thought there was because I didn't read the rules
MSmits: I couldnt even do the first move for all starts :P
jacek: 131k possible card placements
MSmits: two possible players you can be
MSmits: 1 or 2, that doubles it
struct: Is it even worth to have opening book for 1 move?
MSmits: might be yeah
jacek: toad blacklisted those with 6 plies win
MSmits: but thats a handful, less than 1%
MSmits: opening books are useful for moves that seem almost equally good, but one of them is much better in the long term
MSmits: like in oware, the first move is useless in a book, because apparently, any search will find it
jacek: 5 is like 4 4 in uttt
MSmits: yeah
jacek: and 11 is only possible counter
MSmits: from what i read on solving awari there are 3 viable counters that lead to a solved draw
MSmits: but thats a slightly different game so who knows
jacek: no tric trac yet on othello leaderboard?
MSmits: maybe he's protesting
Astrobytes: lol
Astrobytes: jacek why are you timeout-ing a lot
jacek: which one
Astrobytes: Oware
jacek: which replay
Astrobytes: I watched quite a few
MSmits: did you just change your bot to keep the tree jacek?
MSmits: because thats dangerous in oware
jacek: yes
Astrobytes: Did you reset the parent
jacek: well it works most of the time
MSmits: you need to do a check at the beginning of your turn if you're nearing the end of your node pool
MSmits: if you are, reset the tree
jacek: i dont have node pool, so "shrug:
MSmits: then check the size of your dynamic node array so you dont hit 750 mb :)
struct: also I made first turn 2 sec and 100 ms following
Astrobytes: Yeah, if you don't reset the parent you'll be keeping the whole thing in memory
MSmits: happens in Bandas too
Astrobytes: oh, no node pool?
Astrobytes: How big is your Oware node pool MSmits?
MSmits: let me check
MSmits: const int NODE_MAX = 25000000;
Astrobytes: Do you use a lot of that?
MSmits: I think I use a lot when a game is long
Astrobytes: I've got 10000000 and don't run out
MSmits: nah, i think i usually use no more than 10 million
MSmits: but some games are weird
Astrobytes: I think the highest I saw was 8.5 or 9M
MSmits: let me check some games
jacek: too unstable, im gonna turn it off
jacek: im not sure if its memory issue or bug in code
Astrobytes: I reuse my tree and it's fine jacek
Astrobytes: brb, shopping arrived
MSmits: node index: 16303231
MSmits: I found this one after a few tries
MSmits: thats 16 million
Scarfield: Wow othello already a thing, nice work structo
MSmits: jacek how big is your node?
struct: tnaks
MSmits: and dont make it into a dirty joke :P
jacek: oh
MSmits: mine is 24 byte, so effectively 3x uint64_t
jacek: i know i could get rid of some
jacek: http://chat.codingame.com/pastebin/679cff36-7620-44ef-a0ae-7ffbd9a95b90
jacek: and children
MSmits: wait, you have the list of children on the parent node?
jacek: vector<MoveMcts*> children;
MSmits: thats painful
MSmits: your node is 80 byte
MSmits: mine is 24byte... big difference
MSmits: and I even save the full boardstate on the node
jacek: so mine is bigger
jacek: ah yeah, i dont have bitboard
MSmits: this might be why you run out of memory, but as you say, could also be other bugs
MSmits: a trick you can use to shrink nodes is to use integer indices instead of pointers. Might be some small effect on speed, but your node will be 4 byte smaller for every pointer reduced in size
Scarfield: I started doing no. of children and pointer/index of first child, and have an array of the traversel down the tree, so no need for parent pointers at all :)
MSmits: oh yeah, no parent needed either
MSmits: http://chat.codingame.com/pastebin/2a5dbb01-b3aa-4dd3-a195-e0b75552df6f
MSmits: my oware node
struct: does board need to be 64?
MSmits: i think i am the only one who uses 64
MSmits: it's really hard to squeeze it into 64
MSmits: because you need to use 5 bit per pit
MSmits: and that holds 31 seeds
MSmits: so I use the last 4 bit (60-63) for the overflow
MSmits: I do something similarly crazy in Onitama, where it is actually pretty useless to be that compact
MSmits: it's just fun for me to squeeze gamestates as small as possible. It would be more useful if I could actually use a transposition table or something, but most games apparently have no use for them :(
jacek: do you squeeze your students like that as well?
MSmits: you mean do I make comments during class that make them feel as small as possible?
MSmits: not sure, you'll have to ask them :)
MSmits: Nagrarok's bot is really amazing
MSmits: holding up after years
jacek: struct w00t? white starts?
struct: its reverse?
jacek: its othello, not reversi
jacek: starting position is good, but blacks start
struct: you right
struct: Ill fix it
struct: Ill change black chips owner to 0
jacek: and no one who has bot there didnt notice? :v
Snef: i know rules but i don't remember which color start :p
MSmits: Checkers is funny like that, it has red pieces but it talks about W and B in input
darkhorse64: my bot is as usual rand()% actionCount
MSmits: I start every bot that way to test sim
MSmits: then you dont have to deal with mcts and all its annoyances
struct: I think I only needed to change 2 vars
struct: I think its fixed but ill try to be sure
darkhorse64: It'll take a few hours to get the engine ready
Snef: darkhorse64 to sim othello ?
darkhorse64: The only thing a random bot may not test is when a player has no moves. Sure, I'll write a MCTS for it and bitboard to hell
MSmits: at least it's easy to bitboard, two 64 bit is about all you can do here
MSmits: maybe some lookups for checking whether you need to flip
Scarfield: (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
**MSmits dodges
Scarfield: xD
darkhorse64: The only annoying thing is the no moves. It messes all my exploration and backpropagation code
MSmits: You can just make another node
MSmits: same state
struct: Should be fixed
struct: I dont know why its fixed
struct: butg it works
darkhorse64: There are some assumptions here and there that players alternate
Scarfield: yea black starts now
MSmits: well yeah, but if you make an extra node when you dont move, you still alternate
MSmits: it's a no-move node
MSmits: just save the gamestate on the node, then the game doesnt care about moves
MSmits: two nodes will just have the same gamestate and thats all
MSmits: except for who's turn it is obviously
darkhorse64: A "PASS" node. I have never played Othello. I don't know if it happens a lot. If ti does, it may be worth sparing the node and the traversal
Snef: darkhorse64 with random bots it nearly never happen, don't know with real bots
MSmits: You can create the node and then give it a UCT penalty
MSmits: -0,3 or so
MSmits: it only starts to be visited when other nodes have sufficient visitcounts
Scarfield: if neither player can move, the player with the most discs win, so not necessarily a bad thing
MSmits: and then it will quickly stop after a few visits, because its probably going to be bad
darkhorse64: Not sure if is bad. I know Othello can drastically change in a few moves. If there is a PASS node, it is single by design
MSmits: seems this is just something you can experiment with
MSmits: code the framework, make some parameters and test :)
Scarfield: hmm probably true, was just quoting the rules i just read :)
darkhorse64: You are absolutely right. The PASS node saves my current code but may impact performance. This is going to be a "squeeze water from stone" multi
darkhorse64: And then you'll write an opening book and rekt me
Scarfield: i guess the only way to have neither player being able to move, all the discs will have to be the same color, or no empty cells of course
struct: no, i havent tested this
MSmits: darkhorse64 that is also my guess, but I will try to rek people without an opening book first :P
struct: but I think there are more cases
struct: and I took that into account in referee
struct: imagine board was like this
011111111
MSmits: not sure when though, I will for sure do Othello within a week or two
struct: and 0 was the only piece that player 0 had
MSmits: I love this type of game
struct: he cant move
struct: neither cant player 1
MSmits: Btw darkhorse64, I was about to start breakthrough
MSmits: it's been pushed to nr 2 now :P
MSmits: structs fault
eulerscheZahl: the struggle of having too many games
MSmits: but they're all so much fun :)
darkhorse64: I failed badly on my own game. I picked the eval recommanded by Wanderer authors but my bot sucks
MSmits: EPT?
MSmits: depth 5 or something?
jacek: yes, they suck
jacek: you should refute their paper
darkhorse64: Yes, I wrote the bot just to test that
darkhorse64: depth 4
darkhorse64: I think it's my bot that sucks
MSmits: if you want to sink more time into it, there's a lot to try
MSmits: did you try lookups for local board layouts?
MSmits: also lookups for racing conditions
darkhorse64: Anyway, I have applied EPT with lot of success on Oware and Onitama. All in all, it has been useful. You mean consider samller areas to find "breakthroughs" ?
darkhorse64: Or look for patterns that call for attack ?
MSmits: from what I read it is good to give score to certain configurations of pawns
MSmits: yes patterns
RahilMavani: How much programming knowledge should I have for this platform on a scale of 1 to 10 ?
MSmits: also if a pawn is maybe 3 rows before the end, you can lookup whether it is unblockable
jacek: 2.137
MSmits: i think it's more like 2.146
RahilMavani: 2.137 ? Woah !!
darkhorse64: 3.151592654
MSmits: the dot is a decimal separator RahilMavani
darkhorse64: 3.14
MSmits: its not 2 thousand
RahilMavani: Are you guys answering my question ?
MSmits: yeah
darkhorse64: joking a bit
MSmits: but RahilMavani, you just need to understand your language somewhat
MSmits: loops, functions, classes
RahilMavani: Oh Okay
MSmits: start with easy puzzles
MSmits: you need to get the hang of the input/output structure
RahilMavani: Actually I have very basic knowledge of C
MSmits: then progressively try harder stuff
MSmits: I'd suggest you learn python
RahilMavani: Working on Python and I stopped learning C
RahilMavani: Learning on SoloLearn
Scarfield: i can see you have solved the descent, so you should know enough to continue with other puzzles
Scarfield: also remember to have a look at the "What will i learn" and the external ressourses given for a puzzle before pressing "solve it" :)
RahilMavani: I know some loops
RahilMavani: I solved descent with some help of hints
RahilMavani: Also needed some help from solution
darkhorse64: From what I have seen, my BT bot suffers from the horizon effect and the large branching factor. When there is a pattern of attack involving sacrifices, it goes unnoticed. Pattern recognition would help a lot. That's beyod my current abilities
Scarfield: not many puzzles have hints (?) but the external ressources will help you getting an idea of the approach you need to solve a puzzle
RahilMavani: OKay
RahilMavani: Now I think I should learn python and then try my hands at this platform.
JackJohnson: Hi, does "Tower Dereference" only have one league?
jacek: yes
RahilMavani: Okay Guys !! Thanks for your help
JackJohnson: oh, was wondering why it is so hard to get promoted, thx :)
RahilMavani: I will be back sooner as I complete my python.
jacek: complete python eh
RahilMavani: :) Sooner !!
RahilMavani: Is anyone present in sololearn
RahilMavani: ?
jacek: im not :v
RahilMavani: Oh Okay
jacek: do you have some programming at school?
RahilMavani: Yes
RahilMavani: C
RahilMavani: C - Programming
RahilMavani: It was on very basic level
struct: I can leave the coord system as it is right? 0-7
jacek: a think ah 1-8 is better
struct: ok I guess I can do that without breaking the current bots
struct: I would like a8 though
jacek: yea
darkhorse64: +1. Makes it more "professional"
darkhorse64: Break bots. It's a WIP
struct: ok
struct: So output and input will change, sorry
darkhorse64: No problem. I'll be first for a moment
Snef: input will change ?
reCurse: And stdout will need to be base64 encoded
darkhorse64: x y to chess notation
jacek: and promotion
darkhorse64: no leagues, no promotion
Snef: both char or first char and second int struct
darkhorse64: a string ?
struct: it will be a string
Snef: ok my code is ready tell me when it's live :p
jacek: you have working bot?
Snef: what do you mean by working bot ?
darkhorse64: more than one liner bot
jacek: no actions[random]
Snef: then yes
Snef: but still not smart at all
Snef: depth 0 with shitty eval is almost like random
struct: Should be updated
jacek: Exception in thread "main" java.util.InputMismatchException
jacek: when parsing legal actions from referee
struct: referee error?
struct: or java?
struct: because now stub changed
jacek: maybe i should refresh
struct: I see the error
jacek: yeah, refresh done
Astrobytes: thanks struct
Astrobytes: (for making that change)
struct: np
jacek: https://i.imgur.com/1ddLjKh.png
jacek: he says f7 is invalid. yet he sayd f5 as possible action
jacek: black to move
Astrobytes: lol, round the wrong way
struct: shit
struct: I had
Snef: yea just saw a replay with same problem jacek
struct: return Character.toString((char)(97 + y)) + "" + (x + 1);
struct: im dumb
jacek: struct youre just not accustomed to classes
struct: Should be fixed
jacek: :+1:
Snef: bye #1 :(
struct: So for rest of UI I was thinking on puting players on left
struct: and the list of all moves on the right
eulerscheZahl: return Character.toString((char)(97 + y)) + "" + (x + 1);
that's a weird coding style
jacek: like chess PGN?
Astrobytes: With a toggle to hide the list of moves?
Astrobytes: I mean, you already have the toggle buttons, don't think we need a hex viewer ;)
struct: I forgot to remove those buttons :p
Scarfield: discs as hexes toggle ftw
Astrobytes: Othellex
Astrobytes: Othalath
eulerscheZahl: *Othexo
jacek: https://alternatezone.com/electronics/images/hex3101.gif
struct: Like this jacek
struct: https://i.imgur.com/IdxaUGS.png
jacek: mhm
struct: I guess it doesnt have much use
jacek: you could add how many discs user has
struct: yeah Ill add that
MSmits: not sure I dont still have bugs, but with 3 seeds I found at least one 75 depth loop :P
Astrobytes: lol wut
MSmits: It solves when it hits a repeated state
MSmits: apparently its possible to make 3 seeds go around and find 75 different states
Astrobytes: No I got that part, I was amazed at the 3 seeds and 75 states thing
MSmits: either that or I am still bugged
MSmits: 4 seeds is still calculating, depth 36 now
MSmits: it's basically stuck for a long time until it solves a few states and then it quickly finishes all of them
MSmits: because once you solve a state, you break other loops
Astrobytes: gotcha
MSmits: this reminds me of number shifting :P
Astrobytes: lol, I never did write a solver for that
Astrobytes: got to 60 or something by hand
MSmits: ah ok, yeah theres a hard one around 60
Astrobytes: Don't fancy doing this by hand
MSmits: err no, seems hard to play oware
MSmits: seeds goin around
Astrobytes: Ah no, level 65
Astrobytes: (number shifting that is)
struct: oh well, I have no ideas for players ui
struct: Ill just do simple stuff
Astrobytes: Doesn't need to be all singing all dancing struct, simple, clean and informative
MSmits: http://chat.codingame.com/pastebin/4209d670-0c00-4905-b21f-7663379b918f
struct: If you could navigate in the viewer by clicking the viewer I would add moves
struct: moves history*
MSmits: thats my endgame book up to a part of 4 seeds
MSmits: of course you need to decode the boardstate, but you can see it doesnt produce weird seedcounts
MSmits: so theres that
Astrobytes: nice
Astrobytes: Did you make a change when you submitted btw?
MSmits: thats just one of my versions with the sigmoid
MSmits: still trying to find one thats better than my other version
Astrobytes: It didn't seem as good as the previous bot
MSmits: really hard to say, it's in the ballpark
MSmits: http://cgstats.magusgeek.com/app/multi-oware-abapa/msmits
MSmits: just weak to recurse
MSmits: but most of my versions are
MSmits: i have a rare few with 50% but they are worse vs others
Astrobytes: Maybe it was just my perception
Astrobytes: Can't beat either of them without losing hard to others
MSmits: its just bad statistics with so few games really
Astrobytes: *either of them well
MSmits: cant beat both of them and do that no
MSmits: i have versions that have 50% against everyone
MSmits: but thats very bad
Astrobytes: Just a wee bit
jacek: so you have endgame state and seeds score you can get right?
MSmits: yes
MSmits: if i encounter the same state twice, the branch is terminated with the current score
jacek: so what if there is 23-24, and endgame says its +2
MSmits: then p1 wins
jacek: hmm i was thinking of an example
MSmits: i ignore the time limit though
jacek: when you get good seed count, but opponent will win before that
MSmits: yeah I know it feels intuitive that previous score matters, but it really doesnt
MSmits: it's always best to get the maximum number of seeds out of the board
MSmits: just sometimes the max is not enough
jacek: so you set the game to endgame position and set scores to 0-0?
MSmits: yes
MSmits: i hope i have a bug though, either that or these loops are insanely hard to deal with
MSmits: still on 4 seeds
MSmits: running it in C# on debug mode, but still
jacek: how did you enumerate possible positions? sounds like postage stamp problem
Astrobytes: debug mode wtf
jacek: or number partition?
MSmits: i am still debugging
Astrobytes: lol
MSmits: sec
MSmits: http://chat.codingame.com/pastebin/22b77820-dc55-4646-86e3-be213d8fd41b
MSmits: recursive
jacek: smitsi number partition
MSmits: the zero makes sure the previous player has at least one empty pit
MSmits: otherwise it's an impossible state
MSmits: ohhh
MSmits: I goofed there I think
MSmits: wait no
MSmits: I confused my ab solver with my state generator, state generator doesnt alternate players
MSmits: north houses are always player 2 in that case
jacek: still there cant be 6 zero houses
MSmits: why not, i can simply call that a loss or win
MSmits: it happens
MSmits: but it solves at depth 0
jacek: exactly
MSmits: i need all possible states because my 1 seed book depends on 0 seed book and 2 seed depends on 1 seed etc.
jacek: unless you want just to lookup the table anyway and dont bother
MSmits: Current seed count: 4
Current max depth: 38
Current max states: 1365
Current solved states: 432
MSmits: I do it iteratively. Do all states depth 1, then all state depth 2 etc.
MSmits: it's been stuck at 432 states since depth 20 or something
MSmits: so these must all have massive loops
MSmits: and there I was worrying about how to fit 20 seed endgame books in memory :P
MSmits: still hoping I got bugs though
jacek: welp https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/642051038257348648/720389289896181802/102564724_2377326155904068_2867471856047122041_n.png
MSmits: lol
MSmits: mmh maybe I need to be smarter at my ab pruning
MSmits: i did -inf +inf, but with a maximum seed of 4 it is actually between -4 and +4
jacek: technically doesnt matter
MSmits: well if it can find a branch with +4, wont it keep looking in my case?
MSmits: it shouldnt, because it is already max
jacek: +4 is the upper bound, it takes place of +INF
MSmits: yes but what if beta becomes +4 and alpha is still +inf
jacek: hmm
MSmits: maybe I am too hazy on ab pruning though
jacek: then use meta mcts to solve :v
MSmits: in the end the mcts is just to guide, you're still doing minimax for the solver part, only without ab
MSmits: I think it would be several orders of magnitude slower
jacek: slower than debug?
MSmits: I mean if you're looking to prove a solved position where guiding isn't that helpful, then mcts is really silly
MSmits: currently trying release. It is a lot faster
MSmits: but still having trouble with 4 seeds
MSmits: starting to see what they mean here: https://www.slideshare.net/XavierBlanvillain/abstract-oware-solutionxavierblanvillain120226
jacek: and it only took it few hours on mediocre PC to prove that
MSmits: I dont get why a 2-seed loop solution would have to be entered manually though
MSmits: is my method wrong?
Astrobytes: Try using the results
MSmits: I assume an infinite loop is a tied score on the second occurrence of the state
jacek: what happens if 1 seed is on house 0 and the other on house 6?
jacek: wont it loop?
MSmits: yes it will
MSmits: but it will also repeat that state
MSmits: and my method will end up giving it 0 score
MSmits: I dont see why that would be wrong
DragonJ: how do you strip a string in python?
MSmits: if either player could get a higher score, it would have been free to exit the loop at any point
MSmits: so it doesnt seem to restrict anything
Astrobytes: Take it's clothes off DragonJ
jacek: string.strip() :?
WINWINWIN: DragonJ s.strip(char)
WINWINWIN: Or,
WINWINWIN: s.replace(char, )
Astrobytes: I strongly prefer my reply.
Astrobytes: Yes that seems correct btw MSmits
MSmits: why would a python be wearing a string anyway
WINWINWIN: :)
struct: Do you want the piece counter numbers to change at frame start
struct: or at end?
DragonJ: WINWINWIN thank you
struct: Should I add a tooltip for skip?
WINWINWIN: np DragonJ
struct: isnt called tooltip
struct: oh it is
struct: tooltip yeah
struct: Like the bar things in the viewer
Astrobytes: As in on the timeline? A tooltip appears when you mouseover the bars in the timeline
struct: yeah
struct: So its easier to spot skips
Astrobytes: could do I guess, best thing is to try it out and see
jacek: yeah, skip on timeline would be good
DonnySte: bucchiiiii
Astrobytes: Are you unwell?
DragonJ: I stripped the line in python but I still cant split or do any other string operations
Astrobytes: Why not?
DragonJ: I found a way around it but some reason I cant access library string
WINWINWIN: if you strip the line to remove spaces...
WINWINWIN: How will you split along space?
Astrobytes: Paste your code and tell us what you want to do
DragonJ: I made it work but I just wish I didnt have to bypass the issue
Astrobytes: Are you doing a puzzle?
DragonJ: Fantastic Bits
DragonJ: and am having problems with bits...
Astrobytes: You know python?
DragonJ: a bit am learning it
Astrobytes: Don't start with FB then
Astrobytes: Any other languages?
DragonJ: know some java some c++ some javascript a little C
Astrobytes: Define *some*. Which do you know the best?
eulerscheZahl: if-else and for loops
enough to put it on your resumé
Astrobytes: :P
DragonJ: I probably know python best because I took a college course on it, but I still have a decent understanding of other languages
Astrobytes: You took a college course on python and never stripped or split strings? Bit odd.
DragonJ: I did but for some reason the codingame isnt letting me use the string libraries
Astrobytes: I assure you, everything works on here (well, the odd hiccup)
Astrobytes: paste the section of code that's giving you trouble and tell us what you wanna do
DragonJ: I started programming when I was like 6 but I still suck XD
Astrobytes: You shouldn't need any 'hacks' just to split a string
eulerscheZahl: at that age i couldn't even read :D
Astrobytes: I started around 5? But it was just copying my dad's BASIC from his textbook
eulerscheZahl: these days when software was shared by printing it :D
Astrobytes: Oh yeahhhh
Astrobytes: One wrong character...
DragonJ: I learned programming about the same time as english am still better at programming than english...
Astrobytes: Your English seems fine
Astrobytes: But you have a programming issue, so...
Astrobytes: :)
eulerscheZahl: that means he's really good at coding then
Astrobytes: lol
Gedzius: Yo has anyone done the Forest Fire thing
Gedzius: thanks for the help aprreciated
Astrobytes: If you have a question, please ask it
eulerscheZahl: i started ignoring these "who has solve problem X" questions completely. sometimes it's a follow-up question that i'm not in a mood to answer. too much risk :D
Astrobytes: I bite sometimes, sometimes I'll troll them and sometimes ignore. Totally mood/business dependent
struct: Hey anyone played Othello?
Astrobytes: Had to sort out j r k e a bit earlier, kept bugging me for how to win PR2 as he was out of ideas
eulerscheZahl: ah yeah, ignored that too a few times
eulerscheZahl: just asked what to do next, as if we knew what his current bot is doing
Astrobytes: Exactly.
Astrobytes: I told him there comes a time when you have to think for yourself
Astrobytes: Haven't heard anything since
jacek: struct as in real game?
Astrobytes: Btw eulerscheZahl, I love how that Forest Fire guy waited about 10s after asking before a sarcastic thank you. Kids have no patience these days :P
eulerscheZahl: and then disappeared completely
Astrobytes: :D
Astrobytes: Instant-gratification culture
struct: sorry jacek i was trolling
jacek: no wai
Astrobytes: :D
jacek: i see foxy on it
jacek: now wait for tt
Astrobytes: Indeed
struct: I got ui updated
struct: submiting
struct: I always forget to save intro replay
struct: ..
Scarfield: remember to update the default code btw :)
struct: What do you mean?
Scarfield: i hit restore default code, and it is stil x y and not a string for the actions
Scarfield: in c++ at least
struct: Do you have the right link?
struct: I just tried and it works
struct: https://www.codingame.com/ide/demo/843257e808c280174462ae480c45d0629921f7
Scarfield: oh, have been on the same page for a while probably not then
Scarfield: ah my bad
Astrobytes: Silly Duhfield
Astrobytes: :P
Scarfield: premium revoked
struct: i will add a + - pieces change in viewer I guess
struct: or not
struct: I don't think I will need to create images to explain this game
Scarfield: just link to a page with the rules for the game for people not knowing them by heart
Astrobytes: Yeah, 'detailed rules' or whatever
Scarfield: would be like explaining chess rules, might as well be a link :)
Astrobytes: Sorry, meant 'detailed rules' as a link ;)
Counterbalance: no rules so my first try is cout << actions[rand() % actions.size()] << endl;
- )
struct: yeah, statement takes more time than to write the referee
Counterbalance: yeah
Counterbalance: you're cranking out games at a high rate
Scarfield: You lose if:
you mess up
Scarfield: what more does it have to say really :p
Astrobytes: struct is a Multi Machine Counterbalance
JBM: just write a good stub and refre to it
Astrobytes: "Put stones on the board. Win."
JBM: or at the very least, don't lose
JBM: that would be Bad
Scarfield: If you flip a full line of 6 pieces it should say BOOM Tetris
Astrobytes: "Put stones on the board. Don't lose. Losing is bad." - better?
Scarfield: missing M'kay
Astrobytes: Good point.
Astrobytes: Full statement; "Losing's bad, m'kayyy?"
Scarfield: a watermark of a sligtly darker green hexagon would be nice :)
Scarfield: perfect Mr. Macstrobytes
Counterbalance: the rules as I deduce them from a replay are that you must place a stone next to an opponent's stone (or pass if that's impossible) and any opponent stones between that one and another one of your stones in a horizontal/diagonal line gets 'turned'. Is that the whole of it?
Scarfield: yea
Counterbalance: cool
Astrobytes: In a nutshell yeah
Scarfield: then the player with its pieces having the closests resemblance to a swastika wins of course
Counterbalance: that goes without saying
Astrobytes: ffs :P
Counterbalance: 8x8, nice optim potential
Astrobytes: Wait til he breaks out the fog of war boards
Counterbalance: and the 17x33 boards
jacek: 8.5x8.5
Scarfield: wrapping borders
struct: Where are the upvotes?
struct: I need my exp
eulerscheZahl: i upvoted already
Scarfield: +1
Astrobytes: The Harry Potter square, 64 3/4
struct: 120 exp
struct: Yinsh got me 140 + 250 from approval
eulerscheZahl: space maze got me 880+250
struct: Not bad
eulerscheZahl: was pending for months
JBM: wouls have been so much more hadn't it been approved
struct: Yeah thats a nice idea
struct: Ill never leave WIP
struct: and farm upvotes forever
JBM: i'm kind of peaking on tvc
struct: I dont remember how many Yavalath had
struct: can anyone show me the contribution page?
struct: I dont have high enough level
Scarfield: There is a certain troll that would fit as an avatar JB, and im not talking about Shrek
JBM: tibo's off, here's the link for those who haven't upvoted^Wi mean tried it yet: https://www.codingame.com/forum/t/troll-vs-castles-brainstorm/184827
eulerscheZahl: 28 up 0 down
darkhorse64: http://www.tedlandau.com/files/Othello-B%26B.pdf for concise rules with only one diagram
eulerscheZahl: top3 upvoted contributions afaik: space maze, bandas, 11-puzzle
struct: This seems nice
struct: https://i.imgur.com/VJD944H.png
struct: To see order of placement
struct: Should I add it?
JBM: absolutely not
darkhorse64: In debug mode only
eulerscheZahl: looks messy. and there's something wrong with the image
eulerscheZahl: i mean it doesn't show the final board state
eulerscheZahl: you can see white is always even, black is odd
eulerscheZahl: so there is no flipping shown
Astrobytes: You need to use all the pages from that brief and concise guide struct
struct: I see
struct: Yeah, I will even add a tutorial how to code in the statement
darkhorse64: Page 1 is enough. The remaining pages must be read by the bot coders
JBM: i really don't think giving AI tips has any place in that kind of statement
JBM: just give the rules
darkhorse64: Make your life easier. Let us figure out the code
Astrobytes: Yeah, I thiiiink that was a troll ;)
JBM: star trek > star wars
Scarfield: ^
Astrobytes: That's truth tho'
jacek: stargate!
JBM: oops confused > and <
Scarfield: \\//
/
Scarfield: nooo
JBM: there you go
Scarfield: btw that was me trying with low effort to make the star trek hand sign thingy
Astrobytes: :star_trek_hand_sign_thingy:
Scarfield: xD
JBM: ezpz
Astrobytes: :vulcans_yo:
eulerscheZahl: starwhat?
Astrobytes: :live_long_and_prosper:
JBM: that bright thing in the night sky eZ
Astrobytes: stupid non-emoji making chat thing
MSmits: damn
MSmits: Current seed count: 4
Current max depth: 343
Current max states: 1365
Current solved states: 570
Scarfield: loop de loop :)
Astrobytes: Three hundred and forty three you say
MSmits: I wonder if my search really goes 343 moves deep without finding duplicates
MSmits: there are enough unsolved states for it I guess
MSmits: and I guess also it is easy with 4 seeds to mix and match to all combinations
eulerscheZahl: $ factor 343
343: 7 7 7
MSmits: Current seed count: 4
Current max depth: 344
Current max states: 1365
Current solved states: 570
eulerscheZahl: $ factor 1365
1365: 3 5 7 13
MSmits: who turned euler into a bot?
eulerscheZahl: you like highly composite numbers, don't you?
MSmits: apparently :P
NightScap3: wtf
NightScap3: codingame & kotlin = trash
NightScap3: https://www.codingame.com/clashofcode/clash/report/1252320cd0e0d261e0649525c111bd9c22415ee
NightScap3: my code is 100 % right
NightScap3: and it tells me 0 %
NightScap3: i've had all testcases right
jacek: hm?
MSmits: that's supposed to be && I think
NightScap3: and it told me i got them wrong
MSmits: otherwise it's bitwise
Scarfield: lol
Scarfield: there are validaters, that are not the same as the test you see
NightScap3: it didn't even pass the testcases
darkhorse64: PIBCAC ?
NightScap3: although it showed me in the output everything like the supposed output
struct: paste your code her
Scarfield: EPICAC?
struct: here*
NightScap3: http://chat.codingame.com/pastebin/bcdcd365-2833-4763-9e09-666e6991ce59
NightScap3: i've tried around too if the testcase wants some delimiter or reacts allergic to space
NightScap3: s
NightScap3: but didn't help
Uljahn: "it didn't even pass the testcases" :upside_down:
Uljahn: wth, Automaton2000
Automaton2000: and you should not have been a good idea
Astrobytes: Hover over my avatar NightScap3
struct: the last space before the \n probably messes it up
struct: it wants
1 2\n
not
1 2 \n
Counterbalance: or maybe for(i in 0..N) loops N+1 times
struct: LeRenard you have a search yet or random?
LeRenard: a search. I have retrieve my very old program
jacek: oh my
LeRenard: it is one of my first IA bot
Astrobytes: Setting the bar high before it's even published ;)
LeRenard: I think 1990
struct: damn
Astrobytes: Nice
struct: your AI is older than me
Scarfield: but what has it learned in its lifetime :p
Astrobytes: lol, you young ones struct
struct: How do you save an AI for 30 years
struct: damn
LeRenard: because it is my first big program
LeRenard: in c/C++
Astrobytes: I like that you kept that :)
struct: https://i.imgur.com/ZpDtEVQ.png
struct: Seems strong
struct: lol
struct: poor jacek
Scarfield: oof
Astrobytes: lol
MSmits: :)
Astrobytes: gotta love that massive lose streak at the end of a submit :/
Astrobytes: FFS
Astrobytes: So close I was to catching darkhorse64
Scarfield: https://prnt.sc/sy5cdp
Scarfield: so close
Astrobytes: (Oware for me)
struct: 1 chip left not bad
darkhorse64: Wow. Near miss
Counterbalance: hit?
darkhorse64: Not yet
Astrobytes: I'm still coming for you. Soon
Illedan: Anyone has a link to dbdr's chatlog?
JBM: anyone know what happens to the rankings and which league the players are in (both in draft and published) when a game is updated?
struct: https://cg.spdns.eu/wiki/Main_Page
struct: http://cg.spdns.eu/wiki/Chat:World/2020-06-05
struct: last update was on that date :/
JBM: is that what we pay for
struct: nothing happens jbm
JBM: not sufficient an answer
struct: you update the game
JBM: yes...?
struct: if no boss is added, it doesnt happen anything
JBM: ok
JBM: if boss is added?
struct: Boss will submit
struct: all players above it after submit is done will get promoted
JBM: and a new league will come to life
JBM: if boss is removed?
struct: Never tried
struct: :)
JBM: so we're not that clearly on "nothing" are we?
struct: yeah, I might try it though
Astrobytes: I think toad could clear that up, but ofc, clashing time schedules
JBM: ofc
struct: everytime this convo comes up toad is not here
JBM: if only there was a reference page to turn to
JBM: it's like, i don't do much tvc development during business hours
JBM: What A Surprise
Astrobytes: lol yeah
Astrobytes: It might be an idea to see if we can come up with a user wiki with info from discord and general tips etc from SDK users
Astrobytes: Other than the 'official documentation' for now I mean
Astrobytes: Maybe dbdr would accept that on his wiki page
struct: imo stuff that is very poorly documented is how to use custom modules
JBM: it's a wiki
JBM: it's an implied yes
Astrobytes: lol, fair point
Astrobytes: I've made a note of it, I'll float the idea on discord tomorrow if nobody does before me
Astrobytes: Since most community-game stuff is found there rather than the forum
JBM: well here we go https://cg.spdns.eu/wiki/SDK-related_development
dbdr: Astrobytes: it's a wiki, I don't need to approve it
JBM: thank you
dbdr: if you think you have useful info, just edit
Astrobytes: Cool ta, yeah JBM pointed that out :D
JBM: may i contribute a logo for the upper-left corner?
Astrobytes: Just need to get people to add useful information now
dbdr: sure JBM. logos/avatars are your forte, right? ;)
JBM: you bet
JBM: coming right up
JBM: what pixel size?
JBM: not sure we need HD for that
dbdr: no idea
dbdr: whatever works :)
JBM: ill start in 720x720
dbdr: :D
Astrobytes: Alright, posted in the discord
dbdr: I see you don't believe there is much info to dosplay besides the logo
JBM: hey somedays i get the feeling i contributed *most* of that wiki
Astrobytes: :thinking:
Astrobytes: :D
dbdr: depends if you count the chat logs ;)
JBM: those are teamwork
dbdr: meta
JBM: how's this https://imgur.com/a/1372dNa
JBM: if you scale down, be sure to use the pixellating kind
struct: Good
struct: I would pay you to do logo for Othello
Astrobytes: :rofl:
JBM: please do
Astrobytes: Epic JBM. Epic.
struct: JBM also i fixed the thing you mentioned yesterday
JBM: oh cool
Astrobytes: For those not on discord my post is thus: http://chat.codingame.com/pastebin/47bcc8e0-9ccd-4b41-8f6c-fd6b4dcfda0e
darkhorse64: TvC style graphics but the kid that did it is younger
JBM: i added the pixellated 135*135 version below https://imgur.com/70wQQmi
darkhorse64: JBM please don't. There are kids here
JBM: if they only knew the pixels...
pluieciel: http://chat.codingame.com/pastebin/2db18238-4ee2-45be-a44a-cb60d45bf93e
pluieciel: Hello, I am stucked at The Resistance for several days... is there anyone so kind to help? I'm trying with Clojure, but get 0 for the 4th test.
pluieciel: Thanks a lot in advance
JBM: your code is most likely doing too much work
pluieciel: 0 means too long time?
JBM: most likely
JBM: or wrong
JBM: where do you read that 0?
pluieciel: http://chat.codingame.com/pastebin/6eb2793f-f8da-4f67-8314-3a5364aaf6ca
JBM: ok ok plain wrong
pluieciel: when submit, can pass 2 3 4 6 7
JBM: if you don't pass 1, you may want to concentrate on that first
JBM: wait
JBM: do you even pass the tests?
pluieciel: test 1 2 3 passed
struct: I have to start statement
struct: :(
Astrobytes: Take a rest man, do it later
JBM: do it never
JBM: who needs a statement
JBM: we can't even have the html rendered properly before submitting
struct: it can be decent JBM
struct: you dont know about the statement.html JBM?
JBM: way more than I'd like
struct: http://localhost:8888/statement.html
JBM: it felt like i bumped into each and every one of its limitations
JBM: password?
struct: 123456
JBM: thx
JBM: funny how your pwd is all stars like mine
struct: I think its a chat feature
JBM: so yeah, i know about statement.hml, and the others htmls too
JBM: and no, that statement.html is really not "rendered properly"
struct: yeah its far from perfect
JBM: see https://forum.codingame.com/t/misleading-html-in-the-sdk-skeleton/184828/8?u=jbm for my latest woes
JBM: it's like it's not even trying
JBM: statement.html and the IDE are two completely separate rendering pipelines
JBM: and i'm kind of offended one poses as the other
JBM: given i'm bumping in the differences one after the other without even trying
DragonJ: fantastic bits is a bit annoying XD
Dan4Life: Who knows how to use your own template code cuz the coode at the start is kinda stupid
Snef: The starter code is used to take input from the game you're playing and showing you how to output
Snef: of course it won't be smart
Dan4Life: I mean from Clash of Code
LelouchVC2: DAMMIT MOM I DONT WANT ANYMORE CORNFLAKES
jrke: sighs got rank 94 in PR2
sidinfinity: :atom:
sidinfinity: hello
sidinfinity: what problems are you guys doing
jrke: some are doing unofficial contest some other things
sidinfinity: ok
sidinfinity: what are you doing
jrke: unofficial contest
jrke: Platinum Rift 2
sidinfinity: ok nice
FaizanRizvi: hi
