Re: [computer-go] Negotiating a KGS game via kgsGtp

[Evan Daniel <evanbd@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:24:08 -0600, Richard Brown <rbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I wonder if any readers know the answer to my question off the top
> of their heads, before I bug Bill Schubert with a feature request,
> or -- God forbid -- actually try an experiment to find out for myself.
> 
> I've been connecting my program[*] to KGS using kgsGtp.  So far, so good.
> 
> My program is a "ranked robot".  (But, since I have yet to implement the
> final_status_list command, it can play only "free" games.)  Still good.
> 
> Q:  Is there a way for my bot to request some handicap other than the default?
> 
> My program's human opponent can change the default, of course, using the
> KGS GUI.  Then my program complies with the resulting set_free_handicap
> command it receives from the server.
> 
> Is there a way I can have my bot negotiate instead of simply complying?

According to the GTP spec, no.  Your program MUST comply if able, and
MUST return a properly-formed error if unable.

> 
> For example, can my engine send its own set_free_handicap command back
> to the server in an attempt to negotiate with its opponent?  Is that it?

There is no way in the spec for the engine to send a command of its own.

> 
> I'll experiment, of course, but sometimes it's hard for me to separate
> things that don't work because of something I'm doing wrong, from those
> things that aren't even supposed to work anyway.
> 
> So, I'm hopeful that someone out there might already know the answer.

I believe that there is no way to do this with kgsGtp at present; I'd
recommend making a feature request.

Evan Daniel

> 
> Thanks.
> 
> --
> Rich
> 
> [*]  I've been working on "Gozilla"  <http://www.gozillago.net/>  since 1990.
> CAUTION:  Both the program and the web site are under construction.  Pardon the dust.
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