I have tried some code programming in the past, including C++, but,
honestly, I don´t consider myself a very good programmer, and it is the
main reason I have not offered help with Chess V, because more than a help
it may be a new source of tons of bugs, but it is possible I´ll try to open
the code in some moment, to see, but at first I have to install the correct
C++ compiler in my computer, because I don´t own one. I agree with Greg,
Ultima/Baroque can need a lot of computer resources if you want a good
cyber-player, I doubt we can perform it in a Atari ST, all chess programs
in all the old computers I know are good examples of the difficulties
everybody can find for this purpose, being the main factors the running
time and memory resources, but there are others. And for code simplicity,
well, everyone can have its preferences, it may depend on the training
time with a language, but I think high-level languages are much more
user-friendly, and, for me, C++ is not the most comfortable, but I repeat,
it depends on each one. Chess V is a great concept, I´ll try to give a hand
seeing the code, but I doubt I would help too much, perhaps I can add more
to the program with testing and giving hints for evaluations, as I have
did to the present.