H. G. Muller wrote on Sun, Sep 18, 2016 10:17 PM UTC:
If the FEN seems OK, but WinBoard complainsit is not, that usually means the pieceToCharTable is not OK, and there are characters in the FEN that WinBoard does not recognize as valid pieces. Make sure the length of the pieceToCharTable string is even; if an additional character would slip in, WinBoard would not know how to divide it in a white and black half, and ignores it entirely.
I was trying the version with Griffins and Aancas. The Griffins were leading by 101-66 (GG vs. AA). Which is only ~60%, which could be less than a Pawn. Next test would be to try GG vs. AAP. But I just wanted to know if the match would work.
- I guess I should not have in the winboard.ini file both /variant=apothecary and /variant=eleven
In principle not, but in such a case WinBoard would always obey the last one specified.
If the FEN seems OK, but WinBoard complainsit is not, that usually means the pieceToCharTable is not OK, and there are characters in the FEN that WinBoard does not recognize as valid pieces. Make sure the length of the pieceToCharTable string is even; if an additional character would slip in, WinBoard would not know how to divide it in a white and black half, and ignores it entirely.
I was trying the version with Griffins and Aancas. The Griffins were leading by 101-66 (GG vs. AA). Which is only ~60%, which could be less than a Pawn. Next test would be to try GG vs. AAP. But I just wanted to know if the match would work.
- I guess I should not have in the winboard.ini file both /variant=apothecary and /variant=eleven
In principle not, but in such a case WinBoard would always obey the last one specified.