Yes, it is from the GAME code. But is seems the GAME code is right about this: Daniel says below that the initial position is all wrong, and indeed contains no royal.
This is a shuffle game, so it calls the general shuffle code in the Pre-Game section. This performs the shuffling, and stores the result in a constant. So that later invocations of the preset will use that same shuffle. A new shuffle is only made when the constant is not defined. This works fine in Play mode.
Can it be that the constant for remembering the initial position gets corrupted when an invitation is accepted?
For reference, below is the basic principle of the shuffling, by the routine ShuffleSetup called from the Pre-Game code:
sub ShuffleSetup:
// performs the shuffles described in the above arrays
if isconst startshuffle: // shuffle has already been determined
setsystem space startshuffle; // retrieve it
else: // new game; must shuffle
... // shuffle the initial setup in $space
setconst startshuffle $space; // save the shuffle for persistent use
endif;
endsub;
Yes, it is from the GAME code. But is seems the GAME code is right about this: Daniel says below that the initial position is all wrong, and indeed contains no royal.
This is a shuffle game, so it calls the general shuffle code in the Pre-Game section. This performs the shuffling, and stores the result in a constant. So that later invocations of the preset will use that same shuffle. A new shuffle is only made when the constant is not defined. This works fine in Play mode.
Can it be that the constant for remembering the initial position gets corrupted when an invitation is accepted?
For reference, below is the basic principle of the shuffling, by the routine ShuffleSetup called from the Pre-Game code:
sub ShuffleSetup: // performs the shuffles described in the above arrays if isconst startshuffle: // shuffle has already been determined setsystem space startshuffle; // retrieve it else: // new game; must shuffle ... // shuffle the initial setup in $space setconst startshuffle $space; // save the shuffle for persistent use endif; endsub;