GNU Go 3.1.29

Daniel Bump <[email protected]> Tue, 26 Mar 2002 17:02:17 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.comp.games.go.announce
Message-ID <[email protected]>
GNU Go 3.1.29 is now available at:

http://www.gnu.org/software/gnugo/devel.html

GNU Go almost won a game against Many Faces on NNGS. See
tests nngs1:38 through 42 to find out why it didn't.

Patches included in this release:

arend_1_29.2. Influence tuning. 
gunnar_1_29.2. Various fixes. 
arend_1_29.1. Influence tuning. 
gunnar_1_29.1.gz. Code consistency cleanup. 

- assymmetry in influence computation reduced
- case added in strategic_penalty
- simulation of ko threat + answer in sgf output reinstated in tryko()
- new function gg_normalize_float() in gg_utils.c
- platform dependency fixed in readconnect.c by using gg_normalize_float() 
- scoring tweaks and optimizations
- bugfix in gg_cputime()
- new function influence_initial_territory to export territory valuation
- negative strategic value added to invasion type moves
- keima shape bonus removed in CB204b
- tuning
- influence tuning
- code consistency cleanup
- new tests in nngs1.tst
- THANKS updated

Dan