Red Carpet Goban

Changelog

25. 8. 2024

• shader code refactor & reuse, slightly higher FPS on integrated cards and different appearance
• red-blue anaglyphic shaders restored (offsets adjustable by H/L J/K keys)
• persistent default view (save feature) including gamma and contrast
• goban_2024-08-25.zip

3. 2. 2022

• fixes failing shader output reported on some systems
• swaps bowls' and lids' positions thanks to issue #39 suggestion
• please note that the goban root folder has to be writable to allow saving sgf files and writing last_run.txt log
• goban_2022-02-03.zip

5. 1. 2022

• automatically saves SGF game records inside data/sgf subfolder
• SGF branching when undoing moves
• basic SGF comments
• human players configurable in config.json
• GUI folder referenced from config.json to allow custom GUI variants
• explicit on/off menu items display style
• wide unicode character support POC (unused)
• goban_2022-01-05.zip

31. 5. 2021

• rather bad news, not much progress, built from branch cleaner-build
• more demanding graphically, resulting in lower FPS
• please drop me a line if it makes the GUI unusable for you
• popojan <please put an AT sign here> protonmail <dot comes here> com]
• fail: shader refactor, still unmaintainable
• fail: no news related to SGF support
• fix: random generator for procedural textures not working on some GPUs
• fix: hopefully fixing possible deadlock
• feat: rectangular goban grid
• feat: fake bowls full of stones, lids for captured stones as suggested
• feat: player can ask an engine configured as kibitz to execute his/her move
• goban_2021-05-31_snapshot.zip

26. 5. 2020

• configuration moved to data/config.json: engines, fonts, sounds, shaders, controls
• basic parsing of engine standard error output, configurable using regular expressions
• parsed messages are displayed in the status message area at the bottom of the screen
• preconfigured KataGo messages evaluating last move, engine disabled by default and not included
• variable interpolation in regular expressions (will be used later in other places)
• fix: gtp messages cannot overwrite standard game info (pass, resignation, result)
• fix: hide message on click
• goban_2020-05-26.zip [fixed]

16. 5. 2020

• minor fixes thanks to @lj739's feedback:
• komi and engine selection using drop down menus
• komi independent of handicap, possible values listed in data/gui/goban.rml
• fix: undoing moves works again
• fix: playing illegal move leaves the stone in player's hand
• fix: bot resignation ends the game
• fix: switching secondary engines during game
• new feature ideas listed on github.com/popojan/goban/projects/2
• goban_2020-05-16.zip

24. 2. 2019

• stone placement and collision sounds
• two-click input method
• improved fuzzy placement
• removed SGF player for the time being
• source code refactoring work in progress
• goban_2019-02-24.zip

13. 12. 2018

• anaglyphic shader (press V to cycle shaders)
• decreased board thickness
• fixed board edge antialiasing
• some invisible source code clean up
• goban_2018-12-13_win10-x64.zip

9. 12. 2018

• experimental Windows 10 x64 build
• goban_2018-12-09_win10-x64.zip

Runtime libraries for older builds

26. 11. 2018

• windows build; working on automation
• single freetype dependency
• goban_2018-11-26.zip

21. 11. 2018

• despite being lazy to refactor, going public on github
• popojan protonmail com
• some shader optimizations; 50 FPS on Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz, Fedora 26.
• a useless shader modification for anaglyphic glasses

14. 3. 2018

• day of PI yearly build
• yellowish board
• sgf replay WIP
• goban_2018-03-14.zip

20. 7. 2017

• refactor wip (wish to go open-source one day)
• memory leaks fixed (valgrind)
• opengl bugs fixed (nvidia nsight)
• extra controls: V (cycle shaders), N (toggle experimental text overlay), C (re-center board), O (animate board), X (toggle max fps gameloop)
• goban_2017-07-20.zip

4. 4. 2017

• bug fix prvního tahu hráče
• integrace glyphy
• dva rychlejší alternativní shadery

29. 12. 2016

• náhodné umístění zajatých kamenů v misce
• zvětšen limit na počet zobrazených zajatých kamenů
• výpočet souřadnice na desce pod kurzorem myši přesunut ze shaderu do aplikace
• tmavší vzhled gobanu a další drobné vizuální úpravy (textury, nasvětlení)
• automatické skrývání nabídek a nápisů (zobrazí se pouze při pohybu kurzoru nad oblastí)

12. 5. 2016

• rotace scény kolem bodu na desce, na který kouká kamera

8. 5. 2016

• konfigurace botů v textových souborech v adresáři ./config/engines.enabled/
• náhodné nepřesnosti při umísťování kamenů dle senseis.xmp.net/?NaturalStonePlacement
• fix: správné podtržení přemýšlejícího hráče při hře dvou botů či bota a hráče