...is available at:
http://www.koziol.home.pl/rodent.htm
This time it took some time, because due to poor results of version 0.15, I had to make a rollback to best performing Rodent 0.13 and start coding v. 0.16 from there. Also, this time Rodent obtained unexpected help. A checkers programmer, Kestutis Gasaitis, has sent me several mails, offering thorough code inspection, spotting several bugs and proposing a couple of improvements. I also decided not to test Rodent against its earlier versions. So hopefully no strength regression this time!
Improvements (details in FIXED.txt):
- minor speed optimizations
- restructuring of options
- many bugfixes
- some new pruning
- better pawn shelter eval
This time Rodent allows to modify both playing strength and style. There is an ini file, where you can decide whether you want to choose from predefined settings ("user normal") or define personalities manually ("user power"). The weakening system is not complete yet, but I expect to port it to Glass some time, as it results in much more natural play.
Have fun!
