changelog.txt

RELEASE 0.31

client mode keys:
RTRIGGER = show terminal screen
START = show terminal screen
	
Game Mode option supercedes analysis mode (NORMAL,ANALYSIS,CLIENT)
	
Network Framework - Using txt file to mimic network input

On Screen Keyboard Code

tentatively:

DOWN+LTRIGGER - clear input buffer

LEFT/RIGHT - change character frame
TRIANGLE/CIRCLE/SQUARE/CROSS - select character
LTRIGGER - backspace
RTRIGGER - space (1x) / enter (2x)
UP - toggle shift lock
SELECT - select quick string
START - abort / return to game screen from terminal screen

fixed path specific options that required pspchess to located in
/PSP/GAME/PSPCHESS now you should be able to do the wacky corrupted
icon removal thingy if you want.

RELEASE 0.30
	
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, DO NOT CALL ME IF YOU CANNOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO
INSTALL THE PROGRAM.  SEARCH THE WEB ON PSP HOMEBREW.  READ THE
README.TXT.  UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU THINK, HEY I SHOULD
JUST CALL UP CHRIS AND ASK HIM. NO. NO. NO.
     
key changes:
    SQUARE+LTRIGGER: show the text from the imported pgn game
		     return to game from pgn text view
		     
    SQUARE+RTRIGGER: removed (was toggle pondering)

pgn import - parser is not extremely robust but should work in most
cases
	
fixed compiler warnings
	
fixed small bug in random playback - if no file was found based on
original g_background_music_file no random file would be selected.

please share your piece images at: 
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=8514
	
RELEASE 0.29b

fixed stupid bug in music - trust gcc -Wall
	
RELEASE 0.29

new options to allow you to change the piece images.  You can turn on
external pieces and set the pieces file to the png of your choice.
refer to pieces.png for the format.  each piece is 32x32.  must be
PNG.  If anyone makes some cool pieces, please share them with me and
other users.  You can email them to chess AT bowron.us.

display option: external pieces (default off)
display option: pieces file

moved display options to sub option menu
	
random mp3 playback - picks random mp3 from /PSP/MUSIC
options->music options->backgrnd music
	
RELEASE 0.28
	
castling support in wild5 and fischer random - redid all castling code

mp3 background music (slows down computer a little more than mod file)
--> switching back and forth and back between mp3 and mod is not working.
mp3->mod->mp3 and mod->mp3->mod may cause crash.  mod->mp3->mp3 is
fine. Bottom line:  if you want mp3 music, switch from mod->mp3 and do
not switch back without restarting pspChess.

selectable background music
	
new variants:  wild 5, wild 8, and wild 8a.  See
http://freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/wild.html for description

RELEASE 0.27
	
new save/load format that supports fischer random (old saves will
still work)
	
new variant: fischer random (does not yet support castling)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer_Random_Chess
	
variant option
	
game options:
     WHITE (moved from main option screen)
     BLACK (moved from main option screen)
     clock (min) - time of game in minutes (ADDED)
     increment (sec) - increment of clock after each move in seconds. (ADDED)

option mode infra structure changes
	
file selector code (for upcoming pgn import)

export PGN uses SAN, better standard SAN (tested with winboard & chesscat)
	
RELEASE 0.26
	
moves print use modified put char from sdk to display using lower and
uppercase 

new feature for beginner players (and others):

    option: hilite checks - default off - shows the threatenings piece(s)
    when in check. (red mask)

    option: show available - default off - shows the possible moves
    for the piece under the cursor or the selected start piece. (green mask)

    option: show threats - default off - hilite pieces that are
    currently under threat (blue mask)
    
RELEASE 0.25
	
properly handle promotions:  computer can choose promotional piece, so
can player.

option: show moves (show the moves in the current game)
	to show moves you must either have show options off or show
	captures off (or both)
	you can use show moves as coordinates or SAN.  
	
reset music if finished playing
	
autoload saved options
	
save options in options menu
	
export pgn exports to file name YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM.PGN
	
print last move in SAN, keep track of moves in SAN

RELEASE 0.24

analysis mode option - when in analysis mode, RTRIGGER will make the
next move in the analysis stack.  Analysis stack will be moves up to
the point of switching into analysis mode.  Should also work with
stored games. 

button change: LTRIGGER goes back only 1 ply.  This makes navigating
analysis mode easier.

analysis mode displays last 20 moves (plies)
	
added donation link to readme.  If you enjoy pspChess and feel like
sending some money to help support pspChess, awesome.  The paypal name
should show up as bowronch@msu.edu

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business=bowronch%40msu%2eedu&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0&currency_code=USD&charset=UTF%2d8&charset=UTF%2d8
	
export pgn option in options menu (exports to \PSP\GAME\PSPCHESS\EXPORT.PGN)
close enough to PGN that winboard will read it.  Don't know about
other programs.  (It uses 1. e2e4 b8c6 instead of 1. e4 Nc6)
	
RELEASE 0.23b
	
fixed problem when no background music file available
	
RELEASE 0.23
	
mikmod background music - put any mikmod compatible file in
\PSP\GAME\PSPCHESS\BACKGROUND.MOD - thanks to everyone involved in
mikmod and thanks to Jim Shaw for porting it to psp.
mikmod post: (http://forums.ps2dev.org/viewtopic.php?t=2540&highlight=mikmod)
	
new option: show captures (default: on)

new images (to move, last move, thinking)

fixed loading book issues in load game
	
RELEASE 0.22
	
new personalities:
    BCE: original evaluation algorithm
    BCE-Junior: BCE with stripped out positional features
    Random: evaluation function returns a random number (takes longer
    to search because there are fewer cutoffs)
    	
ability to add multiple personalities easily
	to add a personality:
	   write evaluation function (see evaluate_bce())
	   add function to g_evaluation_functions
	   add personality name to g_personality_names
	you can have personality play each other by setting them up in
	the options menu
	   	
RELEASE 0.21
	
cleaned up evaluation code a bit - easier to understand what's going
on.  If anyone wants to write up another evalation function for a new
personality, feel free to do so and send me the code.  I would like to
have selectable opponents in the game. (if you modifiy anything
outside of evaluate() please use different function names so that I
can drop it in without name conflicts) 
	
passed pawn weights
	
removed clear tables options
	
opening book changes (probability of move proportionate to frequency)
- better opening book utilization

removed load book key and menu option

added book loading to reset game
	
RELEASE 0.20

REALLY fixed illegal move - related to principal variation storage
	
reset to human vs human on checkmate, stalemate, draw
	
added psp:black and psp:white to options menu
	
removed demo key
	
updated pspsdk and as such had to rename a few functions and change
around some makefile stuff
	
RELEASE 0.19
	
possibly fixed weird illegal white rook move when it was black's turn
- please let me know if you see it (chess@bowron.us)
	
clear tables option - debug tool
	
minimum delay - by request
	if set, the computer will delay its move until this number of
	seconds has passed.  Gives human players more time to think
	and not feel rushed by computer.
	
RELEASE 0.18
	
fixed poll bug (polling too often) - increases speed of search - you can
reasonably use a search depth of about 6 now. (default is still 4)

hopefully fixed bug that allowed you to move into check

preview saved games

prompt before overwriting a slot

fixed small bug in slot selection

basic analog controls
	
RELEASE 0.17

implemented pondering (still a little sketchy - but seems to be
working) - OFF by default

cleaned up some compiler warnings
	
10 game storage slots
	
RELEASE 0.16
	
fixed bug in save game

darken board when thinking... 
	
automatically load book
	
switched to pspsdk beta 1.0
	
end game tests (draw by rep, draw by no material, checkmate, stalemate)

RELEASE 0.15
	
split distribution into pspchess.zip (binaries only) and
pspchess_src.zip (with full source)

switched to correct usage of psp-gcc 

added KXploit files to makefile and zip
	
decreased default searchdepth to 4
	
save/load game - saves to \PSP\GAME\CHESS.SAV - very simplistic
	
RELEASE 0.14
	
display "Thinking" when thinking of a move

increased default searchdepth to 5
	
test about moving into check

compile flag changes (removed -g added -O3) - big speed improvements
under pspe - don't know for sure about real psp
	
switched to pspdev kit with gcc 4.0.0
	
RELEASE 0.13

moved everything to makefile
	
PIC1.PNG
	
background image (can be turned off)
	
default setup : WHITE: human, BLACK: psp

display options - you can turn of the options display on main screen 
	
extra keys option - you can turn off some of the key processing
	
background image for option menu - thanks to Stadi Thompson
	
RELEASE	0.12
	
debug info option
	
option menu (SELECT)
	
began adding pondering (psp thinks on your time) (not working yet)

added mswap exploit file creation to create_eboot
      (MS1/EBOOT.PBP, MS2/EBOOT.PBP)
	
RELEASE 0.11
	
add in check message
	
board flipping option (when enabled the board flips when its blacks move)
	
start key = reset game (with confirmation)

fixed home button
	
RELEASE 0.10
	
bitmap handling code changes
	
changed key press code to use skippy's Read_Key()
	
inserted code to handle home button press.
	
change message about clearing hash tables and switching to search mode

RELEASE 0.09
	
pgFancyPrint - cooler looking fonts
	
display transposition table hit info during search
	
RELEASE 0.08
	
new images - thanks to Stadi Thompson
	
changed key processing code
	
RELEASE 0.07
	
g_show_thinking variable (controls whether the computer shows the
moves it is considering.  toggle with SQUARE+RTRIGGER)  default: off
	
removed get_time function, reinstated get_ms function, and changed
everything to that.  get_ms at this point has only 1 second precision
but is multiplied by 1000 to make it milliseconds

display status information when clearing hashes (because it takes a while) 

move stdlib implementations into own file (lib.c)
    - fixed type mismatch between my versions and standard
	
RELEASE 0.06
	
print out best line during search
	
switched to elf2pbp which will now use the correct icon during build

RELEASE 0.05

Added GPL license information 

Added more status information to display

changed some keys (see readme for current setup)

RELEASE 0.04
	
display clocks (clocks only change when a move is made)
	
display alpha and beta in search display
	
change sceCtlRead functions to use 1 as second parameter (that's what
skippy's library functions use)

removed splash screen

added killers display during search
	
RELEASE 0.03

2005-05-19

add board flip when its blacks turn
move sorting prior to search
add more information to display during search
	
2005-05-18

added a book.
seeded rng with timer.