LizGoban 0.4.4

• Fix minor bugs etc.

TRY v0.5.0-pre2 OR LATER IF YOU ARE ANNOYED BY KATAGO'S INITIAL TUNING IN EVERY RUN OF THE ALL-IN-ONE PACKAGE. (Edit: 2020-06-14)

LizGoban 0.4.3

• Upgrade the built-in engine of the all-in-one package to KataGo 1.4.2 (OpenCL).
• Fix minor bugs etc.

LizGoban 0.4.2

Fix another bug on match vs. weakened AI.

LizGoban 0.4.1

Fix and improve match vs. weakened AI.

LizGoban 0.4.0

To use it on 64bit Windows immediately

Just download the all-in-one package (LizGoban-*_win_*.zip), extract it, and double-click LizGoban *.exe. You do not need installation, configuration, additional downloads, and so on. Its file size is due to the built-in engines:

• Leela Zero 0.17 (CPU-only) + 15 blocks network (0c4ade79) on 2020-04-10
• KataGo 1.3.5 (OpenCL) + 15 blocks network (g170e-b15c192-s1672)

You can switch them by [Preset] menu in LizGoban. The first run of KataGo may take a long time (1 hour or more, for example) for its initial tuning.

To customize it on 64bit Windows (Leela Zero with GPU, etc.)

1. Prepare engines (Leela Zero and/or KataGo) by yourself, if necessary.
2. Download and extract the same all-in-one package as above.
3. Copy sample/config.json to the same folder as LizGoban *.exe and edit it. See README.html for its format.

To use it on other platforms (Mac, Linux, ...) or Windows with more flexible configuration

Download the source code and see README.md.

Major changes from 0.3.*

• Support better stone images. ("Stone" in "View" menu & experimental stone/board images in the above section)
• Support 9x9 and 13x13 in "File" menu. (See the above KataGo section to shorten their initialization.)
• Add "Rule" into "Edit" menu for KataGo v1.3.
• Add "Match vs. AI" into "File" menu.
• Add "Quick overview" into "Tool" menu.
• Enable "Undelete board" in Edit menu across sessions.
• Plot cumulative score loss.
• Show mistakes over stones.
• Add buttons "?<" and ">?" for previous and next something. (comment, tag, mistake, ko resolution, illegal move)
• Add indicators that suggest highlight scenes of the game (ko fights, etc.).
• Separate estimations by different engines in winrate graph.
• Show coordinates by "c" key.
• Wrap long press of left/right arrow at the beginning/end of games for convenience.
• Recognize handicap stones.
• Read variations in SGF.
• Show start-up log when engine is down.
• Improve thumbnails (delay, color, etc.).
• Add Japanese help.
• Fix blur in HiDPI display.
• Experimentally support saving/loading analyses in SGF. (See the above section.)

Incompatibilities:

• Upgrade libraries (Electron 8, etc.). So you may need to do "npm install" again.
• Recommended config.json is modified for KataGo 1.3.4. (See above.)
• "weight_dir" in config.json is obsolete now. (See above.)
• "label_for_white" is added to "preset" in config.json.
• "Komi" and "Info" are moved from [Tool] to [Edit] menu.
• The shortcut key CmdOrCtrl+? is changed from open_exercise_dir to load_recent_exercise.

Experimental features (not tested well)

You can put your favorite images of board and stones as board.png, black.png, and white.png into the same folder as LizGoban *.exe in the all-in-one package (before starting LizGoban). See also "To save/load analyses in SGF" in README.

LizGoban 0.4.0-pre3

• Upgrade the built-in engine of the all-in-one package to KataGo 1.3.5 (OpenCL) for faster loading.
• Improve stone images. (Please change View > Stone if you have performance problems.)
• Enable "Undelete board" in Edit menu across sessions for recovery from unintentional quit.
• Plot cumulative score loss.
• Show mistakes over stones.
• Add "Match vs. AI" into "File" menu.
• Add buttons "?<" and ">?" for previous and next something. (comment, tag, mistake, ko resolution, illegal move)
• Show coordinates by "c" key.
• Recognize handicap stones.
• Read variations in SGF.
• Improve thumbnails (delay, color, etc.).

See also "LizGoban 0.3.*" below for usage and customization, though some descriptions are obsolete now. (You do not need "another unofficial binary" for Japanese rule any longer.)

Experimental features (not tested well)

You can put your favorite images of board and stones as board.png, black.png, and white.png into the same folder as LizGoban *.exe in the all-in-one package (before starting LizGoban). See also "To save/load analyses in SGF" in README.

LizGoban 0.4.0-pre2.91

preview of "-pre3" :p (not tested well)

Is the halo around the best move annoying?

LizGoban 0.4.0-pre2.90

Unofficial test of packaging. (Do not redistribute it, please.)

This release is not for general users. Please try this only if you are willing to help the project by checking and reporting bugs. The next -pre3 will be officially released soon, in a week or so, if this test is passed without problems.

LizGoban 0.4.0-pre2

• Upgrade the built-in engine of the all-in-one package to KataGo 1.3.2 (OpenCL) + 15 blocks network (g170e-b15c192-s1672).
• Upgrade libraries (Electron 8, etc.).
• Rename "aggressive KataGo" to "KataGo for handicap games" in "Preset" menu.
• Fix small bugs etc.

LizGoban 0.4.0-pre1

Thanks to KataGo, we have an incredibly strong AI for highly handicapped games now.
To enjoy it on LizGoban, select "aggressive KataGo" from "Preset" menu in the all-in-one package or use KataGo with another gtp.cfg. See gtp_aggressive.cfg in README for the latter case.

Major changes

• Upgrade the built-in engine of the all-in-one package to KataGo 1.3.1 (OpenCL) + 10 blocks network (g170e-b10c128-s1141) in v1.3.
• Support 9x9 and 13x13 in "File" menu.
• Add "Rule" into "Edit" menu for KataGo v1.3.
• Add indicators that suggest highlight scenes of the game (big kills, ko fights, etc.).
• Separate estimations by different engines in winrate graph.
• Show start-up log when engine is down.
• Fix blur in HiDPI display.

Incompatibilities

• Upgrade libraries (Electron 7, etc.). So you may need to do "npm install" again.
• "weight_dir" in config.json is obsolete now. (See README.)
• "Komi" and "Info" are moved from "Tool" to "Edit" menu.