At some time you have to stop programming and make a bundle. In spite the version number changes only from 2.9.0 to 2.9.2 close to 20,000 additional lines of code are included.

40+ features

50+ fixes

8 usability improvements

Features

• the AI: the cube play was improved, fixed an error that led occasionally to weaker moves, improved heuristics, asymmetric cube live values in money play. In total a measurable improvement in the benchmarks (about 0.3 PR in sum)
• More AI: I changed the move selection in the weaker levels. I was never really satisfied with the weaker levels. Top-moves followed by stupid ones... I believe the new algorithm plays weaker in a more human way and the level of strength are carefully adjusted, about 3 PR difference between each level.
• a new elegant Theme "Felt and Leather Green 4K/Retina" for large displays was donated by Markus Steinhilber
• in the analyser you can configure the thresholds and select levels to skip with the next error button (so you see only the serious ones)
• the running PR so far is displayed in the tooltip of the Real-Time-Tutor<
• added the Romanian variant Tables which differs by having no backgammons and no cube.
• the notation of all moves uses now the most widespread format
• the new default match database contains now more than 300 matches of well known players, historic matches but also very recent ones as the UBC 2021 final.
• an new feature, the "All Score Map" as a first attempt (feedback appreciated) where the cube decision is shown for all scores.
• more random number generators, Ian Dunstans PR2 MET-table added, Esperanto as a new language, some more look & feels, a version for the RasperryPI 4 (just ask), in total more than 40 features and about a dozen usability improvements.

More than 50 bugfixes in total and about 10 serious ones

Some usability improvements, most notably the usage of a dice panel instead of drop down boxes and the best move dialog indicates the moves with arrows. And MacOS installation is Drag&Drop for recent MacOS versions

I appreciate feedback a lot.

You'll find it here:

Windows 64-Bit: https://bgblitz.com/download/win/Bgb..._9_2_setup.exe

MacOS >= 10.10: https://bgblitz.com/download/macx/Bgblitz_2.9.2.dmg

Linux: https://bgblitz.com/download/linux/b...taller_292.jar

have fun!

best Frank

Looks good. As it stands now I would not be worried about having bgblitz tutor me. IOW. I do not feel I have to double-check the bgblitz advice in xg2, even though xg2 is my primary software.

BTW, I set bgblitz to superhuman. Lower than that I felt like it was goofing off. Also, I'm not a top player. Far from it. I'm just someone who has played a lot of computer games.

I changed the names at some point from "Novice" or "Beginner" etc to "easy" because it is a bit unkind to call one a "Beginner" if he/she plays for 20 years. The ply is a bit technical for many, so I changed that to the following names. I added what ply it is (starting with 1 ply as all but GnuBG count)

• 1-ply -> expert
• 2-ply -> worldclass
• 3-ply -> superhuman
• 4-ply -> only on fast computers
• 5-ply -> only on superfast computers

But they are still only names. I don't measure all levels exactly but the ballpark should be ok.

4-ply is on most coputers less than 2-3 seconds up to instantly
5-ply is about 6-10 seconds on my fastest PC (Ryzen 3900x) but on less potent machines you might have to be patient.

If you compare evaluation and have some interesting findings drop me an email, there is always interesting when the bots disagree.

After I posted to you I upped it to "only on fast computers." I did this after realizing that the animation was making things seem slower than they are. So I upped the animation to just short of instant and the playing experience is fine. Under 2 seconds. If I up it to "only on superfast computers" it's too slow. My processor is "11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1165G7 @ 2.80GHz, 2803 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)"


FWIW, XTG 2 set itself to XG Roller+ on my current computer.