autochess

[DeepThought]

How can I remove the kibitz that says: "Welcome (name), programs only", When a person enters my room? I'm using the polygot method. And the rybka.ini is not working too.

[dene]

How can I remove the kibitz that says: "Welcome (name), programs only", When a person enters my room?

You need to edit this script here:

sub rop_tableentry { # 6a
my $who=sreadutf($_[0]);
my $table=unpack('C',shift());
exists($handles{$who}) or return;
defined($tables[$table]) or return;
push(@{$handles{$who}->[2]},$table);
push(@{$tables[$table]->[5]},$who);
if (lc($who) eq lc($me)) {
iprint "You are now observing game $table.\n";
prompt;
defined($primary) or $primary=$table;
} else {
top_ack $table,"Game $table: $who ($handles{$who}->[1]) is now observing.";
if (lc($tables[$table]->[6]->[0]) eq lc($me)) {
my $t=$tables[$primary];
my $message="Welcome $who, programs only at this table.";
nprinttop($t,0x43,packutf($message));
}
}
}

[DeepThought]

Okay, thanks. I'm using the botijon edition (no acvtiveperl). Is it okay, if I just edited it with notepad?

[chesslover89]

nprinttop($t,0x43,packutf($message));

Remove that line ....or comment it

[DeepThought]

Thanks!

[tue_mouche]

can i edit this script in my ics too!!
thank you very much! tue_mouche.

[DeepThought]

I am using YaY.exe (EXE), how can I edit it? Note: YaY.exe works alone, and doesn't need files like yay.pl

[dene]

I am using YaY.exe (EXE), how can I edit it? Note: YaY.exe works alone, and doesn't need files like yay.pl

Use the YaY PL instead of the YaY.exe if you want to edit the welcome message etc.

[DeepThought]

I edited the pl file, but I don't have an activeperl. Is there no way to change that with the exe file?

[tue_mouche]

let's see the question from the beginning mt_ mode!!
i have the new version of yay ie without active perl!I would like to remove the welcome message sent automatickly by yay when an opponent take sit to play!
question:is there any formula to send throught ics so that the welcome message doesn't appear any more!!
tank you very much. tue mouche.

[matematiko]

Chris Howie created YtoICS( the father of YaY and STUCI) without knowing that someday somebody will figure out how to use chess engines to play for them in Yahoo Chess. Then what was the purpose of YtoICS? Well, for starters, if you access Yahoo Chess using YtoICS and winboard( or xboard in *nix) you are able to save games in PGN format, change the size of the board, kibitzing and shout messages have different colors, etc, etc.

But let's be real, probably Chris was the only one at that time using YtoICS without engines (maybe crafty ocassionaly). The rest of us were using YtoICS with an engine all the time. With this in mind, when YtoICS was modified and renamed to YaY, the auto-kibitz message "Welcome (name), programs only" was added to warn human players.

So, why you people want to remove that auto-kibitz message? YtoICS and its forks are free software and can be modify anyway you want as long as the modification complies with the GNU license, but not warning a human player that you are using an engine is called "cheating" in my book.

Best regards,

[tue_mouche]

but many of guys using yay out of this site have no welcome message when playing!! how do you explaine that matematiko!! in my book , they must be the big masters!

that makes me think to your motto!!
with my consideration.

[DeepThought]

Well, is there any way to convert the .pl file to .exe? Like the botijon edition? So, when I edited the perl script, and turn it into exe, I wouldn't need Activeperl anymore. Anyone?

[DeepThought]

P.S.

If I use perl2exe, will it be the same? Like in the perl file?

[tue_mouche]

hi matematiko!

you just gave me a good lesson on moral chess! i'm still wating for formula that could delete the welcome message in yay new version! please do!
thank you very much; tue_mouche.