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How To Post a Rollout from GNU Backgammon

Posted By: Taper_Mike
Date: Friday, 17 May 2013, at 7:52 a.m.

In Response To: major disagreement between GnuBG 0-4 ply and rollout...or, am I doing it wrong?! (bb766)

Do I Need To Swap Players?

By tradition, the bottom player in a board diagram is the player on roll. This is true for both cube decisions and checker plays. If you are posting a position where the top player is on roll, follow these steps to swap players. Otherwise, skip ahead.

  1. Press Ctrl+C to copy the GnuBg ID for the position.
  1. Open a new instance of the GNU Backgammon program.
  1. Press Ctrl+V to paste the GnuBg ID into the new instance.
  1. Click Game, Swap players. This will put the player on roll on the bottom.

Decide How Many Moves You Would Like To Display

For a checker decision (but not a cube action), you have to decide how many moves to display in the rollout. Follow these steps to enter that value. For cube actions, skip ahead.

  1. Click Settings, Export... to open the Export Settings dialog box.
  1. On the bottom left part of the dialog, find the large group of settings labeled “Output move analysis.”
  1. The first setting in the group is “Show at most [...] moves.”
  1. Enter the number of moves you wish to display, and click OK.

Post the Position in a BgOnline Message

  1. Click Edit, Copy as, Gammon OnLine (HTML). This copies your position onto the Windows clipboard (from which you can paste it later).
  1. In your BgOnline message position the cursor at the location where you wish the rollout to appear.
  1. Press Ctrl+V to paste it in.
  1. Write and post the rest of your message as usual.

This should do the trick. I hope you will try it out by posting your position now.

Mike

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