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Exporting XG files to other formats

Posted By: eXtreme Gammon
Date: Sunday, 15 July 2012, at 3:22 p.m.

In Response To: Exporting XG files to other formats (Dmitriy Obukhov)

Illegal move in XG requires the user to enter a valid list of moves (i.e. you must enter a starting location that has a checker of the player).

for instance :

 

5 point match 

 

 Game 1 

 Xavier : 0                      XG Roller+ : 0 

  1) 43: 24/20 13/10             65: 24/18 18/13 

  2) 21: 8/5 6/5 24/20           51: 24/23 13/8               

my second move is invalid (move 3 checkers, doesn't move the dice). Entering 9/5 6/5 as illegal move would have rejected.

The above MAT file import correctly in GnuBG.

I can see problems if you have a move list that is very long (XG also will have problem to import that probably)

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Another issue is transcription where you edit the position midway.
XG (since 2.03 or 2.02) export these using a non standard entry in the MAT

 

 Game 4 

 Mike Senkiewicz : 3             Phil Simborg : 6 

  1)                             21: 13/11 6/5                

; Set Pos=-a---aD-D---dD---b-cbBb-A-/0 

  2) 63: 13/7 7/4                42: 24/20 13/11 

  3) 66: 21/15 21/15 15/9 15/9   53: 13/8 8/5                 

  4) 53: 8/3 6/3                 61: 13/7 8/7      

that will not import in GnuBG. for information "Set Pos" contain

the position (encoded like in XGID)

a "/"

cube pos: as ln2(cube)*cubepos. +1 means cube at 2 for bottom player, -3 means cube at 8 for top player.

Messages In This Thread

• Exporting XG files to other formats
  Dmitriy Obukhov -- Sunday, 15 July 2012, at 4:32 a.m.
  • Exporting XG files to other formats
    storm -- Sunday, 15 July 2012, at 10:54 a.m.
  • Exporting XG files to other formats
    eXtreme Gammon -- Sunday, 15 July 2012, at 3:22 p.m.