How to run this on (64bit) windows (7) ?

[JSettler]

Good day, how can i run this interesting game under windows 7 (64bit) ?

[netcan]

for windows, see https://github.com/Rust-SDL2/rust-sdl2#windows-msvc
and
cargo build

[JSettler]

Thank you for the answer, but i don't have enough space on C: left.
Can i install Rust without having to install the Windows 10 SDK to my system (C:) drive?

[netcan]

Thank you for the answer, but i don't have enough space on C: left.
Can i install Rust without having to install the Windows 10 SDK to my system (C:) drive?

you can choose Windows (MinGW) alternate way, it doesn't need msvc(windows sdk)

[JSettler]

Firstly, thank you very much for this great implementation and your hard work, i finally managed to build and play with it! :)
Kudos.
I have re-partitioned my hard-disc drive (i moved a partition into a free space, with an external tool, and then extended the C: partition into the newly created free space).
Now my C: drive has ~90 GB capacity, thanks to being motivated by your great project (before this change it had only 40 GB, and i was unmotivated to change anything^^).
I was able to install the Visual C++ Build tools and the RustUp-installation, then i downloaded the SDL2-libs and copied those into their Rust-folder (this was all a learning process for me, too!), while trying to compile i got errors, because the install wasn't as easy, i had to manually move some SDL-files to their folders (after searching for their static libraries in the interwebs), but after some trial & error i could build the project and play some games! Yay! :)

I already found a weakness (bug?) in the engine: it attacked with its mouse, which i could capture, i guess it tried to achieve a tempo or a good attack position, but it seemed to suffer from horizon-effect, after that i was able to gain the upper hand and defeat it in my first game.
But the engine is quite good, if one takes into account that it only searches 7-8 plies/half-moves deep (as shown in the console).
Can i give it parameters to set its thinking/searching depth?

[JSettler]

AnimalChess_x86-64_(depth7-8).zip
(i forgot to upload the executable, here it is, readily bundled with all needed windows-DLLs)
(its VT-report: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/24b08d75ae6735bd8751869caaa6aed15b9e488b0dc18921536017e3f396b490/detection )

[Edit:]
Do you know of this Dou Shou Qi code? (It's based on an engine which was made by Jonathan K. Vis of LIACS institute.)
doushouqi_['OpenDag' based on 'Bagheera'].zip

And lastly, another Dou Shou Qi program i had stored on my backup-hdd (i found it many years ago, in a now defunct website). Unfortunately, it is only for win32. But it does work really well under linux/wine :) [i tested that many months ago]
AnimalChess (jungle game by skookumpete).zip
(its VT report: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/37db9529bc7beecb1f510a1ca383899f50aefb1f79b3f7e50517ef871094ff13/detection )

[netcan]

I already found a weakness (bug?) in the engine: it attacked with its mouse, which i could capture, i guess it tried to achieve a tempo or a good attack position, but it seemed to suffer from horizon-effect, after that i was able to gain the upper hand and defeat it in my first game.

https://github.com/netcan/AnimalChess/blob/master/core/src/player/alpha_beta.rs#L47
here is strategy file, each chess has weight needs adjust.

But the engine is quite good, if one takes into account that it only searches 7-8 plies/half-moves deep (as shown in the console).
Can i give it parameters to set its thinking/searching depth?

Max depth sets to 100, but it limits in time: 500ms, you can adjust time.
https://github.com/netcan/AnimalChess/blob/master/core/src/player/alpha_beta.rs#L221

[JSettler]

Thank you for your kind help :)
You might be interested into this subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/DouShouQi
There i put all DSQ-links i found on the web. And i also posted download links for new executables of your program.
(eg. this updated zipfile, which now contains 4 versions of it: AnimalChess_win64_[r2].zip )

[JSettler]

Found a weird bug: it sometimes declares its own win, when repeating a position for the third time.
Normally, a repetition is either:

• a draw (remis) , or
• illegal by rule , or
• a loss for the causing side
• or be avoided by the AI engine
  But never a win for the player who causes it.

[netcan]

Found a weird bug: it sometimes declares its own win, when repeating a position for the third time.
Normally, a repetition is either:

• a draw (remis) , or
• illegal by rule , or
• a loss for the causing side
• or be avoided by the AI engine
  But never a win for the player who causes it.

there is a special rule to prevent game loop forever. you can simply modify check_win to disable it.

https://github.com/netcan/AnimalChess/blob/master/core/src/board.rs#L202

[AnkoGo123]

我按照这个库 https://github.com/Rust-SDL2/rust-sdl2#windows-msvc 教程来做，还是编译出错，so sad!

[netcan]

我按照这个库 https://github.com/Rust-SDL2/rust-sdl2#windows-msvc 教程来做，还是编译出错，so sad!

msvc不行还有mingw方案...你也可以用这个人预编译好的包，不过是斗兽棋版本。

[AnkoGo123]

没，我这边要多少更改下，所以不会用他编译好的程序，我是想通过js调用rust代码来实现和cocos creator结合在一起。我也是无奈的选择，我的rust基础仅仅是初步了解，我对go更加熟悉

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---Original--- From: ***@***.***> Date: Sun, Aug 29, 2021 09:42 AM To: ***@***.***>; Cc: ***@***.******@***.***>; Subject: Re: [netcan/AnimalChess] How to run this on (64bit) windows (7) ? (#3) 我按照这个库 https://github.com/Rust-SDL2/rust-sdl2#windows-msvc 教程来做，还是编译出错，so sad! msvc不行还有mingw方案...你也可以用这个人预编译好的包，不过是斗兽棋版本。 — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS or Android.

[AnkoGo123]

你的象棋我终于编译通过后，才发觉没ai的...，然后我来编译这个斗兽棋：结果出现这个错误，之前的象棋我都可以运行过了，为什么这个就不能过呢？很奇怪，hub主可以给点建议吗？如下图：

[netcan]

你的象棋我终于编译通过后，才发觉没ai的...，然后我来编译这个斗兽棋：结果出现这个错误，之前的象棋我都可以运行过了，为什么这个就不能过呢？很奇怪，hub主可以给点建议吗？如下图：

检查一下你clone下来的rust-sdl2目录是不是空的。用下面的命令重新clone下。

git clone --depth=1 --recursive https://github.com/netcan/AnimalChess.git

[AnkoGo123]

非常感谢您的及时帮助，我稍后尝试

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---Original--- From: ***@***.***> Date: Sun, Aug 29, 2021 20:27 PM To: ***@***.***>; Cc: ***@***.******@***.***>; Subject: Re: [netcan/AnimalChess] How to run this on (64bit) windows (7) ? (#3) 你的象棋我终于编译通过后，才发觉没ai的...，然后我来编译这个斗兽棋：结果出现这个错误，之前的象棋我都可以运行过了，为什么这个就不能过呢？很奇怪，hub主可以给点建议吗？如下图： 检查一下你clone下来的rust-sdl2目录是不是空的。用下面的命令重新clone下。 git clone --depth=1 --recursive https://github.com/netcan/AnimalChess.git — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS or Android.