[OLPC-Games] Play Go issues for laptop

Thu Oct 23 03:40:12 EDT 2008

On Thursday 23 October 2008 05:15:36 you wrote:
> I sent this message last week, but it came back with a message that it
> needed moderation (I guess because I included a screen shot).  It
> appears to have never been posted to the list, so here it is again
> without the image:
>
> Hi Andres,

Hi!

> I spent a good deal of time playing with the program and overall was
> quite impressed!  It looks great, and plays fairly well.  There are
> many little problems, and a couple of major ones.  The scoring engine
> got the wrong result on every game I played, there are clearly some
> mistaken instructions in the module itself.  Should I post the
> problems to this list or would it be better to talk about them on the
> phone, or during a game on KGS?  This week is looking pretty busy for
> me, so it would have to be next week for the latter.  I am on mountain
> time in the US, where are you?

  Thanks! I wonder how the scoring engine is failing. What it does is take 
your territories, subtract the prisoners your enemy has taken, and if you're 
White add 5.5 komi. The scores are currently displaying as integers, this is 
stupid and I need to fix it. 

  Please post any problems you find :). I'm from Uruguay, so your phone bill is 
going to be an issue =P. 

> Also, I am unable to right click in the software.  I think the
> emulation doesn't recognize my mouse.  Option click or command click
> don't trigger it either.  This means I can't access the jabber online
> play option you were mentioning.

  Right clicking is not necessary, if you just leave the mouse over what 
you're trying to "right-click" on for a few seconds, it will have the same 
effect.

> When I browse the web, sites are enlarged to the wrong screen
> resolution.  As a result, fonts are huge, and you can only see the top
> left corner of a web site, even one that is at 800x600.  Is there a
> way to control this in the program, or from outside of it?  Is it
> doing this because I am on a Mac and using an emulator?  I attach a
> screen shot of our Tiger's Mouth site so you can see the problem.

I believe this is a problem with the emulator. Maybe this can help you 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Emulating_the_XO/Quick_Start/Mac and more 
specifically this: 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Emulating_the_XO/Help_and_tips#Font_Size_correction

If that doesn't work, you can at least reduce the font size in Browse in the 
"View" Menu, or by pressing Ctrl+-. 

Cheers!

> Thanks,
>
> Paul
>
> http://tigersmouth.org
>
> Paul Barchilon
> 1005 36th St.
> Boulder, CO 80303-2139
> 303-440-7124
>
> On Oct 12, 2008, at 1:50 PM, Andrés Ambrois wrote:
> > On Sunday 12 October 2008 17:28:15 Paul Barchilon wrote:
> >> Hi Walter,
> >>
> >> That was exactly the right question to ask!  I was trying the LiveCD
> >> method with XO-LiveCD_080919.iso, which didn't work.  When I
> >> created a
> >> "new PC" in Qemu and told it to use olpc-redhat-stream-ship.2-
> >> devel_ext3.img then it worked.
> >>
> >> Still trying to figure out how to get the screen size to the
> >> appropriate dimensions, and now I have to figure out how to use your
> >> OS.  From there I will load PlayGo and get back to all of you.
> >> Thanks
> >> for the help, I am glad I got in finally!
> >
> > Great! I'm glad you got it. To install PlayGo just head to
> > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/PlayGo with the Browse activity and click
> > on the
> > PlayGo.xo link in the box on the upper right. Then you can launch it
> > from the
> > Journal or in the list view in the Home.
> >
> >> Here is another comment from the kid who is giving me feedback on his
> >> laptop:
> >>
> >> From	leinad
> >> Date	10/11/2008 23:39
> >> Subject	RE: one thing about playgo i can
> >> i dont think it is online i think you have to be physically near
> >> another XO...
> >> and i do not have access to wi-fi that frequently...
> >> also i noticed that the program does not take away dead stones...
> >>
> >>
> >> I am not sure if he means it doesn't take dead stones off during
> >> play,
> >> or at the end, both are important though.  I will definitely want to
> >> play a game with Andres on KGS, I think we could figure out all the
> >> problems quite quickly that way.
> >
> > I'm not sure about what he means by that either. The game does take
> > away
> > dead stones, and supports collaboration. To play it "online" you
> > will need to
> > connect to an online jabber server. If you have a recent version of
> > the
> > system, this is done by right clicking on the "XO guy" in the home
> > view ->
> > Control Panel -> Network and typing: jabber.laptop.org in the
> > "Server" field.
> > Then, you will need to click on the "tick" mark and restart Sugar.
> >
> > Sure, I'm on KGS now as a guest, my handle is aambrois. Please go
> > easy on me
> > =P.
> >
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Paul
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> >> http://barchilonceramics.com
> >>
> >> Paul Barchilon
> >> 1005 36th St.
> >> Boulder, CO 80303-2139
> >> 303-440-7124
> >
> > --
> > -Andrés

-- 
  -Andrés