GoMoku v0.04
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New to ver 0.04
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	On www,planet-source-code.com I was made aware of a bug in my GoMoku program with the way it calculated the weights. As a result I have rewritten completely the "procedure check_any_direction_for_blank" and I have removed the "procedure check_any_direction_for_piece" (and the procedures that called it) -- as these are no longer required. The other changes are: new "procedure check_for_winner" and "procedure count_pieces_in_line" (which is called by check_for_winner).

	Also new is the Tactics menu and "Game / Do Statistics Test" (press T) menu. The "Tactics" menu lets you pick from 3 boolean options (for the tactics the computer uses to weight it's moves): (a) Defence First (unless winning) / Offence First, (b) Use Co-ordinate weights (yes/no), (c) Weight 4 Blocked (e.g. whether in OXX_XO the "_" is weighted or not). 

	To use the Statistics Test press T and pick which of the tests you want to do e.g. there is a max of 8 tests to perform (8= 2^3). And also enter the number of games for each test. Total number of games in the tests = Number of tests to perform x Number of games for each test. e.g. 8 tests x 10 games = 80 games total. A report will be displayed in a richedit memo after the tests have finished.

	Please do not use GoMoku versions before this version (as they are buggy) :-)))

Readme.txt
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	I have decided against using the InstallShield application to create a setup program for GoMoko. Installation is simple - all you need to do is copy the following 2 files into a directory of your choice:

GoMoko.exe  - The game
Readme.txt   - this file

... additionally, the zip file contains GoMoko_source.zip which is the full Delphi 5 source code required to compile the project (unzip to it's own directory), with the exception of the tStringAlignGrid component. Refer tStringAlignGrid.txt in   the GoMoko_source.zip for description of the component and web site to download it from.

	I you have trouble installing it, then drop me an email.

	The source code for this program has been uploaded to http://www.planet-source-code.com as freeware open source.

  New to v0.03 you can now view the weights by pressing W. Note there was a minor bug in 0.02 (to do will calculating weights) which is now fixed.

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Regards,
	Peter Williams
mailto:pew@pcug.org.au
10 Mar 2002
