Relax "impossible position" errors in edit mode

Question

cosinekitty opened this issue 6 years ago · comments

When in edit mode, allow more relaxed editing of position until edit mode is exited. Do not allow exiting edit mode until the position is legal.

Don Cross · Answer 1 · Mon Apr 30 2018 02:48:16 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Also, now clearing the board causes the game to end in a tie, and you are not allowed to start editing the board!

Don Cross · Answer 2 · Mon Apr 30 2018 09:45:34 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Ideas:

Disable "Clear the Board" command unless in edit mode.
When in edit mode, disable all attempts to generate legal moves, check for end of game, etc. Consider entering a deeper function in Win32_gui::ReadMove() instead of adding special case logic everywhere else.
Do not allow leaving edit mode if the position is impossible.