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NAME
makehyper - generate a GNU Backgammon Hypergammon position database
SYNOPSIS
makehyper [-nvh] -f filename [-r filename] [-c chequers] [-t threshold]
DESCRIPTION
Hypergammon is a variation of backgammon with a much reduced number of chequers (usually three). It's
possible to fully analyze this simplified game and generate a database of position evaluations in order
to play perfectly. makehyper generates such a position evaluation database.
Since many of the positions are in contact, it's not possible to generate the database in one pass;
instead, makehyper iterates until the position evaluation converges. The convergence threshold can be
changed with the -t option.
OPTIONS
-f filename, --outfile filename
Write the hypergammon database to filename. This option must be given.
-r filename, --restart filename
Restart calculation of the database from the given file, which should be a checkpoint from an
earlier run.
-c chequers, --chequers chequers
Set the number of chequers in the game. The default is 3, for normal 3-chequer hypergammon.
-n, --no-checkpoint
Do not write a checkpoint file after each iteration.
-t threshold, --threshold threshold
Set the convergence threshold. The default is 1e-5.
-v, --version
Show version information and exit.
-h, --help
Display usage and exit.
SEE ALSO
gnubg(6)
AUTHORS
Joseph Heled, Øystein Johansen, Jørn Thyssen, and Gary Wong, with the assistance of many others
<bug-gnubg@gnu.org>.
This manual page was written by Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may
be used by others). It may be redistributed and/or modified under the terms of version 2 of the GNU
General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation (the same license as GNU Backgammon).
2006-01-15 MAKEHYPER(6)