This is the header file for building your Chess AI More...

#include <ai.hpp>

Inheritance diagram for cpp_client::chess::AI:

Public Member Functions
virtual std::string	get_name () const override
	This returns your AI's name to the game server. Replace the string name. More...

virtual void	start () override
	This is automatically called when the game first starts, once the game objects are created More...

virtual void	ended (bool won, const std::string &reason) override
	This is automatically called when the game ends. More...

virtual void	game_updated () override
	This is automatically called the game (or anything in it) updates More...

std::string	make_move ()
	This is called every time it is this AI.player's turn to make a move. More...

const std::string &	get_setting (const char *key) const noexcept
	Gets an AI setting passed to the program via the '–aiSettings' flag. Returns the empty string if the key was not set More...

const std::string &	get_setting (const std::string &key) const noexcept

Public Attributes
Game	game
	This is a reference to the Game object itself, it contains all the information about the current game More...

Player	player
	This is a pointer to your AI's player. This AI class is not a player, but it should command this Player. More...

Detailed Description

This is the header file for building your Chess AI

Member Function Documentation

void cpp_client::chess::AI::ended	(	bool	won,
		const std::string &	reason
	)

overridevirtual

This is automatically called when the game ends.

Parameters

won	true if you won, false otherwise
reason	An explanation for why you either won or lost

void cpp_client::chess::AI::game_updated ( )

overridevirtual

This is automatically called the game (or anything in it) updates

std::string cpp_client::chess::AI::get_name ( ) const

overridevirtual

This returns your AI's name to the game server. Replace the string name.

const std::string & cpp_client::Base_ai::get_setting ( const char * key ) const

noexceptinherited

Gets an AI setting passed to the program via the '–aiSettings' flag. Returns the empty string if the key was not set

Parameters

key	The key of the setting to retrieve the value for.

std::string cpp_client::chess::AI::make_move ( )

This is called every time it is this AI.player's turn to make a move.

Returns: A string in Universal Chess Interface (UCI) or Standard Algebraic Notation (SAN) formatting for the move you want to make. If the move is invalid or not properly formatted you will lose the game.

void cpp_client::chess::AI::start ( )

overridevirtual

This is automatically called when the game first starts, once the game objects are created

Game cpp_client::chess::AI::game

This is a reference to the Game object itself, it contains all the information about the current game

Player cpp_client::chess::AI::player

This is a pointer to your AI's player. This AI class is not a player, but it should command this Player.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files: