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// chessengine.cpp

#include "common.h"

// global variables used in this module only

static wchar_t chessengine_path[MAX_PATH];

static wchar_t chessengine_shellcommand[MAX_PATH];

static wchar_t chessengineinitfile_pathname[MAX_PATH];

static int current_obstinacy;

static int max_cores;

static bool is_hint_pending;

static bool should_initialize;

FILE *fpipe;

// prototypes of local functions

static void PlayerEngine_Recv (player_t *player);

static void PlayerEngine_Send (player_t *player);

static wchar_t *Move_BuildString (boardmove_t *move);

bool PlayerEngine_Init (player_t *player)

{

   // this function starts a chess engine as a child process. This process's stdin and

   // stdout are redirected to the handles we give it, so that we may read/write to it.

   engineprogram_t *program;

   wchar_t current_path[MAX_PATH];

   wchar_t widechar_buffer[1024];

   SYSTEM_INFO sysinfo;

   FILE *fp;

   // reset stuff first

   player->wants_hint = false;

   // quick access to engine program

   program = &options.engine.programs[options.engine.selected_program];

   // build the chess engine module path and pathname

   swprintf_s (chessengine_path, WCHAR_SIZEOF (chessengine_path), L"%s/engines/%s", app_path, program->folder);

   swprintf_s (chessengine_shellcommand, WCHAR_SIZEOF (chessengine_shellcommand), L"\"%s/%s\" %s", chessengine_path, program->executable_name, program->executable_arguments);

   // start the engine behind a bidirectional I/O pipe

   GetCurrentDirectory (WCHAR_SIZEOF (current_path), current_path); // save current directory

   SetCurrentDirectory (chessengine_path); // temporarily set chess engine's startup directory as current directory

   fpipe = pipe_open (chessengine_shellcommand, L"r+");

   SetCurrentDirectory (current_path); // restore current directory

   if (fpipe == NULL)

   {

      messagebox.hWndParent = hMainWnd;

      wcscpy_s (messagebox.title, WCHAR_SIZEOF (messagebox.title), LOCALIZE (L"ImportantMessage"));

      wcscpy_s (messagebox.text, WCHAR_SIZEOF (messagebox.text), LOCALIZE (L"Error_ChessEngineInitializationFailed"));

      messagebox.flags = MB_ICONWARNING | MB_OK;

      DialogBox_Message (&messagebox); // display a modeless error message box

      PlayerEngine_Shutdown (player); // on error, shutdown the engine

      return (false);

   }

   // SMP HACK -- save the max CPUs to use to core max - 1 (the computer will look like hung if all CPU is taken)

   GetSystemInfo (&sysinfo); // get the number of cores

   max_cores = max (1, sysinfo.dwNumberOfProcessors - 1);

   // optionally initialize the debug log file

   Debug_Init (L"Chess engine output.txt");

   Debug_Log (L"===Using engine: %s [%s]===\n", program->friendly_name, chessengine_shellcommand);

   // build the init file full qualified path name and try to open it

   swprintf_s (chessengineinitfile_pathname, WCHAR_SIZEOF (chessengineinitfile_pathname), L"%s/engines/%s/init.txt", app_path, program->folder);

   _wfopen_s (&fp, chessengineinitfile_pathname, L"r");

   // could the init file be opened ?

   if (fp != NULL)

   {

      Debug_Log (L"===Found initialization file, parsing...===\n", chessengineinitfile_pathname);

      // read line per line

      while (fgetws (widechar_buffer, WCHAR_SIZEOF (widechar_buffer), fp) != NULL)

      {

         if ((widechar_buffer[0] == L'#') || (widechar_buffer[0] == L'\n'))

            continue; // skip comments and empty lines

         // new command line found, append it to the send buffer

         Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, widechar_buffer);

      }

      fclose (fp); // finished, close the file

   }

   // everything's okay, set engine name as the player's name

   wcscpy_s (player->name, WCHAR_SIZEOF (player->name), program->friendly_name);

   should_initialize = true; // remember the engine should be initialized

   return (true); // finished

}

void PlayerEngine_Shutdown (player_t *player)

{

   // this function terminates the chess engine process and releases all handles attached to it

   int attempt_index;

   // send the engine a quit command

   Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, options.engine.programs[options.engine.selected_program].command_quit);

   Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, L"\n"); // since the format string was read from the options, don't forget to end it with a carriage return

   PlayerEngine_Send (player);

   // check 10 times if the engine process has ended cleanly

   for (attempt_index = 0; attempt_index < 10; attempt_index++)

   {

      if (!pipe_isalive (fpipe))

         break; // break as soon as we've told the process exited cleanly

      Sleep (100); // else wait one tenth second

   }

   // close the pipe (this will terminate the child process if it hasn't terminated yet)

   pipe_close (fpipe);

   Debug_Log (L"===Engine closed===\n");

   return; // finished

}

bool PlayerEngine_Think (player_t *player)

{

   // this function reads and writes any necessary data from and to the chess engine. Returns TRUE if scene needs to be updated.

   engineprogram_t *program;

   wchar_t line_buffer[1024];

   wchar_t *line_pointer;

   wchar_t *move_string;

   int char_index;

   int length;

   boardmove_t move;

   player_t *current_player;

   player_t *opposite_player;

   bool do_update;

   // quick access to chess engine program

   program = &options.engine.programs[options.engine.selected_program];

   // don't update the scene until told otherwise

   do_update = false;

   // get current and opposite players

   current_player = Player_GetCurrent ();

   opposite_player = Player_GetOpposite ();

   // is the game still alive AND has the engine just died ?

   if ((the_board.game_state == STATE_PLAYING) && !pipe_isalive (fpipe))

   {

      Debug_Log (L"===Unrecoverable engine error: opponent wins!===\n");

      // if opponent player is human, play the victory sound, else, play defeat sound at the center of the board

      Audio_PlaySound (opposite_player->type == PLAYER_HUMAN ? SOUNDTYPE_VICTORY : SOUNDTYPE_DEFEAT, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.04f);

      // display a crash notification dialog box

      if (MessageBox (hMainWnd, LOCALIZE (L"Error_EngineCrashed"), LOCALIZE (L"ImportantMessage"), MB_ICONWARNING | MB_YESNO) == IDYES)

         if (Debug_SendLogToAuthor (true))

            MessageBox (hMainWnd, LOCALIZE (L"MessageSent"), PROGRAM_NAME, MB_ICONINFORMATION | MB_OK); // send the game engine history to the author

         else

            MessageBox (hMainWnd, LOCALIZE (L"NoInternetConnection"), LOCALIZE (L"FatalError"), MB_ICONWARNING | MB_OK); // and display an error message if failed

      // and display the game over dialog box

      the_board.game_state = (opposite_player->color == COLOR_BLACK ? STATE_WHITEWIN_RESIGNORFORFEIT : STATE_BLACKWIN_RESIGNORFORFEIT);

      DialogBox_EndGame ();

      do_update = true; // remember to update the 3D scene

   }

   // read from pipe (non-blocking)

   PlayerEngine_Recv (player);

   ////////////////

   // START PARSING

   // read line per line...

   line_pointer = player->recvbuffer; // start at the first character

   while ((line_pointer = ReadACompleteLine (line_buffer, WCHAR_SIZEOF (line_buffer), line_pointer)) != NULL)

   {

      // is it an empty line or engine noise ?

      if ((line_buffer[0] == 0) || iswspace (line_buffer[0]))

         continue; // skip empty lines and engine noise

      // is the engine offering us a draw ?

      if (wcsncmp (line_buffer, L"offer draw", 10) == 0)

         continue; // if so, discard its offer (engine draws are unsupported) and proceed to the next line

      // else is it an *irrevocable* draw ? (at this point there's nothing we can do but accept it)

      else if (wcsstr (line_buffer, L"1/2-1/2") != NULL)

      {

         Debug_Log (L"===Engine tells us that it's a draw: nobody wins!===\n");

         // play defeat sound (a draw is always a sort of defeat...) at the center of the board

         Audio_PlaySound (SOUNDTYPE_DEFEAT, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.04f);

         // display the game over dialog box

         the_board.game_state = STATE_DRAW_OTHER;

         DialogBox_EndGame ();

         do_update = true; // remember to update the 3D scene

         continue; // we processed that line

      }

      // else is the engine *irrevocably* resigning ? (at this point there's nothing we can do but accept it)

      else if (wcsncmp (line_buffer, L"resign", 6) == 0)

      {

         Debug_Log (L"===Engine tells us that %s resigns: %s wins!===\n", (current_player->color == COLOR_BLACK ? "black" : "white"), (current_player->color == COLOR_BLACK ? "white" : "black"));

         // if opponent player is human, play the victory sound, else, play defeat sound at the center of the board

         Audio_PlaySound (opposite_player->type == PLAYER_HUMAN ? SOUNDTYPE_VICTORY : SOUNDTYPE_DEFEAT, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.04f);

         // display the game over dialog box

         the_board.game_state = (current_player->color == COLOR_BLACK ? STATE_WHITEWIN_RESIGNORFORFEIT : STATE_BLACKWIN_RESIGNORFORFEIT);

         DialogBox_EndGame ();

         do_update = true; // remember to update the 3D scene

         continue; // we processed that line

      }

      // is engine allowed to resign ? if so, check if it's a game results

      if (options.engine.obstinacy_level >= 0)

      {

         // is it a game result AND are we still in play ?

         if ((wcsstr (line_buffer, L"1-0") != NULL) && (the_board.game_state == STATE_PLAYING))

         {

            // have we NOT been obstinate enough ?

            if (current_obstinacy < options.engine.obstinacy_level)

               current_obstinacy++; // if so, discard this resign and go on

            else

            {

               Debug_Log (L"===Engine tells us that black resigns: white wins!===\n");

               // if opponent player is human, play the victory sound, else, play defeat sound at the center of the board

               Audio_PlaySound (opposite_player->type == PLAYER_HUMAN ? SOUNDTYPE_VICTORY : SOUNDTYPE_DEFEAT, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.04f);

               // display the game over dialog box

               the_board.game_state = STATE_WHITEWIN_RESIGNORFORFEIT;

               DialogBox_EndGame ();

               do_update = true; // remember to update the 3D scene

            }

            continue; // we processed that line

         }

         else if ((wcsstr (line_buffer, L"0-1") != NULL) && (the_board.game_state == STATE_PLAYING))

         {

            // have we NOT been obstinate enough ?

            if (current_obstinacy < options.engine.obstinacy_level)

               current_obstinacy++; // if so, discard this resign and go on

            else

            {

               Debug_Log (L"===Engine tells us that white resigns: black wins!===\n");

               // if opponent player is human, play the victory sound, else, play defeat sound at the center of the board

               Audio_PlaySound (opposite_player->type == PLAYER_HUMAN ? SOUNDTYPE_VICTORY : SOUNDTYPE_DEFEAT, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.04f);

               // display the game over dialog box

               the_board.game_state = STATE_BLACKWIN_RESIGNORFORFEIT;

               DialogBox_EndGame ();

               do_update = true; // remember to update the 3D scene

            }

            continue; // we processed that line

         }

      }

      // has the game ended already ?

      if (the_board.game_state > STATE_PLAYING)

         continue; // ignore all that the engine tells us. Game is over already.

      // else is it an unrecoverable engine error ?

      else if ((wcsstr (line_buffer, L"illegal") != NULL) || (wcsstr (line_buffer, L"invalid") != NULL))

      {

         Debug_Log (L"===Unrecoverable engine error: opponent wins!===\n");

         // if opponent player is human, play the victory sound, else, play defeat sound at the center of the board

         Audio_PlaySound (opposite_player->type == PLAYER_HUMAN ? SOUNDTYPE_VICTORY : SOUNDTYPE_DEFEAT, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.04f);

         // display a crash notification dialog box

         if (MessageBox (hMainWnd, LOCALIZE (L"Error_EngineCrashed"), LOCALIZE (L"ImportantMessage"), MB_ICONWARNING | MB_YESNO) == IDYES)

            if (Debug_SendLogToAuthor (true))

               MessageBox (hMainWnd, LOCALIZE (L"MessageSent"), PROGRAM_NAME, MB_ICONINFORMATION | MB_OK); // send the game engine history to the author

            else

               MessageBox (hMainWnd, LOCALIZE (L"NoInternetConnection"), LOCALIZE (L"FatalError"), MB_ICONWARNING | MB_OK); // and display an error message if failed

         // and display the game over dialog box

         the_board.game_state = (opposite_player->color == COLOR_BLACK ? STATE_WHITEWIN_RESIGNORFORFEIT : STATE_BLACKWIN_RESIGNORFORFEIT);

         DialogBox_EndGame ();

         do_update = true; // remember to update the 3D scene

      }

      // else is it a normal move ?

      else if ((move_string = wcsstr (line_buffer, program->replystring_move)) != NULL)

         move_string += wcslen (program->replystring_move); // go to the parsable data

      // else it's any other sort of line

      else

         continue; // skip lines that don't contain any valid move data

      // now we are sure it's either a hint or a move (or some pondering)

      length = wcslen (move_string);

      if (length < 2)

         continue; // if string is too short to be a move, skip it

      // there must be valid move data on that line.

      // evaluate the engine move string

      memcpy (move.slots, the_board.moves[the_board.move_count - 1].slots, sizeof (move.slots));

      char_index = 0;

      while ((move_string[char_index] != 0) && !iswspace (move_string[char_index]))

      {

         move.pgntext[char_index] = move_string[char_index];

         char_index++;

      }

      move.pgntext[char_index] = 0;

      if (!Move_SetupFromSAN (&the_board.moves[the_board.move_count - 1], &move, Board_ColorToMove (&the_board)))

      {

         Debug_Log (L"===Skipping line (invalid move syntax)===\n%s", move_string);

         continue; // so now, if there are NOT two digits AND it's not a kind of castle, it can't be a move so skip that line

      }

      // is it NOT a hint, are blunders allowed, should we do one now AND can we do one now ?

      if (!is_hint_pending && (options.engine.blunder_chances > 0) && (rand () % 100 < options.engine.blunder_chances)

          && Move_FindRandomMove (&the_board.moves[the_board.move_count - 1], player->color, &move))

      {

         if (program->command_force[0] != 0)

         {

            Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, program->command_force, Move_BuildString (&move)); // send the blunderous move to the engine

            Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, L"\n"); // since the format string was read from the options, don't forget to end it with a carriage return

            if (_wcsnicmp (program->friendly_name, L"Crafty", 6) == 0)

               Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, L"disp\n"); // FIXME: we no longer need this Crafty-specific hack, do we?

         }

         Debug_Log (L"===Discarding engine move, forcing a blunderous move (%s) instead===\n", Move_BuildString (&move)); // blunder

      }

      // mark the engine's selected and hovered squares

      Board_SetSelectedAndHovered (&the_board, move.source[0], move.source[1], move.target[0], move.target[1]);

      // was it NOT a hint ?

      if (!is_hint_pending)

      {

         the_scene.gui.central_text.disappear_time = current_time + 1.0f; // fade the "thinking" phrase out now (FIXME: ugly)

         the_scene.gui.want_spinwheel = false; // stop spinning wheel

         Board_AppendMove (&the_board, the_board.selected_position[0], the_board.selected_position[1], the_board.hovered_position[0], the_board.hovered_position[1], move.promotion_type, NULL);

         Player_GetOpposite ()->should_wakeup = true; // do the movement and switch players

         // forget the hovered and selected positions

         Board_SetSelectedAndHovered (&the_board, -1, -1, -1, -1);

         animation_endtime = current_time + ANIMATION_DURATION; // wait for animation time seconds

      }

      // else it was a hint

      else

      {

         the_scene.gui.central_text.disappear_time = current_time + 0.1f; // fade the "thinking" phrase out now quickly (FIXME: ugly)

         the_scene.gui.want_spinwheel = false; // stop spinning wheel

         highlight_endtime = current_time + 2.0f; // just highlight this part for a little more than one second

         is_hint_pending = false; // remember no hint is pending any longer

         // we must now restore the board to its last state. Just set up the board again from its current Forsyth-Edwards notation

         Debug_Log (L"===Hint received, rebuilding board and telling engine to backup 1 move===\n");

         Debug_Log (L"===setting up board using FEN string===\n");

         // get the current game state in FEN format and feed it to the engine

         Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, program->command_setboard, the_board.moves[the_board.move_count - 1].fen_string);

         Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, L"\n"); // since the format string was read from the options, don't forget to end it with a carriage return

         if (_wcsnicmp (program->friendly_name, L"Crafty", 6) == 0)

            Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, L"disp\n"); // FIXME: we no longer need this Crafty-specific hack, do we?

      }

      do_update = true; // remember to update the 3D scene

   }

   // now clean the input buffer of all the lines we parsed

   line_pointer = wcsrchr (player->recvbuffer, L'\n'); // reach the last carriage return

   if (line_pointer != NULL)

   {

      line_pointer++; // skip the carriage return

      length = wcslen (line_pointer); // get the remaining string length

      for (char_index = 0; char_index < length; char_index++)

         player->recvbuffer[char_index] = line_pointer[char_index]; // and recopy the remaining string at the beginning of the buffer

      player->recvbuffer[char_index] = 0; // finish the string ourselves

   }

   // END PARSING

   //////////////

   /////////////////////////////////

   // START NOTIFICATIONS PROCESSING

   // have we been notified that the board was just set up ?

   if (the_board.was_setup)

   {

      Debug_Log (L"===Got board setup notification from interface===\n");

      // send a new game command to the chess engine

      Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, program->command_new);

      Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, L"\n"); // since the format string was read from the options, don't forget to end it with a carriage return

      // just set up the board from its Forsyth-Edwards notation

      Debug_Log (L"===setting up board using FEN string===\n");

      // get the current game state in FEN format and feed it to the engine

      Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, program->command_setboard, the_board.moves[the_board.move_count - 1].fen_string);

      Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, L"\n"); // since the format string was read from the options, don't forget to end it with a carriage return

      current_obstinacy = 0; // reset current obstinacy

      is_hint_pending = false; // no hint was requested so far

      if (_wcsnicmp (program->friendly_name, L"Crafty", 6) == 0)

         Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, L"disp\n"); // FIXME: we no longer need this Crafty-specific hack, do we?

   }

   // have we been notified that players are swapping colors ? (N.B. when this happens in human vs. computer mode, it's always that the human player is *GIVING* his turn)

   if (the_board.want_playerswap)

   {

      Debug_Log (L"===Got player SWAP notification from interface===\n");

      Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, program->command_go); // tell engine it's now the current player

      Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, L"\n"); // since the format string was read from the options, don't forget to end it with a carriage return

   }

   // have we been notified that the current player just changed AND is the animation finished ?

   if (player->should_wakeup && (animation_endtime < current_time))

   {

      Debug_Log (L"===Got player change notification from interface===\n");

      // is the current player our color ? (meaning is it engine's turn to play) ?

      if (Board_ColorToMove (&the_board) == player->color)

      {

         // is it NOT a board setup AND has at least one move been played (meaning it was just the other's turn before) ?

         if (!the_board.was_setup && (the_board.move_count > 1))

         {

            Debug_Log (L"===Player just played, sending the chosen move to engine===\n");

            if (_wcsnicmp (program->friendly_name, L"Crafty", 6) == 0)

               Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, L"disp\n"); // FIXME: we no longer need this Crafty-specific hack, do we?

            // build the move string, and send the move string to the engine

            Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, program->command_move, Move_BuildString (&the_board.moves[the_board.move_count - 1]));

            Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, L"\n"); // end the send buffer with a carriage return

         }

         // else game has not started yet, but it's our turn

         else

         {

            Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, program->command_go); // so let's start the game

            Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, L"\n"); // since the format string was read from the options, don't forget to end it with a carriage return

         }

      }

      player->should_wakeup = false; // remember we taken this notification in account

   }

   // END NOTIFICATIONS PROCESSING

   ///////////////////////////////

   // is it NOT our turn ?

   if (current_player != player)

   {

      // does our opponent want a hint ?

      if (current_player->wants_hint)

      {

         current_player->wants_hint = false; // don't ask twice

         Debug_Log (L"===Hint requested, asking engine for it===\n");

         Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, program->command_go); // tell the computer to analyze this position

         Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, L"\n"); // since the format string was read from the options, don't forget to end it with a carriage return

         is_hint_pending = true; // remember a hint is pending

         // FIXME: move to scene.cpp

         Scene_UpdateText (&the_scene.gui.central_text, RGBA_TO_RGBACOLOR (255, 255, 255, 191), DURATION_INFINITE, true, LOCALIZE (L"Thinking")); // display the "thinking" phrase in the middle of the screen

         the_scene.gui.want_spinwheel = true; // start spinning wheel

         do_update = true; // remember to update the 3D scene

      }

      // does our opponent want to cancel a move ?

      if (current_player->wants_cancel)

      {

         current_player->wants_cancel = false; // don't ask twice (remember now before we switch players)

         Debug_Log (L"===Move cancellation requested, rebuilding board and telling engine to backup 2 moves===\n");

         // rewind game 2 moves back

         the_board.moves = (boardmove_t *) SAFE_realloc (the_board.moves, the_board.move_count, max (1, the_board.move_count - 2), sizeof (boardmove_t), false);

         the_board.move_count = max (1, the_board.move_count - 2); // figure out how many moves we have now

         the_board.viewed_move = the_board.move_count - 1; // take us back to the last move

         the_board.game_state = STATE_PLAYING; // remember the game is now playing (in case we wanted to cancel the closing move of a finished game, this opens the game again)

         // just set up the board from its Forsyth-Edwards notation

         Debug_Log (L"===setting up board using FEN string===\n");

         // get the current game state in FEN format and feed it to the engine

         Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, program->command_setboard, the_board.moves[the_board.move_count - 1].fen_string);

         Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, L"\n"); // since the format string was read from the options, don't forget to end it with a carriage return

         if (_wcsnicmp (program->friendly_name, L"Crafty", 6) == 0)

            Player_SendBuffer_Add (player, 1000, L"disp\n"); // FIXME: we no longer need this Crafty-specific hack, do we?

         do_update = true; // remember to update the 3D scene

      }

   }

   // write to pipe (when we're allowed to)

   if (!player->sendbuffer_locked && (animation_endtime + 1.0f < current_time))

      PlayerEngine_Send (player);

   return (do_update); // finished, return whether we should update the scene or not

}

static void PlayerEngine_Recv (player_t *player)

{

   // helper function to read data from the pipe communicating with the game engine process

   //unsigned long amount_to_read;

   unsigned long read_count;

   int length;

   unsigned int initial_pos;

   // get reception buffer's initial end position

   initial_pos = wcslen (player->recvbuffer);

   length = initial_pos;

   // as long as the pipe reports us there is data to read, read one byte at a time

   while (pipe_hasdata (fpipe))

   {

      read_count = pipe_read (fpipe, player->ascii_recvbuffer, 1);

      if (read_count == 0)

         break; // read the pipe; if it fails, stop trying

      if ((player->ascii_recvbuffer[0] == '\r') || (player->ascii_recvbuffer[0] == '%'))

         continue; // ignore carriage returns and percent signs

      // convert the received character to wide char and append it to recvbuffer

      player->ascii_recvbuffer[1] = 0; // terminate the received string ourselves

      player->recvbuffer[length] = (wchar_t) player->ascii_recvbuffer[0];

      //ConvertToWideChar (&player->recvbuffer[length], player->recvbuffer_size - length, player->ascii_recvbuffer);

      length++; // there's one more character in the player's recv buffer

      player->recvbuffer[length] = 0; // terminate the string ourselves

   }

   // write what we received (if we received anything)

   if (wcslen (player->recvbuffer) > initial_pos)

      Debug_Log (L"===================================RECEIVED:===================================\n%s\n", &player->recvbuffer[initial_pos]);

   return; // finished

}

int wcs_replace (wchar_t *haystack, wchar_t *needle, wchar_t *replacement)

{

   size_t replacement_length;

   size_t replacement_count;

   size_t pattern_length;

   wchar_t *line_pointer;

   replacement_count = 0;

   while ((line_pointer = wcsstr (haystack, needle)) != NULL)

   {

      pattern_length = wcslen (needle);

      replacement_length = wcslen (replacement);

      memmove (&line_pointer[replacement_length], &line_pointer[pattern_length], (wcslen (&line_pointer[pattern_length]) + 1) * sizeof (wchar_t));

      memcpy (line_pointer, replacement, replacement_length * sizeof (wchar_t));

      replacement_count++;

   }

   return (replacement_count);

}

static void PlayerEngine_Send (player_t *player)

{

   // helper function to send data through the pipe communicating with the game engine process

   static wchar_t replacement_string[65536];

   static wchar_t widechar_buffer[65536]; // needs to be big enough to hold game history

   static char ascii_buffer[65536]; // needs to be big enough to hold game history

   wchar_t *line_pointer;

   unsigned long amount_written;

   int move_index;

   int try_index;

   player->sendbuffer_locked = true; // lock the buffer

   // perform variable replacements on sendbuffer

   if (the_board.move_count > 0)

   {

      wcs_replace (player->sendbuffer, L"${CURRENT_POS}", (/*the_board.move_count == 2 ? L"startpos" : */the_board.moves[the_board.move_count - 1].fen_string));

      wcs_replace (player->sendbuffer, L"${LAST_MOVE}", Move_BuildString (&the_board.moves[the_board.move_count - 1]));

      while (wcsstr (player->sendbuffer, L"${MAX_CORES}") != NULL)

      {

         swprintf_s (replacement_string, WCHAR_SIZEOF (replacement_string), L"%d", max_cores);

         wcs_replace (player->sendbuffer, L"${MAX_CORES}", replacement_string);

      }

      while (wcsstr (player->sendbuffer, L"${SEARCH_DEPTH}") != NULL)

      {

         swprintf_s (replacement_string, WCHAR_SIZEOF (replacement_string), L"%d", options.engine.depth);

         wcs_replace (player->sendbuffer, L"${SEARCH_DEPTH}", replacement_string);

      }

      while (wcsstr (player->sendbuffer, L"${GAME_HISTORY}") != NULL)

      {

         replacement_string[0] = 0;

         for (move_index = 1; move_index < the_board.move_count; move_index++)

         {

            if (move_index > 1)

               wcscat_s (replacement_string, WCHAR_SIZEOF (replacement_string), L" ");

            wcscat_s (replacement_string, WCHAR_SIZEOF (replacement_string), Move_BuildString (&the_board.moves[move_index]));

         }

         wcs_replace (player->sendbuffer, L"${GAME_HISTORY}", replacement_string);

      }

   }

   // write what we're sending (if we're sending anything)

   if (player->sendbuffer[0] != 0)

      Debug_Log (L"====================================SENDING:===================================\n%s\n", player->sendbuffer);

   // now read line per line...

   line_pointer = player->sendbuffer; // start at the first character

   while ((line_pointer = wcsgets (widechar_buffer, WCHAR_SIZEOF (widechar_buffer), line_pointer)) != NULL)

   {

      wcscat_s (widechar_buffer, WCHAR_SIZEOF (widechar_buffer), L"\n"); // put the carriage return back

      ConvertTo7BitASCII (ascii_buffer, sizeof (ascii_buffer), widechar_buffer); // convert to ASCII

      amount_written = pipe_write (fpipe, ascii_buffer, strlen (ascii_buffer)); // send data

   }

   player->sendbuffer[0] = 0; // what we had to send has been sent, reset the send buffer

   player->sendbuffer_locked = false; // and unlock it

   // should the engine be initialized ?

   if (should_initialize)

   {

      // wait for the engine process to display something (which will mean it's ready). Try for 5 seconds.

      for (try_index = 0; try_index < 50; try_index++)

      {

         // read from pipe (non-blocking)

         PlayerEngine_Recv (player);

         if (player->recvbuffer[0] != 0)

            break; // break as soon as we get something

         Sleep (100); // next try in 100 milliseconds

      }

      // has the engine process not spoken yet ?

      if (player->recvbuffer[0] == 0)

      {

         messagebox.hWndParent = hMainWnd;

         wcscpy_s (messagebox.title, WCHAR_SIZEOF (messagebox.title), LOCALIZE (L"ImportantMessage"));

         swprintf_s (messagebox.text, WCHAR_SIZEOF (messagebox.text), LOCALIZE (L"Error_ChessEngineInitializationFailed"), options.engine.programs[options.engine.selected_program].folder);

         messagebox.flags = MB_ICONWARNING | MB_OK;

         DialogBox_Message (&messagebox); // display a modeless error message box

         PlayerEngine_Shutdown (player); // on error, shutdown the engine

      }

      should_initialize = false; // remember this is no longer to be done (until the next call to PlayerEngine_Init())

   }

   return; // finished

}

static wchar_t *Move_BuildString (boardmove_t *move)

{

   // helper function to build a move string to send to the engine from a particular board move. NOT THREAD SAFE.

   static wchar_t output_string[8];

   // construct the four first characters

   swprintf_s (output_string, WCHAR_SIZEOF (output_string), L"%c%c%c%c",

               L'a' + move->source[1], L'1' + move->source[0],

               L'a' + move->target[1], L'1' + move->target[0]);

   // append any eventual promotion

   if (move->promotion_type == PART_ROOK)

      wcscat_s  (output_string, WCHAR_SIZEOF (output_string), L"r");

   else if (move->promotion_type == PART_KNIGHT)

      wcscat_s  (output_string, WCHAR_SIZEOF (output_string), L"n");

   else if (move->promotion_type == PART_BISHOP)

      wcscat_s  (output_string, WCHAR_SIZEOF (output_string), L"b");

   else if (move->promotion_type == PART_QUEEN)

      wcscat_s  (output_string, WCHAR_SIZEOF (output_string), L"q");

   return (output_string); // finished, return the move string

}