How to set stone before game start?

[winston0410]

HI,

How can I set stone on board before game start? I have read the doc and load the board successfully, but how can I set stones on the board when I render a flash new game?

[aprescott]

Hi! There's currently no first-class way to define starting state. The simplest way is to play moves through the gameplay functions until you reach the starting state you'd like.

I realize that's not ideal for all use cases, but properly supporting arbitrary starting states is, I think, in line with exposing a board interface that isn't so closely tied to a board. (For example: place black stones on points A, B, C, ..., without worrying about whether black or white is the current player.) I had/have plans to support that type of thing.

Is explicitly playing moves (and passing where necessary) good enough for your use case?

[winston0410]

I would say using the gameplay functions for setting stone before game start is usable but not ideal, especially when you try to create a go problem when the number of Black and White stones are not equal. It is tricky and error-prone.

Also having the function of only play Black or White stone make user lay one kind of stone only on their own possible, thus making Tenuki a better board editor.

Btw I tried many Go library and I have to say the responsiveness of Tenuki is awesome! I also love the part where you use vanilla js and there is no dependency for this library. I think adding that functions into Tenuki would make it the best JS Goban library!(I wish I can help writing it but it is way too difficult for me right now).