diff --git a/Java/explanation.txt b/Java/explanation.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..624a6b9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Java/explanation.txt @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +I had to change the algorithm with java. Instead of the standard rook and bishop knight move generation, I split +them up into direction and then get each direction individually. This is slower but stops me need a 54x4096 and +64x512 array. This is a problem because ulongs are directly supported in java. + +You have two choices +1. convert all the constants to minus if they are over the max a signed long and risk a lot of bugs and testing that way. +2. convert all the constants to BigIntegers like this: + static final BigInteger MAX_ULONG = new BigInteger("18446744073709551615"); +This means replacing all values with this type in all constants. You also need to use OOP for everything. +This: + BigInteger bitboard = bitboard1 & bitboard2; +Turns into: + BigInteger bitboard = bitboard1.and(bitboard2); + +I chose the second approach and tried converting everything over to this. I created so many bugs that I couldn't fix and +gave up in the end.