Sabaki

What's Changed

• Fix regression in theme installation introduced in v0.52.1 (#897)
• Fix regression in Markdown link rendering introduced in v0.52.1 (#898)
• Reintroduce package-lock.json to source package to ensure more stable builds in from-source distributions like the AUR package

Full Changelog: https://github.com/SabakiHQ/Sabaki/compare/v0.52.1...v0.52.2

What's Changed

• Fix flickering grid lines on some scaling factors/resolutions, (thanks to @billhails, #825)
• Upgrade various dependencies for performance and security upgrades
• Upgrade to Shudan 1.7.1 (#883)
  • This includes a few rendering improvements, like SVG stones and better-aligned grid lines

Full Changelog: https://github.com/SabakiHQ/Sabaki/compare/v0.52.0...v0.52.1

Added

• Leapfrogged from Electron 8 to Electron 13, which among other performance and
  stability improvements, brings native Apple Silicon (M1) support to Mac builds
• Added support for PandaNet UGF format files
• Added 'Quit' option to File menu (thanks to @HiggsTardigradeTau, #746)
• Add Linux ARM64 build (thanks to @borongyuan #735)
• Support relative paths to engines (thanks to @ebifrier, #698)

Fixed

• Comment box was still in edit mode layout, even if disabled (thanks to
  @FanJeldmann, #784)
• Markdown tables would hang edit mode, now tables are correctly rendered (#788)
• Detach all engines when the window is closed (thanks to @ebifrier, #700)
• Analysis variation replay was not removed when navigating to a different node
  (thanks to @ebifrier, #712)
• Comment display was incorrect when navigating while Edit mode is active
  (thanks to @ebifrier, #711)
• Failed to load external links in comments (thanks to @baldor-f, #754)

Changed

• Ctrl+H toggles the visibility of the analysis heatmap, and
  Ctrl+Shift+H cycles through the different types of heatmap labels
  (#752)

Added

• Portable version for Windows (thanks to @ivysrono)
• French language support (thanks to @romton843)

Fixed

• Fix relative coordinates representation

Added

• Ability to hide heat map in analysis mode (#649)
• Ability to disable heat map variation replay (thanks to @ebifrier, #668)
• Ability to show score lead on board in analysis mode for engines that support it, e.g. KataGo (#589)
• Ability to show alternate coordinate labels (thanks to @ebifrier, #665)
• Ability to preserve window state (thanks to @ivysrono, #670)
• Multilanguage support thanks to our translators (#647)

Fixed

• Fix a bug where captured stones are counted towards the wrong player (#658)

Fixed

• Fix a regression where SGF decoding didn't work (SabakiHQ/sgf#7)
• Fix Zen engine not working (#643)
• Fix board transformation not working (#644)
• Fix loading language files not working

Added

• Complete overhaul of the engine handling system, more than two engines can be
  attached and given player/analyzer roles, also not blocking the user from
  editing while generating moves
• Support for KataGo's non-square boards
• Ability to hide the winrate graph (#608)
• Display winrate and winrate change above the winrate graph (#620)
• Add macOS specific standard keyboard shortcut to close window with
  Command+W (#625)
• Add keyboard shortcuts for scoring/estimation (#345)

Changed

• Board transformations (rotation/flip/inversion) are now temporary and faster,
  transforms coordinates as well, located in the 'View' main menu, and have
  dedicated keyboard shortcuts
• Removing root node will now delete all other nodes and clear the board

Fixed

• Fix 'Update Result' not working in the score drawer (#580)
• Fix comment not updating when exiting edit mode too fast (#584)
• Fix comment text getting erased while in engine analysis mode (#637)

Added

• Node flattening operation now preserves player's turn (Thanks to @dfannius)
• Add ability to see and edit game comment (GC SGF property) in the info drawer (Thanks to @fohristiwhirl)

Fixed

• Files with really long variations don't freeze the app anymore
• Fix adding SGF properties via the 'Edit SGF Properties' drawer not working
• Fix handicap stones in wrong positions when changing board size
• Fix encoding detection not working

Added

• Ability to flip board horizontally/vertically (Thanks to @fohristiwhirl)
• Ability to invert colors (Thanks to @fohristiwhirl)
• Ability to invert winrate graph (Thanks to @fohristiwhirl)

Changed

• Create compressed SGF with no unnecessary whitespace by default

Fixed

• Don't clear edit history on reloading file when file has been changed externally
• Fix clearing certain game info fields not working
• Fix engines making three consecutive passes in engine vs. engine games
• Fix engine vs. engine games getting stuck in analysis mode
• Fix engine synchronization problems with passing moves

Fixed

• Fix setting handicap stones not working

Added

• Ability to undo/redo all of your edits
• Ability to display move numbers on the board
• Ability to highlight relevant stones for automatically generated move names
• Link to Sensei's Library for some automatically generated move names

Changed

• New next/previous variation switch behavior

Fixed

• Fix Sabaki not being able to append space characters in comment titles

Added

• Winrate graph is now resizable (Thanks to @dbosst)
• GTP console logging (Thanks to @dbosst)

Changed

• More precise navigation when navigating by pressing up/down arrow keys
• In area scoring, number of handicap stones are added to white's score, according to Chinese scoring (Thanks to @dbosst)

Fixed

• Fix Sabaki hanging sometimes when analysis variations contain pass moves (Thanks to @dbosst)

Added

• When adding analysis variation to the game tree, SGF move annotation will be supplied automatically
• Color coded game tree nodes according to their move annotation

Changed

• Continuous analysis when navigating the game in analysis mode
• Record winrate values when generating moves even if analysis mode is turned off

Fixed

• Better error handling regarding GTP engine crashes
• Fix incremental engine synchronization not working properly when handicap stones are involved
• Fix freeze when starting analysis after suspending an engine

Added

• Add setting for Sabaki to play out analysis variations instantly

Fixed

• Fix Sabaki incorrectly not detecting analysis capabilities when engine hasn't fully initialized yet
• Fix engine synchronization not working when engine has been suspended
• Fix analysis heatmap disappearing when Leela Zero reaches maximum visits/playouts
• Fix board rendering issues
• Fix Sabaki accidentally saving into non-SGF files

Added

• Ability to analyze Go board using analysis GTP commands
• Save winrate values and visualizes them in a graph
• Support GoKibitz-style variations in comments
• Setting to turn off engine auto move generation
• Ability to set custom board image without userstyles

Changed

• Breaking: New future-proof theming strategy; old themes may not work in this release anymore
• More efficient engine syncing
• No GTP commands are blocked in the GTP console anymore
• GTP console is now faster
• Warn user when GTP can't support board size
• Suspending engines is now allowed while engine is thinking

Fixed

• Navigating by pressing up/down keys doesn't stutter anymore
• Fix extemely slow starting time on Linux (Thanks to @hadim)

Fixed

• Finally fix that misspelling of 'Repository' in the menu (Thanks to @dpflug)
• Fix Sabaki not being able to update tree when copying and pasting variations in certain cases
• When copying the root node, Sabaki will automatically strip root node specific properties upon pasting
• Generated SGFs will not contain subtrees with no siblings anymore

Added

• Add advanced SGF properties editor
• Ability to generate one move from one engine player only

Changed

• When entering edit mode, Sabaki will now focus the comment box automatically
• Send custom initial GTP commands to engines after sending basic meta commands

Fixed

• Correctly send handicap stones to GTP engines
• Retain board size when flattening board arrangement (Thanks to @dfannius)

Changed

• Updater links directly to the appropriate download URL when an update is available

Fixed

• Fix engine not working when having empty initial commands

Added

• Add board rotation tools (Thanks to @fohristiwhirl)
• Add an option to disable hardware acceleration (Thanks to @ohyou)
• Add an option to always show game result in the info drawer (Thanks to @fohristiwhirl)
• Ability to sort games by game length (Thanks to @gcentauri)

Changed

• Moved some features to 'Tools' menu
• Gracefully ending engines with quit command when detaching
• Dead stones detector rewritten in Rust & WebAssembly to be faster and more accurate
• Improved influence map generator which fixes ragged areas
• Formatted SGF output
• Update to Electron v2.0.2

Fixed

• Trying to execute blocked GTP commands will show properly in the console
• Fix mismatch of commands and responses in the GTP console

Added

• Show player ranks on the play bar, next to the player names

Fixed

• When exiting edit mode using Ctrl+E, the cursor won't be stuck as a crosshair anymore
• Navigating the game using arrow keys isn't blocked anymore after closing game manager drawer

Updated

• Change default placement of handicap stones in a three-handicap game
• Update to Electron v1.8.4