better init for random number generator

[xboard.git] / backend.c

diff --git a/backend.c b/backend.c
index b2f684b..860a160 100755 (executable)
--- a/backend.c
+++ b/backend.c
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ InitBackEnd1()
     ShowThinkingEvent(); // [HGM] thinking: make sure post/nopost state is set according to options
 
     GetTimeMark(&programStartTime);
-    srandom(programStartTime.ms); // [HGM] book: makes sure random is unpredictabe to msec level
+    srandom((programStartTime.ms + 1000*programStartTime.sec)*0x1001001); // [HGM] book: makes sure random is unpredictabe to msec level
 
     ClearProgramStats();
     programStats.ok_to_send = 1;
@@ -1977,7 +1977,7 @@ VariantSwitch(Board board, VariantClass newVariant)
      case VariantSuper:
        newHoldingsWidth = 2;
        gameInfo.holdingsSize = 8;
-       return;
+       break;
      case VariantGothic:
      case VariantCapablanca:
      case VariantCapaRandom:
@@ -3301,8 +3301,8 @@ read_from_ics(isr, closure, data, count, error)
                         white_holding[strlen(white_holding)-1] = NULLCHAR;
                         black_holding[strlen(black_holding)-1] = NULLCHAR;
                         /* [HGM] copy holdings to board holdings area */
-                        CopyHoldings(boards[currentMove], white_holding, WhitePawn);
-                        CopyHoldings(boards[currentMove], black_holding, BlackPawn);
+                        CopyHoldings(boards[forwardMostMove], white_holding, WhitePawn);
+                        CopyHoldings(boards[forwardMostMove], black_holding, BlackPawn);
 #if ZIPPY
                        if (appData.zippyPlay && first.initDone) {
                            ZippyHoldings(white_holding, black_holding,