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2019-02-25
When I try to change the settings of MENACE2, the sixth move is considered "NaN"... Hope you can fix this
Alexis
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2019-02-25
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: Well spotted. There was a typo in the variable name used for the third move boxes, I've fixed this now
Matthew
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