Rematch: Color option, random defaults to the color I was just playing

[RicardoRix]

If I choose ‘random’ for the color, and then rematch, then the option changes from ‘random’ to ‘white’, so now on a rematch I am always white.
And also if I ‘Play->Computer’ and start a new game then the color will be set to ‘white’.

The same thing if on the first game I have instead been randomly selected as ‘black’, the color option is now always set to black.

I checked with 2 different bots: doge_bot_4 and budgie. Both show the same fault / bug.

[benjito]

Rematch settings treat rematcher as original challenger

I agree that would be ideal @antonTobi (or actually I would prefer more “Random” over alternating colors). Could probably work similarly for Auto (although the likelyhood of switching is much smaller). However, we’re no longer talking a “one-line fix” since the original challenge parameters are not available once the game has actually started. All we know is who played which color. Something in the API would need to change.

I agree this would be a nice improvement. Currently the original challenge isn’t stored on the game, so that’s the main blocker. Maybe with Challenge Links linking the info becomes a little easier?

[RicardoRix]

This is a bug with the settings for color.
No setting should change.