Author: David Dahlem
Date: 13:35:13 12/13/00
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On December 13, 2000 at 14:12:50, John Merlino wrote: >On December 13, 2000 at 00:05:38, Richard Sutherland wrote: > >>Can anyone advise of of how I go about getting a Winboard engine to work under >>CM8000? The only one that works is Gandalf. I've tried Arasanx/Little >>Goliath/Bringer and a few others, but, none of them seem to function. Do I need >>an .init file for each, or just the engine? >> >>Help >>Richard > >I'm not sure of each engine's requirements, but everything needs to be set up >just like you would have to if you were using WinBoard. So, if the engine >requires an external file such as an INI file, then that does need to be >present. Also, if filenames are required on the command line, then you should >probably pass the FULL PATH to these files, rather than just the filename by >itself. > >The only thing that CM8000 can do for you is pass any command line parameters >that may be required. However, there appears to be a quirk with several engines >that can be fixed by putting a BEFORE your list of command line >parameters. Many users have reported that this will fix problems with many >engines, Arasan being one of them. > >jm Yes, this will fix problems with many engines, but not all of them. Is there any work being done on fixing the problems with the others? The following engines don't work for me after trying all possible solutions. Yace, Phalanx, SOS, Nejmet, Green Light, Tao, Exchess 4.01, Francesca are the main engines that i would like to get working. Dave
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