Author: Odd Gunnar Malin
Date: 18:01:24 09/29/03
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On September 29, 2003 at 20:52:19, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote: >On September 29, 2003 at 19:50:41, Mike Byrne wrote: > >>History - >> >>Lots of problems yesterday , ended up losing CT 15 etc , etc. >> >>Actions taken today - >> >>Removed Rebel 12 installation >>Removed Chess Tiger 15 installations , curiously I had to that 3 times? >> >>Installed Chess Tiger 15 >>Installed Rebel 12 >> >>Chess Tiger 15 now works, Rebel 12 works ..the only negative was that I lost >>Chess Tiger 14 in this process: >> >>a) I'm not that worried about it >>b) I believe there is a fix to get that going, but I will worry about it later/ >> >>Rmoved Rebel12.uci and re-istalled Rebel 12 by pointing straight to the Rebel >>engine folder : >> >>D:\Program Files\Lokasoft\ChessPartner5.2\engines\Rebel12 >> >>- at the suggestion of someone, I point the wb2uci.eng straight to the folder >>containing the rebeluci.exe. >> >>I changed the "TerminateHard = false" to "TerminateHard = true" although the >>readme only says WINxp and the wb2uci.eng says " "In WIN XP or Win NT >>TerminateHard = true" - somebody on CCC said "Win XP= WIN NT - WIN2K" which why >>I asked the question in the first place - if I'm wrong, somebodyy please tell >>me. > >This feature is to kill engines that stay in memory. If Rebel doesn't have this >problem it doesn't matter what you set it to. The warning is because if you try >to kill an engine in Win9x/Me you get a blue screen and isn't able to save other >work on the PC. > >> >>I changed the "Logfile = false" to "Logfile = true". >> >>here is the complete wb2uci.eng: >> >>============================================================================ >>[ENGINE] >>Name = Rebel 12 >>Author = Ed Schroeder >>Filename = RebelUci.exe >> >>[OPTIONS] >>Program = D:\Program >>Files\Lokasoft\ChessPartner5.2\engines\Rebel12\Rebel12_CB.exe w6 rebel.eng >>LevelExtend = none >>Analyze = false >>UseUndo = false >>Logfile = true >>LevelType = 2 >>SimulateHint = true >>TerminateHard = true >>; In WIN XP or Win NT TerminateHard = true >>Protocol = 1 >>Visible = Ponder,Logfile,Extras >> >>[EXTRAS] >>AntiGM=setvar antigm|spin|0|0|3 >>Playingstyle=setvar playstyle|spin|2|0|4 >>Strength=setvar playstrength|spin|2|0|2 >>Personality=setvar personality >>personal\%s.eng|combo|Rebel|Rebel|Rebel1|Rebel2|Rebel3|Rebel4 >> >>============================================================================== >> >> >>ok ... >> >>I start the game and here is the log file: >> >>============================================================================= >> >>0.000: ** Adapter: Wb2Uci 1.3B10 >>0.031: C> uci >>0.031: C< id name Rebel 12 >>0.031: C< id author Ed Schroeder >>0.031: C< option name AntiGM type spin default 0 min 0 max 3 >>0.031: C< option name Playingstyle type spin default 2 min 0 max 4 >>0.031: C< option name Strength type spin default 2 min 0 max 2 >>0.031: C< option name Personality type combo default Rebel var Rebel var Rebel1 >>var Rebel2 var Rebel3 var Rebel4 >>0.031: C< option name Ponder type check default true >>0.031: C< option name Logfile type check default true >>0.031: C< uciok >>0.078: C> setoption name Hash value 1 >>0.078: C> setoption name Ponder value false >>0.078: C> isready > >Here the gui ask the engine to get ready. For protocol 1 engines there is a >timer for how long the startup process take. >As default this is set to 2 second. > >In the log it seems to be enough, but you could try to extend this time a bit. >Ex. set >InitTime=5 >under the option section in the eng file. > >>0.078: S- Starting server: D:\Program >>Files\Lokasoft\ChessPartner5.2\engines\Rebel12\Rebel12_CB.exe w6 rebel.eng > > >>0.109: S> License check okay. >>0.109: S> info:misc:[2J >>0.109: S> info:misc:Rebel 12 >>0.109: S> info:misc:Version 12.00.00 (October 2003) >>0.109: S> info:misc:Copyright ©2003, by Ed Schröder, The Netherlands >>0.109: S> info:misc:http://members.home.nl/matador/index.htm >>0.109: S> info:misc:matador@home.nl >>0.109: S> info:misc: >>0.109: S> W e l c o m e t o R E B E L 12.0 >>1.625: S> info:misc:CPU Speed : 1721 Mhz >>1.625: S> info:misc: >>2.078: S< xboard >>2.078: S< new >>2.078: S< setlevel 5 300 0 >>2.078: S< post >>2.078: S< hard >>easy >>2.078: S- Thread priority set to below normal >>2.078: C< readyok >>27.844: C> position startpos moves e2e4 e7e5 g1f3 g8f6 f3e5 d7d6 e5f7 e8f7 d2d4 >>g7g6 f1c4 f7g7 e1g1 >>27.844: C> go btime 300000 wtime 291000 >>27.844: C< info depth 1 score 1 >>27.844: S< force >>27.844: S< new >>27.844: S< post >>27.844: S< hard >>easy >>27.844: S< force >>27.844: S< setlevel 5 300 0 >>27.844: S< force >>27.844: S< e2e4 >>27.844: S< e7e5 >>27.844: S< g1f3 >>27.844: S< g8f6 >>27.844: S< f3e5 >>27.844: S< d7d6 >>27.844: S< e5f7 >>27.844: S< e8f7 >>27.844: S< d2d4 >>27.844: S< g7g6 >>27.844: S< f1c4 >>27.844: S< f7g7 >>27.844: S< e1g1 >>27.844: S< time 30000 >>27.844: S< otim 29100 >>27.844: S< black >>27.844: S< go >>55.312: C> stop >>55.312: S< ? >>65.562: C< bestmove d6d5 >>68.125: S< quit >>====================================================================== >> >>I never see the move d6d5 played on Fritz 8, the last move I see is e1g1 played >>by me. Here we go out of book and Rebel 12 never makes a move on the screen. >>Inth engine window, all I see is "depth =1" > >d6d5 are sent because a stop should be followed by a move, it is the adapter >that send it because it doesn't manage to get a move from the engine with the >'?' command. This 'adapter' move is a random legal move. > >depth 1 are sent automatic by the adapter because some gui (probably Fritz) >needed it, else it would terminate the engine. I don't know if this is still >true but as long as it doesn't do any harm its better to have support for more >gui's. >Score=1 in the same automatic sending are to stop any drawoffer if you have >selected this in the gui and the engine are still in book (no pv). I think >Shredder classic needed this. > > >> >> >>That's it - >> >>Note - if Copy my Rebel Pre- Release engine over and rename it to >>"Rebel12_CB.exe" it WORKS so there is clearly something different between Rebel >>12 and Rebel 12 pre-release. >> > >This is strange, by this the only thing I could think of now late at night was >this inittime setting. > >I get back If I see a light somewhere, but I'm preparing for an otb-tournament >in Russia this weekend so my head is feed up with chess-moves right now. > >Odd Gunnar > >>Thanks for any help offered. >> >>Best, >> >>Michael One thing before I go to bed. Have you tried to disable the gui book. What happend then, could you try it with rebel as white and then as black. Odd Gunnar
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