Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 18:43:22 09/29/03
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On September 29, 2003 at 21:01:24, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote: >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 yes, disable book ..tried rebel as white and black - nothing ...
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