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Subject: Re: Rebel 12 in Fritz 8

Author: David Dahlem

Date: 21:14:29 09/29/03

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On September 29, 2003 at 20:57:17, Mike Byrne wrote:

>On September 29, 2003 at 20:54:54, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>On September 29, 2003 at 20:10:01, David Dahlem 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.
>>>>
>>>>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
>>>>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:
>>>>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"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for any help offered.
>>>>
>>>>Best,
>>>>
>>>>Michael
>>>
>>>Hi Mike
>>>
>>>One thing you could try to test whether it's your UCI setup, is to install
>>>Rebel12_CB.exe as a winboard engine with the wb-cb adapter. If it works, then
>>>something must be wrong with your uci setup. It works for me as a wb engine in
>>>the Hiarcs 7.32 gui.
>>>
>>>Dave
>>
>>
>>I able to import the pre-release engine into Arena and it works, not Rebel 12 Cb
>>engine.   Just for sanity check - what is the date stamp of your rebel12_cd.exe
>>and byte size?  Mine is August 31st, 10:23:40AM with 520,220 bytes.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Mike
>
>Also, the pre-release worked both as winboard engine and uci engine using the
>rebeluci adapter - in the exact same folder as the Rebel12 engine - everything
>is the same except using the pre-release engine and the rebel12_cb.exe.

It's not clear to me from this whether you have tried Rebel12_CB as a winboard
engine? If so, and it worked, then your problem is with your uci setup.

Dave



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