Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 11:37:52 02/03/04
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On February 03, 2004 at 14:28:24, Geoff Lane wrote: >On February 03, 2004 at 13:52:17, Rolf Tueschen wrote: > >>On February 03, 2004 at 13:24:52, Geoff Lane wrote: >> >>>On February 03, 2004 at 13:21:21, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >>> >>>>On February 03, 2004 at 13:19:02, Geoff Lane wrote: >>>> >>>>>On February 03, 2004 at 11:16:23, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>The implementation of the UCI made engine wcrafty didn't work here. There were >>>>>>no parameters to tweak and then the whole process was stopped. Did you forget >>>>>>about the Fritz GUI because I read only about Arena. Or is it just with >>>>>>winboard? I know that but then I don't have the other good tools in Fritz. Or is >>>>>>it a question of correct unzip? >>>>>> >>>>>>Rolf >>>>> >>>>>I am not Mike but, unless you have a special version I haven't heard of, wcrafty >>>>>is not a UCI engine but rather a winboard engine. You can get it to work by >>>>>using the WB2UCI adaptor but why not download the native version from ChessBase. >>>>> >>>>>Geoff >>>> >>>>But this is only version 19.08 >>> >>>Then you might have to use the WB2UCI adaptor >>> >>>http://home.online.no/~malin/sjakk/Wb2Uci/ >> >> >>Yes, thanks, such files came from Mike already. Problem is however that I cannot >>start a UCI making process in Fritz8. Is it right when I understood that this >>wb2 adapter is important to make an engine suitable for Fritz8 out of this >>wcrafty? Please dont forget that I have no basis for any kind of programming, >>even batch files surpass by horizon by large quantities. >> >>Rolf > >No programming skills will be necessary. > >Please note: I don't know what files you have or which version of Crafty you >have. > >If you have the wb2uci files in a directory, along with the wcrafty files, then >your wb2uci.eng file should look something like this: > >;---------------------------------------------------------------- >; Crafty 19.10 >; Extensions must be 0 or between 10 and 99 >[ENGINE] >Name=Crafty 19.10 (wb) >Author=Robert Hyatt >Filename=Wb2Uci.exe > >[OPTIONS] >Program=wcrafty-19.10.exe >InitString=resign 0 >HashCommand=hash %iM >WhiteScore=true >OwnBook=true >;ShowThinkingMove=true >;Logfile=true >Visible=Ponder,Hash,OwnBook,Extras,Logfile,ShowThinkingMove,Computer > >[EXTRAS] >Drawscore=draw|spin|0|-100|100 >Tournament mode=mode|check|false|normal|tournament >Crafty log=log|check|true|off|on >Learning=learn|spin|7|0|7 >NalimovPath=tbpath|string|./TB >NalimovCache=cache %iM|spin|1|1|32 >Swindle mode=swindle|check|false|off|on >King safety=evaluation kscale|spin|100|0|200 >King safety asymmetry=evaluation asymmetry|spin|-40|-100|100 >king safety tropism=evaluation bscale|spin|100|0|200 >Blocked pawn=evaluation bscale|spin|100|0|200 >Pawn structure=evaluation pscale|spin|100|0|200 >Passed pawn=evaluation ppscale|spin|100|0|200 >In check extension=extensions check 0.%i|spin|99|0|99 >One reply extension=extensions onerep 0.%i|spin|75|0|99 >Push passed pawn extension=extensions pushpp 0.%i|spin|75|0|99 >Recapture extension=extension recapture 0.%i|spin|75|0|99 >Mate threat extension=extension mate 0.%i|spin|75|0|99 >Pawn hash (MB)=hashp|spin|1|1|16 >Use book=book|check|true|off|on >; You could also make some predefined styles and select them with >;Style=input|combo|strong|strong|aggressive|patzer|etc... >;---------------------------------------------------------------- > >If your wb2uci.eng file already refers to the version of crafty you have then I >would leave well alone for now. > >To create the uci engine do the following: > >Menu > Engines > Create UCI engine > >Browse to the directory where you have the files and make sure you select >WB2UCI.exe (ie. not wcrafty.exe). If this works, you should now be able to load >crafty. I tried exactly that also for fun although I believed that I had to load wcrafty. Result: Error message! Now the question is what could e the reasons. Thanks for your extreme patience. Rolf
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