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Subject: Re: Do Log files hurt engine performance?

Author: David Dahlem

Date: 07:04:11 07/27/04

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On July 27, 2004 at 07:38:19, Norm Pollock wrote:

>On July 27, 2004 at 00:42:58, David Dahlem wrote:
>
>>On July 26, 2004 at 22:36:55, Norm Pollock wrote:
>>
>>>On July 26, 2004 at 20:17:12, David Dahlem wrote:
>>>
>>>>On July 26, 2004 at 17:30:09, Norm Pollock wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>here is the inbetween.ini, followed by the wb2uci.eng
>>>>>
>>>>>[InBetween]
>>>>>
>>>>>CommandLine := TheKing333.exe
>>>>>Debug := 3
>>>>>Log :=
>>>>>
>>>>>[Client2Server]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>[Server2Client]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>----------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>[ENGINE]
>>>>>Name=TheKing 3.33 skr
>>>>>Author=Johan de Koning
>>>>>Filename=Wb2Uci.exe
>>>>>
>>>>>[OPTIONS]
>>>>>Program=TheKing.exe
>>>>>
>>>>>InitString=cm_parm default\ncm_parm opk=959890\ncm_parm tts=131072000 opp=100
>>>>>opn=100 opb=100 opr=100 opq=100 myp=100 myn=100 myb=100 myr=100 myq=101 cc=105
>>>>>mob=110 ks=155 pp=100 pw=100 cfd=0 sop=100 avd=-2 rnd=0 sel=12 md=99
>>>>>
>>>>>HashOnCommandline=false
>>>>>InitTime=2
>>>>>Ponder=false
>>>>>Logfile=false
>>>>>Edit=setboard
>>>>>UseSAN=false
>>>>>Priority=normal
>>>>>AddHintMove=false
>>>>>ShowThinkingMove=true
>>>>>Protocol=1
>>>>
>>>>Thanks Norm. But i'm not sure i understand. Are you using both the Inbetween and
>>>>wb2uci adapters to run CM in Fritz?
>>>>
>>>>Regards
>>>>Dave
>>>
>>>Yes!
>>>
>>>This is how it goes: Inbetween.exe is renamed to theking.exe so when wb2uci.exe
>>>calls for theking.exe, based on the setting in wb2uci.eng, it is actually
>>>calling for inbetween.exe. inbetween.exe then calls for theking333.exe, which is
>>>the chess engine. btw, when you install the uci engine in fritz8 gui, you
>>>install wb2uci.exe. And don't forget to get the opk number which is then put
>>>into wb2uci.eng.
>>
>>Hi Norm
>>
>>Thanks for the explanation. I now understand how your setup works. But i don't
>>understand why. Why do you need both adapters? I don't see that your
>>inbetween.ini does anything at all. Why not just install theking333.exe directly
>>using wb2uci, skipping the Inbetween step?
>>
>>Regards
>>Dave
>
>Hi,
>
>Without inbetween I would not be able to extract the opk number. Without that
>number I would only get depth = 3 in the search. The King would lose to every
>other computer. Inbetween sends the "debug=3" which enables the command window
>that has the opk number. This is needed to used The King effectively outside of
>its own gui.
>
>-Norm

Yes, but Inbetween is only used to extract the opk number when the Chessmaster
gui is running. It's not necessary to use Inbetween when running TheKing as a
UCI engine in Fritz.

Regards
Dave




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