Author: Evgenii Manev
Date: 08:14:50 04/28/05
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On April 28, 2005 at 10:57:16, Evgenii Manev wrote: >On April 28, 2005 at 07:58:23, F. Huber wrote: > >>On April 28, 2005 at 07:32:26, F. Huber wrote: >> >>>On April 27, 2005 at 19:03:48, Evgenii Manev wrote: >>> >>>>is there a way to set up Crafty 9.31 to play under Arena? >>>> >>>>thanks, >>>>Geno >>> >>>What´s your problem? >>> >>>I´ve just downloaded this old version and installed it under Arena, >>>and it works perfectly (as WinBoard engine) - >>>so I don´t know where you have troubles ... (?) >>> >>>Regards, >>>Franz. >> >>Well, in the meantime I´ve found two problems with Crafty 9.31: >> >>The first is the name ´Crafty 9.31.exe´, which prohibites a correct start of >>the engine - at least under Arena! >>But IMO it´s really crazy to use spaces or dots within a program name (under >>Windows), and so I automatically renamed this file to ´Crafty.exe´ before >>installing it - that´s why I had no problems. >>So simply rename it to e.g. ´Crafty931.exe´ or ´Crafty_931.exe´, and you´ll >>have no problems to start and run it under Arena. >> >>The second (and more serious) problem I´ve found is, that this Crafty version >>stays in memory after closing the engine (or even closing Arena) - >>so you´ll have to remove it (Winoldap) manually by the TaskManager! :-( >> >>But I don´t really understand, why anyone would like to use such an old >>Crafty version, when we already have better (and stable) versions 19.xx!? >> >>Regards, >>Franz. > >hi Franz > >thank you for your advice - i had suspicions about the name of .exe >and the reason of my interrest in using such an old version is just curiosity, >nothing more >and out of this concrete topic, i think that there exists possibility that older >versions of some chess engines are stronger than the new ones >look for example at latest Crafty 19.19 - IMO it isn't the strongest Crafty >version > >regards, >Geno but renaming .exe didn't solve the problem :( i'm using Win98 some lines from Arena.debugging file: 175171*2*Configured Engine 2 Type: WB1 175298*2*Engine 2 dir: D:\chess\winboard\crafty_931 175351*2*Engine 2 commandline: D:\chess\winboard\crafty_931\Crafty931.exe 175860>2:xboard 179372**-------------NewGame!!!------------- 179375>1:level 0 2 6 179380>1:new 179388>1:level 0 2 6 179510>2:level 0 2 6 179518>2:new 179520>2:random 179525>2:level 0 2 6 179600>2:post 179635>2:hard 179674>2:easy 181620>2:new 181650>2:random 181689>2:level 0 2 6 181790>2:post 181820>2:hard 181855>2:easy 184555>2:computer 184605*2*Incorrect function 184640*2*Engine crashed, restarting... 184675>2:? 184705>2:force 184742>2:quit 185371*2*-----------------------Ñòàðòèðàé Ìîòîðà 2 crafty_931------------------------ 185405*2*Configured Engine 2 Type: WB1 185586*2*Engine 2 dir: D:\chess\winboard\crafty_931 185670*2*Engine 2 commandline: D:\chess\winboard\crafty_931\Crafty931.exe 186160>2:xboard 190981>2:new 191016>2:random 191050>2:level 0 2 6 191160>2:post 191190>2:hard 191226>2:easy 191260>2:computer 192195*2*Start calc, move no: 0 192445>2:level 0 2 6 192482>2:new 192515>2:random 192550>2:level 0 2 6 192655>2:post 192685>2:hard 192720>2:easy 192751>2:computer 192855>2:time 12000 192890>2:otim 12000 192920>2:white 192955>2:go 206550*2*Incorrect function 206588*2*Engine crashed, restarting... 206626>2:? 206661>2:force 206696>2:quit
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