Author: John Merlino
Date: 14:10:18 12/01/00
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On December 01, 2000 at 13:06:11, James T. Walker wrote: >On December 01, 2000 at 00:22:04, John Merlino wrote: > >>Here's the scoop for all of you who have noticed/complained/been concerned about >>how CM8000 is using its time. >> >>1) There WAS a bug in the implementation of the "Seconds per Move" time control. >>It has already been fixed and will be included in the patch. >> >>2) There IS a bug in the implementation of the "Moves per Minutes" time control. >>The development team is currently attempting to fix it and is certain that a fix >>will be in the patch. >> >>Both of these bugs were on the GUI side and are NOT believed to have anything to >>do with Johan's engine. >> >>3) The minimum setting for the Hourglass time control was raised to 30 seconds. >>The old minimum of 5 seconds was just too ludicrous. >> >>4) The documentation refers to the old "Equal Time" time control which existed >>in CM7000 and before. This time control was removed for CM8000 and does not >>exist in the program. >> >>Those of you who have mentioned problems with the Fischer or "Minutes per game" >>time controls are mistaken. The development team is 110% confident that these >>time controls are accurate. >> >>Can't wait to hear your comments..... ;-) >> >>jm > >Hello John, >Of course I believe what you say. I tend to agree that the Fischer or Mim/game >are not a bug. However I must say that the use of time by ChessMaster on those >levels is very conservative. If I was looking for something wrong I would look >at the "Pondering" time. I think ChessMaster is not giving itself enough credit >for correctly predicting the opponents moves. In fact it looks like it's not >taking any credit for this. It will be a very nice program when the >exterminators are finished. >Jim What exactly do you mean when you say "not giving itself enough credit for correctly predicting opponent's moves"? I would like to be precise before bringing this up to the development team, and I'm not sure what you are talking about. jm
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