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Subject: Re: WINBOARD: How to Disable Engine Reuse

Author: Les Fernandez

Date: 23:19:55 12/24/00

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Hi Bob,

Ok I have checked the help included in winboard which I have pasted here:

/reuse or /xreuse, or /reuseFirst true|false
/reuse2 or /xreuse2, or /reuseSecond true|false

If this option is True (the default), WinBoard uses the same chess engine
process repeatedly when playing multiple games. If the option is False, WinBoard
kills off the chess engine after every game and starts a fresh one for the next
game. Starting a fresh chess engine can be slow, so it is not recommended.
However, some chess engines may not work properly when reused, such as versions
of Crafty earlier than 12.0.

(Keep in mind I am running Windows 98)

However when I go to add it to my winboard parameters in the following parameter
list it doesnt seem to accept the true or false values? I assume I am
overlooking something very obvious!  Here is my winboard parameter command which
use to work fine until I added the 2 reuse commands:

"C:\Program Files\WinBoard\winboard.exe" -reuse false -reuse2 false -mg 256 -sgf
EG800 -tc 2 -mps 40 -cp -fcp=crafty1.exe -fd "C:\Program Files\Crafty1"
-scp=crafty2.exe -sd="C:\Program Files\Crafty2"

Thanks for your time,

Les




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