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Subject: Re: WINBOARD: How to Disable Engine Reuse

Author: Ferdinand S. Mosca

Date: 00:04:15 12/25/00

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On December 25, 2000 at 02:19:55, Les Fernandez wrote:

>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


Hello Les,

try, -xreuse -xreuse2 -...
or -reuseFirst false -reuseSecond false -...

Merry Christmas,
Dinan



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