Author: Lex Loep
Date: 05:04:06 12/31/00
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On December 31, 2000 at 07:40:46, Peter Berger wrote: >On December 29, 2000 at 15:27:13, Lex Loep wrote: > >>For those who have not followed the previous threads, ERT is a tool to >>play engine / engine matches between any ChessPartner or Rebel Tiger II >>supported engine (including winboard engines). >> >>The next beta can be downloaded from: >> >>http://www.lokasoft.nl/uk/downloads/ert.zip >> >>New in this version: >> >>- Fixed reverse recording of mate score. >>- Fixed reversal of depth and time in logfile. >>- Added clocks and autoflag option. >>- Context menu in engines list. >>- Match can now be properly saved. >>- List registered winboard engines. >>- Option to record scores and variations in PGN. >>- Better end of game detection. >>- Added game timeout option. >>- Fixed various other bugs. >>- Added some toolbar buttons. >> >>Known problems: >> >>- Sometimes crashes during exit. >>- I have seen some winboard engines not exiting. >> >> >>Lex > >How does one select a Winboard engine with the new ert.exe ? > >Currently I have a minimal engineext.ini containing only Gandalf for test >purposes. > >With the 1st beta I could choose the Winboard Adapter for play and everything >was fine . > >With the new one when I try to choose "Winboard Engines" there happens simply >nothing , not even an error message . > >This on PII300 running NT 4 SP3 . > >pete The ERT tries to list all winboard engines it finds in enginext.ini, for each engine found it validates if the executable specified in enginepath really exist. Unfortunatelly there is a small bug; when the enginepath contains a parameter it thinks the file is not there. Workaround would be to select another winboard engine, then in engine properties select the correct engine. I will post another update soon. Lex
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