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Subject: Re: CM8k: How to change Hash; How to invert the little thought window.

Author: John Merlino

Date: 18:05:43 02/21/01

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On February 21, 2001 at 20:37:33, Tina Long wrote:

>Hi guys,
>Thanks for the Patch advice Mogens & (oops I forget, was it Sune or Lin).  My
>Aussie CM8k IS from US, is reinstalled & patched, & now thinks for more than
>2milliseconds.  It beats me at blitz, but then so does Sargon3.
>
>How do I increase the Hash?   I presume it's an addendum to the execution
>command as in CM6k. NO that's Rebel, CM is something in the .ini file, maybe:
>
>[engine]
>ttable_size=0
>book=Mentor.OBK
>
>I can change the number, but can't tell what hash I'm getting
>
>That was the easy one.
>
>The little window that shows the future thoughts on a board:  any way of
>inverting it so I can see black at the bottom?
>
>That'll keep me going for now.  Sorry if it's all been answered elsewhere.
>
>Thanks guys,
>Tina Long

The old way of "globally" increasing the hash table size for every engine no
longer works in CM8000. The only way to increase the size is to create a new
personality that uses a larger size. Go to "Game Room -> Game -> Set Up
Personality". Choose which personality you want to modify (Chessmaster is the
default) and change the hash table size setting. Then save the file under a new
name (it's best to change the name to something useful like CM32MB). You can
then use this new personality just like any others, meaning you can compare the
play of two versions of the same personality, with their only difference being
their hash table size.

You cannot invert the Visual Thinking Window's display. Not a bad idea,
though....

jm



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