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Subject: Re: Service pack 5 for MSVC...

Author: David Wilke

Date: 19:21:55 03/12/01

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On March 12, 2001 at 22:13:43, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On March 12, 2001 at 22:08:27, David Wilke wrote:
>
>>On March 12, 2001 at 22:05:19, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>Does not seem to make binaries that are any faster.
>>>
>>>However, one feature alone makes it worth the download:
>>>The "Output" window does not get over-run any more.
>>>
>>>Formerly, when I did a build of crafty (for instance) the warnings and stuff
>>>would overflow the output window and I could only see the bottom 1/4 of it.
>>>Now, the entire window's contents are saved.
>>>
>>>So I would say it is worthwhile to go and get it.  Just don't expect some sort
>>>of monstrous performance boost.
>>
>>I just compiled Crafty using the default make file, and I noticed little to no
>>difference. In fact only 1000 nps...
>>
>>How do you compile?
>>
>>I simply edit the makefile.nt and goto the command prompt and type:
>>
>>nmake wcraftyx -f makefile.nt
>>
>>Is there a better way. Also is there a makefile that combines everything into
>>one c node?
>
>Get this thingy:
>ftp://cap.connx.com/pub/chess-engines/new-approach/C18_05.ZIP
>
>and unzip it somewhere harmless (don't crunch your old work).
>
>Open the crafty1 workspace and build it.
>
>That's what I use.  Notice that crafty.txt is a link order file.  Won't matter
>much for the current MS VC++ build (though it used to help a lot) but it does
>definitely help the Intel build.
>
>I change some array sizes and a few other minor tweaks.  So if it makes demons
>fly out of your nose, well -- there you are.

When I try to build it, I get two errors, and one warning:

Build : warning : failed to (or don't know how to) build
'C:\Chess\crafty\EGTB.CPP'
Compiling...
blob.c
fatal error C1083: Cannot open source file: 'C:\Chess\crafty\blob.c': No such
file or directory
EGTB.CPP
fatal error C1083: Cannot open source file: 'C:\Chess\crafty\EGTB.CPP': No such
file or directory
Error executing cl.exe.

Crafty1.exe - 2 error(s), 1 warning(s)




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