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Subject: Re: Problem with "TheKing 3.12" under CB-GUI

Author: Günther Simon

Date: 07:27:16 08/16/01

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On August 15, 2001 at 11:37:57, John Merlino wrote:

>On August 15, 2001 at 04:34:56, Günther Simon wrote:
>
>>On August 14, 2001 at 15:35:36, Lonnie Cook wrote:
>>
>>>I finally got it to work BUT when u play it in an "engine match" it loses on
>>>time most of the time??
>>>
>>>Anyone have this problem as well and what did u use for a X-board syntax to
>>>solve this in the "InBetween.init"
>>
>>Which time did you play? If it were inc./Fisher games I believe there is no
>>cure for this as the original King-engine (maybe you remember?) had heavy
>>problems in this under its own Gui!
>>This was the main reason for the first update of CM8K by John Merlino and
>>if this problem is solved through the Gui-update not by the engine itself
>>there will be no way to get rid off this problem under CB Guis.
>>Btw I have none problems with playing the King 40m/time under CB...
>
>You are getting your time controls mixed up. The original version of the CM GUI
>had problems with the moves/minutes and seconds per move time controls only, and
>these problems were strictly with the GUI. The King engine played those time
>controls just fine, assuming they received the proper "level" command from the
>GUI. That was what the first patch fixed. Fischer time controls were never a
>problem in the CM GUI.
>
>jm

Well that must be a kind of memory bug :)) - of course you're right and I
mixed the time controls (its really a while ago...)
Strange that the move/minutes works ok in CB - at least here.

Günther



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