Author: John Merlino
Date: 15:03:26 09/11/01
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On September 11, 2001 at 11:38:40, William Penn wrote: >Hallo, > >FYI, I use a different method... > >I use Windows Explorer and substitute the personality I want to use for >Chessmaster.cmp. I just rename them. For example I rename the original >Chessmaster.cmp to something like Chessmaster.cmp-original, then rename the >desired personality as Chessmaster.cmp. That way the software thinks it is >still using the original Chessmaster personality but it is really using my >desired personality. > >I believe that bypasses several problems, including the one where multiple >engines are running which slows down things greatly. Note that you can check to >see if multiple engines are running via Ctrl-Alt-Delete. Each engine running >shows up as "the King". There should only be one "the King", or the speed of >each is greatly slowed. > >I consider the running of multiple engines simultaneously to be a "bug", however >they wouldn't admit to that and said there is some obscure reason for designing >it that way. I didn't buy that argument... >WP Think about it. How can one engine instance do more than one thing simultaneously? How can one engine instance play against you as the "Wally" personality, and "comment on the game" as the Chessmaster personality at the same time? Or, even simpler, how can one engine instance play as both the Kasparov and Fischer personalities in the same game? The Chessmaster GUI (when it comes to the players in the game) does exactly what Winboard does -- launch one instance of the engine for each player. CM8000 takes it one step further by ALLOWING you (that is to say, NOT REQUIRING you) to run a third "commentator" engine instance. Admittedly, this could have been better explained in the original documentation, but the explanation for it is very simple and logical. It is no bug, and there is no obscure reason. jm
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