Author: Steven J. Brann
Date: 13:26:19 09/22/02
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On September 22, 2002 at 00:37:09, John Merlino wrote: >On September 21, 2002 at 23:21:37, Steven J. Brann wrote: > >>On September 21, 2002 at 23:05:11, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>On September 21, 2002 at 21:59:18, Steven J. Brann wrote: >>> >>>>On September 21, 2002 at 18:06:24, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >>>> >>>>>Many thanks for this clarification. But under CM9-GUI I have tried everything >>>>>but the EGDB does not work. I am going to deinstall and reinstall CM9000. >>>>>Kurt >>>> >>>>Kurt, >>>> >>>>I have the same problem on a WinXP machine. The path in cm.ini is correct, the >>>>EGDB files are in the directory referenced, and my personaly is set to use EGDB. >>>> However the Mate30 problem above is not solved using the tables, although the >>>>correct key move is found rather quickly. >>>> >>>>Let me know how you resolved this problem. >>The path in cm.ini is: >>EGDBPath=C:\Documents and Settings\Steven\My Documents\Chessmaster 9000\EGDB >> >>And the EGDB files are there. > >Ok. I'm going to ask you to do the same steps that I asked Kurt to do. > >1) Set up a position with two kings and two pawns. >2) Open the "Coach" window and go to the Advice Tab. For every move in the list, >there should be either a "Black Mates in...", "White Mates in..." or "Game is >Drawn". If you see this, then the EGDBs are working properly. John, the advice tab in the coach window just gives the possible moves. No mate in X is displayed. Confirms the fact that it's not working I guess. Steve >3) If so, and just to verify, open the Thinking Lines window. Set the two >players in the game to both be Chessmaster and make sure that the time control >is not Infinite. Once you press OK, the Chessmaster personalities should play >the game to its conclusion via EGDBs and very quickly, and you will see the EGDB >output in the Thinking Lines window. > >>Now, I'm curious. I installed CM9000 in another directory of my choosing in a >>different logical disk partition. I do this so I can isolate the O/S on the C >>partition and I get miffed when software developers just put things not related >>to the O/S on the C partition instead of loading the files in the partition and >>location I specify. Why was this done with CM9000? >> >>Could this be part of the difficulty? > >No, this is as per Microsoft's specifications with regards to file access and >security within XP. Basically, all files and/or folders that can be modified >MUST be in a subfolder of the "My Documents" folder, and all Program Files >should obviously be (by default) in a subfolder of the "Program Files" folder. >This is why, no matter what you specify as the target folder of the >installation, all of the subfolders that used to be below the CM9000 folder are >now below the "My Documents" folder. > >As a user, I agree that it can be a pain until you get used to it. As a >developer, I see the logic in it. > >jm
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