Author: John Merlino
Date: 14:39:30 09/22/02
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On September 22, 2002 at 17:28:55, Steven J. Brann wrote: >On September 22, 2002 at 16:36:21, John Merlino wrote: > >>On September 22, 2002 at 16:26:19, Steven J. Brann wrote: >> >>>On September 22, 2002 at 00:37:09, John Merlino wrote: >>> >>>>>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 >> >>Very odd. Have you changed ANYTHING about your installation? What installation >>option did you choose? Did you download the EGDB generator? Did you ever edit >>the cm.ini file to change the EGDBPath setting? And, as a last resort, have you >>tried uninstalling and reinstalling? >> >>jm > >The only thing I changed in the install was to specify another drive partition >other than the default which was F:\Gam\Program Files\Ubi Soft etc. I did the >complete install. > >I did download the EGDB generator but have not installed it. I did not edit the >EGDB path setting... just changed the ttable size for mentor from 21 to 128MB. > >I have not tried another install, but unless you can see anything else I could >do, I will try that. > >Thanks, > >Steve Other than giving me the list of the files in the EGDB folder, so I can see what files might be missing, I can't think of anything other than uninstalling and reinstalling (which I know is annoying). Just FYI, since Kurt mentioned it, several people HAVE reported problems with the EGDBs appearing to not work, but in every case it was either user error or user confusion. I have no idea what it can be in this case, however.... jm
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