Author: Steven J. Brann
Date: 15:45:29 09/22/02
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On September 22, 2002 at 17:39:30, John Merlino wrote: >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 John, The EGDB folder contains 228 files, 188MB (197,673,444 bytes) Do I have everything? Steve
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