Author: Steven J. Brann
Date: 17:21:03 09/22/02
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On September 22, 2002 at 18:53:19, John Merlino wrote: >On September 22, 2002 at 18:45:29, Steven J. Brann wrote: > >>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 > >That is exactly right. I remain clueless.... :-( > >When I asked you to enter a position with two kings and two (2) pawns, do you >remember what the position was? I would like to try it myself. > >jm Hi John, Kings and 2 pawns each W: Ke1, pawns e3 and f4 B: Ke8, pawns a7,and h7 White to move Steve
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