Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 23:00:30 09/29/02
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ChessGenius Classic 7 runs winboard engines. Instructions for installing
Ruffian (a winboard engine) is as follows:
1. The text between the double lines is typed/copied into a plain text file
named "ruffian.eng"
========================================================================
// Example .ENG definition file for Ruffian Engine.
// Comments can be added with //
INIT {
// First the EXE/DLL path..
"engines\\ruffian\\wbconv.dll",
// Name Text for screen display..
"Ruffian 1.0.1 Engine",
// Size of "ENG_FLAGS" structure for this engine
284,
//131072=131072K for hash tables - decrease/increase appropriate for your given
memory
[#l:131072,1,0,0, 1,0,1,
#b:'e,'n,'g,'i,'n,'e,'s,'\,'r,'u,'f,'f,'i,'a,'n,'\,'r,'u,'f,'f,'i,'a,'n,'.,'e,'x,'e,0],
// engines\ruffian\ruffian.exe
"",
0,
"Ruffian",
"",
"",
"",
""
}
DIALOG {
"Set Options for Ruffian..", // Title for dialog
250,150, // X/Y size of dialog
// Now the individual data items..
"TICK", "Permanent brain", [#l:16,4, 20,30, 90],
"TICK", "White's score in analyse mode", [#l:20,4, 20,45, 120],
"TICK", "Can show current move", [#l:24,4, 20,60, 120],
"END", // Must be last
END }
========================================================================
2. Place the file you just created, "ruffian.eng", in the "C:\Program
Files\ChessGenius Classic" directory.
2. Obtain the winboard converter from here:
http://www.computerchess.com/bilder/downloads/wbkonverter.zip
3. Create a new directory for ruffian under the ChessGenius Classic\ENGINES
like this:
"C:\Program Files\ChessGenius Classic\ENGINES\ruffian"
4. Copy the contents of your ruffian folder to this folder. (Ruffian may be
obtained from here: http://ruffian.hkust.se/index.shtml)
5. Copy the WBConv.dll obtained from the wbkonverter.zip file and place it in
the "C:\Program Files\ChessGenius Classic\ENGINES\ruffian" directory.
6. Start ChessGenius Classic for Windows.
7. Select >Options>Add Engines and point to the ruffian.eng file in the
:\Program Files\ChessGenius Classic" directory.
8. You now close the Genius 7 engine or you you have Genius 7 play Ruffian in a
match.
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