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Subject: Re: CM9000 vs CM9000

Author: John Merlino

Date: 19:16:46 10/18/02

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On October 18, 2002 at 22:02:57, Roy Brunjes wrote:

>On October 18, 2002 at 20:31:21, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On October 18, 2002 at 19:54:47, Roy Brunjes wrote:
>>
>>>On October 18, 2002 at 12:27:42, John Merlino wrote:
>>>
>>>>On October 18, 2002 at 02:58:58, Stuart Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I'm sure I saw a thread re importing the King engine into CM9000 so that it can
>>>>>play itself but I can't find it in the CCC search.
>>>>>
>>>>>From memory, John Merlino commented that an 'import' was not necessary; how do I
>>>>>set up CM9000 so that it will play itself?
>>>>>
>>>>>Can I play different personalities against each other?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks
>>>>
>>>>Yes, you can play different personalities against each other. Or, if you want,
>>>>you can even play the SAME personalities against each other (e.g. CM vs CM). Or,
>>>>you can create a copy of a personality with one slight change (such as different
>>>>hash table size, modified contempt for draw, etc.), and play that new version
>>>>against the original.
>>>>
>>>>You can pretty much do anything you want with personalities.
>>>>
>>>>jm
>>>
>>>John,
>>>
>>>One thing that seems to be missing (or missing in my reading of the manual) is
>>>the ability to bring up the "Mentor Lines" window and have the GUI use a
>>>personality other than Chessmaster.  Sometimes it is interesting to analyze a
>>>game in player/player mode (or the CM 9000 equivalent) and have an engine
>>>commenting on how it would play each step of the way.  Is there an easy to
>>>achieve this with CM9000 and a personality other than Chessmaster?
>>>
>>>Thanks for your help,
>>>
>>>Roy
>>
>>This is mentioned in the Gameplay FAQ, which you can read by going to
>>www.chessmaster.com and clicking on the "Gameplay FAQ" link on the left (and NOT
>>the "FAQ" link, which just leads to product info). Specifically, you will be
>>looking for question #23.
>>
>>jm
>
>Thanks John!  Works great!  It would perhaps be a bit easier for users if this
>was something we could specify in the GUI (for Chessmaster 10000 -- which I
>already plan to buy when it is available).
>
>Great job at supporting the users here.
>
>Roy

It's scary stuff like this that we usually want to hide from the typical user,
and only provide for the curious and/or technically aware user.

Glad you like the program!

jm



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