Author: Ernst Walet
Date: 03:40:36 12/29/02
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On December 29, 2002 at 06:26:06, Christopher A. Morgan wrote: > >Ernst, > >I recently ran two position problem test suites in Fritz 7 and Fritz 8 GUIs, one >for end game positions, and one for middlegame positions, and posted the results >here. I ran the end games without tablebases. I had quite a problem making >sure the tablebases were not being accessed, as just not checking the use >tablebases box in the load engine dialogue, F3, did NOT prevent some engines >from using the tablebases, including F7 and F8. > >The following was part of my test positions post: > >In order to make sure my EGTBs were not being accessed I had to take the >following steps: 1. In the Load Engine window, make sure the use tablebases box >is not checked. 2. In Tools –> Options–> Tablebases make sure the paths are >blank, but remember to put the paths back in when you want to use the tablebases >again. 3. If you have tablebases in the default directory, c:\My >Documents\ChessBase\Tablebases change the name of the Tablebases directory - >deleting the path in 2, above, is not enough. You’d think that just not >checking the use tablebases box in the Load Engine dialogue would be enough, but >it is not. > >Regards, > >Chris > > > > >On December 29, 2002 at 05:28:25, Ernst Walet wrote: > >>Hello all, >> >>I noticed hat both the gui and the engine initialize the TB's. I switched off >>TB access in the gui (with F3), but I want the gui to permanently stop using the >>TB's, thus freeing some memory. >> >>Is this possible? >> >>Kinde regards, >>Ernst. Thank you Chris, but what I want is that ONLY the engine initializes the TB's and the GUI not... So by renaming the path the engine can't use them either, I suppose. Regards, Ernst.
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