Author: Christopher A. Morgan
Date: 04:10:49 12/29/02
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As I remember, at least for F7 and F8, if you do not rename the default tablebase directory, and you have tablebases there, F7 and F8 engines will access the tablebases, even with the path blank in Options, and the use tablebases box unchecked in F3, Load Engine. On December 29, 2002 at 06:40:36, Ernst Walet wrote: >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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