Author: David Dahlem
Date: 23:12:02 01/04/03
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On January 05, 2003 at 02:05:32, David Dahlem wrote: >On January 05, 2003 at 00:37:08, Saif Murad wrote: > >>You must simply find the opk number and insert it. >> >>a)Obtaining the OPK number >>In your Chessmaster directory, look for the file "TheKing.exe" and rename it to >>say "TheKing.old" >>Copy the winboard version of crafty (or other WinBoard engine, which writes >>decent logfiles, I assume you use Crafty) to the Chessmaster 8000/9000 folder >>and rename it to "TheKing.exe". The crafty.rc file is not necessary. >>Start Chessmaster8000/9000 and start a game against a Chessmaster personality >>that you wish to use in Winboard . >>Exit Chessmaster, and take a look at the log file (usually log.001 or log.oox) >>created by Crafty in the chessmaster folder. >>Look for a line that says .... opk=xxxxxx (where x is a number) Copy the OPK >>number and any parameters needed if you are not using a default personality, >>Reverse steps 1-2, to return Chessmaster back to normal. >>Basically you replaced theKing.exe with crafty.exe and when chessmaster is run >>the commands needed (including the OPK number) to be sent to Chessmaster will be >>sent to Crafty instead.From there you can extract the information needed from >>Crafty's log file. >> >>http://www.aarontay.per.sg/Winboard/Winboard4.html#[D.3] (source) >> >>Regards, >>Saif Murad > >It's not really necessary to use Crafty to obtain the opk number. The method i >use is just with Inbetween.exe and Inbetween.ini in the Chessmaster folder. >InBetween.exe must be renamed to TheKing.exe. And this is my Inbetween.ini file >- > >[InBetween] >CommandLine := TheKing312c.exe >Debug := 3 >Log := logfile.log > >When Chessmaster is started, a dos window opens with the various parameter, >including the opk number. > >Regards >Dave The above Inbetween.ini file is, of course, for CM 8000. Here is my ini file for CM 9000: [InBetween] CommandLine := TheKing323.exe Debug := 3 Log := logfile.log Regards Dave
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