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Subject: Re: Smarthink: problems with Wb2Uci.eng under Fritz8-GUI

Author: Kurt Utzinger

Date: 06:51:38 06/08/03

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On June 08, 2003 at 09:43:41, Peter Berger wrote:

>On June 08, 2003 at 09:38:31, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>>On June 08, 2003 at 09:27:21, Peter Berger wrote:
>>
>>>On June 08, 2003 at 09:20:28, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>>
>>>>     Just tried your settings, but unfortunately
>>>>     without success: when I start Fritz8-GUI with
>>>>     SmarThink the GUI shows a hash table size of
>>>>     only 1 MB [despite correct settings in the
>>>>     smarthink.ini] although TaskInfo2000 announces
>>>>     correct values as per ini-file.
>>>
>>>Interesting.
>>>I think this might be something completely different, namely another bug of the
>>>Fritz-GUI handling UCI engines.
>>>If an UCI engine is default when you start the Fritz-GUI, the GUI won't tell the
>>>engine anything about hash values, so the default will be used.
>>>This should not happen if you load the engine after the GUI has already been
>>>started.
>>>There is some evidence for this bug but as usual with the various adapter
>>>versions availlable you can never be sure what's the real problem :) .
>>>Could you give it a try?
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Peter
>>
>>
>>    Hi Peter
>>    Your assumption is correct. If Smarthink v0.16b is
>>    loaded after the Fritz8-GUI has started, the hashtable
>>    size is ok. But do we not forget that SmarThink is not
>>    a UCI.eng and the problem may only be to find the correct
>>    params in the Wb2Uci.eng.
>
>Hi Kurt,
>
>I know I have changed the topic, sorry, but thanks for confirming it. The
>adapter should behave like an UCI engine here.
>
>My point was that also every _real_ UCI engine should have the same problem
>playing under Fritz.
>
>When it is about setting up SmarThink I can't say anything useful as I haven't
>tried it yet.
>
>Regards,
>Peter

     Hi Peter
     No, this is not the case. If a real UCI_engine is
     default when starting the Fritz8-GUI, all works fine.
     It must have something to do with the UCI adapter
     Wb2Uci.exe and/or some wrong settings ind the Wb2Uci.eng
     Kurt




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