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Subject: Re: Lex - do you any suggestions>

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 09:39:09 09/28/03

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On September 28, 2003 at 12:00:19, Mike Byrne wrote:

>On September 28, 2003 at 11:51:32, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>On September 28, 2003 at 11:45:10, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>
>>>On September 28, 2003 at 11:29:45, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>>
>>>>On September 28, 2003 at 11:21:27, Jeroen van Dorp wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On September 28, 2003 at 10:33:56, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>files\chessbase\engines"?) and install the rebeluci adpater and it installs -
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Just for clarity's sake:
>>>>>
>>>>>- you copied the rebel 12 directory to the chessbase\engines directory
>>>>>- now it's a subdirectory of that directory
>>>>>- you started Fritz or whatever new CB GUI
>>>>>- you chose "install UCI engine"
>>>>>- you browsed to that engines subdirectory
>>>>>- you clicked on wb2uci.exe
>>>>>- the engine installs, but does not run?
>>>>>
>>>>>and in that folder is also the rebel12_CB.exe file, I suppose. If you run XP I
>>>>>guess you also changed a parameter in the wb2uci.eng file.
>>>>>
>>>>>From the readme.txt:
>>>>>
>>>>><quote>
>>>>>  Rebel 12 should run smoothly under the latest Chessbase interface
>>>>>  provided the following steps are taken:
>>>>>
>>>>>. Copy the installed Rebel 12 directory to the installed
>>>>>  ChessBase directory, usually C:\Program Files\ChessBase\Engines
>>>>>
>>>>>. Should the OS be Windows XP, then edit the file WB2UCI.ENG (this
>>>>>  freeware tool is supplied by Odd Gunnar Malin and is not supported
>>>>>  by the author of Rebel) as follows:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Change "TerminateHard = false" to "TerminateHard = true" and save
>>>>>  the file.
>>>>>
>>>>>. Start Chessbase (Fritz, Junior, Shredder etc.) and select:
>>>>>       Engine -> New UCI engine -> Browse -> RebelUCI.
>>>>>  That's it! Rebel 12 may now be used in the ChessBase gui.
>>>>></quote>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>J.
>>>>
>>>>yes ,...did exactly those steps above - at this point several times.    I have
>>>>win2k, so no need to make changes.  My first installation, I did not copy the
>>>>new code, although on subsequent installations I have.  I suspect it is acopy
>>>>protection scheme error as the result of my initial faulty install procedure?  I
>>>>have no other explanation The Chess Partner GUI works fine.,  I'm at a loss on
>>>>how this running under Fritz 8 GUI.
>>>>
>>>>thanks for all the suggestions ...
>>>
>>>     Hi Mike
>>>     The above instructions contain a grave mistake by stating
>>>     "you clicked on wb2uci.exe". It should have correctly read:
>>>     "you clicked on rebeluci.exe".
>>>     Kurt
>>
>>yes, but I knew he meant rebeluci.exe - that is exactly what I did..
>
>if I copy my old pre-release rebel12.pre.exe to the Rebel12 engine folder and
>the change the setting to
>
>Program = rebel.12.EXE w6 rebel.eng
>
>it works ...again, in my mind, I have  copy protectioon scheme that has run
>amuck here ...


is because I purchase the CD version and I am trying to use the download version
on Fritz 8 that it will no run?



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