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Subject: Re: Crafty version 19.6

Author: Peter Skinner

Date: 15:42:35 11/24/03

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On November 24, 2003 at 18:37:26, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On November 24, 2003 at 18:32:43, Peter Skinner wrote:
>
>>On November 24, 2003 at 18:11:49, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>On November 24, 2003 at 17:55:10, James T. Walker wrote:
>>>
>>>>On November 24, 2003 at 17:42:59, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I have just released the source for version 19.6.  It has two changes
>>>>>of interest:
>>>>>
>>>>>1.  The compile problems for windows are gone.  It should compile cleanly
>>>>>for SMP and non-SMP versions, as is.
>>>>>
>>>>>2.  Eugene has modified the egtb probe code to reduce the decompression
>>>>>indices memory requirement by nearly 50%.  For the tables I use, the old
>>>>>version needed 177mb, the new version needs 100mb.  The new version is also
>>>>>a couple of percent faster due to another tweak we tried...
>>>>
>>>>To where did you release it?  Why are there no more ".exe" versions of Crafty at
>>>>the FTP site?  Since I can't compile it myself I'm out in the cold.  I hate
>>>>modified versions of a program without having the original to compare it to.
>>>
>>>I'll put up a binary in a few minutes.
>>
>>Hi Dan,
>>
>>When I try to compile _any_ version of Crafty with MSVC++ 6.0 w/sp5, for some
>>reason when it plays I can not get over 95% cpu. Your version has no problems.
>>
>>I use the default makefile, and the commandline nmake wcraftyx -f makefile.nt
>>
>>Is there something I am doing wrong?
>
>Don't know.  I use my own build scripts.
>
>>Should I install the processor pack from Intel? I would but I have no clue where
>>to get it anymore.
>
>I had it installed when I was using VC++ 6.0.  I use MS VC++.NET 2003 now.

I was thinking of purchasing the newer version. Do you know if the default
makefile for would work with it without modification?



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