Author: m.d.hurd
Date: 00:14:23 04/19/04
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On April 19, 2004 at 02:47:16, William Penn wrote: >To be more precise... > >This bug happens in the following sequence: > >(1) the engine is NOT running >(2) change the hash size >(3) attempt to start Infinite Analysis mode > >I repeat - the engine is not running when the hash size was changed in step 2. > >Then Step 3 attempts to start the engine in Infinite Analysis mode, but the >exception happens instead. Thereafter Infinite Analysis mode will not work until >the GUI is exited and restarted. > >Actually the engine can be running without this error happening. I do that >frequently, and seldom have a problem! In other words, this bug is not related >to whether or not the engine is running. That's irrelevant, and misses the >point. > >The main point is that Infinite Analysis mode in Shredder 8 is buggy in the >native CB GUI. This is just one of the bugs. There are others. For example if >you access the Help - About menu, that stops the engine in Infinite Analysis >mode. Also sometimes when accessing the scoresheet while Infinite Analysis mode >is running, that restarts the engine calculating from zero (0). In addition the >above hash resizing/Infinite Analysis mode bug is obviously not properly >integrated with Windows XP Home, which does not recognize that an exception has >occurred. (The prior GUI recognized it properly.) > >Re hash size: >There are good reasons to change the hash size. When the endgame approaches, the >engine starts to slow down due to tablebase access. This can be extreme and >causes severe hard drive chugging. According to my tests, the only way to speed >it up again is to lower hash size. At least it works that way on my computer. >Now I suppose you will claim that my processor is overheating, or I need to do a >scandisk, defrag, etc. > >Why not just face it - Shredder 8 is buggy in the native CB GUI (particularly in >Infinite Analysis mode), but it works fine in the Classic Shredder GUI! >WP Hello William I have the latest GUI running Shredder 8. Windows XP with 1 gb ram. I tried to re-create the error you mentioned but could not. Every thing works fine on my machine. Regards Mike
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