Author: m.d.hurd
Date: 00:20:02 04/19/04
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On April 19, 2004 at 03:14:23, m.d.hurd wrote: >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 Also tried accessing help while engine was running in infinite analysis mode. The engine carried on calculating normaly. Regards Mike
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