Author: William Penn
Date: 07:29:27 04/19/04
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On April 19, 2004 at 03:20:02, m.d.hurd wrote: >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 Then something is different about our machines. I am running an AMD Athlon XP 2400+ processor at 2.0GHz, 1GB RAM, and the English version of Windows XP Home (SP1) with all of the latest upgrades. I wonder... Does Chessbase (or you) test these programs on an Athlon processor, or only on Pentium processors? Are they tested on Windows XP Home (SP1)? WP
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