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Subject: Re: Crafty 19.13 SE -- two more options (w log) -- about a 100K post

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 15:50:51 05/16/04

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On May 16, 2004 at 18:29:16, David Dahlem wrote:

>On May 16, 2004 at 12:54:44, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>I forgot to summarize the obvious - with these new self-adjusting strength
>>options Crafty will try (make an effort) to play close to your level.  It will
>>get stronger as it falls behind and it get weaker as it pulls ahead - but the
>>acceleration for the weakening Crafty is much slower than the accerlation for
>>the strengthening.
>
>Hi Mike
>
>I think this is a really great idea, with lots of potential.
>
>With so many great new options, there is one feature i would like to see in
>Crafty SE. With Crafty SE in wb mode in Arena, it's possible to specify a config
>file, such as crafty1.rc or crafty2.rc, under
>"Engines/Manage/Detail/Special/ini-file". But apparently Crafty ignores this,
>and uses crafty.rc by default. It would be great, if possible, to be able to set
>up different .rc files and select the preferred configuration from within Arena,
>rather than constantly editing one crafty.rc file.
>
>Regards
>Dave

One option is to install multiple Crafty's in different folders - each one using
a unique crafty.rc.  Crafty.rc file is meant to read when Crafty is started - so
it is only read once.



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