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Subject: Re: ENG Files won't open..

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 10:33:26 08/02/04

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On August 02, 2004 at 09:35:18, David Dahlem wrote:

>On August 02, 2004 at 04:08:41, Ed Schröder wrote:
>
>>On August 02, 2004 at 03:10:52, David Dahlem wrote:
>>
>>>On August 02, 2004 at 02:43:20, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 01, 2004 at 21:55:58, Rob Basham wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Now I have a bunch of "eng" files on my desktop that won't open!
>>>>>
>>>>>Guess I will have to start deleting them...:-)
>>>>>
>>>>>Ed has a good title there, however! I would like "Pro Deo" if it would work...
>>>>
>>>>Minimum requirements:
>>>>
>>>>- Chessbase version that supports UCI engines (Fritz7 and up)
>>>>- Chesspartner 5.2 and up.
>>>>
>>>>If the SETUP program doesn't work for you unzip the archive and then copy the
>>>>PRODEO directory to the ENGINES directory of ChessBase and/or ChessPartner. Then
>>>>follow the instructions of the README file.
>>>>
>>>>My best,
>>>>
>>>>Ed
>>
>>
>>>Hi Ed
>>>
>>>Pro Deo also works great as a Winboard engine in Arena. Thanks so much for this
>>>wonderful gift!!
>>
>>Yes, Pro Deo works fine under Arena too. However I noticed running an eng-eng
>>match it plays the first game and then when the second game starts both (!!)
>>engines start to report illegal moves resulting in infinite 0 move games. Any
>>idea what's going on here?
>>
>>My best,
>>
>>Ed


>Hi Ed
>
>I haven't had this problem yet. At least when installed as a Winboard engine.
>Here are a few games from a tourney i started last night. Good results for Pro
>Deo so far. :-)

Hi David,

Tried it as WB engine under Arena and eng-eng indeed seems to properly work now.
But then 2 other problems occur: 1) can't change the hash table size, meaning it
uses 4Mb only and (worse) 2) can't load the right personality, so a weak engine
is playing.

Any workarounds?

Ed (Arena dummy)



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