Author: David Dahlem
Date: 09:20:45 08/12/04
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On August 11, 2004 at 07:20:12, Ed Schröder wrote: >On August 11, 2004 at 06:34:34, Frank Quisinsky wrote: > >>On August 11, 2004 at 05:33:32, Ed Schröder wrote: >> >>>Just updated my pages with a FAQ, I list the most important issues. >>> >>>Under ChessBase and perhaps other Interfaces such as Arena, ChessMaster, >>>Winboard a time-control problem may or may not occur. Using the tournament time >>>control make sure that time-control-1 is equal to time-control-2 and that you >>>zero time-control-3. So: 40/2hr+40/2hr or 40/20+40/20. Doing otherwise it may >>>happen PRO DEO will start moving instantly after move 41 for the rest of the >>>game. >>> >>>.... >>> >>>It's safe to add the following parameter to your REBEL.ENG personality file as >>>found in the sub-folder PERSONAL. >>> >>> [Pruning = MISC_78] >>> >>>The parameter adds considerable strength to PRO DEO on longer time controls, >>>approximately 5-10 elo. You can download the new setting HERE. Unzip REBEL.ENG >>>into your PRODEO/PERSONAL folder, it will automatically overwrite the old one. >>> >>>http://members.home.nl/matador/faq.htm >>> >>>Ed >> >>Hi Ed, >> >>the problems we have with Arena Support: >> >>01. A lot of users seems to be sleeping with adapters / converters with a good >>feeling because users need adapters / converters for other GUIs. Arena don't >>need such things because Arena have a great WB and UCI support (after all what I >>know the best support from all available GUIs and this is fact). We tested it in >>a big group of persons around 10 months (last year in summer time). Now we must >>make support for persons which try to add engines in Arena with adapter :-( >> >>In German I say: >>EIN ALPTRAUM! >>Niemand hängt an einem Ferrari eine Anhängerkupplung! >> >>02. The second problem is the move limit. Some users reported that in Arena >>tourneys ProDeo seems to make problems after 120 moves. The complete tourney >>will not longer running. Only for ProDeo to make changes in Arena is not in our >>interest because we have the same opinion as Tim Mann. To make now bigger >>changes in a good running GUI with execelent protocol support is danger for >>other programs which works fine. >>It's not in the interest of our team to make the situation more complicated. The >>compatiblity is our first interest. You know that I try since years to make all >>compatible and to give some helps for users. Example are the WB pages "Frank's >>Chess Page" as number 1 in the FIDE statistics at this time. >> >>Best >>Frank >> >>PS: >>More easy is more user friendly and more support friendly for other persons >>which try to make a little bit. I hope you can thinking about it and a good >>engine don't need a FAQ. A good readme file is absolutly enough and the users >>have more fun with an engine! >> >>PS2: >>After a long time it's nice to see that you go the way of WB. You make the >>engine compatible to the others. I thinking on your comments for 4-5 years, the >>time WB have success. You are not a fan of this engine protocol in this time and >>it's nice to see that you go now the right way. But better with a clear engine >>with clear configuration. If not in all fora we can read a big configuration >>chaos, maybe this is in your interest but for the others, like the Arena team >>it's horror because I get more and more mails with questions to converter and >>adapter. In fact Arena don't need it and now I have to explain that Arena don't >>need such a way. In the past I explain the converter / adapter (like Phase X by >>Gambit-Soft with more as 300.000 reading pages). > >Okay then, I will make sure that in the next version Pro Deo will refuse to run >under Arena. My advantage: I don't have to listen to your ramblings anymore, >your advantage no more support emails. Everybody happy. > >My best, > >Ed Hi Ed Just ignore Frank and his nonsensical ramblings, and please don't punish loyal users of your engine and Arena users. Pro Deo works great under Arena. :-) Regards Dave
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