Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 10:06:14 08/12/04
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On August 12, 2004 at 12:20:45, David Dahlem wrote: >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. The problem with Frank is that he is not a somebody, he is the face, spokesman and commercial distributor of Arena so I can't fully ignore him. The man simply lacks the basic skills of normal human communication. >Pro Deo works great under Arena. :-) I know, glad to hear you like it. My best, Ed
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