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Subject: Re: Changing engine's names

Author: F. Huber

Date: 11:34:24 10/09/04

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On October 09, 2004 at 14:18:49, Juan Pablo Naar C. wrote:

>Do you know how can I change the names of the engines? I want to do this to test
>different versions of fritz (like 8.005 and 8.008) and make them play, but how
>can I do that? Thanks.

It´s not possible without patching the engine files _internally_, and moreover
it´s not enough to simply change their names. They have a ´protection´ routine
checking this internal name, and so you would also have to crack this code!

You see, not worth all the troubles ...

Regards,
Franz.



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