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Subject: Re: Beta Pocket PC Crafty 19.17 SE PB Available for Download

Author: bryan whitby

Date: 14:27:50 11/14/04

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On November 14, 2004 at 14:54:01, Mike Byrne wrote:

>On November 14, 2004 at 13:45:55, bryan whitby wrote:
>
>>On November 13, 2004 at 20:01:22, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>
>>>On November 13, 2004 at 18:27:26, bryan whitby wrote:
>>>
>>>>On November 13, 2004 at 13:04:30, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On November 13, 2004 at 07:33:29, bryan whitby wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Mike
>>>>>>
>>>>>>First of all a big thanks to Alain for an excellent job.
>>>>>>Secondly, don't take it personally about my request to remove the ChessGenius
>>>>>>modyfied piece set. I'm sure that when you've created your own set it will be
>>>>>>just as good as mine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thirdly, would it be possible to download the Crafty opening books direct from
>>>>>>Alain's site? I don't use PC chess programs anymore (Pocket PC, Palm & dedicated
>>>>>>chess computers only), so I wouldn't know how to start building a opening book.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Finally, many thanks to you and Bob for the chess engine side of things plus a
>>>>>>big thanks to me for providing such a stunning piece set !!!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Bryan
>>>>>
>>>>>Bryan,
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks for your piece setyou proived ,  You may grab the books here at Peter
>>>>>Skinner's Crafty site.
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.crafty-chess.com/win32.html
>>>>>
>>>>>click on the "Personality Books for Crafty SE PB "
>>>>>
>>>>>direct shortcut
>>>>>http://www.crafty-chess.com/pbbooks.zip
>>>>>
>>>>>My pieces will not be as good as yours - I should have asked you if it was ok -
>>>>>my mistake.
>>>>>
>>>>>I would love to see the real "Royal" set from the orignal Bitmap Master  for
>>>>>Crafty PPC.
>>>>>
>>>>>Best,
>>>>>
>>>>>Michael
>>>>
>>>>Mike
>>>>Have downloaded. Where do I put the bin file?
>>>>Bryan
>>>
>>>
>>>It depends - I'm not sure which version you have -- this project is very
>>>dynamic.   If you have an earlier version, they go in  the engines folder.  In a
>>>subsequent version, Alain had set up a crafty book folder.  If you don't see the
>>>book folder - they go to the engines folder.  Which means both engines need a
>>>copy of the books to play with a book ..for now.  This will be fixed very soon
>>>in  the next release.
>>
>>Mike
>>Still answers e4 d5 every time ?!
>>Bryan
>
>it is still not using the book ....from Alain's post
>
>"There is a registry value which indicates where to find the book (you can get a
>registry editor at http://www.phm.lu/Products/PocketPC/RegEdit/, and yes, I
>should provide the way to specify it though the user's interface). In fact there
>are four registry parameters in use today :
>
>in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Alainza\CraftySE :
>CRAFTY_BOOK_PATH specifies the book's folder, by default = <CEBOARD's
>folder>\Engines\CraftySE
>CRAFTY_LOG_PATH specifies the logs & games folder, by default = <CEBOARD's
>folder>\Engines\CraftySE\Log
>CRAFTY_RC_PATH speficies the .rc folder, by default = <CEBOARD's
>folder>\Engines\CraftySE. Rem: I don't know if .rc works, I haven't tested...
>CRAFTY_TB_PATH specifies the tablebase folder, by default : \Carte CF\TB
>
>Alain
>"
>
>CEBOARD's folder>\Engines\CraftySE  -> the books should be in this folder.  Is
>that where they are?
>
>If it is , turn logging on and either post it here or e-mail me.
>
>Mike

Still no good
Bryan




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