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Subject: Re: Autoplayer Problems

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 02:42:35 01/25/99

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On January 25, 1999 at 03:40:39, Steven Juchnowski wrote:

>I have attempted to autoplay a game between Genius6
>and Junior5.
>
>Genius6 is on the master computer and plays white.

The autoplayer in G6 is a small disaster. I strongly advise you to use J5 as
master. J5's autoplayer is not very smooth either, but much better than G6.

>Everything is OK until Junior5 goes out of book.
>When Junior makes it's reply Genius6 will not accept
>the move.

Or else, the game gets interrupted for no apparent reason and you must finish it
manually. It happened to me many times. :(((

>Another problem encountered is that Genius6 will
>sometimes reset to a new game which is well below
>the timeout setting.

With G6 as master (if you must)you have to enter the timeout in minutes and
seconds, not in hours and minutes as Genius says. It is a bug. The limit is 9
minutes 59 seconds, not enough for slow time controls. I have seen Hiarcs 6 and
7 taking up to 13x the time/move. For example, 13 minutes at 40/40 (1 minute per
move average. But Hiarcs is an extreme example, closely followed by Tiger. This
timeout limit should be safe at 40/40, but not slower.

Enrique

>Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Regards
>
>Steven



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