Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:56:44 03/04/99
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On March 04, 1999 at 08:56:09, James T. Walker wrote: >On March 03, 1999 at 23:14:42, Paulo Soares wrote: > >>I am not obtaining that Nalimov Tablebases functions in the Fritz5.32. >>I am making the following one: >> >> - Crafty 16-5 T.eng in Engines subdirectory. >> - I add the commands below to file Engines.ini. >> [Tablebase] >> Path = C:\Tablebases\ >> CacheSizeKB = 1024 >> - New directory C:\Tablebases, with some Nalimov files. >> - I place Crafty 16-5 T as only engine in the Fritz5.32. >> - In setup position I place a endgame in accordance with my Nalimov files. >> >>Something wrong or lacking? >> >>Best regards, >> >>Paulo Soares, from Brazil. > >Hello Paulo, >I think the extra "\" after Path=C:\Tabelbases may be the problem. My old file >looked like this: > >[Tablebase] >Path=C:\progra~1\crafty16\tb >CacheSizeKB=10240 > >However, I gave up on this approach to Crafty. For running Crafty with auto232 >the Remi Coulum auto232 program works great and Crafty has all of its functions. >(Tabelbases,Opening Book,Book Learning,Position Learning) >Jim Walker The other thing that is absolutely essential is the 'egtb' command to crafty, telling it to enable the tablebase probe stuff and initialize everything correctly. Without this command, tablebases won't be used (I do this so that I can run tests without using the things if I want to.) I normally put 'egtb' in my .craftyrc file (unix).
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