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Subject: Re: Rybka and polyglot : setting playing style in polyglot.ini

Author: Günther Simon

Date: 10:38:37 12/11/05

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On December 11, 2005 at 13:00:39, Roy Brunjes wrote:

>Anyone have an idea of the proper sytax to set Rybka playing style via the
>polyglot.ini configuration file?
>
>I can see from the log file this hint:
>
>< ENGINE option name Search Direction type combo default Very Positional var
>Very Positional var Slightly Positional var Slightly Tactical var Very Tactical
>< ENGINE uciok
>> ENGINE setoption name Hash value 256
>> ENGINE setoption name Search Direction value "Very Tactical"
>> ENGINE isready
>
>I had placed this in the .ini file:
>
>Search Direction = "Very Tactical"
>
>However, when I change this from "Very Tactical" to "Very Positional", the
>results reported by the engine are identical (i.e. no variation in move chosen
>at ply X or its eval. That leads me to believe that my attempt to set the
>playing style has not succeeded.
>
>Can someone shed some light on this for me?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Roy


Hi Roy,

Why not just create the usual Polyglot.log and then look into it?
I guess you have the wrong quotation(") signs not in your Polyglot.ini
and they are only for the message here?

Regards,
Guenther

Below you can see that it works as it should:

[PolyGlot]

EngineName = Rybka_10b-32
EngineDir = .\
EngineCommand = Rybka10b-32.exe

Resign = True
ResignScore = 800

Log = true
LogFile = Rybka_10b-32.log


[Engine]

Hash = 64
Search Direction = Very Tactical

POLYGLOT *** START ***
POLYGLOT INI file "polyglot.ini"
POLYGLOT Dir ".\"
POLYGLOT Command "Rybka10b-32.exe"
> ENGINE uci
< ENGINE id name Rybka 1.0 Beta 32-bit
< ENGINE id author Vasik Rajlich
< ENGINE option name Hash type spin min 2 max 4096 default 32
< ENGINE option name Search Direction type combo default Very Positional var
Very Positional var Slightly Positional var Slightly Tactical var Very Tactical
< ENGINE uciok
> ENGINE setoption name Hash value 64
> ENGINE setoption name Search Direction value Very Tactical
> ENGINE isready
< XBOARD xboard
< XBOARD new
POLYGLOT NEW GAME
POLYGLOT WAIT
> ENGINE ucinewgame
< XBOARD random
< XBOARD level 40 2 0
< XBOARD post
< XBOARD hard
POLYGLOT WAIT
< XBOARD easy
POLYGLOT WAIT
< ENGINE info setting search direction to very tactical
< ENGINE readyok



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