Author: Keith Hyams
Date: 13:54:55 01/13/06
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On January 13, 2006 at 16:13:44, F. Huber wrote: >On January 13, 2006 at 15:34:40, Keith Hyams wrote: > >>On January 13, 2006 at 13:03:20, F. Huber wrote: >> >>>On January 13, 2006 at 11:20:48, Tord Romstad wrote: >>> >>>>Hi all, >>>> >>>>Uri just informed me on the Winboard Forum that I've made a >>>>small mistake in Glaurung 1.0: The "Static pruning depth" parameter >>>>was supposed to have a default value of 2, but I have accidentally >>>>chosen the value 1 instead. I recommend changing the value to 2 >>>>for serious tests and tournaments. >>>> >>>>This is not extremely important. In fact, I am still not 100% sure >>>>that Static pruning depth = 2 is better than 1. More tests are needed. >>>> >>>>Tord >>> >>>Just an information: >>> >>>If anyone wants this change (from 1 to 2) permanently in the EXE-file, then >>>simply edit the byte 21870hex from 31hex to 32hex in ´glaurung.exe´ ... >>> >>>Franz. >> >>Franz, >>I did what you said:- downloaded a hex editor (HN_Hex-Ed), changed the byte >>21870 and it did the trick. Please tell me how you found byte 21870hex...... >> Keith > >Hi Keith, > >well, I just looked for the UCI options in the EXE (of course also with a >hex editor), and a few bytes after these names there are some numbers which >seemed to be what I´ve searched for. ;-) >So the ´trick´ is just a bit experience, some guessing and/or luck, and the >last thing is trying if it works ... > >But as I wrote in my follow-up: unfortunately this has the side-effect of also >changing the MultiPV default value, so it wasn´t really a good idea. > >Regards, >Franz. Thank you Franz I wondered for a minute whether you had found an interesting piece of software........
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