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Subject: Re: Spike 1.1 is available for download

Author: David Dahlem

Date: 06:39:41 02/07/06

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On February 07, 2006 at 08:39:42, David Dahlem wrote:

>On February 07, 2006 at 01:38:57, Will Singleton wrote:
>
>>On February 06, 2006 at 22:34:38, David Dahlem wrote:
>>
>>>On February 06, 2006 at 22:20:46, Will Singleton wrote:
>>>
>>>>In the readme it says that futility pruning is new for v1.1, but I notice
>>>>futility is disabled in the ini.  Do you recommend using futility?
>>>>
>>>>Will
>>>
>>>Hi Will
>>>
>>>I'm confused by this post. There was no ini file in my download, only a
>>>Spike.cnfg configuration file. And i see nothing about futility pruning in this
>>>file. ??
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>Dave
>>
>>I meant config file.  It's near the bottom:
>>
>>  <setting protocol="winboard" enabled="yes">
>>    <bibliothek enabled="yes" filename=""/>
>>    <hash size="128"/>
>>    <log enabled="no" filename="Spike.log"/>
>>    <resign enabled="yes" value="700"/>
>>    <booklearning enabled="no" filename="Spike.learn" age="10"/>
>>    <tablebases enabled="no" hash="4" path=""/>
>>    <QNmCheckDepth value="1"/>
>>    <QCheckDepth value="1"/>
>>    <R2Depth value="20"/>
>>    <ThreatExtension value="3"/>
>>    <CheckExtension value="4"/>
>>    <RecaptureExtension value="3"/>
>>    <PawnRow7Extension value="3"/>
>>    <OneReplyExtension value="0"/>
>>    <MaxExtensionFactor value="2"/>
>>    <FutilityPruning enabled="no"/>
>>    <HistoryPruning enabled="yes"/>
>
>Hi Will
>
>Obviously i'm missing something. My Spike.cnfg has only these entries ...
>
>Book
>Logfile
>Endgame Tables
>Resign
>Hash
>TBhash
>
Ok, i got it now. Spike.cnfg was opening in windowed mode by default, not text
mode. After i associated this file type with Notepad, it opens in text mode, and
now i see all the parameters. :-)

Regards
Dave



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