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Subject: Re: Problem with Polyglot + Rybka

Author: mike schoonover

Date: 06:55:18 02/10/06

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On February 09, 2006 at 17:18:09, phili_ppe wrote:

>Hello,
>I have windows xp, the latest regular version of winboard 4.2.7 and Polyglot
>1.4. I made a directory for polyglot and put inside all the necessary files
>(books, cygwin, *.ini files). I renamed "Rybka v1.0 Beta.w32.exe" to "Rybka.exe"
>for Polyglot compatibilty. Here's my rybka.ini file :
>
>[PolyGlot]
>EngineDir = C:\lokasoft\chesspartner5.3\engines\rybka\
>EngineCommand = Rybka.exe
>Book = true
>BookFile = C:\polyglot\performance.bin ; same directory as INI file, use full
>path otherwise
>
>[Engine]
>Hash = 32
>Search Direction = Very Positional
>
>And the desktop shortcut :
>C:\WinBoard\winboard.exe -fd="c:\polyglot\" -fcp="c:\polyglot\polyglot.exe
>rybka.ini"
>
>Everything works fine on my computer so you may wonder "what's wrong then ?".
>Well, I installed *exactly* the same way rybka+polyglot to a friend's computer,
>checked the spelling of the files, same path, same directories and an error
>message is displayed : "cannot find rybka.ini". He has winboard 4.2.6 and
>windows 98 SE. I even made a *.BAT file wihout success. I really don't
>understand why it works on my computer and not on his one.
>
>Thank you for helping.
the command line i use i winboard startup dialoge box.
"polyglot.exe rybka.ini" /fd= c:/polyglot
i keep a text file of command lines and cut and paste.
regards
mike



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