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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