Author: James T. Walker
Date: 10:32:35 09/23/99
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On September 23, 1999 at 10:50:01, Pete Galati wrote: >On September 23, 1999 at 10:27:21, Bernhard Bauer wrote: > >>On September 23, 1999 at 10:05:05, Helge Gabert wrote: >> >>>On September 23, 1999 at 03:21:05, Shep wrote: >>> >>>>On September 23, 1999 at 01:00:12, Pete Galati wrote: >>>> >>>>>On September 22, 1999 at 21:51:00, Helge Gabert wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>WCrafty 16.18 (Winboard) doesn't seem to recognize the compressed Nalimov >>>>>>tablebases (*.emd). However, it works fine with the uncompressed (*.nbb/nbw) >>>>>>files. Is there some magic trick to make it work? Thanks for any suggestions. >>>>> >>>>>I hadn't been using tablebases for a long time (I don't have the space) but I >>>>>decided to use the 3 pc tablebases and Crafty v16.18 would only see some of >>>>>them. I did not try decompressing them though, I just got rid of them because I >>>>>didn't want to take the time to figure out what was going wrong. It could be >>>>>(?) that Crafty v16.17 does not have this problem. >>>>> >>>>>As far as I know I did everything right, but I should have checked the other >>>>>programs to see if they could see all of the tablebases but I didn't, sorry. >>>> >>>>I tried 16.18 yesterday and did not notice anything. Running my usual test >>>>positions, TBs like KPPKP or KQK or KNBK were accessed properly (compressed >>>>format). I didn't verify if each and every one of the 5-man set worked, but at >>>>least I don't see any obvious problem with TB access. >>>> >>>>--- >>>>Shep >>> >>>So what did you do? Copy all .emd files into a directory, leave them *as is* >>>(i.e, uncompressed), and run Crafty with command line option /tbpath=directory? >>>If so, I'm at a loss, because that doesn't seem to work. >> >>I did the same. Generating 4-man tb's, compress them and use them. >>Without any problems. >>May be you did something very special. >>It would be helpfull, if you could say a little more. >>What system do you use? >>What command do you give to crafty? >> >>Kind regards >>Bernhard > >I don't have the impression that anybody here is checking Crafty itself to make >sure that Crafty sees these tablebases. > >Pete Hello Pete, Every time I add a new tablebase file I check it with Crafty to make sure it's working OK. As far as I can tell they are all working fine. I have not had any problems. How do you deternime if it's working or not?? Jim Walker
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