Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:33:17 09/23/99
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On September 23, 1999 at 13:44:36, Pete Galati wrote: >On September 23, 1999 at 13:32:35, James T. Walker wrote: > >>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 > >Personally I know of no way to check to see if they're working, I just check to >see if Crafty recognises that they're there. Maybe there's a better way to do >it, I don't know. > >I just had the odd impression that people were loading up with tablebases and >starting Crafty up in Winboard and assuming that they were all working, maybe >I'm wrong, maybe they're paying more attention than that. > >Pete set up a position, type "go" and see if it says MatXX with <EGTB> on the end of the variations. that's the quickest test. and they are definitely working...
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