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by **Christian Koch** » 26 Jul 2004, 10:45

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Christian Koch at 26 July 2004 11:45:13:

Hi @all,
Gothmog does not use the EGTB's under Arena, neither as UCI nor as Wb engine.
Anybody had the same effect?
best regards,
Christian

by **Heinz van Kempen** » 26 Jul 2004, 10:52

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Heinz van Kempen at 26 July 2004 11:52:22:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: AEGT: Gothmog and EGTB's geschrieben von:/posted by: Christian Koch at 26 July 2004 11:45:13:

Hi @all,
Gothmog does not use the EGTB's under Arena, neither as UCI nor as Wb engine.
Anybody had the same effect?
best regards,
Christian

Hello Christian,
Kurt had the same problem and gives a hint here:
http://f11.parsimony.net/forum16635/messages/69086.htm
Best Regards
Heinz

by **Christian Koch** » 26 Jul 2004, 11:00

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Christian Koch at 26 July 2004 12:00:03:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: AEGT: Gothmog and EGTB's geschrieben von:/posted by: Heinz van Kempen at 26 July 2004 11:52:22:

Gothmog engine and EGTB's are installed on the same harddrive here!!

by **Heinz van Kempen** » 26 Jul 2004, 11:05

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Heinz van Kempen at 26 July 2004 12:05:44:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: AEGT: Gothmog and EGTB's geschrieben von:/posted by: Christian Koch at 26 July 2004 12:00:03:

Gothmog engine and EGTB's are installed on the same harddrive here!!

Hello Christian,
did you also try same main directory? Tord ususlly reads daily here and I am sure he will answer. Anyway you can also send an email to him:
romstad@math.uio.no
His address is no secret and he helps whereever he can.
Best Regards
Heinz

by **Joachim Rang** » 26 Jul 2004, 11:07

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Joachim Rang at 26 July 2004 12:07:21:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: AEGT: Gothmog and EGTB's geschrieben von:/posted by: Christian Koch at 26 July 2004 12:00:03:

Gothmog engine and EGTB's are installed on the same harddrive here!!

you need the same _directory_ ;-)

regards Joachim

by **Christian Koch** » 26 Jul 2004, 11:18

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Christian Koch at 26 July 2004 12:18:16:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: AEGT: Gothmog and EGTB's geschrieben von:/posted by: Heinz van Kempen at 26 July 2004 12:05:44:

Hi Heinz,
I'm not willing to double 7GB of EGTB on my harddrive! As well I will not install Gothmog in my EGTB folder.
So other tetsters should play my games with Gothmog?
bye,
Christian

by **Tord Romstad** » 26 Jul 2004, 11:22

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Tord Romstad at 26 July 2004 12:22:13:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: AEGT: Gothmog and EGTB's geschrieben von:/posted by: Christian Koch at 26 July 2004 12:18:16:

Hello, Christian!

I'm not willing to double 7GB of EGTB on my harddrive! As well I will not install Gothmog in my EGTB folder.
So other tetsters should play my games with Gothmog?

Or you could simply let Gothmog play without EGTBs, if that is not a problem
to you. I actually prefer my engine to play without EGTBs, although I accept
that some testers want to enable them because they want the engine to play
faster in basic endgames.
Tord

by **Heinz van Kempen** » 26 Jul 2004, 11:23

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Heinz van Kempen at 26 July 2004 12:23:52:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: AEGT: Gothmog and EGTB's geschrieben von:/posted by: Christian Koch at 26 July 2004 12:18:16:

Hi Heinz,
I'm not willing to double 7GB of EGTB on my harddrive! As well I will not install Gothmog in my EGTB folder.
So other tetsters should play my games with Gothmog?
bye,
Christian

Hello Christian,
in that case you would miss a bunch of highly interesting, breathtaking games. But it is your decision. We discuss this in our private email group.
Best Regards
Heinz

by **Christian Koch** » 26 Jul 2004, 11:26

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Christian Koch at 26 July 2004 12:26:04:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: AEGT: Gothmog and EGTB's geschrieben von:/posted by: Tord Romstad at 26 July 2004 12:22:13:

Hi Tord,
for me it is no problem to let Gothmog play without EGTB's. I think that is the best way. When will you fix this bug?
bye,
Christian

by **Tord Romstad** » 26 Jul 2004, 11:27

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Tord Romstad at 26 July 2004 12:27:28:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: AEGT: Gothmog and EGTB's geschrieben von:/posted by: Joachim Rang at 26 July 2004 12:07:21:

Gothmog engine and EGTB's are installed on the same harddrive here!!
you need the same _directory_

No, the same hard drive should be enough. See this message by
Kurt on the CCC forum.
I really don't know the reason for all those mysterious EGTB problems for
Gothmog in Windows, except that the whole mess is almost certainly related
to my complete lack of understanding of "drive letters" in particular and
Windows pathnames in general.
I hope to find a solution before version 1.0 is released.
Tord

by **Tord Romstad** » 26 Jul 2004, 11:32

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Tord Romstad at 26 July 2004 12:32:37:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: AEGT: Gothmog and EGTB's geschrieben von:/posted by: Christian Koch at 26 July 2004 12:26:04:

Hi Tord,
for me it is no problem to let Gothmog play without EGTB's.
I think that is the best way. When will you fix this bug?

Great!

As soon as I can, but it is not so easy. Windows-specific problems tend to
take a long time to solve, partly because I typicall have the chance to touch a
Windows computer at most a couple of times per month (they hardly exist around
here), and partly because I am completely Windows-illiterate. Sorry. :-(

Tord

by **Christian Koch** » 26 Jul 2004, 11:40

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Christian Koch at 26 July 2004 12:40:18:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: AEGT: Gothmog and EGTB's geschrieben von:/posted by: Tord Romstad at 26 July 2004 12:27:28:

Hi Tord,
the same harddrive is not enough!! I have only one hard drive here. all other programms have access to the EGTB. Only Gothmog has this problem here.

Gothmog engine and EGTB's are installed on the same harddrive here!!
you need the same _directory_
No, the same hard drive should be enough. See this message by
Kurt on the CCC forum.
I really don't know the reason for all those mysterious EGTB problems for
Gothmog in Windows, except that the whole mess is almost certainly related
to my complete lack of understanding of "drive letters" in particular and
Windows pathnames in general.
I hope to find a solution before version 1.0 is released.
Tord

by **Günther Simon** » 26 Jul 2004, 11:47

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Günther Simon at 26 July 2004 12:47:43:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: AEGT: Gothmog and EGTB's geschrieben von:/posted by: Tord Romstad at 26 July 2004 12:32:37:

Hi Tord,
for me it is no problem to let Gothmog play without EGTB's.
I think that is the best way. When will you fix this bug?
Great!
As soon as I can, but it is not so easy. Windows-specific problems tend to
take a long time to solve, partly because I typicall have the chance to touch a
Windows computer at most a couple of times per month (they hardly exist around
here), and partly because I am completely Windows-illiterate. Sorry.
Tord

I am not sure if it is Windows specific, as I dont see the
problem under WB.
Regards,
Günther

by **Tord Romstad** » 26 Jul 2004, 12:04

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Tord Romstad at 26 July 2004 13:04:34:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: AEGT: Gothmog and EGTB's geschrieben von:/posted by: Günther Simon at 26 July 2004 12:47:43:

I am not sure if it is Windows specific, as I dont see the
problem under WB.

Yes, some people don't see any problem. The problem clearly depends on the
exact version of Windows used, the partition and hard drive the EGTBs are
installed on, the GUI, the eye colour of the user, the phase of the moon, and
God knows what else.
It's immensely frustrating.
Tord

by **Tord Romstad** » 26 Jul 2004, 12:05

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Tord Romstad at 26 July 2004 13:05:57:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: AEGT: Gothmog and EGTB's geschrieben von:/posted by: Christian Koch at 26 July 2004 12:40:18:

Hi Tord,
the same harddrive is not enough!!

It is not enough for you, but it clearly is enough for Kurt, Günther, and many
other users. I have absolutely no idea why, but I hope I am able to figure it
out some day. :-(

Tord

by **Christian Koch** » 26 Jul 2004, 12:45

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Christian Koch at 26 July 2004 13:45:39:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: AEGT: Gothmog and EGTB's geschrieben von:/posted by: Tord Romstad at 26 July 2004 13:05:57:

Hi Tord,
I just restartet my machine and startet Arena. After the reboot i looks like Gothmog will use the EGTB's on the same drive :-)

9
bye,
Christian

Hi Tord,
the same harddrive is not enough!!
It is not enough for you, but it clearly is enough for Kurt, Günther, and many
other users. I have absolutely no idea why, but I hope I am able to figure it
out some day.
Tord

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