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The new Gandalf 6 engine will not run in the WInboard interface, crashing while loading. It also crashes while loading in the Arena interface when installed as a WB engine. It runs fine in Arena as a UCI engine. Anyone else having this same problem, or is it just me?

Thanks
Dave

Do you have "xboard" at the commandline options?

Works fine under WinBoard!
"Gandalf xboard" /fd=d:\Winboard\Gandalf
"Gandalf xboard" /sd=d:\Winboard\Gandalf


Leo

Leo Dijksman wrote:Do you have "xboard" at the commandline options?

Works fine under WinBoard!
"Gandalf xboard" /fd=d:\Winboard\Gandalf
"Gandalf xboard" /sd=d:\Winboard\Gandalf


Leo

Hi Leo

Thanks. I just checked your detail page, and noticed that "xboard" is needed on the commandline. I previously checked version 5.1 and "xboard" was not needed with that version. And there is almost no documentation included with Gandalf 6.

Works fine for me now.

Regards
Dave

David Dahlem wrote:Thanks. I just checked your detail page, and noticed that "xboard" is needed on the commandline. I previously checked version 5.1 and "xboard" was not needed with that version. And there is almost no documentation included with Gandalf 6.

Works fine for me now.

Regards
Dave

Start/Program/Gandalf 6/Gandalf 6.0 Readme

Odd Gunnar Malin wrote:

David Dahlem wrote:Thanks. I just checked your detail page, and noticed that "xboard" is needed on the commandline. I previously checked version 5.1 and "xboard" was not needed with that version. And there is almost no documentation included with Gandalf 6.

Works fine for me now.

Regards
Dave

Start/Program/Gandalf 6/Gandalf 6.0 Readme

Thanks. This readme is in the ChessPartner folder, not the Gandalf engine folder, that's why i overlooked it. In the Gandalf folder, there is only a small Gandalf help file, with only this basic info:

Hashtable size

The amount of memory that Gandalf will use for its hashtables.
The higher the value (within your PCs limit) the higher the playing strength.
In order to use the 200 MB hash setting, you MUST have at least 384 MB of Memory.

Contempt

The score of a position that is a draw. Default 0.00. When playing a weaker opponent you might want to lower this value to e.g. -0.50 to make Gandalf try to avoid a draw if the score of the position is only slightly below 0.00

Endgame Tablebase Path

The path to your Nalimov endgame database files (*.emd).
You should insert the path to where you have these files installed.

Clear Learning

When checked, Gandalf will reset whats previously learned.

Style

Normal : Optimized for normal
Gambit : A little more relaxed approach to Material

Regards
Dave