Geschrieben von: / Posted by: Colin Frayn at 11 April 2000 12:18:52:
Als Antwort auf: / As an answer to: Re: Colchess Problem geschrieben von: / posted by: Mogens Larsen at 11 April 2000 00:44:27:
Hi there folks.
That's interesting because (I believe) he just uses my binary for Win32! He develops under Linux.
I normally compile my own binary actually, though I often use yours before I get round to compiling my own. (Compiling the win binary requires a reboot, which I hardly ever do unless I have to)
As for the failing to respond problem, the best thing to do is to set the '-debug' parameter in winboard and then in your winboard directory you will find a 'winboard.debug' file. That should help you to find out what is wrong. You could email it to me or post it here and I'll have a look.
When you run the program in dos/text mode then it is not setup to respond automatically. The binary on my website is designed for winboard use only, but you _can_ use it in DOS without recompiling your own version. You just have to tell the computer that you want it to move (in a sense, you have to pretend to be winboard

) If you type in 'black', ColChess plays black automatically. If you type 'white' it plays white. There is a help file (type 'help' and 'comphelp') though lots of these options are disabled in winboard mode, or at least they don't work very well. There is also a timer function, though it really relies on winboard's constant input to get it working properly.
Hope this helps,
Cheers,
Colin
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