Crux

[Olivier Deville]

I simply would like to know if there is a way to prevent Crux 5.0m from crashing at almost every game. I had this problem under Fritz, and I notice the same with Arena. I use WinXP Home

Olivier

[Jim Ablett]

Hello Olivier,
I found it runs more stable under Arena if you launch it from a bat file.

Create a .bat file e.g crux.bat in Crux folder.
Type in bat file > crux.exe -xboard

In engine-management > command line - set it up to load from the .bat file.
C:\Program Files\Arena\Engines\crux\CRUX-winboard\crux.bat
or whatever your path is.

[Olivier Deville]

Many thanks Jim, I will try your recipe

Olivier

[Gábor Szots]

I simply would like to know if there is a way to prevent Crux 5.0m from crashing at almost every game. I had this problem under Fritz, and I notice the same with Arena. I use WinXP Home

Olivier

Hi Olivier,

I have learned from the author that there is a bug in Crux that will make it crash when it castles. Check the games you played if this may be the problem.

G?bor

[Olivier Deville]

Hi Gabor

Many thanks for the information. This may be the case in my first game here, Crux had not castled yet.

A huge bug indeed. If you are in contact with the author, is there a possibility to ask him if he has a bugfix ready ?

Olivier

[Gábor Szots]

Hi Gabor

Many thanks for the information. This may be the case in my first game here, Crux had not castled yet.

A huge bug indeed. If you are in contact with the author, is there a possibility to ask him if he has a bugfix ready ?

Olivier

I haven't met him for some time, but in May he promised a complete rewrite of his program. It will take some time, I guess...

G?bor

[Olivier Deville]

Thanks for the information, Gabor. So, unless the hint given by Jim Ablett gives some result, I fear I'll get more crashes

That's life !

Olivier