Spike's first release :-)

[Ralf Schäfer]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Ralf Schäfer at 07 September 2004 22:25:58:

Hi there,
finally we decided to release now the current version of Spike, our chess engine which was under development during the last six month.
More informations about Spike and a link for download you can find on our webpage!
Best wishes
Ralf Schäfer and Volker Böhm


Spike 0.7

[François Carré]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: François Carré at 08. September 2004 00:36:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Spike's first release geschrieben von:/posted by: Ralf Schäfer at 07 September 2004 22:25:58:

Hi there,
finally we decided to release now the current version of Spike, our chess engine which was under development during the last six month.
More informations about Spike and a link for download you can find on our webpage!
Best wishes
Ralf Schäfer and Volker Böhm

Thanks to you both for realeasing kindly this strong engine !
Best,
François

[Norm Pollock]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Norm Pollock at 08 September 2004 00:45:55:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Spike's first release geschrieben von:/posted by: Ralf Schäfer at 07 September 2004 22:25:58:

Hi there,
finally we decided to release now the current version of Spike, our chess engine which was under development during the last six month.
More informations about Spike and a link for download you can find on our webpage!
Best wishes
Ralf Schäfer and Volker Böhm

Thank you for releasing Spike. I installed it as a UCI engine in the Fritz8 gui with 128M. It runs fine and plays well. The only "problem" is that it doesn't show all of its "thinking".

[David Dahlem]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: David Dahlem at 08 September 2004 00:46:14:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Spike's first release geschrieben von:/posted by: Ralf Schäfer at 07 September 2004 22:25:58:

Hi there,
finally we decided to release now the current version of Spike, our chess engine which was under development during the last six month.
More informations about Spike and a link for download you can find on our webpage!
Best wishes
Ralf Schäfer and Volker Böhm

When i double-click the SpikeConfig.xml file, it is loaded by Internet Explorer, with this info:
Spike configuration File
// The Spike configuration file is an xml-file.
// To edit the configuration file, right-click on the file and choose "edit".
But when i right-click this file, i don't have an "edit" option. This is on WinME.
How can i edit the SpikeConfig.xml file?
Thanks
Dave

[Ralf Schäfer]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Ralf Schäfer at 08 September 2004 00:58:48:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: SpikeConfig.xml geschrieben von:/posted by: David Dahlem at 08 September 2004 00:46:14:

Hi there,
finally we decided to release now the current version of Spike, our chess engine which was under development during the last six month.
More informations about Spike and a link for download you can find on our webpage!
Best wishes
Ralf Schäfer and Volker Böhm

When i double-click the SpikeConfig.xml file, it is loaded by Internet Explorer, with this info:
Spike configuration File
// The Spike configuration file is an xml-file.
// To edit the configuration file, right-click on the file and choose "edit".
But when i right-click this file, i don't have an "edit" option. This is on WinME.
How can i edit the SpikeConfig.xml file?
Thanks
Dave

Hi Dave,
oops, we didn't expect such a beviour with Windows ME.
In this case I propose that you start your favorite editor (on WinME maybe Notepad) and open the configfile manually for editing.
We noticed lately that it is maybe a problem to deal with that xml-file, we will have a solution with the next version of Spike.
Best wishes
Ralf

[Michael Yee]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Michael Yee at 08 September 2004 00:59:27:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: SpikeConfig.xml geschrieben von:/posted by: David Dahlem at 08 September 2004 00:46:14:

Hi there,
finally we decided to release now the current version of Spike, our chess engine which was under development during the last six month.
More informations about Spike and a link for download you can find on our webpage!
Best wishes
Ralf Schäfer and Volker Böhm

When i double-click the SpikeConfig.xml file, it is loaded by Internet Explorer, with this info:
Spike configuration File
// The Spike configuration file is an xml-file.
// To edit the configuration file, right-click on the file and choose "edit".
But when i right-click this file, i don't have an "edit" option. This is on WinME.
How can i edit the SpikeConfig.xml file?
Thanks
Dave

You can start up notepad (or wordpad or some other text editor) first and then open that XML file. Alternatively, (although I don't know if this works with WinME), you can right-click and then look for an option like "Open with..." and then choose a text editor.
Michael

[Telmo Escobar]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Telmo Escobar at 08 September 2004 05:41:32:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: SpikeConfig.xml geschrieben von:/posted by: Michael Yee at 08 September 2004 00:59:27:

Hi there,
finally we decided to release now the current version of Spike, our chess engine which was under development during the last six month.
More informations about Spike and a link for download you can find on our webpage!
Best wishes
Ralf Schäfer and Volker Böhm

When i double-click the SpikeConfig.xml file, it is loaded by Internet Explorer, with this info:
Spike configuration File
// The Spike configuration file is an xml-file.
// To edit the configuration file, right-click on the file and choose "edit".
But when i right-click this file, i don't have an "edit" option. This is on WinME.
How can i edit the SpikeConfig.xml file?
Thanks
Dave

You can start up notepad (or wordpad or some other text editor) first and then open that XML file. Alternatively, (although I don't know if this works with WinME), you can right-click and then look for an option like "Open with..." and then choose a text editor.
Michael

Another possibility, I assume, is to rename the file to SpikeConfig.txt, then open and edit it as a text file, and finally rename it to SpikeConfig.xml again

[Volker Boehm]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Volker Boehm at 08 September 2004 07:29:42:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Thank You! geschrieben von:/posted by: Norm Pollock at 08 September 2004 00:45:55:

Hi there,
finally we decided to release now the current version of Spike, our chess engine which was under development during the last six month.
More informations about Spike and a link for download you can find on our webpage!
Best wishes
Ralf Schäfer and Volker Böhm

Thank you for releasing Spike. I installed it as a UCI engine in the Fritz8 gui with 128M. It runs fine and plays well. The only "problem" is that it doesn't show all of its "thinking".

Hi,
what is missing ?
Greetings Volker

[Norm Pollock]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Norm Pollock at 08 September 2004 15:33:15:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: Thank You! geschrieben von:/posted by: Volker Boehm at 08 September 2004 07:29:42:

Hi there,
finally we decided to release now the current version of Spike, our chess engine which was under development during the last six month.
More informations about Spike and a link for download you can find on our webpage!
Best wishes
Ralf Schäfer and Volker Böhm

Thank you for releasing Spike. I installed it as a UCI engine in the Fritz8 gui with 128M. It runs fine and plays well. The only "problem" is that it doesn't show all of its "thinking".

Hi,
what is missing ?
Greetings Volker

This is not really a problem. It is more like an annoyance. In the "main engine pane" of the fritz8 gui, in the lower right of the screen layout, Spike does not show its thinking while it is thinking. But after the move is made, the thinking is shown.

[Volker Boehm]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Volker Boehm at 08 September 2004 19:27:49:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: Thank You! geschrieben von:/posted by: Norm Pollock at 08 September 2004 15:33:15:

Hi there,
finally we decided to release now the current version of Spike, our chess engine which was under development during the last six month.
More informations about Spike and a link for download you can find on our webpage!
Best wishes
Ralf Schäfer and Volker Böhm

Thank you for releasing Spike. I installed it as a UCI engine in the Fritz8 gui with 128M. It runs fine and plays well. The only "problem" is that it doesn't show all of its "thinking".

Hi,
what is missing ?
Greetings Volker

This is not really a problem. It is more like an annoyance. In the "main engine pane" of the fritz8 gui, in the lower right of the screen layout, Spike does not show its thinking while it is thinking. But after the move is made, the thinking is shown.

Thanks for the Info. I´ll try to fix it in the next version (probably 0.8) of spike.
Greetings Volker