Horizon 4.4 doesn't use it's opening book....

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Hi,
I specified correctly the path to the opening book in the .cfg file but still,no joy
Any feedback will be much appreciated....
Dr.D

[Guenther Simon]

No problem here, below the according excerpt of my Horizon cfg file
and the book date and size.

Guenther

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#~~~~~~~~~~~
# Opening book path and filename
# Example: OPENING_BOOK C:\CHESS\Horizon\Horizon.dat
# default value: none
OPENING_BOOK Horizon.dat
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Possible opening book playing styles:
# WIDE chooses same moves as source pgn files by play frequency
# TOURNEY <number> avoids least-played book moves
# BEST <number> plays 'best' book moves <--- plays badly!!!
# DEEP <number> plays deepest book lines (most popular ones)
# number range for BEST/DEEP/TOURNEY options: (1 -> 9);
# Examples:
#   BOOK_STYLE DEEP 3: chooses between 3 most commonly played GM moves
#   BOOK_STYLE BEST 2: chooses between 2 'best' moves
#   BOOK_STYLE TOURNEY 5: chooses moderately reputable moves
# NOTES: If a number is out of range it defaults to '9'
#        DEEP 9, BEST 9, & WIDE are identical options
#        TOURNEY 9 and WIDE are similar, but not identical
#        BEST is a work in progress, it needs improvement
#        WIDE ignores trailing numbers, all other options *require* a number
#        BOOK_STYLE TOURNEY 9: avoids all least-played book moves
#        BOOK_STYLE TOURNEY 1: chooses some unusual as well as mainstream moves
#        BOOK_STYLE WIDE may be the strongest playing option (I need testers!)
# default value: BOOK_STYLE WIDE
BOOK_STYLE WIDE

Book:

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[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Thanks Guenther,so no need for a path if the book is in the same directory of the engine,I'll check that and reply....

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Yeah,working like charm now....the trick is not to give the path to the opening book if it's in the same directory....
Thanks,
Dr.D

[Ron Murawski]

Yeah,working like charm now....the trick is not to give the path to the opening book if it's in the same directory....
Thanks,
Dr.D

Hi Dr D,

Personally, I always specify the full path to the book and I've played hundreds of thousands of test games without problems.

I suspect you might have had a subtle typo in the path/filename sequence.

Ron

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Yeah,working like charm now....the trick is not to give the path to the opening book if it's in the same directory....
Thanks,
Dr.D

Hi Dr D,

Personally, I always specify the full path to the book and I've played hundreds of thousands of test games without problems.

I suspect you might have had a subtle typo in the path/filename sequence.

Ron

Hi Ron,
Could be the case but it doesn't make a different as long as it works now