Problems with Darmenios and Magnum

[Graham Banks]

I can't get either of these two engines to work. Darmenios just "exits unexpectedly" without making a move, while Magnum just moves instantly.
If anybody could help, I'd really appreciate it, but be aware that I need to be able to test them using a generic opening book.

Cheers,
Graham.

[Matthias Gemuh]

I can't get either of these two engines to work. Darmenios just "exits unexpectedly" without making a move, while Magnum just moves instantly.
If anybody could help, I'd really appreciate it, but be aware that I need to be able to test them using a generic opening book.

Cheers,
Graham.

I have not tested them using a generic opening book yet.
They work fine without.
Darmenios needs "Terminate Hard" (see ChessGUI 0.203a).

Matthias.

[Graham Banks]

I can't get either of these two engines to work. Darmenios just "exits unexpectedly" without making a move, while Magnum just moves instantly.
If anybody could help, I'd really appreciate it, but be aware that I need to be able to test them using a generic opening book.

Cheers,
Graham.

I have not tested them using a generic opening book yet.
They work fine without.
Darmenios needs "Terminate Hard" (see ChessGUI 0.203a).

Matthias.

Thanks Matthias.
I always use Terminate Hard and Level Extend Strict when using the wb2uci adapters.

Cheers,
Graham.

[Matthias Gemuh]

I can't get either of these two engines to work. Darmenios just "exits unexpectedly" without making a move, while Magnum just moves instantly.
If anybody could help, I'd really appreciate it, but be aware that I need to be able to test them using a generic opening book.

Cheers,
Graham.

I have not tested them using a generic opening book yet.
They work fine without.
Darmenios needs "Terminate Hard" (see ChessGUI 0.203a).

Matthias.

Thanks Matthias.
I always use Terminate Hard and Level Extend Strict when using the wb2uci adapters.

Cheers,
Graham.

I did not mean the "Terminate Hard" of WB2UCI.
A "Terminate Hard" should only be used if absolutely necessary.
It can be harmful.

Matthias.

[tmokonen]

Hi Graham, were you using the original compile of Magnum 3.0.0 or Jim's compile? I had success using Jim's compile of Magnum from within ChessGUI 0.203a, using the ChessGUI main book. As far as Darmenios goes, I didn't have any luck getting it to use a GUI book, in either ChessGUI or Arena.

[Matthias Gemuh]

A "Terminate Hard" should only be used if absolutely necessary.
It can be harmful.

Matthias.

This applies also to the "Terminate Hard" of WB2UCI.

[Graham Banks]

A "Terminate Hard" should only be used if absolutely necessary.
It can be harmful.

Matthias.

This applies also to the "Terminate Hard" of WB2UCI.

Hi Matthias,

in what ways can it be harmful?
Just wondering.

Cheers,
Graham.

[Matthias Gemuh]

A "Terminate Hard" should only be used if absolutely necessary.
It can be harmful.

Matthias.

This applies also to the "Terminate Hard" of WB2UCI.

Hi Matthias,

in what ways can it be harmful?
Just wondering.

Cheers,
Graham.

Normal termination uses harmless ExitProcess(), while "Terminate Hard" uses TerminateProcess().

Microsoft says: "The TerminateProcess function is used to unconditionally cause a process to exit. The state of global data maintained by dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) may be compromised if TerminateProcess is used rather than ExitProcess."

Note that chess engines that come with no DLLs may still be using common DLLs at runtime.

Matthias.