6-men (64 bit) Nalimov EGTB generator

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Juan P. Naar
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Re: 6-men (64 bit) Nalimov EGTB generator

Post by Juan P. Naar »

MOBMAT wrote: Wed Jan 28, 2026 4:31 am Dan, all good reasons.
I didn't realize 5v1 files were missing.
I would definitely like to add them to my collection.
As for 7 man Nalimov files, wow, that would be amazing. But to quote Jaws....you're gonna need a bigger hard drive!

If the missing 6-man files are created, would the existing engines, such as Houdini be able to use them or does it require mods to the existing code base?

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Hey,

Just updated the generator. There is still more work to be done. The last file I posted was v5, this is v10 with major changes:
https://mega.nz/file/xUpRzThD#E_YTL5UIe ... nOI6A7WuNU

The changes are described in the newly included changelog.

To answer your question, yes, 5 vs 1 TBs can be generated (it's not possible to do so yet, but I'm working on it), but existing sources to the probing code of engines must be updated as well to include them.