Daniel Shawul - request

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Dear Daniel,
I have a huge request for you. Can you write your chess engine (ScorpioNN) to run on other Gui.Unfortunately, the engine does not work properly on all Gui. Thank you very much in advance for fulfilling my request.

Krzysztof.

[Daniel Shawul]

What GUI is it not working for you ?

It should now work even in Fritz which does not accept bat files. Jusing installing the scorpio exe works.

I suggest you follow the steps here to install it but I am pretty sure it works in all GUIs.

https://github.com/dshawul/Scorpio/blob ... INSTALL.md

Daniel

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Dear Daniel.
At the very beginning, thank you for your answer. Please check if it goes to install the engine on such GUI: Deep Shredder 13, ChessGUI, Shredder Classic 5, Arena 3.5.1. It creates a lot of problems when installing the engine. Is it possible and is it possible to ask for instructions on how to install the engine under the GUI mentioned above? Please also note that the engine does not appear in the tournament in this forum with different engine testers. For various reasons.You will help, Mr. Daniel, all those who start their adventure with chess engines. Thank you on behalf of myself and other people who want to install the ScorpioNN engine. The link you shared is too complicated for those who install the engine for the first time.

Best regards
Krzysztof

[Daniel Shawul]

Thank you for your interest but as I said it works in many different GUIs.
The instructions for installation are already given in the INSTALL document, so please read that carefully especially the part
where gotchas are mentioned for windows installation.

The first step is to install it with install.bat, and that is just one command.
For example, this is what TCEC does

install.bat --trt 72 --no-lcnets

Scorpio is installed with this one command. Then you use `scorpio.bat` as your engine in your favourite GUI.
For Fritz and other interfaces that don't accept bat files use `scorpio.exe`.
That is the whole installation step.

All I can say is that not many people want to read the manual and follow the instructions.
The days of simple engines where you just extract the exe and it works is over with introduction of neural nets that has many dependencies.

A couple of weeks ago I added hybrid engine, montecarlo and AB, which add one more dependency on MPI.
I don't care about complexity of my engine as long as it works and gives some benefit.
That Tester A can't get it working doesn't mean it doesn't work ...

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Dear Daniel.
Thank you very much again. In this case, please write down at the very beginning what you need to download to install the engine ScorpioNN. Is just a file install.bat, and nothing else. Is there anything else you need to download.If so, please write what you need to download (all files) to install ScorpioNN. Thank you in advance.

Best regards
Krzysztof

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Dear Daniel,
what's going on, Mr. Daniel.I am still waiting for your help, and I am overwhelmed by sadness. Please install the programs on your computer ChessGUI, Shredder Classic 5 and see if the engine is working properly. Let's test, Mr. Daniel, if your engine is working properly. I am waiting for further guidance from you for others and also for myself. Let's act, Mr.Daniel.

[Sylwy]

Dear Daniel,
what's going on, Mr. Daniel.I am still waiting for your help, and I am overwhelmed by sadness. Please install the programs on your computer ChessGUI, Shredder Classic 5 and see if the engine is working properly. Let's test, Mr. Daniel, if your engine is working properly. I am waiting for further guidance from you for others and also for myself. Let's act, Mr.Daniel.

WOW-WOW-WOW ! It's easy ! Manual for installing Scorpio 3.0.14d NNUE:

1.-download "install.bat" file from Daniel's archive:



2.-put install.bat file in the directory where you want to install the engine;

3.-double-click on install.bat file. Now wait (you can listen to music, for example);

4.-when the installation is ready go to bin/windows folder:



5.-edit Scorpio configuration file for the use with NNUE:



6.-you can delete the big folder with NNs for use on GPU;

7.-install Scorpio.bat like UCI engine (on Arena GUI), or Scorpio.exe like UCI engine on Fritzy GUI.

8.-that's all. Success !

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

I am running the file install.bat - I have something like this

[Sylwy]

I am running the file install.bat - I have something like this

I don't know what OS-PC and net connexion you use. Here Daniel can give advice. Sorry ! Scorpio is a fine & novative chess engine. I like it !

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Sorry to ask if after clicking on the install.bat I need an internet connection. I am using Windows 10 x64 bit home.