I bought Zappa Mexico few minutes ago, but for me it just crashes. Only option I edited in the ini file was the hash. However, my initialization file looks as if it is written in a different language. Everything looks fine once I copy it to this forum.
#initialization file for zappa chess engine
#all options must contain no spaces and are case insensitive
#############################################################################
#hash table options
#option allows you to use huge tlb pages on linux for a 5-10% speedup
#mmap /mnt/shm
#if you are running remote, you want to be able to use all the memory on the machine,
#but most GUIs will not let you allocate more memory than is on the local machine
ignore_remote_memory_values 1
#Autobalance memory between processors and various hash tables
memory 32M
#############################################################################
#tablebase options
#tbcache: how much memory to allocate to cache tablebase results
tbcache
#tbpath: path to nalimov tablebases
#tbpath /media/tablebases/3,/media/tablebases/4,/media/tablebases/5
#############################################################################
#search options.
#Turn null move pruning on/off
#enable_null_move 0
#What depth to enable R=4? default:never
#null_move_r4_min_depth 8
#Turn futility pruning on/off default 0
#enable_futility_pruning 1
#History pruning? default 1
#enable_history_pruning 1
#Turn singular extension on/off default 1
enable_singular_extensions 1
#print a ! for singular moves?
print_singular_moves 1
#how much does a move have to be better than the alternatives to be singular?
singular_margin 75
#Turn mate extension on/off
#enable_mate_extension 1
#Threads: search with multiple processors?
threads 1
#remote lag is not accounted for by timestamp
#internet_lag 100
#############################################################################
#miscellaneous options
#scorepov: report score as good for White (0) or good for Zappa (1)
scorepov 0
#kibitz: control level of kibitz output [0->never, 1->list, 2->computers, 3->all]
# default 0
kibitz 0
#ignore this -> no real effect
idletimer 700000000
#############################################################################
#book options
#book: path to opening book
#book ../../book/gm2600.zbook
#simple lines to control which moves to play
#1. e4!! c5!!
#if you want you can force zappa to give an extension in a given position
#nolot 10
inode r1b3k1/1p1nb1pp/pq1p4/3N3Q/P2NP3/4p3/1PP3PP/R6K b - - 0 4
inode r1b3k1/1p1nb1pp/pq1p4/7Q/P2NP3/2N1p3/1PP3PP/R6K w - - 0 4
inode r1b5/1p1nbkpp/pq1p4/7Q/P2NP3/2N1p3/1PP3PP/R6K b - - 0 3
inode r1b5/1p1nbkpp/pq1p4/8/P2NP3/2N1p3/1PP3PP/R2Q3K w - - 0 3
inode r1b3k1/1p1nbBpp/pq1p4/8/P2NP3/2N1p3/1PP3PP/R2Q3K b - - 0 2
inode r1b3k1/1p1nbrpp/pq1p4/3B4/P2NP3/2N1p3/1PP3PP/R2Q3K w - - 0 2
inode r1b2rk1/1p1nbRpp/pq1p4/3B4/P2NP3/2N1p3/1PP3PP/R2Q3K b - - 0 1
enable_user_lines 0
Here is the debug. Do you guys think that I should contact Shredderchess? I am using the 32bit version by the way.
5378156>1:uci
5386187>1:isready
5388672>2:setoption name Hash value 32
5389109>2:setoption name NalimovPath value c:\Nalimov
5389547>2:setoption name NalimovCache value 8
5389984>2:setoption name OwnBook value true
Warning: At least one delay-load dependency module was not found.
Warning: At least one module has an unresolved import due to a missing export function in a delay-load dependent module.
mclane wrote:the zappa mexico version i had came without ini file.
i had never a crash.
Indeed, I do not have an ini file either, and have not had a crash
Tony - what GUI is this ? It works fine for me in both CB and Shredder GUIs. I have not tried Arena - I very rarely run that
I am using Arena. I deleted the ini file, it appeared in a different language due to some weird font. I deleted it, and used it without the configuration settings, same results. It crashes. The funny thing I noted is that it didnt prompt me to enter my user name or password.
This is very strange. First of all there is only four files in the zip file you can download once you bought Zappa Mexico. 2 exe for windows: 32 bits and 64 bits. 2 exe for linux: 32 bits and 64 bits. There is no ini file in the zip I downloaded. I donwloaded it on 19 September.
I am using also the 32 bits version and it works without problem with the Shredder GUI and with Arena 1.99beta4
Perhaps you can checks the size of your file and when your exe was last modify, here is the corresponding information on my side
size: 1 233 920 octets
last modify: Wednesday 19 September 2007, 9:36:42
If you cannot figure out what is happening, try to reload the zip file (you can do it up to 3 times normally) and if it still doesn't work try to contact SMK (his email can be found on the Shredder website).
