Komodo personalities?

[Mike S.]

Yes, that's a pain which is known from Stockfish too. But it is not a problem in Arena for me, in a 1024*768 resolution. It helps if many settings are arranged in two or three columns side by side, not just top down. Large screen resolutions could provide a workaround in some cases, if available and if the number of settings isn't even too many, still.

I think the method with external file is ok too, but the complete path should not be required. Instead, I suggest that Komodo simply assumes that the file is in the same directory where the engine exe is, if no path is given.

(I didn't try it myself yet, and I don't know if I would have the same problem on my system.)

[David Dahlem]

Here is a new logo i made for Komodo, perhaps someone will like it as much as i do.

http://cid-efd9259f77f9e731.skydrive.li ... omodo2.jpg

Edit: How do i get the image to display?

I really like it except for my name in the logo. I'm flattered, but I think it would be nicer without the name.

It will be easy to remove your name, if that's what you want. If i can just figure out how to display it here.

There is an "Img" button but I've never used it and I haven't tried to figure out how it works. Perhaps you can specify a link there?

[David Dahlem]

Ok, Don, here is the logo with your name removed. Hopefully this will display.



Must be doing something wrong.

http://cid-efd9259f77f9e731.skydrive.li ... omodo3.jpg

[David Dahlem]

I think the problem is the link for Windows Live. Trying a different site -




Hope that works.

EDIT: Well, i give up.

[David Dahlem]

[David Dahlem]

I figured out how to test Komodo personalities with the GradualTest tool. I'm using a .bat file in this format to run the tests -

start /wait GradualTest /i STS1.epd /o Temp1.log /u /s "setoption name Hash value 512\nsetoption name Ponder value false\nsetoption name personalityFile sample.per" /t 10 Komodo.exe
GradualTest /o Temp1.log >sample_per.txt
::
start /wait GradualTest /i STS1.epd /o Temp2.log /u /s "setoption name Hash value 512\nsetoption name Ponder value false\nsetoption name personalityFile test1.per" /t 10 Komodo.exe
GradualTest /o Temp2.log >test1_per.txt
::
start /wait GradualTest /i STS1.epd /o Temp3.log /u /s "setoption name Hash value 512\nsetoption name Ponder value false\nsetoption name personalityFile test2.per" /t 10 Komodo.exe
GradualTest /o Temp3.log >test2_per.txt
::

Works great! I'm currently testing the default settings with different piece value settings. So far, i am getting some with better results than the default piece values, at least on test suites. I'll try the settings with best scores in some test games later.

Regards
Dave

[lkaufman]

Note that the default settings are not the same as the Komodo settings with no personality file, they are the settings left over from the previous version (doch 1.34). So if you are trying to do better than Komodo, you must run whatever test you use on Komodo without a personality file for comparison.

[David Dahlem]

Note that the default settings are not the same as the Komodo settings with no personality file, they are the settings left over from the previous version (doch 1.34). So if you are trying to do better than Komodo, you must run whatever test you use on Komodo without a personality file for comparison.

Thanks Larry. I didn't know that. I'll test Komodo without a personality file.

I was just thinking, Don is wishing for personalities that play like Tal, Karpov, etc. Perhaps testing on a test suite of Tal or Karpov moves will produce a personality that plays like Tal or Karpov? Not likely, but it's an idea.

[Albert Silver]

I figured out how to test Komodo personalities with the GradualTest tool. I'm using a .bat file in this format to run the tests -

start /wait GradualTest /i STS1.epd /o Temp1.log /u /s "setoption name Hash value 512\nsetoption name Ponder value false\nsetoption name personalityFile sample.per" /t 10 Komodo.exe
GradualTest /o Temp1.log >sample_per.txt
::
start /wait GradualTest /i STS1.epd /o Temp2.log /u /s "setoption name Hash value 512\nsetoption name Ponder value false\nsetoption name personalityFile test1.per" /t 10 Komodo.exe
GradualTest /o Temp2.log >test1_per.txt
::
start /wait GradualTest /i STS1.epd /o Temp3.log /u /s "setoption name Hash value 512\nsetoption name Ponder value false\nsetoption name personalityFile test2.per" /t 10 Komodo.exe
GradualTest /o Temp3.log >test2_per.txt
::

Works great! I'm currently testing the default settings with different piece value settings. So far, i am getting some with better results than the default piece values, at least on test suites. I'll try the settings with best scores in some test games later.

Regards
Dave

I just test in Fritz.