New Giraffe (Sept 8)

[carldaman]

Great, but, how?
I am not computer geek

Download this: https://bitbucket.org/waterreaction/gir ... ci_w32.eng

Rename it to Wb2Uci.eng

Replace the Wb2Uci.eng file in the original download with this.

Hi Matthew,

Actually, doesn't he (also) need the 32-bit version of wb2uci.exe?

Thanks for your great engine, by the way!

Regards,
CL

[matthewlai]

Great, but, how?
I am not computer geek

Download this: https://bitbucket.org/waterreaction/gir ... ci_w32.eng

Rename it to Wb2Uci.eng

Replace the Wb2Uci.eng file in the original download with this.

Hi Matthew,

Actually, doesn't he (also) need the 32-bit version of wb2uci.exe?

Thanks for your great engine, by the way!

Regards,
CL

I believe wb2uci.exe is already 32-bit. It only talks to the engine over standard input/output, so it doesn't need to be 64-bit.

[carldaman]

Great, but, how?
I am not computer geek

Download this: https://bitbucket.org/waterreaction/gir ... ci_w32.eng

Rename it to Wb2Uci.eng

Replace the Wb2Uci.eng file in the original download with this.

Hi Matthew,

Actually, doesn't he (also) need the 32-bit version of wb2uci.exe?

Thanks for your great engine, by the way!

Regards,
CL

I believe wb2uci.exe is already 32-bit. It only talks to the engine over standard input/output, so it doesn't need to be 64-bit.

Thanks for the clarification, Matthew.

[Marek Soszynski]

(I'm running a 64-bit Linux system.)

I can load giraffe_uci.exe and see the parameters, but when I actually try to run it, it crashes.

So, instead, I run giraffe_w64.exe as a Winboard engine. It takes about 70 seconds to load, but is okay after that.

[matthewlai]

(I'm running a 64-bit Linux system.)

I can load giraffe_uci.exe and see the parameters, but when I actually try to run it, it crashes.

So, instead, I run giraffe_w64.exe as a Winboard engine. It takes about 70 seconds to load, but is okay after that.

It's possible that giraffe_uci (which is really the Wb2Uci adapter) doesn't run under wine. I have never actually tried that.

Seems to work for me under Windows -

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uci
isready
position startpos
go infinite

But yeah if you can run Winboard/CECP engines, it's better to run it as a Winboard engine.

It does take quite a while to load the neural networks, though 70 seconds is an awfully long time unless you have a very slow computer. On my computer it takes about 3 seconds. It could be something to do with wine.

Since Giraffe is open source now, though, you can also do a native build for yourself.

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sudo apt-get install mercurial libgoogle-perftools-dev g++-4.9
hg clone https://waterreaction@bitbucket.org/waterreaction/giraffe
cd giraffe
make

Then just use eval.net and meval.net files from the binary distribution, along with the produced "giraffe" binary.

[Marek Soszynski]

Thanks Matthew. I'll look into compiling it much later. If only Jim Ablett could look into compiling it first!

[JoshPettus]

Out of curiosity, as I don't have linux, does giraffe 64 bit run in wine64 on linux? It doesn't at all on OSX win64 but that could be for a lot of reasons as it's extremely experimental on OSX. But again, I was just curious.

[Marek Soszynski]

Out of curiosity, as I don't have linux, does giraffe 64 bit run in wine64 on linux? It doesn't at all on OSX win64 but that could be for a lot of reasons as it's extremely experimental on OSX. But again, I was just curious.

Yes, 64-bit Giraffe does run on Linux. I use it as an Xboard/Winboard engine through Scid (Linux) and Aquarium (Windows). It takes over a minute to load (and then runs normally); without the two .net files it loads quickly.

[supersharp77]

Loads in w32 and tried to run used 300 k ram (but no moves made)
has eval.net file and meval.net files enclosed but no ini file......no config file
and no readme file......also no opening book......just how is this chessengine
supposed to work?..where do you set the parameters? and wheres the cookbook/instructions?? LMAO Thx..........AR

[Daniel Anulliero]

Loads in w32 and tried to run used 300 k ram (but no moves made)
has eval.net file and meval.net files enclosed but no ini file......no config file
and no readme file......also no opening book......just how is this chessengine
supposed to work?..where do you set the parameters? and wheres the cookbook/instructions?? LMAO Thx..........AR

64 bits version works great in Arena , no book ? I don't care , Arena has it
What an "acerb" coment... seems you're not very patient guy ..