SSEchess under Arena - help needed

[Gabor Szots]

Running SSEchess from the command line you can set its hash size using the 'hash <n>' command after you have started the engine.

But how do you do that under Arena? I tried it putting 'hash 23/n' under the InitString section but no success.

[Guenther]

Running SSEchess from the command line you can set its hash size using the 'hash <n>' command after you have started the engine.

But how do you do that under Arena? I tried it putting 'hash 23/n' under the InitString section but no success.

To me it seems this is not even needed. It reads a config file named 'default' (no file extension!), which holds the cmd parameters.
Also the readme says so and the log tells, it reads it ;)

e.g.

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ponder
hash 23
pawn 21

from the log:

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SSEChessII v2.05, compiled at 15:02:38, on Nov 30 2005
Type "help" for a list of commands.

5120K allocated for hash table.
2048K allocated for pawn hash table.
Checking opening book lines...

Loading evaluation parameters from file...
Loading defaults from file...

Pondering is now OFF.
163840K allocated for hash table.
32768K allocated for pawn hash table.

And for Arena cmd options, I have no clue if an InitString section is needed, or if there is a simple cmd option window too,
because I never use Arena
(would it really need the /n newline feed and quotation marks too?)

[Gabor Szots]

Thanks Günther. Note that the required file name is 'defaults'.

The package I have does not contain that file, nor eval.txt, nor a readme. Do you have a link pointing to a full package?

The InitSring section does not require quotation marks. The /n is required I think, an example using Mephisto Gideon Professional is BookOff/n.

[Guenther]

Thanks Günther. Note that the required file name is 'defaults'.

The package I have does not contain that file, nor eval.txt, nor a readme. Do you have a link pointing to a full package?

The InitSring section does not require quotation marks. The /n is required I think, an example using Mephisto Gideon Professional is BookOff/n.

Yes, 'defaults', that was my typo.

The only link in my chronology points to SSEII 2.050 DC from the CCW engine download list and in fact it has neither a config nor an eval file in it.
(It remains to be tested though, if the values in the EVAL.TXT file are different from default eval values, or are just delivered for fiddling with them?)

I could upload SSEII 2.02 and 2.045 with readmes etc., if desired.

[Gabor Szots]

The only link in my chronology points to SSEII 2.050 DC from the CCW engine download list and in fact it has neither a config nor an eval file in it.
(It remains to be tested though, if the values in the EVAL.TXT file are different from default eval values, or are just delivered for fiddling with them?)

I could upload SSEII 2.02 and 2.045 with readmes etc., if desired.

Yes, that is the same package I have. I would welcome if you could upload the versions mentioned although after the help you provided here it is not particularly important. Maybe you coud simply send them to me, you know my address.

[tmokonen]

These are the contents of the EVAL.TXT file that I use with SSEChess 2.05DC. I never changed any of the values manually from what I remember, so I guess they would match default values.

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ROOK_MOVING_WITHOUT_CASTLING_PENALTY	15
QUEEN_MOVING_WITHOUT_DEVELOPING_PENALTY	30
UNDEVELOPED_PIECE_PENALTY 	4
BISHOP_PAIR_BONUS	18
FIANCHETTOED_BISHOP_BONUS	12
KNIGHT_ATTACKING_ENEMY_KING_BONUS	1
BISHOP_ATTACKING_ENEMY_KING_BONUS	2
ROOK_ATTACKING_ENEMY_KING_BONUS	1
QUEEN_ATTACKING_ENEMY_KING_BONUS	1
MAX_DISTANCE_FROM_KING	7
UNMOVED_CENTER_PAWN_PENALTY	10
BLOCKED_CENTER_PAWN_PENALTY	15
DOUBLED_PAWN_PENALTY	12
BACKWARDS_PAWN_PENALTY	12
WEAK_BACKWARDS_PAWN_PENALTY	4
EARLY_CASTLED_PAWN_PUSH_PENALTY	18
TWO_PUSHED_KING_PAWNS_PENALTY	17
THREE_PUSHED_KING_PAWNS_PENALTY	40
TWO_PAWN_STORM_PENALTY	17
THREE_PAWN_STORM_PENALTY	40
WEAK_KING_PAWN_PENALTY	30
WEAK_KING_FILE_PENALTY	30
KING_NEAR_FILE_WITH_NO_ENEMY_PAWNS_PENALTY	10
KING_TRAPPED_IN_CORNER_PENALTY	25
ROOK_HALF_OPEN_ATTACKING_KING_BONUS	10
QUEEN_HALF_OPEN_ATTACKING_KING_BONUS	15
CONNECTED_PASSED_PAWNS_BONUS	300
ENDGAME_SAFE_KNIGHT_BONUS	8
NORMAL_SAFE_KNIGHT_BONUS	3
ENDGAME_BISHOP_BONUS	7
TRAPPED_BISHOP_PENALTY	150
ROOK_ON_FILE_WITH_NO_FRIENDLY_PAWNS_BONUS	10
ROOK_ON_FILE_WITH_NO_ENEMY_PAWNS_BONUS	4
ROOK_ON_SEVENTH_RANK_BONUS	7
CONNECTED_ROOKS_ON_SEVENTH_RANK_BONUS	10
QUEEN_AND_ROOK_ON_SEVENTH_RANK_BONUS	13
CASTLING_BONUS	20
KING_MOVING_WITHOUT_CASTLING_PENALTY	60
KING_MOVING_WITHOUT_CASTLING_WITH_QUEEN_PENALTY	100
TRADING_PIECES_WHEN_AHEAD_BONUS	15
TRADING_PIECES_WHEN_BEHIND_PENALTY	10
TRADING_PAWNS_WHEN_AHEAD_PENALTY	10
TRADING_PAWNS_WHEN_BEHIND_BONUS	15

[Guenther]

The only link in my chronology points to SSEII 2.050 DC from the CCW engine download list and in fact it has neither a config nor an eval file in it.
(It remains to be tested though, if the values in the EVAL.TXT file are different from default eval values, or are just delivered for fiddling with them?)

I could upload SSEII 2.02 and 2.045 with readmes etc., if desired.

Yes, that is the same package I have. I would welcome if you could upload the versions mentioned although after the help you provided here it is not particularly important. Maybe you coud simply send them to me, you know my address.

I have uploaded all versions I have together with all extra files at the usual place now.
https://rwbc-chess.de/download.htm

[Gabor Szots]

I have uploaded all versions I have together with all extra files at the usual place now.
https://rwbc-chess.de/download.htm

Thank you Günther.