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Sunsetter Commands

1. as command argument eg. Sunsetter -hash 64
2. in an initialization file named ss-[version].ini eg. hash 64
3. during runtime

I. Winboard Commands

II. Additional commands

• hash n is used to make the transposition table size n megs, 16 megs is default. The learn table is hardcoded to 12 megs.
• learn is used to turn on the book, and write back information about lost/won games to it ("Learning").
• book is used to turn on the book, but without learning
• tbpath s is used to set the path to the tablebase files. Up to 5-men end game table bases in Namilov format (used with permission) can be used.

III. Additional Features

• Testing: See speedtest.bat and other example .bat files on different tests you can perform on Sunsetter.
• Book creation: Sunsetter can create, like most engines, a book from PGN files. There is a batch file included to create or add lines from a file called games.pgn . But have you tried out exportBook.bat yet ? It allows you to view Sunsetter's book in Fritz for example, as a game with lots of variations.
• Search tree in Html: if you are bit familiar with programming, to look at Sunsetters search tree might be interesting. You can do that by compiling Sunsetter with #define GAMETREE set. After that, you can produce a list of html files showing which moves Sunsetter considered in a number of position in the tree !

IV. Notes on running on a chess server with winboard