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[rich227]

does anyone know where the total bases for firebird or the new fire can be found? I got triple bases and i found a total base on rapid share when i try to load it it will not register. I was reading that the total base will be around a gig in size but what I found was a .rar file that is 179 mb...nowhere near a gig...please help someone thanks.

[goldminer999]

Hi,

This is the best site to download the official Robbobases. There should be 156 files:

http://www.chess.cygnitec.com/RobboBases/

Check this link for instructions:

http://ippolit.wikispaces.com/RobboBases

Or this is the instructions from the engine author Norman Shmidt:


TotalBases are similar to the Nalimov EGTB. They are accessed from disk and cover
all 3, 4, 5, and (in the future) 6 pieces. Because they are disk based access is
slow...so they are not used everywhere in the search tree.

Dowloading the TotalBases can be a challenge...even if highly compressed in a
.rar file, the size is formidable: 3.35 GB.

Frankin T has made them freely available from his excellent FTP site:
FTP Username: ftp@cygnitec.com or FTP Username: anonymous@cygnitec.com
FTP Server: ftp.cygnitec.com
FTP Server Port: 21

I recommend downloading them with an FTP client, for ex:
Filezilla (http://filezilla-project.org/)

Downloading all TotalBases will take some time...

With Fire 1.2, TotalBases use by default the sub-directory /TotalBases...
this is a sub-directory located in same directory as Fire 1.2 executable.

If your TotalBase archive is named RobboTotalBases.rar, or something other than
TotalBases.rar, please rename it to TotalBases.rar. Extract the archive
TotalBases.rar into the same directory as the Fire 1.2 executable using
right-click menu choice 'Extract Here'... the correct sub-directory structure
will automatically be created, and the files will be extracted. they're now
ready for use, and will be registered during engine initialization.

With Fire 1.2, the TotalBases will load automatically on engine startup
if the sub-directory /TotalBases exists and is populated with a valid Totalbase
installation, and if the default firebird.cfg file is present.

To prevent autoloading:
1) edit the firebird.cfg and replace
AutoLoad TotalBases 1 with
AutoLoad TotalBases 0
2) rename the /TotalBases directory to something other than TotalBases
3) move it to a different location
4) remove it

if Fire crashes during Totalbase use, it is likely you have a corrupt or
invalid TotalBase installation. Simply download the TotalBase archive again
(from a reliable source) and re-install it.

--------------------------------------------------------------------
my goal with Fire was to combine all the best ideas, features,
and strengths from the IppoLit chain of releases:
IppoLito, RobboLito, Igorrit, and IvanHoe, into one engine.

Fire is based on the IppoLit family of engines, more info here:
http://ippolit.wikispaces.com/

please check:
http://www.chesslogik.com/
for new releases, fixes, and updates

this chess ship is a truly glorious achievement of the
October Revolution and Decembrists movement!

Best Regards-

Norman Schmidt

[buddygoof]

Any way someone can come up with a tutorial to set up RobboBases in Polytglot.

[Waldemar]

I merged your topic. Now you can find how in same topic here, it is above.

[buddygoof]

the FTP settings on here dont work for the site wont let me log in.

[Waldemar]

Yes FTP no works for me either.

Get from eliasgino's post

Total
firebird-uci-engine-t1098-15.html#p8252

Triple
firebird-uci-engine-t1098-30.html#p8260

[buddygoof]

there not showing even if set up like fire

[buddygoof]

Think i finally figured it out but i had to get Polyglot_GUI so be able to make it sit in the options.

[Waldemar]

Put the bases folders of total and tripple in same folder where is firebird.exe or ivanhoe.exe.

[rich227]

I used areana...so easy to set up no problem at all.

[rich227]

I meant arena. It's in google as arena download.

[Thanderbyrd]

http://www.mediafire.com/?r47aa9umkdxw4