error causing loss

[quade1337]

it was already on 0. had the same settings. It didnt do anything

[quade1337]

one thing i noticed is that on the main pc there is data in the engine output window. In the pc with issues there is no data in the engine output window.

[quade1337]

this shit is so annoying

[Prima]

The Winboard Menu option, View\

Engine Ouput,
Move History, and
Evaluation Graph

have no repercussion on an engine's "decided" number of moves. Nor does it have any impact an engine's overall performance etc.

If you have an external Hard Drive, I highly suggest you copy the entire "working" PolyGlot setup (or Folder) from your MAIN PC to the external Hard Drive. Then transfer it to an equivalent alphabetic internal Hard Drive of your secondary PC. That is, from c:\ drive of Main PC to c:\drive of secondary PC.

I have 3 PCs but use 2 for Chess. My PolyGlot setup is in C:\ drive. That is: C:\PolyGlot64. I do these copy-and-past stuff (or transferring) copiously, from PC to PC (and from c:\ drive to c:\ drive), to save time of making another manual PolyGlot setup. And it works fluently in my second PC. If I were to setup my third PC and transfer (or copy-and-paste) my PolyGlot program to its c:\ drive, it WILL work flawlessly in my third PC as well.

If after this and problem persists on your end, considering that copy-and-paste PolyGlot setup can't just miraculously develop arms to modify itself & its contents, then the problem is exclusively in your secondary PC. Either that, or you tampered with something somewhere.

It's now 2:40 AM. Good night / or morning. I'm through with this.

[quade1337]

i copied the whole folder over. And still the same issue.

[quade1337]

prima maybe you connect to my pc via teamviewer and take a look at it yourself??

[Prima]

Houdini 2.0 is commercial that comes with serials and/or activation keys that gets stored in your PC's registry data system. IF you purchased Houdini 2.0, did you register H2.0 in your secondary PC, using the registry key and/or info, provided to you by Houdini author upon your purchase?

The "play_a_few_moves_and_then_stops_playing_during_game" IS typical characteristic of engines with serials & registry keys that are unregistered in another PC. This has to be the only plausible cause, after exhausting all avenues.

[quade1337]

i got it form a torrent site.

[Waldemar]

Torrent? This is the worst way to get a file, specially an engine.

[quade1337]

no true at all. Its the legit engine.

[quade1337]

i think I know how to fix it. let me try something.

[quade1337]

YEP I FIXED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I HAD TO INSTALL HOUIDINI!!!!!!!!!!!!! couldn't just use the .exe

[Waldemar]

Good to know!