Problem with MAME-engine Polgar in V3

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Henri

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Dec 24, 2020, 9:25:40 PM12/24/20
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It is quite simple to work with MAME-engines in version 3. But I have trouble adding the Polgar engine. Tried it a couple of times, but it does not work (for me only?).

Anyone else had a try?

Henri

Etienne

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Dec 25, 2020, 1:43:29 AM12/25/20
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Hello Henri,
Just tried Polgar (that I own) and get frozen at Engine Set up. I guess my rom is not compatible with mess 225 (it was working in Picochess 2.01)
I don't know how to figure out if a rom is compatible or not. 
Regards,
Etienne

Etienne

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Dec 25, 2020, 2:18:56 AM12/25/20
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Henri, 
Did you check that your rom was actually in the roms folder? I am using Filezeilal and I thought I did transfer the files but it wasn't actually the case . The roms folder permission need to be changed  (chmod) to enable to write the files
Now Polgar is at work: at least one sister.....
All the best
Etienne

Henri

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Dec 25, 2020, 3:07:12 AM12/25/20
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Hi Etienne,
Yes I have checked. I already added two other roms of computers that I own in the folder and they are working fine.....
Maybe you are right about the compatibility of the rom. Shame.
Henri

Op vrijdag 25 december 2020 om 08:18:56 UTC+1 schreef Etienne:

Scally

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Dec 25, 2020, 8:11:10 AM12/25/20
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Hi all,

It’s working for me, although starting it manually does give a warning message:

Al@RPi4-SSD:/opt/picochess/engines/armv7l-MAME $ ./polgar
Error opening translation file English
Warning: -video none doesn't make much sense without -seconds_to_run
hd44780_a00.bin ROM NEEDS REDUMP <<<<<<<<
WARNING: the machine might not run correctly.
uci
id name Mephisto Polgar (v1.50) (mess 0.226)
option name Speed type spin default 100 min 0 max 10000
option name Level type string default NORMAL 0:10
uciok
quit
Average speed: 100.01% (3 seconds)

But it does respond, here’s a link to a quick video before I have to remove my Revelation II etc from the dining room table for XMAS dinner. It’s the only day every year when it’s removed, else it’s always up:



Cheers,

Al.




Scally

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Dec 25, 2020, 8:15:01 AM12/25/20
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Sorry for the noisy kettle, the misses talking and for the poor quality of video overall ...

Merry Christmas

Al.

RandyR

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Dec 25, 2020, 10:49:03 AM12/25/20
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Ha ha. Enjoy your Xmas dinner.

Merry Christmas, Al, and everyone else in our community.

Randy

Etienne

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Dec 25, 2020, 11:28:23 AM12/25/20
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Joyeux Noël too, Randy and to all picochess community!
Great thanks again to Dirk and team, our Santa Klaus v3.
Take care
Etienne

Henri

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Dec 25, 2020, 3:17:30 PM12/25/20
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The unexpected answer by Randy was in another thread in this forum: You also need the file 'hd44780_a00.zip' in the roms folder.
Thank you Randy, I never would have figured it out!
Henri




Op vrijdag 25 december 2020 om 17:28:23 UTC+1 schreef Etienne:

Scally

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Dec 25, 2020, 3:29:02 PM12/25/20
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Hi Henri,

If you start the engine manually when you have a problem, it normally tells you what’s wrong, as in Luigi’s case, it showed that the hd file was missing.


Cheers,

Al.

Henri

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Dec 25, 2020, 3:37:13 PM12/25/20
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Hi Al,
Thanks for the advice, learning ALL of the time here! :)
Huh, hope your Revelation II is back on the dining room table again, where it belongs! ;)
Henri

Op vrijdag 25 december 2020 om 21:29:02 UTC+1 schreef Scally:
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