Satana 2.4.19 released (Windows/Linux/OS X)

[stegemma]

You can download the new release of Satana:

http://www.linformatica.com

There are 4 executables:

- Windows 32 bit
- Windows 64 bit
- Linux Ubuntu
- Mac OS X

Linux/Mac release are for the latest versions of this operating system (it should works even with older ones, I hope).

This will probably be the last free release of Satana because I plan to keep the engine private, since now.

This release should be stronger than any previous one. There are a simplified transposition table and a wide opening book. The latter is a novelty, in my softwares.

This release use AlfaGemma algorithm instead of AlphaBeta, as said in the programming forum. I'm very proud of the results, I think that Satana could be 50 or maybe more ELO stronger than before. The playing style seems more aggressive. I've added the knowledge for some basic final too and the transposition table helps a lot for those that it doesn't know.

Enjoy with Satana and let me know if you have problem with Ubuntu/OS X.

Thanks.

[thunderstruck]

I use Arch Linux.
The Linux binary works in Xboard if I install the unixodbc library.
I suppose it's the same for Ubuntu and derivatives.
It runs out of time or stops working before the game is finished.

[stegemma]

I use Arch Linux.
The Linux binary works in Xboard if I install the unixodbc library.
I suppose it's the same for Ubuntu and derivatives.
It runs out of time or stops working before the game is finished.

Thanks, in effect I have some of my default libraries linked to unixODBC and I haven't found a way to statically link it to the executable (satana doesn't use odbc but the libraries were linked the same).

I've tested on the console only but I'm not very experienced on Linux. Using CodeLite/gcc there are something wrong and the debugger doesn't works (hell knows what!).

I install XBoard and I see what happens...

PS: maybe I've found the problem: a log of nps with a very bad "nodescount / ms" when ms = 0!

[Dann Corbit]

Are you using an odbc connection for your book?

[stegemma]

Are you using an odbc connection for your book?

No, the problem is that my C++ libraries are all connected; Satana links to my DB library (but don't use it) and that library is connected to ODBC.

My book is a simple binary array of entries, handled via fwrite.

[stegemma]

I apologies for the bug in Linux/OS X version; now it has been corrected.

Still on my site in the new zip file Satana.2.4.19.b.zip

http://www.linformatica.com

Thanks.

[thunderstruck]

Now it works!
And the odbc library isn't needed anymore.
One remark only, you could strip the binary.

[stegemma]

Now it works!
And the odbc library isn't needed anymore.
One remark only, you could strip the binary.

It is too late this night to understand what "strip the binary" could means... so I go sleeping and maybe tomorrow I could understand!

Thanks sincerely for your support.

[Dann Corbit]

Now it works!
And the odbc library isn't needed anymore.
One remark only, you could strip the binary.

It is too late this night to understand what "strip the binary" could means... so I go sleeping and maybe tomorrow I could understand!

Thanks sincerely for your support.

The end users can do it if they like.
Strip.exe removes symbols and makes the binary smaller.

[styx]

Works good on linux in xboard. I even managed to win the game