Firenzina 2.2.2 xTreme, a clone of Fire 2.2 xTreme

[kranium]

In the meanwhile, I wonder if ANYONE ELSE can run the initial release (has the DLLs). I overlooked the /MD setting, especially given that it was the default. Are these DLLs so hard to come by?

Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x64)
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download ... x?id=14632

other versions also available

[geots]

"Only advice - get with Jesus and go over it with him..."

Hmm... is there any special computer chess prayer needed for that?

More like "a wing and a prayer"


gts

[Gusev]

Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x64)
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download ... x?id=14632

other versions also available

Thanks!! I see. They need a Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable Package (x64). This is a nuisance, but it can be taken care of if one wants to.

[Evert]

At the risk of opening the floodgates: shouldn't this be called a fork, or possibly a derivative rather than a clone?

[Gusev]

To me, it's a clone, at least for the time being. If Norman Schmidt chooses to resume Fire, that'll make Firenzina a fork. Right now the other tooth of the fork is absent. Norm kindly promised to consider a possibility to contribute to Firenzina, which I would greatly appreciate, and I will set up a Github depository ASAP to make contributing easier. Firenzina has not earned the proud name of a derivative, IMHO.

[Gusev]

Jose, I will get to more universal compiles very soon. In the meanwhile, I released the /MT /GS- version today: http://dgusev.cs.edinboro.edu/GameDev/C ... MT_x64.zip
It preliminarily seems to behave comparably to the initial /MD release (will follow up on that), but the users shouldn't need Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable Package (x64) to be able to run this new compile. I have also added thanks to you, Norman Schmidt, Jon Dart, and Jim Ablett for help and advice. Not all of the advice has been put to good use yet.

[ZirconiumX]

How to fix a hell of a lot of gcc warnings in a few easy steps:

1. Open up fire.h with your favourite editor.
2. On line 33, add

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#include <stdbool.h>

3. On line 42, add

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#define boolean bool

Of course, this is temporary, you shouldn't need to use boolean ever again, and can start changing all the boolean types to bool.

The usage of C is interesting here. There are functions being assigned values and things like that.

Matthew:out

[ZirconiumX]

Another bug squashed:

utility.c

Replace ShowBanner() with this:

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void ShowBanner()
    {
    char *startup_banner;

	sprintf(startup_banner, Engine Vers Platform "\n"
        "by Yuri Censor, a clone of Fire 2.2 xTreme by Kranium, based on Ippolit\n" // Modification by Yuri Censor for Firenzina, 2/16/2013
        "compiled by Yuri Censor\n" // Modified by Yuri Censor for Firenzina, 2/23/2013; Was: compiled by NS (i.e., Norman Schmidt)
        "" __DATE__ " " __TIME__ "\n\n");

    Send(startup_banner);
    fflush(stdout);

#ifdef Log
		if (WriteLog)
			{
			log_file = fopen(log_filename, "a");
			fprintf(log_file, startup_banner);
			close_log();
			}
#endif
    }

GetSysInfo() expects Windows, as Linux does not have GetSystemInfo().

__cpuid() does not exist on Linux.

If you have a 33 core machine (not sure, but hey ho!) 33<<1 is 66, which is higher than MaxCPUs in fire.h.

history.h

It is impossible to assign a function a value. Unless the function is supposed to be a macro - in which case - where the hell is it?

search.c

OutputBestMove is static void and takes a parameter typePos *Position, yet in functions.h, OutputBestMove is void, and takes no parameters. Which one is it??

You also have a file missing in your git repo, intrin.h.

Norman, you were saying about Linux compatiility? Where? I can't find any.

Matthew:out

[velmarin]

Matew,
"intrin.h" is library by "Microsoft", the intrinsic supports.

You can try compiling without instructions popcnt (first instance).

I hope enjoy the code "Ippolit", Norman writes very well in Fire.
You see how little by little will seem more "simple the first sight."

Have fun.

[ZirconiumX]

Matew,
"intrin.h" is library by "Microsoft", the intrinsic supports.

You can try compiling without instructions popcnt (first instance).

I hope enjoy the code "Ippolit", Norman writes very well in Fire.
You see how little by little will seem more "simple the first sight."

Have fun.

Shouldn't it be <intrin.h> then?

Yet more Linux incompatibility.

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#ifdef WINDOWS
   #include "intrin.h"
#endif

In GCC you can use __builtin_popcountll(unsigned long long x), which doesn't require a header.

Matthew:out