niklasf
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4 years ago Hi, you can enable logging to see if the communication work as expected or if the engine prints some error: https://python-chess.readthedocs.io/en/latest/engine.html#logging
Unfortunately the UCI protocol has no standardized mechanism for error reporting, so python-chess doesn't know if the engine was happy with the option. engine.options is just a dictionary of the available options. It doesn't refelect the current configuration.
ccanger
Dear Niclas,
I'm not getting anywhere on my own. I describe the problem: I want to use the Rodent III engine and set an option: setoption name PersonalityFile = "amy.txt".
The program: (mini variant)
import chess import chess.engine
board=chess.Board() engine=chess.engine.SimpleEngine.popen_uci("RodentIII_x64_POPCNT_pgo.exe") engine.configure({"PersonalityFile": "amy.txt"}) result=engine.play(board,chess.engine.Limit(depth=1),game=1,info=15) print engine.options["PersonalityFile"] engine.close()
Now is the output:
Option(name='PersonalityFile', type='string', default='default.txt', min=None, max=None, var=[])
The new option is not correctly transmitted to the engine. The output is "default.txt" and not "amy.txt". I suspect the option change doesn't work.
If I let the engine work, there is no corresponding effect with this Option.
What can I do ?
If I have set a new option, how can I check whether you have correctly arrived at the engine. ?
Thank you !