16 NAME MENUS

• 16.1 In general
• 16.2 Autoplay series
• 16.3 Allow double games
• 16.4 Maximum moves:
• 16.5 Maximum games:
• 16.6 Other setting possibilities

16.1 In general

Both player names, as they can be seen in the name window, have their own menu. Just click on it and they will appear. Keyboard users can use:

• ALT+W for the white player's name and
• ALT+Z for the black player's name.

THE (ADJUST) OPTIONS IN THESE MENUS ONLY APPLY TO THE WHITE AND BLACK PLAYERS' SETTINGS WHEN THE PROGRAM IS IN THE AUTOPLAY-SERIES MODE!

16.2 Autoplay series

Activating this option will cause the program to start an autoplay series. The results of these games will be written automatically into the current database.

Because the program offers the possibility of loading different engines you can for instance have white play like REBEL 10.0 and black like REBEL DECADE. Or take equal engines but different opening books which is an easy way of testing different books!

• the program will take care that each "player" plays the same amount of games with white as with black.
• you can stop autoplay by activating this item again in the pull-down or by pressing <ESC>
• in the database the configuration of both players will be saved in a short way analogous to the settings in the menu.
  An example:
  "R0,n,n,4,N,S,y,y,y-R9,y,n,N,N,S,y,y,y
  0.5-1.5 0/1/1 (0) rebel.mvs+peter.rbm<>rebel.mvs+new.rbm"
  means:
  
  • white used REBEL 10 engine, brute force was off, combination off, selection on 4, playing style was Normal, playing strength Strong, normal book on, tournament book on and user book on
  • black used REBEL 9 engine, brute force on etc.
  • score after this game 0.5-1.5, none won by white, one draw, one lost, no double games
  • white used rebel.mvs and peter.rbm and black used rebel.mvs and new.rbm for opening book.

16.3 Allow double games

When activated, double games in the match are allowed and will be saved in the database. If not activated, they will be skipped prematurely.

16.4 Maximum moves:

With this figure you decide at what number of moves a game will be stopped and a new one starts. This will prevent dead drawn endings to continue to 160 moves. Example: when you input "100" then after 100 moves a new game will be started.

16.5 Maximum games:

Here you can enter the number of games that you want to be played in the autoplay series. When the number is reached the program will return to the regular game mode. This option might be useful for test purposes where you want exact data for comparison.

16.6 Other setting possibilities

For a description of all these possibilities we refer you to the corresponding sections of chapter 4.3.

Remark
The resign value of menu "Config" will be applied here too!

The configuration for white and black can be saved separately with the corresponding options "load configuration" and "save configuration" of each name menu.