Engine UCI Options?

[ChiefPushesWood]

Hi there,
I was wondering... Perhaps I'm just missing it but is there some place to set engine UCI options? I understand how to choose a different engine but I do not see how to configure the engine in COW Pro.

Thanks,
CPW

[cfan]

Hi Chief

You can do this under preferences/engines/startup commands, eg. type in the box

uci
setoption name Threads value 4
setoption name Hash value 1024

to set these example options. Change to suit and add others on new lines. Also tick the box "send startup commands".

[ChiefPushesWood]

Thank you, CFAN

[Jonathan003]

So if I want to use stockfish_13_win_x64_bmi2, I have type this?

uci
setoption stockfish_13_win_x64_bmi2 Threads value 4
setoption stockfish_13_win_x64_bmi2 name Hash value 1024


How can I check if the settings work? How can I for example check if stockfish_13_win_x64_bmi2 is using 4 Treads?
How can I set the option to use Syzygy tablebases?

There is a check box 'Log Engine Activity', what douse it do and where can I find it?

[Carl Bicknell]

Hi Chief

You can do this under preferences/engines/startup commands, eg. type in the box

uci
setoption name Threads value 4
setoption name Hash value 1024

to set these example options. Change to suit and add others on new lines. Also tick the box "send startup commands".

This is incredibly unfriendly for the user, compared with other software. Apart from anything else, where are all the commands listed?
Surely the way other software has done it with a checkbox system is easier