Answers.Body: <p>In Scid vs PC, after you turn on an engine, a window with analysis opens. In that window you can see icons like <strong>Stop Engine</strong>, <strong>Add Move</strong>, <strong>Add Variation</strong> etc. (see picture below).</p>
  
  <p>Among them, there is a small box with a number (marked by a red circle in the picture below), namely the number of lines suggested by the engine. Adjust that according to your preference. If I understood your question correctly, that should solve your problem. Just for the sake of completeness, I have the version  4.13 of Scid vs PC.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: It is good suggestion but it works in current session what if I want to set it for next/all session. After I will hit annotate again it become 4 lines again after I set it to one before also?
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Answers.Text: @Chameleon I tried looking at the file **options.dat** in my scidvspc directory. In that file, you can find values for many different variables that Scid vs PC uses. Unfortunately, I cannot find the variable that controls the number of lines of analysis, and I do not see another easy way of setting this number to some fixed value.
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Answers.Text: @Zvonimir, there is a file called engines.dat
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Answers.Body: <p>The keyword you're looking for is variations. To save this for future use, make a new analysis engine.</p>
  <p>Under Tools, click either Analysis Engine or Analysis Engine #2:</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/q9lQv.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/q9lQv.png" alt="Tools dropdown menu" /></a></p>
  <p>Click New...:</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/uViBX.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/uViBX.png" alt="Analysis Engine List" /></a></p>
  <p>Fill in the fields and hit Configure UCI engine:</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/2bwwb.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/2bwwb.png" alt="Configure Scid engine" /></a></p>
  <p>Now you can set the Multiple variations variable to any amount of 'lines' you want:</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/0Jz5k.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/0Jz5k.png" alt="Configure UCI engine" /></a></p>
  <p>Don't forget to look at all the other nifty variables you come across :-)</p>
  <p>This sets the same number as <a href="https://chess.stackexchange.com/a/13804/19803">Zvonimir indicated in their answer</a>, but now it can be saved as a standard setting. If you want to use it again, just select the correct engine.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I would like to reduce the number of lines calculated by the engine to speed up the analysis but I cannot find the appropriate option for that. Does anybody know how to do this in Scid vs PC?</p>
  
Tags: <analysis><scid>
Title: How to limit lines in scid vs pc in annotate mode?
ThreadText: # How to limit lines in scid vs pc in annotate mode?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-02-24)
  
  I would like to reduce the number of lines calculated by the engine to speed up the analysis but I cannot find the appropriate option for that. Does anybody know how to do this in Scid vs PC?
  
  **Tags:** analysis, scid
  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-02-26. Score: 2
  
  In Scid vs PC, after you turn on an engine, a window with analysis opens. In that window you can see icons like **Stop Engine**, **Add Move**, **Add Variation** etc. (see picture below).
  
  Among them, there is a small box with a number (marked by a red circle in the picture below), namely the number of lines suggested by the engine. Adjust that according to your preference. If I understood your question correctly, that should solve your problem. Just for the sake of completeness, I have the version 4.13 of Scid vs PC.
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/T4tAn.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/T4tAn.png)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: It is good suggestion but it works in current session what if I want to set it for next/all session. After I will hit annotate again it become 4 lines again after I set it to one before also?  
  > **username_1**: @username_0 I tried looking at the file **options.dat** in my scidvspc directory. In that file, you can find values for many different variables that Scid vs PC uses. Unfortunately, I cannot find the variable that controls the number of lines of analysis, and I do not see another easy way of setting this number to some fixed value.  
  > **username_2**: @username_1, there is a file called engines.dat  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2023-03-03. Score: 0
  
  The keyword you're looking for is variations. To save this for future use, make a new analysis engine.
  
  Under Tools, click either Analysis Engine or Analysis Engine #2:
  
  [![Tools dropdown menu](https://i.sstatic.net/q9lQv.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/q9lQv.png)
  
  Click New...:
  
  [![Analysis Engine List](https://i.sstatic.net/uViBX.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/uViBX.png)
  
  Fill in the fields and hit Configure UCI engine:
  
  [![Configure Scid engine](https://i.sstatic.net/2bwwb.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/2bwwb.png)
  
  Now you can set the Multiple variations variable to any amount of 'lines' you want:
  
  [![Configure UCI engine](https://i.sstatic.net/0Jz5k.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/0Jz5k.png)
  
  Don't forget to look at all the other nifty variables you come across :-)
  
  This sets the same number as [username_1 indicated in their answer](https://chess.stackexchange.com/a/13804/19803), but now it can be saved as a standard setting. If you want to use it again, just select the correct engine.
  
  
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