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Subject: Re: Questions about CM 9000

Author: John Merlino

Date: 16:52:53 09/16/02

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On September 16, 2002 at 19:12:08, Mel Schwartz wrote:

>On September 16, 2002 at 14:59:54, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On September 16, 2002 at 14:45:54, Mel Schwartz wrote:
>>
>>>The manual states there is a way to select your own sounds and instructs going
>>>to ChessMaster help. I don't see anything related to changing the sounds
>>>anywhere. Does anyone know how to change the sounds to my preferences not in the
>>>game itself?
>>>
>>>The Thematic Sounds is not bad but that "crashing" sound during a check is real
>>>annoying.
>>
>>The instructions on how to change the piece movement sounds is in the ReadMe.
>>
>>>Another problem is the piece movement. Why can't the game be designed so that
>>>pieces move smoothly like in Fritz 7? There is this jerky movement in CM 9000
>>>that is quite annoying.
>>
>>What type of board are you using (2D, Fixed View or True3D)? How fast is your
>>computer's CPU? What video card do you have? Does this happen all the time, or
>>does it appear to happen only in certain circumstances?
>>
>>jm
>
>I'm using a 2D board. My computer is a P4 2.26. I have an ATI Radeon 8500 128 MB
>Video card. Yes, it happens all the time. This is especially annoying when
>making fast moves and the piece just sort of quivers for lack of a better term.

I will take a look at it, but that is almost exactly the same setup that we are
using here (XP, ATI Radeon 8500, but on much slower machines).

>As for changing the sound, I can't find anthing according to what the manual
>says. The manual states ChessMaster help is where you look to change the sounds
>to your preference - I don't mean the choices given within the game.

I said that these were in the ReadMe file, not in the manual.

jm



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