Author: Mel Schwartz
Date: 15:55:28 09/17/02
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On September 17, 2002 at 15:52:16, John Merlino wrote: >On September 17, 2002 at 10:29:32, Mel Schwartz wrote: > >>On September 16, 2002 at 19:51:37, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>On September 16, 2002 at 19:16:56, Mel Schwartz wrote: >>> >>>>On September 16, 2002 at 15:23:14, David Dahlem 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. >>>>>> >>>>>>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. >>>>> >>>>>That "crashing" sound is very annoying and i think that the sound must have been >>>>>off when CM9 was being tested. :) In Windows, it's possible to change the sounds >>>>>in Control Panel\Sounds and Multimedia. Just scroll down till you see the .wav >>>>>settings for Chessmaster 9000. >>>>>Regards >>>>>Dave >>>> >>>>I have looked in the CM directory and to my surprise there is no "Sounds" where >>>>you can change that "delightful" check sound. Every chess game I can remember >>>>had a folder where there were all the sounds in the game. Why isn't it in CM??? >>> >>>He said to look in Control Panel\Sounds, not in the Chessmaster 9000 directory. >>> >>>jm >> >>There is nothing in "Sounds" of the control panel for CM9000. John, the CM >>manual states you can change the sounds to your preference (other than what's in >>the game) by going to CHESSMASTER help. Now, I went to CM help and there is >>nothing. Do you know how to change a specific sound like the "crashing" sound >>used for a check? > >There should definitely be something in Control Panel\Sounds. > >You are using XP, so go to "Control Panel -> Sounds, Speech and Audio Drivers -> >Change the Sound Scheme -> Sounds Tab". In the "Program Events" list, scroll >down until you see the "Chessmaster" section. There should be about 15 different >sound types, with 7 or 8 of those being game-specific sounds such as "White >Move", "Black Move", "Check", etc. > >jm I found what you're talking about but when clicking on "check" there is nothing listed. If that is what I'm supposed to change, then I am confused. It should give a path for the sound in ChessMaster but all it says is "None" under Sounds when highlighted. That might be for playing on the internet? Have you actually been able to change the crashing sound for a check in Thematic Sounds?
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