Author: John Merlino
Date: 14:07:08 06/11/04
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On June 11, 2004 at 16:57:22, Terry Giles wrote: >On June 11, 2004 at 14:58:13, John Merlino wrote: > >>On June 11, 2004 at 14:39:50, Terry Giles wrote: >> >>>On June 11, 2004 at 09:42:43, Sune Larsson wrote: >>> >>>>On June 11, 2004 at 08:53:24, Terry Giles wrote: >>>> >>>>>I notice that the Chessmaster 10th edition program has 'real' 3D boards, >>>>>according to the site at ... >>>>> >>>>>http://chessmaster10.ubi.com/uk/ >>>>> >>>>>All the board versions can be used with red/cyan glasses to produce anaglyphic >>>>>3D, also they have now included rather 'gimmicky' animated chess sets. >>>>> >>>>>Terry Giles >>>> >>>> >>>> Nice - as long as there is a workable, full screen 2D board in the package... >>>> >>>> /S >>> >>>Absolutely! I have Chessmaster 6000 and Chessmaster 9000 and I play serious >>>chess ONLY with the 2D layouts, actually I use the 'flat' 3D sets in Chessmaster >>>9000 in the overhead view mode. Chessmaster still lacks a really good totally >>>customizable 2D board and pieces. >>> >>>Terry >> >>Regarding your last sentence, I'm pretty sure you're the first person I've ever >>heard say that (after CM9000 was released). Of course, I suspect that you're >>speaking aesthetically, so "de gustibus non disputandum est". >> >>jm > >Hi John, > >Yes, granted I'm being a tad picky here, but the real issue for me is to create >a good contrast between the chess board and the pieces. In Chessmaster 9000 I >use the true 3D Maple board with the flat Black and White figurine pieces, I >find this very pleasing - but it's the ONLY variation that I like from the >myriad choices. Also neither the board or piece colours can be varied, this was >something I particularly liked in Chessmaster 6000 with its totally >customizable, albeit rather plain, 2D board. > >Regards, >Terry Wow, yes, that "Custom Board" feature was rather plain, if not downright ugly. It was just flat squares that you could color and size any way you liked. You could put any piece set on them, but the pieces themselves would still be the same size regardless of how you sized or oriented the board. The only sizable piece set was the "Vector Set", which was just a true-type font, and not a particularly attractive one either. We dumped both of these options because the "flat 3D" looked much better. jm
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