Author: William Penn
Date: 16:08:25 02/03/01
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On February 03, 2001 at 12:22:16, John Merlino wrote: >On February 03, 2001 at 06:22:16, William Penn wrote: > >>CM8000 >>In the gameroom, infinite time, human vs. human, Chessmaster box checked in >>Thinking Lines window, Visal Thinking window on screen. After I load a game from >>disk and make a move on the board... Sometimes I get a 'Draw by Threefold >>Repetition' popup, and must click 'OK' (the only option). Then I have to open >>the 'Game Information' dialog and click the 'Game Not Over' radio button. This >>doesn't happen everytime, just sometimes, and I can't figure out what >>causes/preceeds it. It appears to be random. That's not a serious bug, but an >>annoyance. >>WP > >Did the game actually end in a 3-fold rep, or is it a completely erroneous >message? Can you e-mail me a game and instructions on how to duplicate this? > >jm No, the game(s) didn't end. They were just saved to disk in CMG format, then reloaded later to continue them. I don't remember which game(s) were involved, but I believe it happened in more than one game. It's apparently random, not something I can reproduce. It doesn't happen frequently, maybe 5% of the time (1 time in 20). When/if it happens again, I'll try to take more careful notes. WP
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