Author: John Merlino
Date: 15:14:33 02/12/01
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On February 12, 2001 at 18:12:23, Andreas St. wrote: >On February 12, 2001 at 18:08:02, John Merlino wrote: > >>On February 12, 2001 at 17:52:22, Andreas St. wrote: >> >>>On February 12, 2001 at 17:40:42, John Merlino wrote: >>> >>>>On February 12, 2001 at 17:37:53, Andreas St. wrote: >>>> >>>>>On February 12, 2001 at 17:23:49, John Merlino wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On February 12, 2001 at 17:20:26, Andreas St. wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On February 12, 2001 at 15:51:23, John Merlino wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>The Chessmaster 8000 patch is finally up on our website (www.chessmaster.com). >>>>>>>>Just click on the "Downloads" button to get to the patch link. Also note that >>>>>>>>there is a completely updated and expanded FAQ, which you can read by going to >>>>>>>>www.chessmaster.com/faqs8000.html. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>The ReadMe for the patch is quite long, so I'm not going to post it here (unless >>>>>>>>somebody particularly wants me to). The patch download itself is relatively very >>>>>>>>small, compared to most games these days, only 605KB. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>I'm sure that Chessmaster will now perform as all of you hoped it would. And >>>>>>>>hopefully the SSDF will now start testing it! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Enjoy, and many thanks to all of you who posted problems and/or helped the >>>>>>>>development team and I find and fix them. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>jm >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>>just downloaded the patch. and installed. Now chessmaster doesnt make any move >>>>>>>anymore!!! i use any personality, i make a first move but Cm makes nothing. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Thats bullshit. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Sorry. i use Windows ME. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Greets AS >>>>>> >>>>>>Check to see if there is a PATCH.ERR file that the patch may have created. If >>>>>>so, then let me know what it says.... >>>>>> >>>>>>jm >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Hi John, >>>>> >>>>>yes i have a patch.err. It says: >>>>> >>>>>ENTRY: Chessmaster.exe >>>>>warning wpt0036: Old File not found. However, a file of the same name was >>>>> found. No update done since file contents do not match >>>>> >>>>>I hope it can help you/me. >>>>> >>>>>Greets >>>>> >>>>>AS >>>> >>>>Wow, that's a major surprise. Somehow, either you got a different >>>>CHESSMASTER.EXE file than the one that is on the CD, or your file got changed, >>>>because your copy of that file that the patch is trying to modify is different >>>>from what it is expecting. >>>> >>>>What are the specs of your Chessmaster.exe file (date, time, size, attributes, >>>>etc.)? Is that file read-only? Where did you get your copy of the game? >>>> >>>>jm >>> >>>Hi, >>> >>>I have ordered the CM 8000 from the German www.niggemann.com. >>> >>>The specs of my Chessmaster.exe: >>> >>>Date 23. Oct. 2000 >>> >>>1.589.273 bytes. >>> >>>Version 1.0.0.0 >>> >>>If this is a problem with german copies, what now??? >>> >>>Greets >> >>Very good question. Did your copy from niggemann.com come with a box and >>manual?Is any of the actual program in German? If so, then this is news to the >>development team, who is completely unaware of any non-English versions of the >>program. The patch assumes the US-English release, as there should be no other >>versions (as far as I'm told -- I will look into this further). >> >>jm > >Hi, > >the programme came from niggemann with a complete package. The programme is in >english with a german handbook. The programme is sure original (no piracy). > >Greets > >AS Please e-mail me your original Chessmaster.exe, so I can forward it to the right people so they can take a look at it. jm
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