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Subject: Re: CM8000 Patch (finally) available!

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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