Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 15:32:41 02/12/01
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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 I can confirm the above by also having a Chessmaster.exe dated 2000-10-23 16:44 size 1.589.273 bytes. It was bought in Sweden and came with a box and manual. Full package all in English. Sune
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