Author: John Merlino
Date: 15:57:23 02/12/01
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On February 12, 2001 at 18:55:25, jonas cohonas 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 > >I have the same problem, exactly the same: >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. > >This the original version bought and paid for(in denmark): >size 1.51 mb (1.589.273 kb) >23rd october >(english ver.) >Path: c:\programmer\chessmaster 8000 > >Chessmaster will not make a move, and i would like to be able to run it >with the new patch!! > >Jonas Please e-mail me your exe, as I am requesting others to do, so I can make sure that you all have the same version. I'm now assuming that a European version was created without the development team knowing about it, and that they will be able to create a European patch very soon. jm
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