Author: Steven J. Brann
Date: 18:43:48 10/23/01
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On October 22, 2001 at 15:14:33, John Merlino wrote: >In deciding what sort of additions and modifications to make to the next version >of Chessmaster, I thought it might be a good idea to ask the users on this board >(who are a decent representation of the "computer chess enthusiast" community) a >few questions. These questions are in no particular order.... > >Please feel free to either answer them here, or via an e-mail to >jmerlino@ubisoft.com. > >1) Which ratings ranges of personalities do you use or play against? 1400s I win 80%, 1500s 40% 1600s (trying to remember) >2) Do you play Rated Games in the Tournament Room? No >3) Do you create tournaments in the Tournament Room? If so, do you include human >users (like yourself) in these tournaments? Yes, no >4) Do you think there should be more "human" personalities, less "human" >personalities, or do you think the number of these personalities is just right? More is better >5) Do you wish that you were able to create larger tournaments (i.e. more than 8 >players in a round-robin tournament, or more than 32 players in a Swiss >tournament)? If so, how many would you like to include in these types of >tournaments? As many as resources would allow >6) Have you ever gone to the Library? Yes >7) Have you ever used the Opening Book Editor? If so, have you ever wished that >you could create books with more than 64K moves in them? No >8) Do you play chess online? If so, have you ever used Chessmaster (any version) >to play chess online? No >9) Do you own Chessbase (any version)? No >10) Have you ever gone to the Classroom? If so, what portions of the curriculum >have you COMPLETED? (to the best of your recollection -- please don't bother to >take the time to look unless you really want to.... ;-) Yes, none completed (segments are too lengthy) >11) Have you ever imported an XBoard compatible engine into Chessmaster? If so, >what did you think of the import process and the overall XBoard support? No >12) Do you wish that there were more or less chess sets and boards to choose >from? More... but ones with decent graphics >13) Have you ever changed the "wallpaper" for any room? No >14) What setting do you use for piece movement sounds (Spoken Move >Announcements, Thematic Sounds, Simple Sounds or No Sound)? Thematic sound >15) Does it bother you that Chessmaster 8000 requires the CD at all times? If >so, how much (on a scale of 1 to 5, where 5 is you are VERY bothered)? 4+ >16) Have you ever created a personality? Yes, several >17) Do you think there are too many personality variables, not enough variables, >or just the right amount of variables? About right but make pawn scale more granular. 0.1 minimum movement is too much. >18) If you think there should be more personality variables, what would you >suggest? N/A >19) If you owned Chessmaster 6000/5500/5000, what do you think of the interface >change for Chessmaster 7000/8000 (the "room metaphor")? Own them all. Didn't like the room metaphor at first but it grew on me. >20) What resolution do you use on your monitor? 1280 X 1024 >21) What windows do you REGULARLY have open in the Game Room? Status, Annotation, Captured pieces, thinking lines >22) Do you think there are too many "Windows" available in the Game Room? No >23) What chess set/board combination do you prefer to use? 2D Black & White metal & Black & White figurine (3D boards are NOT up to par for the reasons others have mentioned. >24) Do you wish that there were larger chess sets/boards included in the game? >How about smaller chess sets/boards? No, just better graphics >25) If you have an official chess rating, what is it? If you do NOT have an >official chess rating but play a lot of chess, what do you estimate your rating >to be? Approx 1500 (estimate) >The more answers I get, the more useful this will be. I'd like to get at least >50 responses, so tell your friends.... > >Many thanks for your time! > >jm Other comments: Need the ability to delete games and touraments previously stored. PGN and CMT data for tournanments should be stored in same directory. This is not the case if subdirectories are used. When reading in FEN positions, CM doesn't ever recognize black to move. Time allocation with minutes per game too conservative. Better opening book. Game with X moves in Y minutes should have a sudden death setting after N iterations of time. Steve
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