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Subject: Arena can't setup positions either!

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 13:12:09 05/17/02

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On May 17, 2002 at 13:26:16, pavel wrote:

I didn't manage to setup a position either in Arena,
all i can setup is white pieces!

This thing is having the usually free betatest. No one
sees anything of course! All the poor programmer gets
is questions like: "please ship the next version".

Not a single person is testing this product i get
impression!!

>On May 17, 2002 at 13:19:35, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>for I-CSVN-2 i was setting up Insomniac and found
>>out that ARENA has no easy working takeback when
>>the engine has the move!!!
>>
>>this is no good!
>>
>>TIME TO IMPROVE IT!!!!
>>
>>
>>In diep the right mouse button is take back. of course
>>that's perhaps *too* easy. But it's better than not having
>>a takeback!
>>
>>All operators will be in utmost paniccing state when they
>>enter a thing wrong, there is no possibility to take back
>>easily!!!!!
>>
>>Also getting the engine to work under arena, that was not easy.
>>Arena got hung.
>>
>>Then i killed arena and restarted it.
>>
>>Another small thing , pretty important. during install of
>>arena it didn't create a shortcut on my desk!
>>
>>Ok, i know giving criticism is easy, but for an interface to
>>use during tournaments this thing is not going to work!
>
>
>Arena is still in beta stage (thats why it is called beta4 release).
>
>I would suggest that you suggest your opinions and tips and complains to this
>forum --->(http://www.f22.parsimony.net/forum41668/) because this is where
>Martin Blume (programmer of Arena) mostly answers Arena regarding question, or
>you could drop him and e-mail.
>
>He is very open to suggestions.
>
>regards,
>pavs



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