Author: Brian Katz
Date: 06:25:00 05/28/02
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On May 27, 2002 at 13:00:02, Mike S. wrote: >On May 27, 2002 at 00:23:51, Derek Winter wrote: > >>(...) >How does one determine if one has Hiarcs at all, if all the programs have the >>same name? > >Press F3 to see if you have the Hiarcs engine available. > >Basically, to "have" Hiarcs means to have the engine and Hiarcs-specific >accessories (opening book, database). The GUI isn't engine specific... The >switch in "Tools/Options, Version" affects the ?-Mark speed benchmark (which >engine is taken for that), but AFAIK nothing else. The name chosen appears in >the title bar and the startup screen. > >If you don't see a Hiarcs engine, there could be various reasons (i.e., more >than one engine directory). Do a search across the whole drive in Windows >Explorer for *.eng files, to check if they are all in the same directory, if >engines are missing. Wouldn't it be easier if all these Chessbase Chess Program CD's allowed us to actually see the engine files on the CD, so that when purchasing multiple programs, all we would have to do is COPY the Engine into the First engine folder from your first Install. We would always have the option of Installing any CD that we want at some point if we so desired. Why Install Fritz 7, purchase Hiarcs 8 and install that, then go through renaming or moving engine folders or files (so as not to lose a given engine when uninstalling the program)when we UNINSTALL the 2nd, program and in some cases 3rd,4th,5th etc. and then have to rename again or move back again. Life would be so much easier. I don't mind it, as I enjoy doing things such as just mentioned, but many only know how to install an uninstall programs not knowing that you have to rename or move engine files or folders to keep an engine. Notice the lastest Fritz 6 Upgrade. Once you install the Upgrade your desktop Fritz 6 icon (shortcut) and the Fritz 6 icon (shortcut)in your Start>Programs>Chessbase> will not work. You have to delete these shortcuts! Then you have to go into your Fritz 6 folder and send a copy of the shortcut to your desktop. Also, if one wants the shortcut in there Start menu, you have to right click onto Start then click onto EXPLORE, select PROGRAMS, select Chessbase, and then copy or send the shortcut there so that it will show in your start menu. OR whichever other way one knows how to place a shortcut in your start menu. The point is that Chessbase does not even mention the need to do this with their present Fritz 6 Upgrade. I only found out that the shortcuts will no longer work after the upgrade Yesterday 5/27 from a posting on this topic yesterday. How can Chessbase operate like this????? Brian >It should be easy to figure out... it's just the normal GUI/engine concept. You >also don't install WinBoard twelve times just because you have twelve different >WinBoard engines. > >Regards, >M.Scheidl
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