Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:42:25 11/08/02
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On November 08, 2002 at 09:08:49, Cliff Sears wrote: > Hi John, > > Love the new Chessmaster version! Ben studing my old Bobby Fischer's "60 > Memerable Games" in Descriptive Notation and use the database feature to move > the game ahead - fun! > > I have a couple of ideas for the next version and feel free to tell me if they > are stupid or not. I am a low rated player who just enjoys the game for fun. > > 1) ADD VARIATION FEATURE THAT LETS ONE EXPLORE DIFFERENT LINES (LIKE VARIOUS > SUGGESTIONS IN MENTOR WINDOW) WITHOUT ALTERING CURRENT GAME. THIS WILL HELP > STUDY ALL THE VARIATIONS SUGGESTED IN CHESS STUDY VOLUMES. ALSO, WHEN USING >THIS > FEATURE, COULD A NUMERICAL VALUE BE CALCULATED TO THE VARIATION (FOR ONE > SUGGESTED IN A BOOK BUT NOT IN A MENTOR LINE) There really isn't anything wrong with temporarily altering the game. And, considering the interface, it would be difficult to display imaginary lines in the game while leaving the moves of the game unaltered. How would you navigate through these imaginary lines without changing the move list itself? In other words, if you really don't mind altering the move list by adding these interesting lines, then you can do this already, and just go back to the main line whenever you like. > 2) SET THE NATURAL LANGUAGE ADVICE TO AT LEAST 8 HOURS. I LIKE THE FRIENDLY > VERBIAGE WHEN STUDYING A GAME. No doubt, but are you willing to wait 8 hours for it? Truly LENGTHLY analysis can be accomplished by either the Mentor Lines window or the Game Analysis feature. Advice is intended to be an "in-game" feature. > 3) COULD MORE VERBIAGE AND VARIATIONS BE SHOWN OR CALCULATED IN THE "EXPLAIN > EVERY MOVE" COACH WINDOW? Well, probably. But they are fairly difficult to do accurately and programmatically. If you have any suggestions, feel free to post them here, or just e-mail them to chessmaster@ubisoft.com. > P.S. DO NOT REMOVE A THING FROM CM9000. I LOVE THE ADDED FEATURES. ALSO >THANK > YOU VERY MUCH FOR SUPPORTING DESCRIPTIIVE NOTATION. I STUDY FROM MANY OLDER > BOOKS. You're very welcome. We always try to keep as much as possible from previous versions, but sometimes we remove things that just do not compare well with the new features. Usually, these are visual things such as older boards and pieces, or older features such as the original "Rate My Play" (which was replaced by Pandolfini's Rating Exam) or the "Custom Board" (which was replaced by the True3D boards). > P.S.2 IS THERE A WAY TO ADD A PHOTOGRAPH TO A NEWLY CREATED PERSONALITY? Nope, sorry. Maybe in an upcoming patch, but not likely.... jm
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