Author: Kevin N Miller
Date: 21:47:27 05/29/03
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Dear John, I didn't realize that file existed. I'll check it out. Many thanks for your advise. Kevin Miller On May 29, 2003 at 13:38:35, John Merlino wrote: >You posted a question about the Mentor Lines dialog in CM9000 several days ago, >and I just noticed it now. To answer your question, the ReadMe file in CM9000 >details the content and usage of this window. I'll quote it here: > >----------------- >The Mentor Lines window is briefly discussed in the manual, but an explanation >of the "Best Moves" control and the intent of this window was omitted. Briefly >speaking, this window, which is available in the Game Room and the Library, >allow you to see "running commentary" by Chessmaster about the position of the >current game. This commentary will run indefinitely, until the status of the >current game is changed, at which point the commentary will begin again with the >new position of the current game. When opened, this window automatically >launches a "mentor" engine instance to watch the game. This will, like the >Visual Thinking Window, take up as much CPU time as a computer personality that >is actually playing the game. > The data that is displayed in this window is identical in content and layout >to the Thinking Lines window. The "Best Lines" control of this window allows you >to view this data in two different ways. If you select 1 (one) best move to be >shown, then the window will show the single best move "over time". In other >words, as the Chessmaster engine searches deeper, the most recent "best move" >will be replaced by a newer one AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST. This is very >important to remember -- if "Best Moves" equals one, then the best move is >always at the BOTTOM of the list. If "Best Moves" is greater than one, then the >Mentor Lines window will show a number of lines equal to the number of best >moves that you have asked for. These moves will be sorted by score FROM THE TOP >DOWN. So, if "Best Moves" is greater than one, then the best move is always at >the TOP of the list. >----------------- > >Additionally, I would strongly suggest thoroughly reading this file, as it >contains much useful information that did not end up in the manual. > >jm
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