Author: Dana Turnmire
Date: 11:47:47 09/13/03
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On September 13, 2003 at 14:36:58, John Merlino wrote: >On September 13, 2003 at 14:16:52, Dana Turnmire wrote: > >>On September 13, 2003 at 13:36:13, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>On September 13, 2003 at 10:02:19, Dana Turnmire wrote: >>> >>>>I can set up a position and then allow Chessmaster to play the position against >>>>itself but it just sits there. Initially the thinking lines show what it's >>>>thinking but it stays stuck on that one line and when I shut the thinking lines >>>>down and then open it back up there is nothing but a blank space in the lines. >>>>I ask for Mentor advice but none of the tabs are highlighted to start the >>>>thinking. I am running the 1.02 patch on Windows 2000 professional. Am I doing >>>>something wrong? >>> >>>When you load a PGN file, the program automatically sets the time control to >>>"Infinite" if there is no time control specified in the PGN file. If the time >>>control is Infinite, then the engine will never move. >>> >>>Also, you cannot ask for advice if it is a computer's turn to move -- only if it >>>is a human's turn to move. >>> >>>Does this sound like what is happening in both cases? >>> >>>jm >> >>As far as the mentor advice you may be right. But as far as the thinking lines >>I tried about everything and they wouldn't work right. I thought it might be >>because I had loaded the pgn from Genius 7. I tried loading the following FEN >>(at first as a normal pgn) to Chessmaster and allowing Genius 7 to play White >>and Chessmaster to play the Black pieces but Chessmaster just sits there at time >>controls of 5sec/move and will not allow me to "force move" or anything. >> >>I'm thinking it may be because there is something wrong with Genius 7. But I >>don't know. >> >>[d] 3r1rk1/1b3p1p/p2q1Pp1/np2Q3/2p4R/6NP/PBB3PK/8 w - - > >Try a different time control, such as a simple one-minute game. Also try making >BOTH of the players Chessmaster. > >Nobody else has reported this kind of behaviour, so I'm quite confused.... > >jm I clicked on set up position with this FEN and had Chessmaster play both colors at game/5 min but neither side will do anything. It may be some freaky thing and maybe I will reinstall Chessmaster but I have not had this problem before as far as I know. Thanks.
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