Author: Dana Turnmire
Date: 05:48:46 09/14/03
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On September 14, 2003 at 05:22:22, George Tsavdaris wrote: >On September 13, 2003 at 15:16:27, John Merlino wrote: > >>On September 13, 2003 at 14:47:47, Dana Turnmire wrote: >> >>>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. >> >>Did you try "Actions -> Wake Up" (CTRL+W)? >> >>Also, you can paste FEN into Chessmaster by going to "Edit -> Paste -> Forsythe >>position". This is something else to try. >> > >In the above FEN it's White that have to move. And as the poster said, it is >Chessmaster to play with Black. So CTRL+W(Wake up) doesn't do anything after >you set up a position. So Chessmaster is waiting white to move. After I make the first move for White nothing happens.
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