Author: Wayne Lowrance
Date: 03:54:45 12/25/03
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On December 25, 2003 at 00:24:37, Brian Katz wrote: >On December 24, 2003 at 17:28:21, Bob Durrett wrote: > >>On December 24, 2003 at 16:25:34, Wayne Lowrance wrote: >> >>>hi I just logged on to fritz server and it has notified me that a new upgrade is >>>available (15) and said my current up grade is (1). >>>I checked fritz8.eng in chessprogram8/fritz8 engine and it is the 023 version. I >>>am confused, as alwlays >> >>I am not sure about this, but I don't think engine upgrades can be found at >>playbase. The GUI updates are all I have received there. Chessbase does have a >>downloads page and engine upgrades may appear there. >> >>Bob D. Thank you very much Brian Happy Holidays right back at ya Wayne > >Hello, >The recent upgrade....#15 the latest upgrade available on the Playchess Server. >It gives the new date of (Dec 02 2003) after the upgrade. That can be checked >(If you don't already know) by clicking onto Help>About Fritz 8 and you will see >the new date in the title bar of that window. > >This upgrade does not change the engine from 8.0.0.23 to anything. It stays the >same. It will however, change the engine from 8.0.0.8 to 8.0.0.23. It does make >some changes to the GUI in the 3D mode for one. > >I have two computers. My older computer was upgraded from the CD Version to the >Date in the Help> About Fritz 8 to (Nov 13 2003) and the engine changed from >8.0.0.8 to 8.0.0.23. There were also some changes to the GUI. Some True 3D >changes then as well. I did the same on my new computer. The same changes took >place. For various reasons, I uninstalled and reinstalled the Fritz 8 program on >my new computer. Just recently, the Playchess Server offered the upgrade to both >computer Fritz 8 programs. I ran both. The old computer encountered some 3D >option changes but the date in the Help>About Fritz 8 window stayed at (Nov 13 >2003) which is the date from the previous upgrade. However, the date in the new >computer Help>About Fritz 8 changed to (Dec 02 2003) Go figure. There were >changes made to the old computer, so the upgrade did take affect. >In any event, the changes in this recent upgrade will make some changes to the >GUI and change the 8.0.0.8 engine to 8.0.0.23. If you have the previous upgrade, >your engine will have changed from 8.0.0.8 to 8.0.0.23. If for some reason after >the previous upgrade, assuming you kept a copy/copies of the 8.0.0.8 engine, you >placed the 8.0.0.8 engine back into the engine folder and removed the 8.0.0.23 >engine, (as many have done), the Playchess Server will not recognize the fact >that you do not have the 8.0.0.23 engine in your folder. It only detects the GUI >as far as that goes. When running the upgrade, then it will change the engine >from 8.0.0.8 to 8.0.0.23. Since the upgrade file is in the ChessProgram 8 >folder, you can always run that upgrade when you like. You can also keep copies >of the upgrade files in case you wish to convert the GUI back to a previous >upgade. >Below is some changes to the GUI from the recent upgrade that I found...... >It will make some 3D...Option changes in the Settings window. For one, it will >give you a Full Screen 3D....Which will do just what it says, FULL SCREEN and >nothing else on it. That means that you have no ICONS or menu selections to >choose from. In that case the Escape key will bring you back or Cntrl+Alt+3 will >bring you back as well. Cntrl+Alt+2 will bring you back to a 2D screen. >In the settings window in the 3D...mode you will have the option of MIRROR for >the Knights in the 3D Graphics window. You can have the White Knights facing >each other, or facing away from each other or any angle in between. You can to >the same for the Black pieces as well. Also, the M and N keys will no longer >lower or raise the board, the X and V keys will now do that. > >Hope this helps somewhat. > >Always by the way keep spare copies of engines and put them away for safe >keeping.......Floppy, CD, DVD, Zip File or some other folder on your harddrive. >You may want to use it again. Such is the case with the 8.0.0.8 and 8.0.0.23 >engine. Many are not happy with 8.0.0.23. > >Happy Holidays >Brian
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