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Subject: Re: CM9K v1.0.2a Patch!

Author: John Merlino

Date: 16:13:22 06/27/04

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On June 27, 2004 at 15:54:35, Roy Brunjes wrote:

>On June 27, 2004 at 14:38:25, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>Shockingly enough, the Chessmaster team just today released a v1.0.2a patch for
>>CM9000. Some of you may recall that the v1.0.2 patch added many new and useful
>>features (plus fixed several bugs), but it introduced a few other bugs, most
>>notably a very annoying problem with the Takeback feature. This new bug caused
>>many users to go back to the 1.0.1 version.
>>
>>Well, the team has finally fixed this problem. You can get the patch at:
>>
>>http://chessmaster9.ubi.com
>>
>>For some odd reason, they state that the patch was uploaded back in April of
>>2003. Hmmmm.... :-/
>>
>>jm
>
>John,
>
>I have not come across the takeback bug introduced with CM9000 Version 1.0.2.
>Can you please describe the "feature" and when it occurs?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Roy

I couldn't get it to consistently happen, but the problem was that there was a
circumstance in which if you performed a takeback then engines would no longer
work properly. Basically, it appeared that they got out of sync with the actual
game, and random behavior ensued.

jm



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