Author: Walter Faxon
Date: 04:02:42 09/08/05
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On September 07, 2005 at 14:59:36, Torstein Hall wrote: >On September 07, 2005 at 02:27:06, Walter Faxon wrote: > >>On September 04, 2005 at 19:05:59, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >> >>>On September 04, 2005 at 18:36:21, Roman Hartmann wrote: >>> >>>>On September 04, 2005 at 18:17:37, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >>>> >>>>>p.s. how many of you have bought shredder9-uci classic gui? >>>> >>>>I did and I might even buy Zappa because it's coming with a new GUI. Just make >>>>sure it does support UCI engines and has some nice looking 2D-fonts for the >>>>pieces as well. >>>> >>>>Roman >>> >>>Actually you can dock your own fonts if you have certain ones. We default have >>>many fonts and in time more and more will be available. >>> >>>More interestingly is how good is the 3d engine. Well it's one of the best: >>> http://www.diep3d.com/zappainaction.jpg >> >> >>The knights are facing forward -- wrong! "What is that piece?" >> >>Most players like to see knights in profile, like on 2-D boards. >> >>The only controversy remaining is, should they face left, right, or towards the >>d-e line? :) > >This obviously wrong. The knight should have a "diagonal look." A knight on f3 >looks at e4, etc. etc. :-) > >Torstein >> >>-W So, WNf6 forking BKg8 and BQe4: face roughly towards the center (e5) or towards the King (g7)? Or maybe towards e7 or g5?? Should your own knight look back at you in resentment or alarm? All this must be programmed in advance -- those poor graphics programmers! Or maybe in this case the WN can hop up and down and rotate in delight, while the BK shudders and the BQ droops. (Assuming the WN is not en prise.) I've heard of opponents who like to "screw in" their piece when they've feel they've made an especially good move. Surely a commercial CC personality could be programmed to do the same thing... -W
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