Author: KarinsDad
Date: 12:10:33 08/27/99
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On August 27, 1999 at 13:01:19, Laurence Chen wrote: >On August 27, 1999 at 11:30:27, KarinsDad wrote: > >>I just purchased CT-Art 3.0 and am having some difficulty. >> >>I run a practice session and sometimes it allows me to move pieces and sometimes >>it does not. Is there a buttom or something I must press to tell it to allow me >>to move? >> >No sure what you mean. In the practice session you are allowed to move pieces That is the problem. It does not matter which piece I try to move, it will not let me move the piece at all (this only happens occasionally). It's almost as if it thinks it is black to move instead of white, but my clock continues to click down. >and sometimes when you reach a point where the AI thinks that you don't have the >knowledge to finish the puzzle it will finish off the puzzle, other times, >especially dealing with mates, the AI will expect the user to complete the whole >puzzle. There's nothing you can do to change that. Bummer. >>Also, during a session, I will make a move and then suddenly, the animator will >>come on and finish the combination. This is bogus. How do I prevent this? >> >No... This happens when you enter a move which is not the best solution, and the >AI assumes that you don't have clue of what the solution is so it tries to give >a hint by displaying the mofit you are supposed to use to solve the puzzle. I am not talking about the 5x5 view that gives the hint. I am talking that I make a correct move and then animation suddenly turns on and instead of just making the next black move, the animator will make the next several moves until it finishes the combination. The reason I know that I made a correct move is a) I understand this particular position and b) the tree of moves to the right include my move order. From your statement on the AI above (where it will finish the combination for you if it thinks you do not have a clue), it appears to be a bug in the AI that I came across when it did this when I did have a clue. But, I wonder why you did not come across it. >>Any other things I should know? >Now that you asked, yes, there's one thing you should know, sometimes the >solution provided is not necessary the best solution, I found one cook in the >practice session. Some of the puzzles have more than one solution, but because >it is not part of the exercise, it is not considered. It makes me wonder if GM >Boch missed this in his analysis. At my level of play, most any combination that works reasonably is probably ok. This is probably more of a problem for someone of your ability, but would only occasionally be a problem for me (i.e. I rarely see the solution it is providing, let alone come up with a different correct one). It's unfortunate, however, that it has this flaw since it is important to allow any correct solution to be played. But, thanks for letting me know about it. KarinsDad :)
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