Author: Michael Cummings
Date: 03:12:12 01/25/00
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On January 25, 2000 at 01:37:52, Tina Long wrote: >On January 24, 2000 at 21:17:00, Laurence Chen wrote: > >>On January 24, 2000 at 20:37:41, James T. Walker wrote: >> >>>On January 24, 2000 at 19:49:46, Laurence Chen wrote: >>> >>>>Hi all, >>>> I've just got my Rebel-Tiger today, and I've installed in my computer. One >>>>thing I tried to do was to select the opening book, and it is grayed out. Also I >>>>noticed that the endgames tablebases does not work, it's missing the >>>>CONFIGURATION program as stated in the manual in order to activate the Ken >>>>Thompson's Endgame CD's. So where is this utility? I must say that I am very >>>>disappointed with the Chess Patner interface specially when things don't work as >>>>it says in the manual that it's supposed to work. Can someone provide some >>>>clues or answers? Thanks. >>>>Laurence >>> >>>Hello Laurence, >>>Welcome to the club! If you close the program and restart it it may find it's >>>book as that's what worked for me. Don't worry, it will lose it again during >>>the course of using the program. I don't think the endgame tablebases work with >>>Chess Tiger. They may work for the other Chesspartner program provided but I >>>didn't try it. The GUI was a piece of junk 8 months ago when I tested it and >>>not much has changed since then. They have fixed a few minor bugs but it needs >>>a lot of work. They also mention that Lokasoft does not support the auto232 >>>function so if it works great but if it doesn't work don't come complaining to >>>them. That's a great piece of customer relations. The internet server >>>functions are miserable. Almost nothing works automatically and none of the >>>settings you click in are remembered one game later. The help manual in the >>>program is pitiful. I also played 10 blitz games of Tiger vs Junior 6 and >>>Junior 6 won 7-3 so this thing has just made my day. It's hard to believe I've >>>spent the last 3 months waiting for this junk. I'm going to spend all day >>>tomorrow reading the manual looking for the magic words that make everything >>>work the way it should. >>>Cheers, >>>Jim Walker >>Yup, so much expectation and so much hope, and it makes me wonder where it went >>wrong. Now that I come to think about, it would have been a much wiser decision >>of my part to have saved the money and bought the Chess Assistant 5 upgrade, >>which also comes with the Rebel-Tiger engine, and it is stated in the >>advertisement that it will work as an add-on engine (although I would not hold >>my breath) with the new Millenium software. It would be good if this new engine >>does work as an add-on engine for the Millenium, at least I can use their GUI, >>and for sure the Ken Thompson's Endgame Database would definitely work. > >I got my Tigger yesterday. It installed okay & the book works fine so far. >In ratings out of 10 for what I want: >Engine (9) Super strong but I suspect slightly not-excellent positionally. >GUI (6) I'd really like a "next best", and the Hiarcs & Fritz: 3 or more lines >in position Analysis. But I can happily sit & play against it, which is what I >want to do. > >Incidently I give the Fritz 6 GUI (9). > >I'm certainly not complaining about Tigger, I knew what I was getting & the GUI >has been well debated long ago. > >My attitude is that this is a "version 1" & version 1 always has shortfalls. I >always find out about what I'm buying before I spend - that's my main reason for >being here. I will buy another Tigger when the GUI has improved functions. > >Just my 2dm worth >Tina Long I wonder if Chris or Lex could give some hints as to what maybe will be in the next version.
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