Author: James T. Walker
Date: 09:59:52 01/25/00
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On January 25, 2000 at 11:21:07, Shep wrote: >On January 25, 2000 at 10:50:55, robert michelena wrote: > >>In this day and age, when you charge customers $60 for a product that is >>inferior to other products costing less, you had better believe people will >>complain. > >Configuration issues are always a nightmare for any programmer. >And I think it's mostly bad luck that Tiger seems to have problems on some >configurations. >For example, on my machine it installed without a glitch (everything from the >first beta to the release product), and the book never "disappeared" or >anything. > >OTOH, many customers are already "spoilt" because they compare everything with >the Fritz or Chessmaster GUI. I read some posts where people actually complained >that Tiger doesn't use EGTBs or doesn't have the "one click move" feature known >from Fritz and Shredder... > >I'm not super-happy with the ChessPartner GUI either, but I believe some of the >disappointment is due to overexpectations. People have always been told "Tiger >is the best there is", so obviously they assumed the GUI will also be something >like "Fritz 7" or so... > >--- >Shep Hello Shep, I agree with you. In my case I got off to a bad start right from the beginning. When I put the CD in the drive I expected it to come up with some kind of loading software to assist in installation. Instead it started my AOL software for me! Now that I have had it for a day, and have figured out most of my problems myself, it's not so bad. I saw ChessTiger play on ICC/FICS and it seemed to work fine. When I tried to use it on ICC I had multiple problems. I finally realized that I needed to creat my own server file for letting Tiger play on the internet. Another problem is I expected the program to automatically save the games played like Chessbase programs do. I guess the only way to save games is manually. This means when playing auto232 you have nothing to show for your results in the end. The sounds also seem to interfere with the auto232 operation and turning them off makes the operation smoother. The sounds are also the most obnoxious sounds ever to eminate from my speakers. I much prefer a simple "click" when making a move over the "Boinng" noise. The book problem is minor and can be dealt with. I dislike the internet console because you have to click the options like -- unrated/rated-- time control seeking-- each time you seek. A little memory would go a long way here. Also at first it played Junior and Junior 6 was killing it so bad I thought that it must be the other program and not Chess-Tiger playing. Chess Tiger had 1 win and 4 draws in the first 11 games. This has turned around now and it is playing Junior 6.0 pretty even at blitz. Just watching it play I don't know what to say about it's style. I'm not sure what the "anti human" function does to it when playing computers or if off when playing humans. At this point I can say I am not unhappy anymore but in my opinion it needs some work. I guess for a first time marriage between Chess Tiger and ChessPartner it's not too bad. The onboard manual is poor. But I'm smiling now! Oh, one more thing. I dislike the fact it is very easy to cheat on the internet with this thing. Jim Walker
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