Author: John Merlino
Date: 19:17:12 01/26/00
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On January 26, 2000 at 16:13:35, Lars Nonnenberg wrote: >On January 26, 2000 at 13:51:35, John Merlino wrote: > >>On January 24, 2000 at 17:29:57, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>On January 24, 2000 at 09:09:17, Jari A. Turunen wrote: >>> >>>>Hi, >>>> >>>>Does anybody know why Chessmaster 7000 patch 1.0.6 should >>>>fail to install correctly? I have downloaded the latest >>>>version (1.0.6.2) of the patch but still I get a few >>>>"wpt0036" errors reported in patch.err file (errors >>>>indicating that for example chessmaster.exe file is found >>>>but the contents of that file it not what it is supposed >>>>to be). I have understood that I am not the only one >>>>experiencing this problem? Maybe this happens only in >>>>a non-US Windows environment? >>>> >>>>I have uninstalled and re-installed CM7K, removed all possible >>>>TSR's and extra Windows tasks but that did not help. >>>>Some files are patched correctly (all DLL's for example) >>>>but chessmaster.exe file and four tutorial files are not - >>>>all because of the same reason. I have had CD #1 in the >>>>drive while running the patch but to me it looks like >>>>the patch never even tries to access that disk. >>>> >>>>I have sent a few mails to TLC's technical support but >>>>so far they have not been able to help me. Perhaps >>>>somebody has managed to overcome this little problem >>>>on his own? Or maybe somebody know a site from where the >>>>ready available patched files can be downloaded? >>>> >>>>Regards, >>>>Jari. >>> >>>I suspect that you have a non-US version of Chessmaster (since you stated you >>>have a non-US version of Windows). I also assume that you have a German version >>>since the development team tells me that that is the only foreign version that >>>exists. If all of this is true, then the patch will not work for you. The >>>current patch is ONLY for the US version (not the UK version either -- you can >>>tell if you have a UK version if there is no MPlayer support). >>> >>>The team tells me that a patch is in the works for the UK version, and PROBABLY >>>for the German version. Unfortunately, the German version was created in >>>Germany, and the team does not have the code. Therefore, they cannot patch it at >>>this time. >>> >>>jm >> >>Regarding my above statements about a German version: I was incorrect. There is >>no German version of Chessmaster 7000 at this time. I got my signals crossed.... >> >>My apologies to those who may have been looking for such a beast.... >> >>jm > >Hi ! > >Reading this thread I´m getting a little confused, for "my" version of the >program CM7K is really an English one (I mean all the menues etc. are in the >English language), combined with a German manual and a third booklet,containing >all relevant translations of English terms into German. Since I haven´t found >any MPlayer support yet, do I in fact possess a UK version of the program code >combined with a German manual? If this is so, then the upcoming UK-patch should >also solve my problems with the program recently described by Jari A. Turunen... > >Regards, > >Lars Nonnenberg Those are EXACTLY the signals that I got crossed! Yes, you have a "UK" version with a German manual. Basically, MPlayer does not support anybody outside the US (their lag would be EVEN WORSE! -- YIKES!!), so Chessmaster was forced to remove the MPlayer feature from any non-US version. jm
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