Author: Lars Nonnenberg
Date: 09:47:32 01/27/00
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On January 26, 2000 at 22:17:12, John Merlino wrote: >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 Thanks for the information! Anyway I´m not going to use the CMLive feature. I´m not keen on human players laughing at me and my bad play! A computer knows when it has to shut up. ;-) (At least a chess program SHOULD, that´s why I changed from FRITZ 6 to Chessmaster ) mfg, Lars Nonnenberg
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