Apologies I forgot to send this to all.
Magnus, I have found the problem. You need to restart SCID to pick up the
new database type.
Also, it appears you don't have to flag games to get the Opening Trainer to
work, but it does make it better.
Dale
On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Dale Hards <dale.ha...@googlemail.com>wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Magnus Larsson <mag...@vista.se> wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> Great, thanks. But....
>>
>> I follow your instructions, that is, I do this:
>>
>> I take a database I have with a lt of games, and filter so I only have
>> Sicilian opening (ECO codes B20-B99). Then I create a new database from
>> the menu, call it sicilian_openings, and copy all the filtered games
>> there (some 106 000).
>>
>
> This might be a bit too large a database. It will load in about a minute.
> Is that ok for you?
>
>
>>
>> Next I filter for white games, using as you said, 1-0, and then using
>> the maintenance window flag these (Filtered games button) as White
>> opening. THen the same with black.
>>
>> Then I reset the filter.
>>
>> And icons. Maintenance window, click on the Type icon, and choose
>> openings for both. Close window.
>>
>> So, now I go to Play - Training - Openings. I get the first window,
>> choose to play "both", and clixk continue. But then it tells me to first
>> open a repertoire database, with the icon set to the right side.
>>
>> What more is needed?
>>
>> I tried changing the icon to white, choose to play as white in the
>> opening training first dialog, and then the same with black, but I get
>> the same message. What am I missing?
>>
>
> Have you tried closing and reopening the database? I think after setting
> the type you have to reload the database for the Opening Trainer to pick it
> up.
>
>
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Magnus
>>
>>
>>
>> Dale Hards wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Magnus Larsson <mag...@vista.se
>> > <mailto:mag...@vista.se>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi!
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Also, the feature "Play - Training - Openings" souds interesting -
>> but
>> > it asks med to first open repertoire database. So what is that...?
>> How
>> > do I find or construct one?
>> >
>> >
>> > As Alexander has said there is a help file, which I am actually in the
>> > process of rewriting (should be soon).
>> >
>> > To answer your question - there's lots of ways you can construct a
>> > repertoire. Basically, the process is - get a database of games with
>> > the openings you want, perhaps a database of just the Bishop's Opening
>> > for example, then find a way to mark some of these games as white
>> > openings or black openings. Then you need to set the icon of the
>> > database to one of the opening icons.
>> >
>> > For example, here's one way to construct a simple database - I can't
>> > vouch for it's quality.
>> >
>> > Filter one of your databases (or download one from the internet - you
>> > can even buy some although I like to stick to the free/open-source
>> > ones) for the opening you want, then copy the filtered games to
>> > a separate database, named something appropriate - e.g.:
>> > "BishopsOpening". Then in that database, you need to assign some games
>> > as white opening, and some as black opening (you can do just the one,
>> > or you can do both). One way you could do this, is filter the new
>> > database for 1-0 results, then go to the Database Maintenance window,
>> > and assign the filter games with the "White Opening" flag. Then if you
>> > want black openings, do the same for 0-1 results, using the "Black
>> > Opening" flag.
>> >
>> > Finally you set the icon. Up in the top right corner of the Database
>> > Maintenance window you should see a picture. Click on the picture and
>> > select the appropriate icon. I.e. if you have only flagged white
>> > openings, choose the white openings icon, if you have both, choose the
>> > black and white openings icon, etc, etc.
>> >
>> > I don't have SCID on this computer, so I'm doing this from memory -
>> > but it should be correct.
>> >
>> > Alexander - this is the kind of thing I'll be putting in the help
>> > file. Are you satisfied with this level of explanation?
>> >
>> > Dale
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Grateful for any advice on this.
>> >
>> > Best,
>> >
>> >
>> > Magnus
>> >
>> >
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