[Scid-users] Book.bin vs Book.si4

2014-10-09 Thread jkexcel
Why do I want to create an OpeningBook.bin when I have an OpeningBook.si4? What are the differences/advantages of using a *.bin over a SCID database?-- Meet PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance Requirements with EventLog Analyzer Achiev

Re: [Scid-users] Options Menu - Directories

2014-10-09 Thread Ben St-Pierre
JK, Try Options / Save Options before trying File / Open or New *** Alternatively, if you have Options / Auto-Save Options on Exit you can exit SCID and reopen it. *** Both solutions work for me. It even works when you specify an USB key. Best of luck! Ben --

Re: [Scid-users] Options Menu - Directories

2014-10-09 Thread jkexcel
I'm confused. I just changed the Bases Directory to C:\users\me\chessdbs . This path contains my personal SCID databases: *.si4, *.sg4, *.sn4 but when I use the File Menu New or Open, the path shown is not the one set to "Bases Directory". New and Open point to the application path. Can this pa

[Scid-users] Error Msg - Configure Informant Values

2014-10-09 Thread jkexcel
Win 7 Home Prem 64bit SP1 with all known updates.Intel Core i5 (M 430) 2.27GhzRAM 4 Gb SCID v4.5.2 Nov2013Using Tcl/Tk v8.6.1 UCI: Stockfish 5 x64 I was exploring SCID's options menu and ran into this error message: I selected the following menus: Options|Game Information|Configure Informant

Re: [Scid-users] Why doesn't Analysis best move not match that of Cursor's choice?

2014-10-09 Thread Ben St-Pierre
After enquiring to jk, we isolated the problem: > I see the best move and then go to the game window to move the cursor over the piece. However, the game window's first choice (the greyed cell) doesn't match what is shown in the Analysis window. I asked jk if he had Show Suggested Moves on. He co

Re: [Scid-users] Options Menu - Directories

2014-10-09 Thread Ben St-Pierre
Jello, jk Here are some answers. ## 1 ## > Is a book just a collection of User Selected Games Basically, a chess opening book is a file with opening lines: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_opening_book_(computers) The format used in SCID is Polyglot: http://hardy.uhasselt.be/Toga/book_form

[Scid-users] Why doesn't Analysis best move not match that of Cursor's choice?

2014-10-09 Thread jkexcel
Win 7 Home Prem 64bit SP1 with all known updates.Intel Core i5 (M 430) 2.27GhzRAM 4 Gb SCID v4.5.2 Nov2013Using Tcl/Tk v8.6.1 Analysis Engine #1 - stockfish 5 Analysis Engine #2 - stockfish 5 I was replaying a game and next to the game window I had the notation & Analysis windows. In the analysi

[Scid-users] Options Menu - Directories

2014-10-09 Thread jkexcel
Win 7 Home Prem 64bit SP1 with all known updates.Intel Core i5 (M 430) 2.27GhzRAM 4 Gb SCID v4.5.2 Nov2013Using Tcl/Tk v8.6.1 One week into using SCID. 1.Is a book just a collection of User Selected Games? 2. Why does SCID offer both a Tablebase Directory and a Bases Directory in the Options M

Re: [Scid-users] UI Freezes On Fedora 20

2014-10-09 Thread Fulvio
Sudheer Satyanarayana wrote: > Hello, > > scid's UI freezes very often and has become unusable. > > I am using the version 4.5.2. > Using Tcl/Tk version: 8.5.14 > > Linux whibapom.lab.gavika.com > 3.16.3-200.fc20.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Sep 17 22:34:21 UTC 2014 x86_64