Re: [Scid-users] Support for Chess960 or Fischer Random

2011-02-25 Thread David Shackelford
This worked great, thanks! Regards, Dave >Hi, >A Windows version is now available from here. >http://www.wtfai.me.uk/scid960.html > >Ben Hague >> I downloaded the code for Chess960 support but had trouble getting it >> compiled right. >> Any chance you might be able/willing to post a Windows exec

Re: [Scid-users] Support for Chess960 or Fischer Random

2011-02-25 Thread Ben Hague
Hi, A Windows version is now available from here. http://www.wtfai.me.uk/scid960.html Ben Hague > I downloaded the code for Chess960 support but had trouble getting it > compiled right. > Any chance you might be able/willing to post a Windows executable > version? > > Thanks, Dave --

Re: [Scid-users] Support for Chess960 or Fischer Random

2011-02-24 Thread David Shackelford
I downloaded the code for Chess960 support but had trouble getting it compiled right. Any chance you might be able/willing to post a Windows executable version? Thanks, Dave-- Free Software Download: Index, Search & Anal

Re: [Scid-users] Support for Chess960 or Fischer Random

2011-02-22 Thread Ben Hague
On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 00:36 -0800, Steven wrote: > > > Hi, > > An updated version is now available, where the tacgame feature should > > work. > > > > Ben Hague > > Hmmm... thanks for the effort. Are you the coder ? > Yes > > The tacgame makes an occasional move, but doesn't work for me af

Re: [Scid-users] Support for Chess960 or Fischer Random

2011-02-22 Thread Ben Hague
> > The game plays through a castling move ok. > Geez, i see you've altered the FEN format. Or is the FCfc castling field a > language thing ? From this FEN i can successfully castle 'OK' and 'OQ' : > "bnrbkrqn/ppp5/31/7p/5P2/2N1PBN1/1QPP/B1R1KR2 w FCfc - 0 7" > but the two-move castling

Re: [Scid-users] Support for Chess960 or Fischer Random

2011-02-22 Thread Steven
> Hi, > An updated version is now available, where the tacgame feature should > work. > > Ben Hague Hmmm... thanks for the effort. Are you the coder ? The tacgame makes an occasional move, but doesn't work for me after a few tries. I'm not even sure if it's phalanx or toga crashing, and don'

Re: [Scid-users] Support for Chess960 or Fischer Random

2011-02-18 Thread palle
Hi Well, in my view this should be bundled with the wish (demand) to allow illegal moves (kids games - illegal move in time scramble). It will surely demand a few changes, but I think it should be possible to flag a game as illegal, thereby basically dropping every kind of legality check for the wh

Re: [Scid-users] Support for Chess960 or Fischer Random

2011-02-18 Thread Alexander Wagner
On 02/17/11 21:36, Mario Lacunza wrote: Hi! > Ok I understand that, the main important difference is the castle and > the starting position... > > Any plan to support this option? If we get someone doing it decently, I see absolutely no reason not to incorporate it into Scid. cu Alexander ---

Re: [Scid-users] Support for Chess960 or Fischer Random

2011-02-17 Thread Mario Lacunza
Hello, that allow Chess960? and where? CVS or package? I see in this thread others responses and now Im confuse. Thanks! Saludos / Best regards Mario Lacunza Email:: mlacu...@gmail.com Personal Website:: http://www.lacunza.biz/ OpenOffice.org:: http://es.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org PerĂº::

Re: [Scid-users] Support for Chess960 or Fischer Random

2011-02-17 Thread Ben Hague
Hi, An updated version is now available, where the tacgame feature should work. Ben Hague On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 23:31 -0800, Steven wrote: > > > Hello, > > 1) I create a new file and put games in. I close the file, repoen it > > again, no problem. > > 2) I move all three files to another folde

Re: [Scid-users] Support for Chess960 or Fischer Random

2011-02-17 Thread Mario Lacunza
Hello, Ok I understand that, the main important difference is the castle and the starting position... Any plan to support this option? Saludos / Best regards Mario Lacunza Email:: mlacu...@gmail.com Personal Website:: http://www.lacunza.biz/ OpenOffice.org:: http://es.openoffice.org/ OpenOff

Re: [Scid-users] Support for Chess960 or Fischer Random

2011-02-16 Thread Steven
> Hello, > 1) I create a new file and put games in. I close the file, repoen it > again, no problem. > 2) I move all three files to another folder. > 3) When I try to open the file again, I receive the error message "Error > opening index file". > 4) After closing the file, I move the three fi

Re: [Scid-users] Support for Chess960 or Fischer Random

2011-02-16 Thread Ben Hague
Hi, In step three did you try to open it through File->Open, or through the links at the bottom of the File menu? The index file has the si4 extension, did that definitely get copied with the others? Is the resulting base small enough to email to me? Thanks, Ben Hague On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 05:50

Re: [Scid-users] Support for Chess960 or Fischer Random

2011-02-16 Thread Bernhard Rulla
Hello, 1) I create a new file and put games in. I close the file, repoen it again, no problem. 2) I move all three files to another folder. 3) When I try to open the file again, I receive the error message "Error opening index file". 4) After closing the file, I move the three files back to their

Re: [Scid-users] Support for Chess960 or Fischer Random

2011-02-16 Thread Ben Hague
Hi, This is something I've been looking at recently. The result can be found here http://www.wtfai.me.uk/scid960.html I'm pretty sure that problems remain, but it seems to be usable by this point. Ben Hague On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 11:35 -0500, Benoit St-Pierre wrote: > As far as I know, the rules

Re: [Scid-users] Support for Chess960 or Fischer Random

2011-02-16 Thread Benoit St-Pierre
As far as I know, the rules of chess are directly encoded into Scid. If I am right, supporting Chess360 would mean a complete rewrite of the relevant functionalities. -- The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R

[Scid-users] Support for Chess960 or Fischer Random

2011-02-16 Thread Mario Lacunza
Hello, there are support for this kind of games? -- Saludos / Best regards Mario Lacunza Email:: mlacu...@gmail.com Personal Website:: http://www.lacunza.biz/ OpenOffice.org:: http://es.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org PerĂº:: http://openoffice-peru.com/ Hosting:: http://mlv-host.com/ Mascotas