MST wrote: > Dear webmaster! > > I don´t know, if you can help me, but you are the only one I found to be > available for a possible help by means of e-mailing.
There's a mailing list for this. [email protected] > I want the programer(s) of "GNU Backgammon" to know the following things: > > This game is still very buggy! > > 1st problem: > There´s no 3D board available (at least on WinXP Home running on a > Pentium D and a Nvidea GeForce 6700XL). > Question: > So, how do I get this 3D mode working, please? Settings->Appearence (and then the general flag) > 2nd problem: > The dices ARE cheating (even they are said to not doing so)!!! > They are cheating, because each(!) time one of your checkers is alone on > a field, the computer reacts by dicing numbers which kick this checker > out of the board. I can assure you, it does not cheat. Try using manual dice (Settings->Options (Dice tab). If you still claim it's ceating please report it using the official complaint form: http://www.bkgm.com/rgb/rgb.cgi?view+546 > Suggestion: > The only way that the dices get real random numbers would be if there > were two very fast counters (from 1 to 6). > If these two counters work at a speed of several 100 kHz, you can never > click twice exactly at the same speed, so you always get different numbers. > To improve this, you could make two slightly different speeds for each > of these two counters in order not to get the same numbers on the two > dices. If you think this helps.... ? > 3rd problem: > To start a game is buggy, too. > Actually, most time, a game can´t be started, so you have to start a > whole match. > It´s very difficult to determine why a game has just started: > By clicking on the board or by clicking on the right green arrow. > Suggestion: > This should be much easier! Have you read: http://www.bkgm.com/gnu/AllAboutGNU.html and/or http://www.gammonlife.com/gnu/index.htm Recommnded reading. > 4th problem: > There´s no about option with information concerning the game´s version. > Suggestion: > Please include this as soon as possible! There is a build date, isn't it? > 5th problem: > There´s no e-mail-support or support forum available. > Sorry, this system of mailing-lists is nuts. > Tons of mails, but nobody is answering to a specified problem. > So, I want somebody to talk to, when a problem needs to be solved. > Suggestion: > Please, open at least a support forum! Have you tried the mailing list? Have you tried GammOnLine or rec.games.backgammon? (probably not, it sounds to me like you're quite green, both to backgammon and reporting bugs) > Best regards, > Markus Streifler > Germany -Øystein
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