Thanks for the answer, Ben.
I'm trying to focus on how to make trial mode work because it would be very
useful for a lot of purposes.
"I'm not sure what you mean here, but try to see what happens in your PGN
window. When you're in trial mode, the game score disappears and is
replaced by the trial you make on the board. It's like a virtual game you
are playing from a position that has been played. As soon as you click on
the trial button again, you get out of the trial mode and you return to the
game. The game score should reappear."
I click on the "hammer and question mark" button but nothing disappears in
the pgn window and I can't move any piece. I didn't click any variation
button. Same result with the shortcut ctrl+space. I'm using scid 4.5.2 on
gentoo linux.
Thanks again, any help is appreciated.
-M
On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Ben St-Pierre <benbon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the report, Massimo.
>
> Let's see if I can't help you out:
>
> > If instead I try to use the show analysis windows on the analysis
> window I only get a board with the current position, I can't see any
> variation on it. If I click with the right button on the analysis window,
> it gets blank and says "Click here to see moves", if I keep on right-click
> clicking on it I see (I guess) the end positions of the variations but the
> analysis window stays blank!
>
> I don't think your right-clicks should change the analysis board.
> Perhaps this has to do with the fact that it takes time for the engine to
> "kick in".
>
> After a while, the end position from the top line should appear.
> When the top line gets kicked out by another one, the analysis board
> should change.
>
> Sometimes, I get impatient and go back and forth in the game to make the
> engine react.
> Tell me if that works for you.
>
> ***
>
> > I click on start/trial mode (the hammer button or edit→try variation)
> then I click add variation (the +V button on the main menu) but then? I
> can't move a single piece on the main board by clicking on them! At this
> point I would like to try the moves proposed by the engine.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean here, but try to see what happens in your PGN
> window. When you're in trial mode, the game score disappears and is
> replaced by the trial you make on the board. It's like a virtual game you
> are playing from a position that has been played. As soon as you click on
> the trial button again, you get out of the trial mode and you return to the
> game. The game score should reappear.
>
> Perhaps that adding variations works with the trial mode, but that's not
> its intended use. Adding variations simply adds variations to the current
> game score. Try to see what adding variations does in the PGN window.
> (Don't forget that if you only want the first move added, you can click on
> the "+" button.)
>
> ***
>
> So I would say that there are three solutions offered for you: trial mode,
> add variation and the analysis board.
> Try one at a time.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Ben
>
>
>
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