You're very welcome! Enjoy!

Okey


On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Werner Haas wrote:

> Hello Okey,
>
> Thanks for this tip - now it works :-)!
>
>> One more place to check is to "set" the Spellcheck file. It seems 
>> that Scid 4.6 beta does not automatically include either spelling.ssp 
>> or
>> ratings.ssp (the spellcheck files) in the package, so you have to 
>> download one. The spf/spi files need either of those to work 
>> properly.
>> You only need one, though. The ratings.ssp file is bigger but allows 
>> you to add ratings to games.
>>
>> You can download the zip files from the Scid site. Click "Get Scid", 
>> then "Player Data", "Latest Data", and then download spelling.zip
>> and/or ratings.zip. Once downloaded, unzip the zip file (giving you 
>> the .ssp file) and remember where you save it.
>>
>> After downloading them, go to Options > Load Spellcheck File, and 
>> then navigate to your .ssp file of choice.
>>
>> You should then have the picture show up.
>
>
> As a future reminder for me (and maybe others) I just want to sum up 
> all the necessary steps:
>
> To see photos of the players in Scid 4.6.0 for Windows I had to
>  * download the pictures from 
> http://scid.sourceforge.net/download.html: FIDE, Wikipedia and 
> historic players photos
>  * download player ratings (or spell checking data)
>  * unpack the files in the "Scid-4.6.0/bin" directory
>  * load a spellcheck file with "Options" > "Load Spellcheck File" > 
> choose
>    "ratings.ssp" (or "spelling.ssp") - the spf/spi (photo)files need 
> them
>    to work properly
>  * set the option in  "Options" > "Windows" > "Show Game Info" active 
> - to see the game info underneath the chessboard at all
>  * set the option in "Options" > "Game Information" > "Show Photos" 
> active - to see the photos
>
>
> When I replay now a game between Capablance and Tarrasch e.g. their 
> first game in St. Petersburg, 1914, I can now see their portraits 
> underneath the chessboard.
>
> By the way: Tarrasch won this first game.
>
>
> Thanks again for all your help, Okey
>
> All the best
>
> Werner

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