Any chance of an OSX build with 960 support? Every time I've compiled
SCID vs PC/MAC myself it has not behaved well. And I fear I've forever
hosed my TCL/TK or whatever libraries at this point when trying to get
the XFCC functions working.
Thanks in advance,
c
On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 4:35 PM Okechukwu Iwu <afo...@charter.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the quick response and action!
>
> Using the source for revision 3138 + chess 960 patch + Mr Cramer's TKText
> patch (applied in that order), the problem with auto-load on Scid vs 960 is
> now fixed!
>
> Another problem persisted, though. I noticed it after I sent the earlier
> email. The 960 patch may be breaking something in the UCI (polyglot?) code.
> Both Stockfish and Toga behave strangely (giving ridiculous evaluations, or
> just not giving an evaluation), while Phalanx behaves normally. For example,
> Toga claims an evaluation of ~ +5 in this position:
>
> rnbq1rk1/pp2nppp/4p3/2ppP3/3P2Q1/P1P5/2P2PPP/R1B1KBNR w KQ - 2 8
>
> From personal experience as Black, I know it can be a tough position, but not
> +5 :-) !
>
> I compiled regular Scid vs PC from r3138 source (using Gregor Cramer's TKText
> patch, but no chess 960 patch), and both Stockfish 12 and Toga behave
> normally.
>
> To allow them to coexist, Scid vs 960 is installed in
> /usr/local/{bin,share}/, while Scid vs PC lives in /usr/{bin,share}/ .
>
> Okey
>
> On 9/19/20 1:29 AM, Steve A wrote:
>
>
> OK, this autoload bug is fixed in subversion patch. Cheers for the bug report.
>
>
> OK.. But there are some installation "gotchas". The new gui is "scid-vs-960",
> but we don't have a new name for the new tkscid.. Which can cause errors, as
> the new binary and gui must be used together. I recommend removing the old
> tkscid and scid gui before doing a make clean and configure on the patched
> code.
>
> Ill try to make a windows package sometime, as this is solid code, apart from
> our crappy installation.
>
>
> S.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Saturday, September 19, 2020, Okechukwu Iwu <afo...@charter.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hello, Steven A!
>>
>> I decided to try out the Chess 960 patch, which built "Scid vs 960". I
>> renamed my .s?4 files to .s?960, and can open them normally from the File
>> menu. However, when I "Save Bases as Default", close the program and reopen,
>> the default databases are not opened. The error message at the bottom of the
>> startup window states:
>>
>> "Not loading default bases as file /Chess/huge not readble"
>>
>> (OK, the file path is "slightly" edited. And yes, the spelling typo is real
>> :-) ).
>>
>> I'm running Linux. The database files all have read permission, so I am
>> wondering if Scid vs 960 is still expecting the default database files to
>> end in .s?4, rather than .s?960 ?
>>
>> I am sorry if this has already been addressed, but I could not find it in
>> the mailing list archives.
>>
>> Thanks for all your work on Scid vs PC!
>>
>> Okey
>>
>>
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