[Bug 138570] Re: Chess needs a very easy mode

** Changed in: gnome-games Status: Confirmed = In Progress ** Changed in: gnome-games Importance: Low = Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/138570 Title: Chess needs

[Bug 138570] Re: Chess needs a very easy mode

** Package changed: gnome-games (Ubuntu) = gnome-chess (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: gnome-chess (Ubuntu) Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) = (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee.

[Bug 138570] Re: Chess needs a very easy mode

** Changed in: gnome-games Importance: Unknown = Low -- Chess needs a very easy mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/138570 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 138570] Re: Chess needs a very easy mode

Notes about difficulty comparison between current GNUChess Easy and phalanx -e100 -l- -b- or stupid mode. If you can win GNUChess easy 1 time from 20, then you win phalanx stupid mode always (gnuchess is especially smart for openings). If you sometimes trick to lose phalanx stupid mode, you can

[Bug 138570] Re: Chess needs a very easy mode

Valdisvi, Thanks! The settings for the AI difficulties are in /usr/share/glchess/ai.xml, you can copy this file to ~/.gnome2/glchess/ and modify it to try new settings. Note that you can't set different command line flags for different difficulty levels - I have fixed this upstream so the next

[Bug 138570] Re: Chess needs a very easy mode

Sorry, right parameters for phalanx are -e 100, not -e 1, or phalanx -e100 -l- -b- to be more precise. Then it makes few stupid errors, which helps a lot. See more for workaround at: http://odo.lv/Recipes/Glchess_en -- Chess needs a very easy mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/138570 You

[Bug 138570] Re: Chess needs a very easy mode

Workaround to this is using xboard (http://www.tim-mann.org/xboard.html) with phalanx (http://sourceforge.net/projects/phalanx/) engine. sudo apt-get install xboard phalanx mkdir ~/.games then run xboard -fcp phalanx -e 1 -fd ~/.games where phalanx -e 1 means passed engine with easiest level (1

[Bug 138570] Re: Chess needs a very easy mode

Valdisvi, how does playing with Phalanx in glChess on easy compare with the command you suggest? (glChess support Phalanx if it is installed) -- Chess needs a very easy mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/138570 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop

[Bug 138570] Re: Chess needs a very easy mode

Yes, I played Chess, and I lost even though I had the setting on Easy. There should be a Very easy or Retard mode too. Not everyone is Kasparov! There are beginners too! -- Chess needs a very easy mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/138570 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 138570] Re: Chess needs a very easy mode

** Changed in: gnome-games Status: Unknown = Confirmed -- Chess needs a very easy mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/138570 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list

[Bug 138570] Re: Chess needs a very easy mode

I really seconded this, it's so hard for me to win also, thanks you so much for this report ;-) ** Changed in: gnome-chess (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Wishlist Assignee: (unassigned) = Ubuntu Desktop Bugs Status: New = Triaged ** Changed in: gnome-games (Ubuntu)

[Bug 138570] Re: Chess needs a very easy mode

Thanks for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=475535 ** Also affects: gnome-games via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=475535 Importance: Unknown