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WinBoard Portable 4.2.7 Beta - Will be Official [Updated 5 April]

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Here you go everyone, WinBoard Portable.
Keep in mind that since this is a beta, it doesn't have the proper splash screen or an indication of where to get the source of WinBoard from.
Download WinBoard Portable
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You could,

also do Brutal Chess.

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Please remove Thumbs.db file

\WinBoardPortable\App\AppInfo\Thumbs.db

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Your computer

Your computer is adding that file. It is similar to desktop.ini. It is a hidden system file. It does nothing other than remember the thumbs in a folder.

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Yeh

I accidently left it in there.
That's why it's a beta Wink
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Hard to add Thumbs.db

when I have that ability turned off.

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I, at one point, did Brutal

I, at one point, did Brutal Chess, but I think I lost the files. If I find them, I will post them.

Nobody should start to undertake a large project. You start with a small _trivial_ project, and you should never expect it to get large. If you do, you'll just overdesign and generally think it is more important than it likely is at that stage. Or worse,

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Hmm

I might have a look, but it probably won't run on my computer, I'd have to do it on the laptop.
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Looks good, from what I can

Looks good, from what I can see, nothing was left behind. One thing i did notice, and it could just be a bug in the game itself, if you try to close the game after the game ends (checkmate) the app freezes for about 30 sec to a minute, but will close fine if closed mid-game

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Hmm

I'm unable to reproduce that.
What engines are you using, are you playing against a machine, are you watching two machines, are you playing both sides, what side is played by the computer?
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Never mind...I think it was

Never mind...I think it was just my PC acting up at the time, since i rebooted the comp this afternoon i havent run into the issue again

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Oh. My. God.

"Patrick Patience vs. GNU Chess".

*Whispers in a guiet voice, "It knows my name..."

*Runs and hides under bed*

Nice job though. Smile

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Yeh

I made it so that it stalks you Wink
Nah, I'm fairly sure it gets it from your username.
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Haha...

*Peers over shoulders for Knights...*

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Yes nice work

Works well, leaves nothing behind.
The only thing I want more is to actually win the chess-game...;)

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Well

You could always *cough*cheat*cough* by using Mode » Edit Position
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Very nice, once my new drive

Very nice, once my new drive comes in (see here :smile:), I will use it.

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It's sad...

Times in the portableapps world when one of out beloved flash drives moves on. Apacer will not be forgotten.

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I thank you for your

I thank you for your sympathy *sniff* *sniff*. :lol:

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I'm sorry to ask...

But how did he go?

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Do we

stop this discussion after talking about funerals, tombstone-decoration and such...?;)
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Yes...

I was thinking a gold casket, and maybe a nice tombstone.

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Well, *sniff* *sniff*, I'd

Well, *sniff* *sniff*, I'd rather not talk about it :wink:, but I plugged him in (I hadn't backed it up in a week :sad:) and he just, well, didn't work. I quickly took him out and tried him on every other port. And, since we're talking about him now, he's *starts bawling*, gone!. Wink

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Well...

My condolences to you.

P.S. Sorry to steal your thread Ryan. Blum

People are gonna be like chess, chess, chess, flash drive funeral. WT*?

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That's OK

God knows I've done it before Blum

Sorry for your flash drive too. I'll put a notice in the page for you Blum

Oh and it's WTF. What The Fudge. Biggrin
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Does not save settings.

I like the game very much. I did notice that the save settings from the menue does not work.

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Really?

Let me check.

Edit: Seems as though it reads the Data one but sets one inside the App directory. I've got a solution.

Edit 2: Grab a copy of the test launcher from my site. Please note: you need to copy this file into your WinBoardPortable folder then run it. If it works, I'll post an updated release.
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Works Now

Hello Ryan McCue

I tried your test launcer. It worked for me. I made a number of setting changes to the game and they were all saved. Even the position of the board was saved. I made board size changes, font changes and color changes. They all were saved and reappeared when I restarted the game.

I am waiting for this one to go offical. It may replace Soduka.

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Just in case

it wasn't deliberate:
It's Sudoku.
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Can not spell

Hello Simeon;

It was a boo boo on my part. Perhaps John can add a spell checker to the posting machine. Because I at times need one real bad.

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Do you use Firefox (for your

Do you use Firefox (for your sake, I hope you do)? The Research Word addon checks your spelling for you.

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Or

there is a spell checker BUILT IN right into Firefox Portable.

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Or you could go with Simeon

Or you could go with Simeon (really, why won't anyone listen to me :lol:?)

Okay, really, don't answer that question :wink:.

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Or

one could combine the 2 and use FFP's built-in spellchecker AND Research Word.
BTW:
Are we here in a thread about WinBoardPortable or not? Wink

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Stop it!

Stop hijacking my thread Biggrin
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Alternatively,

Just upgrade to Firefox 2. Blum
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Great

That's great! I'll upload a full version with this new launcher (soon).

Yeh, I just have to get a high-res logo, get the splash from John then send it to him to test (alternatively, he could add me to the SourceForge project, even though I hate SF).
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Updated

Updated with the new launcher
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Test fine with me. Kevin

Test fine with me.

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