I think you can save a search, as a search file, and load that. Alternatively, you can add the games in the filter to a new database or export them to a PGN file for later loading.
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Jun 21, 2015
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Martin_Stahl wrote:
I think you can save a search, as a search file, and load that. Alternatively, you can add the games in the filter to a new database or export them to a PGN file for later loading.
How? I am new at this so please give step by step details.
Jun 22, 2015
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On the search file, I've never actually done it. But if I have time when I'm at my chess computer (assuming no one else answers) I'll try to explain it.
If you mean adding to a new database, what I usually just do in that case is export the filter games to PGN and import them to a new database (though there is likely a better way to do it). In the Tools menu, I think, there is a Export Filter games to PGN option for that.
Jun 22, 2015
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Martin_Stahl wrote:
On the search file, I've never actually done it. But if I have time when I'm at my chess computer (assuming no one else answers) I'll try to explain it.
If you mean adding to a new database, what I usually just do in that case is export the filter games to PGN and import them to a new database (though there is likely a better way to do it). In the Tools menu, I think, there is a Export Filter games to PGN option for that.
I have found the answer on YouTube. Thank you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_ZPltcSyjo&index=6&list=PLC53505mbsT6zSPQcUAZpCa2_JOV2XBNg
Hi.
I have a question about scid. I know it is possible to play against it and to choose the computer's elo. Can someone explain me how to do that ?
Thx...
Hi Marshal,
I think you're referrring to the Tree Window.
Load your database, click on WINDOWS on the menu, and then click TREE WINDOW.
Oct 17, 2015
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SkyMarshal wrote:
Thank you :)
But now it seems the pgn it is too large and it takes a good amount of time to load it (15-20 minutes). If everytime I open Scid I have to wait that long I think I am facing a new problem. Is there a way to have it permanently load? Like when you open Arena and the book is already there ready to be used.
I think if you convert the pgn file to Scid format, it will load muuuch faster. Either use the command line converter (pgnscid.exe), or I think you can create a new, empty Scid format database and then just drag the pgn file into the new Scid database, and it will convert it.
Oct 17, 2015
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I'm not sure exactly what's going on with the pgn limit message, but I'd try converting the pgn directly using the Pgnscid command line utility. (More info on that if you go to the Help Index and click on the Pgnscid entry.) The Pgnscid.exe file is located in your Scid "bin" folder.
Oh, is Ultra Book.pgn some commercial database, or is it free?
Oct 17, 2015
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SkyMarshal wrote:
Thanks for the help EscherehcsE, but for some reason, the Pgnscid command located in the "bin" folder won't open. The black window appears for half a second and goes away. Already tried to open as an adm but no luck. So I guess I won't be able to convert it
Ultra book is just the name I gave to the pgn that I have made from different pgns gathered in that one, so I supose it is free
You have to open a DOS command prompt window and set the path to the Scid bin folder, THEN type the appropriate conversion command as specified in the Scid Help instructions.
Oct 17, 2015
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Here's an example DOS command prompt window, with the conversion command for a test file named Test File.pgn. (Note that if there's a space in the pgn filename, the pgn filename must be enclosed within quotes.)
Of course, your path to the bin folder will be different.
After the conversion, the new scid format database will be in the bin folder as three separate files, with extensions of sg4, si4, and sn4. You can then move these three files to whichever folder you desire.
Try to change the database name to abc.pgn
Oct 17, 2015
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Maybe there really is a limit to the number of round names. You might have to split up your pgn file, convert the split pieces, then merge the scid databases.
Oct 17, 2015
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I haven't tried them, but there may be pgn utilites that can split up large pgn files. (Maybe Norm Pollock's pgn utilities? Not sure.)
Funny, I can't seem to type anything here without it being in italics.
Oct 17, 2015
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SkyMarshal wrote:
EscherehcsE wrote:
Maybe there really is a limit to the number of round names. You might have to split up your pgn file and convert the split pieces.
I think I know how to do that, though it will be quite a job. But if I do it, will I be able to have, at the end, the .err file (or whatever format) with all the games? I mean, I think the pgn only has 2,6 million games, but I want them all in one database.
I guess the idea is to split up the one large pgn file into a number of smaller pgn files, then convert them to a number of smaller scid databases. Then I think it would be trivial to drag-and-drop the smaller scid databases into one large, master scid database.
Oct 17, 2015
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SkyMarshal wrote:
Please be relevaAs usual, EscherehcsE's help is spot on.
Large PGN files DO take a very long time to load and converting them to the program's native format is definitely the answer. They will load almost instantly.
I've converted pgn files, with the command line utility, that contain millions of games. However, according to my batch file folder, I've done so simply by creating a text file with the proper command, and giving that text file a "bat" extension.
After doing so, when you double-click this file with File Explorer, Windows recognizes it as a batch file and runs the utility. So in this case there is no actual need to load the command prompt, which I know is scary for some, who weren't raised on DOS like me.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Scid vs PC-4.92\bin\pgnscid.exe E:\Chess\pgn\million.pgnnt, helpful & nice!
What is the command line utility, and more importantly, which is the proper command? How do I transform a pgn into a text file (txt)
Wow, I don't know who gave us this tip, but it really works. I just converted a pgn file of over 2.5 million games. <big grin>
The command line utility he referred to is pgnscid.exe.
That was my tip and I'm wondering why my post was deleted.
However, this "batch file tip" shouldn't solve his problem. It's only an "easier way" to run the command line utility, which he already did.
Oct 17, 2015
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Using the batch file method, the only glitch I noticed is that the progress bar in the DOS window doesn't work. (I don't know if that's fixable.)
@SkyMarshall, create a text file in your bin folder, and copy this line into it:
"C:\Scid vs PC-4.14\bin\pgnscid.exe" UltraBook.pgn
(You might have to add a carriage return at the end of the line, I'm not sure.)
Save the file, then rename the text file and change the extension from a .txt extension to a .bat extension. That should do it. Then all you have to do is double-click on the bat file.
I have a question about SCID vs PC. After I have completed a search and have a list of say one hundred games. How do I save that list so that I can use it later on after having turned SCID off and restarted it?