I think regular Scid by Benini Fulvio is much better.
Scid.exe is in this folder \scid_windows_x64\bin
What features do you find are better about Scid?
Scid handels huge pgn files (more than 1 GB) much quicker.
I think with Scid vs PC you can't even open such big pgn files.
I also prefer the look and feel in general of Scid over Scid vs PC.
It looks more modern and you can choose for dark mode.
Scid handels huge pgn files (more than 1 GB) much quicker.
I think with Scid vs PC you can't even open such big pgn files.
I also prefer the look and feel in general of Scid over Scid vs PC.
It looks more modern and you can choose for dark mode.
Scid vs PC is a fork of Scid and can open the same size of files at a similar speed.
So with this program I CANNOT annotate a pgn?
What I see is that a pgn is always set to read-only.Â
Am I supposed to create a scid database every time???
Am I missing something? Please help
So with this program I CANNOT annotate a pgn?
What I see is that a pgn is always set to read-only.Â
Am I supposed to create a scid database every time???
Am I missing something? Please help
You may create a SCID database only once for all your life and import to it all the PGN you want.
ChessX, works with PGN files. Same for Shredder Chess, Arena, etc. SCID is made to work with SCID files.
Ok, but why not adding such a basic feature? I understand SCID datasets are more efficient, but there are situations where you want to work with PGNs.
For example, I use a version control system (git) to store my repertoires, since I don't want to risk to lose data, and all these programs work with plain text files. Also, I noticed that sometimes non-text format files get corrupted.
I'm afraid I need to switch to an alternative, and it's a pity, since SCID is better in many other aspects.
I think regular Scid by Benini Fulvio is much better.
You can download it here:
https://dev.azure.com/beninifulvio/beninifulvio/_build/results?buildId=1118&view=artifacts&pathAsName=false&type=publishedArtifactsYou have to download the artifacts and extract the file.
Scid.exe is in this folder \scid_windows_x64\bin
I've found ScId vs PC to generally be better.