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bufferunderrun
May 26, 2014
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#521

Probably a malformed PGN, there should not be any } after the result.

Martin_Stahl
Martin_Stahl
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May 26, 2014
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#522
DrFrank124c wrote:

Why do I get an error message when I click on a pgn game on my desktop that I downloaded from ICC. The game opens up and I get an error message. The message is: "Imported 1 game:(game 1, line 17) Error: Unexpected symbol: 0-1}" The problem is that I checked the 17th move in my game and there was no error--everything was as it should be. This same thing occurs in all games that I open up but sometimes it is the 16th move that the message says is in error. This is not a fatal error since the game opens up anyway and can be played out or copied or whatever. However it is slightly annoying and I was wondering if it can be corrected. Anyone know any thing about this?

Line 17 doesn't mean the 17th move; or I'm pretty sure it doesn't. If you post the text of one of the PGN files here, I might be able to tell you what it is messing up on.

VaibhavSingh2
VaibhavSingh2
May 26, 2014
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#523
pawpatrol wrote:

The pieces on my site (if you are the one that posted a comment on my blog, which looks like a pretty good guess) were made (mostly) before SCID vs PC supported sizes above 80x80.  I will get around to making the pieces support larger sizes than that at some point, but it's kind of a pain :).  I will start with the two you requested, though.  In the meantime, all of those pieces look clear as a bell at smaller board sizes, so that is at least one option.

Yeah, I am the one who posted on your blog. You are right, they look better on smaller sizes (had to disable options>>windows>>auto resize board) but size 80 looks a bit small to me maybe bcoz of screen resolution or just that I am not used to it. I will be using size 80 as you suggested for the time being.

I had a little bit of free time so thought that I could make them myself for size 90 and 100 using tutorial posted in the thread but was unable to find source for hansburg chess pieces. Only one I could find was merida that too a ttf that i had to convert to svg. Can you tell me your source for hansburg?

PossibleOatmeal
PossibleOatmeal
May 26, 2014
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#524

I'm working on fixing Habsburg up for you now.

PossibleOatmeal
PossibleOatmeal
May 26, 2014
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#525

Ok, you can get the new Habsburg file from:

http://gorgonian.weebly.com/scid-vs-pc.html

It supports 90x90 and 100x100 sizes.  I will update others soon, too.

VaibhavSingh2
VaibhavSingh2
May 26, 2014
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#526
pawpatrol wrote:

Ok, you can get the new Habsburg file from:

http://gorgonian.weebly.com/scid-vs-pc.html

It supports 90x90 and 100x100 sizes.  I will update others soon, too.

This made my day. TYVM. Scid now looks perfect to me.

PossibleOatmeal
PossibleOatmeal
May 26, 2014
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#527

Happy to help  Looks awesome!

DrFrank124c
DrFrank124c
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May 26, 2014
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#528
Martin_Stahl wrote:
DrFrank124c wrote:

Why do I get an error message when I click on a pgn game on my desktop that I downloaded from ICC. The game opens up and I get an error message. The message is: "Imported 1 game:(game 1, line 17) Error: Unexpected symbol: 0-1}" The problem is that I checked the 17th move in my game and there was no error--everything was as it should be. This same thing occurs in all games that I open up but sometimes it is the 16th move that the message says is in error. This is not a fatal error since the game opens up anyway and can be played out or copied or whatever. However it is slightly annoying and I was wondering if it can be corrected. Anyone know any thing about this?

Line 17 doesn't mean the 17th move; or I'm pretty sure it doesn't. If you post the text of one of the PGN files here, I might be able to tell you what it is messing up on.

Below is the error message I got from a particular game and below that is the pgn converted to text. 

Imported 1 game:

(game 1, line 21) Error: Unexpected symbol: 1-0}

 

[Event "ICC"]

[Site "Internet Chess Club"]

[Date "2014.05.26"]

[Round "?"]

[White "emma1998"]

[Black "DrFrank124c"]

[Result "1-0"]

[WhiteElo "1555"]

[BlackElo "1435"]

[ECO "B01"]

[Opening "Scandinavian"]

[Variation "Icelandic gambit"]

[TimeControl "900+0"]

 

{Disconnection will count as a forfeit.} 

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.dxe6 Bxe6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 O-O 7.d4 Re8 8.Be2 

Bg4 9.f3 Bd7 10.Nd2 c5 11.d5 Na6 12.Bc3 Qc7 13.g3 Re7 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Qc2 

Be5 16.Rd1 Nb4 17.Qb1 Rae8 18.a3 Na6 19.Qd3 Qd6 20.Ne4 Qb6 21.d6 Re6 22.f4

Bd4 23.f5 Rxd6 24.Nxd6 Qxd6 25.Nf3 Re3 26.Qc2 Rc3 27.Qb1 Qe7 28.Nxd4 cxd4 

29.Rxd4 Re3 30.Rd2 Bc6 31.Rf1 Qxa3 32.Rf4 h5 33.Kf2 Rxb3 34.Qd1 Qc5+ 35.

Rdd4 Rb4 36.Bxh5 Rb2+ 37.Kf1 Bg2+ 38.Ke1 Qe5+ 39.Be2 Nb4 40.Rg4+ Kh7 41.

Rh4+ Kg7 42.Rdg4+ Kf8 43.Qd8+ Qe8 44.Rh8# 

    {15-minute rating adjustment: 1446 --> 1435}

1-0

 
bufferunderrun
bufferunderrun
May 26, 2014
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#529

I don't get any errors.

stevenaaus
stevenaaus
May 26, 2014
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#530

If the problem is not "Probably a malformed PGN, there should not be any } after the result."

then it may be that "1-0" is being displayed in some fancy font and/or character that *looks* like the asci chars 1-0, but is a dual byte unicode version of them. To verify, open the pgn in a text editor before importing it, and examine it/ do a global substitute of the offending "1-0".

The problem is even more apparent with little 1/2-1/2, making use of the special "½-½", and we should probably code for this special case.

Line 17 of course doesnt refer to move 17, etc.

DrFrank124c
DrFrank124c
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May 27, 2014
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#531

Its interesting that when I open the PGN with Lucas Chess I do not get that error message at all! Anyway that solves my problem, from now on I will open those particular files with Lucas Chess. Thank you for the help. 

stevenaaus
stevenaaus
Jun 1, 2014
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#532

Here's a build for legacy Macs (made from current subversion) which should run fine on OS X 10.5.8, including G4/G5 cpus.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/mac/ScidvsMac-4.12.universal.dmg/download

mge0rge
mge0rge
Jun 3, 2014
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#533

it would really help me if i could have the grid on the board (the 12345678 ,abcdefgh ) ... how can i get that ?

JogoReal
JogoReal
Jun 3, 2014
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#534

Menu: Options -> Game Information -> Toggle Coords

mge0rge
mge0rge
Jun 4, 2014
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#535

another thing pls...how do i reverse the board to have black at the bottom?

MrEdCollins
MrEdCollins
Jun 4, 2014
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#536

Click the FLIP BOARD icon, located on the Main Button Bar.  (It should be the second icon on the right.)

bufferunderrun
bufferunderrun
Jun 5, 2014
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#537

Or just ctrl+f.

VaibhavSingh2
VaibhavSingh2
Jun 5, 2014
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#538

Late reply. Hence COMMENT DELETED.

dzikus
dzikus
Jun 5, 2014
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#539
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mge0rge
mge0rge
Jun 7, 2014
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#540

thx...it takes some time to get used to the interface