SCID vs PC

One of the application options is to open a database as a tree. It will load that in a separate tab so you can see the position statistics of the current board position within different databases.

Oh I get it now. Yes I wanted to have this load on startup too. I posted the question on the developers sight. They said no it could not be done. If you find a way I would like to do that too.

Thanks for chipping in guys. Maybe i didn't explain myself properly.

I have created a large database of high quality games, roughly 2.5 million games.

When I first opened the tree window and clicked say, e4...it would take 4-5 seconds for the move to load on the tree and on the board.

However, after reading the help file ( always a good idea lol ) I see that you can cache the tree for faster loading. Rather than cache the whole database ( which there isn't room for anyway), I have created a smaller database from my repertoire and cached the 'big' database tree from it.

works a treat.

My larger database is 2,7 Million. It takes a second or less to move in the tree of the database. Don't know much about tree cache, maybe the program is already using it? In the tree options I have cache size set to 1000.

I have a question, I have 5 databases A B C D and E   how do I merge them into one file?   They are 5 separate pgn files on my windows 10 comp.

you could try this, open a database that you want to import these files into and while in that database

tools -> import file(s) of pgn games

two greatest SCID tutorials

Thanks have managed to create one big database by following the first tutorial

Fred is awesome

If you're going to convert the PGN files to Scid format, then you're better off just using Scid or Scid vs. PC to merge the database files, as described in Fred Mellender's video.

However, if you don't intend to use the Scid file format, then it's more direct to just use the DOS command line "type" command to merge the PGN files. A discussion of the "type" command can be found in this thread, starting with Post #8:

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/arena-3-5-and-egtb-s-part-2?page=1

How can I print an opening report, I cannot save it or print it - regards Robbie

Should be able to save it to a text file and then print. Look under report in upper left corner

yes I actually found it by fluke, by right clicking on the report tab, saves as a .txt file.

If you're running Windows, there is a free version of Chessbase https://en.chessbase.com/post/chessbase-reader-2017 . Better than Scid imo.

From what I remember, the Chessbase "freebies" are always feature-crippled in various ways. If you're good with that, then OK.

@EscherrhcsE It does everything I need and more from a database management software. Good enough for me. 

It is a READER. 

Just intall linux mint. Do you know any good tutorial for installing scidvspc