iPhone Chess - update to version 1.4
The Chess application has been updated, again bugs have been fixed. It seems like all reported bugs are related to the problem with the selection, this part has completely rewritten.
Quite some new features are added to the application:
- load games as PGN
- save games as PGN
- full size board
- email saved games
- show last move
To make sure you can do the same tests as we did we included same sample games. For example the game castlebqs stands for ‘castle black queen side’ and allows you to test the move.
If you have a problem please email the game to support_AT_robota.nl with a brief description.
Thank you to all that donated for the Chess game, if you like the game consider the same.
Please report problems here.
I like the new board size and the fact I can save the games. I played a few games at easy level and it seems to play nice.
For a future update it would be very nice to actually re-play the games loaded from the pgn and to add comments. Thanks!
The board is now the wrong way round. White’s queen should stand on a white square!
Dear Chess-programmers at Robota,
thank you so much for all your good work (I will donate, really).
I’ve updated to 1.5, and I’m happy to see such a progress, both in functionality, as well as in bug-solving.
I especially like the bigger board and the new notation.
Nevertheless, I would like to report the following:
Moving any pawn to either the 1-line or the 8-line, be it an illegal move or not, prompts me with the promotion dialog. You might want to validate the move first, and only after that ask for the desired piece to promote to.
Feature request 1: If I hit the Undo button, only the last move is undone. This is the move that the iPhone made. To actually undo my own (stupid) move, I have to hit Undo twice. I think it’s a more likely scenario that a user wants to undo his own move, than that of the iPhone, so I would suggest that Undo takes back TWO moves, rather than one.
Feature request 2: save files in a format that Apple Chess would understand.
Hi
I have noticed errors when saving and loading games. Further sometimes when the music stopped(used ipod feature) the game crashed. Also when setting the game in a position where it need to think, the game never stops thinking, or when exiting (phone rings or other notice) the game crashes.
Best regards
klaus
@klaus: please be more specific in when and what bugs you discover. We have no problems using the iPod function, even stopping or starting works fine. Also, what errors did you notice when loading / saving games?
And finally, plz mention firmware, app version and iPod or iPhone.
It has been recomended that the ‘undo’ should take back the lst two moves. I will advise against that: The undo funktion is as now the only way to get to play black yourself. By undoing iphones first black move and then doing that move yourself iphone will play white.
Thanks for a great game.
Playing black is still untested but if you like to test just choose Move once after a new game. It’s on the wish list to be able to choose your color in the preferences. Anyway, we will add an option to do a double undo in the preferences very soon.
Tried to recreate some errors but couldnt in 1.5. Seems to have removed the ipod issue. I have found one bug in 1.5 though. If you put the game to a thinking point and your iphone goes into lock mode due to the automatic locking ( here 4 minutes) then when you open up the phone and enter the game again, the game has been reset. Pretty annoying, especially because i have only managed the game to do that a couple of times. Cheers klaus
Forgot to mention myphone is a ver. 1.1.2
I am not sure if what i am experiencing is a bug, Anyway there comes a point in which almost every move on the board is illegal. even moving a pond, I am not in check so i should be able to move any piece. Mabye there is a rule that i am not aware of?
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Is this work on iphone or Nokia、Ericsson、Motorolaphones only?
Jay Lam