krell - 12/04/00 05:49:25
My Email:shodowzardoz@hotmail.com
Comments:
Well I almost gave up winboard I was so impressed
but then I lost a game because my opponent had premove.
Since most other interfaces support CClient should too to keep alevel playing ground
Qba - 11/12/00 03:52:07
My URL:http://www.snlschaak.cjb.net
My Email:Qba@snlschaak.cjb.net
Comments:
I think I foud a bug.
after playing i want to examen the game. so i click forewards and backwards in the game. now... starting the next game the board does not refresh.
i allways restart the program to fix it.
am i doing something wrong ?
John Russell - 10/03/00 22:57:53
My Email:liloman@excite.co.uk
Comments:
Great program!
Can you tell me how the autosave option works.
I can't sem to find the games anywhere on my hard drive.
Cheers
JohnR
cunt face - 10/01/00 01:15:14
My Email:cuntface@hotmail.com
Comments:
i am fat
Kinsman - 09/29/00 17:01:04
My URL:http://www.noxi.net/chess
My Email:jim@noxi.net
Comments:
Well I downloaded it, I think it could be set up better though.. you should make it let you put in your own piece sets by specifying bmp.
thierry angers - 09/08/00 16:42:38
My Email:angers@e-scape.net
Comments:
Congratulations for this interface. I like it a lot. I would like to know if you intend to fix the bugs like settings that doesn't save and the vars are not kept login after login...
thank you
- 08/11/00 23:39:20
My URL:http://www.netlibrary.com
My Email:metalorion_1@yahoo.com
Comments:
Thank god there's a good alternative to US Chess Live 1.0 interface!! Anyhow, I haven't been using CClient for too long but it seems fairly solid. It would be nice to be able to customize individual channel fonts to distinguish them better. Also, havin
a kibitz/whisper window directly under the board in the board tab would be nice for observing games. But all in all, more than functional for free!
Matt Collier - 08/08/00 19:04:05
My Email:mcollier@ix.netcom.com
Comments:
When playing bughouse, sometimes (not all the time) if I make an illegal move, the board will reverse itself (flip sides). VERY irritating.
Lars Norqvist - 07/18/00 22:50:55
My Email:abremen@hotmail.com
Comments:
Thanks for a great interface....
i have at the moment only one suggestion, it would be very nice to see the opponent rating beside his name.
That is very important because if u meet a high ranked opponent u r more willing to accept a draw when playing a rated game....
otherwise im very impressed by your work ...
if u still are developing the software im planning to make some piece sets of my own design
(just waiting for inspiration and for your reply)
yours sincerly
- 07/17/00 01:33:38
My Email:ag269@yahoo.com
Comments:
Hello,
I love CC client, but Im wondering if there is a way to install Accuclock option needed for chess.net.
Thanks a lot
- 07/15/00 03:58:59
Comments:
- 07/10/00 04:56:05
Comments:
mutt - 07/10/00 01:22:57
Comments:
Just a request to have a fischer random option...
Oltar - 07/02/00 19:08:24
My Email:francelj.naglic@kanal8.si
Comments:
the new version with graph search is very nice, but it bothers me still that on board there is no way to see what kind of game i play.
It is very helpfull, specially when I "klick" more then one person to play with. I like to play crasy and lightning, so after some moves it can be too late
regards francelj
ChessProzac - 06/11/00 07:46:19
Comments:
Whoah man. You've gotta take a few courses in GUI design. CClient needs some work.
dju - 06/06/00 23:43:59
My Email:jfaivre@evhr.net
Comments:
great work, and good gui
- 06/04/00 13:51:04
Comments:
Richard Chadwick - 05/29/00 01:01:08
My Email:Richard.Chadwick@ns.sympatico.ca
Comments:
Excellent App. Using it with FICS and it works very well. However, chat aliases don't appear to be saved between sessions. Any thoughts?
Alain - 05/24/00 12:17:50
My Email:ajandrieu@hotmail.com
Comments:
Hello,
my name is Alain Andrieu and I am a professional swim coach.
I look for a full time job in your country.
Have you an idea?
Could you help me?
Sincerely,
Alain
Lisca Pagán - 05/14/00 12:13:34
My Email:crazygirls1@hotmail.com
Comments:
Estan super brutal y le envio un saludo a todos en especial a (Eddie y Bacalaoo) que los quiero mucho y nunca me olvido de ustedes.
;-)
ikhsan - 05/05/00 05:17:47
My Email:ikhsan@detik.com
Comments:
how to play on fics with LAN
how to setting the firewall
thank you
Saber Taylor - 04/18/00 19:34:10
My URL:http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~staylor
My Email:staylor.AVERT@ADVERTS.users.sourceforge.net
Comments:
err, wait a second. will outside programmers have access to the source?
Saber Taylor - 04/18/00 19:19:35
My URL:http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~staylor
My Email:staylor.AVERT@ADVERTS.users.sourceforge.net
Comments:
Jay Barnett (Plotinus) on 09/02/99 said
>It is my current intention to donate the source >code for it to FICS, so new programmers can
Cool! I can't wait to make the PGN format more compatible with Chessmaster.
(remove .AVERT & ADVERTS. for working email address)
Derek - 04/16/00 17:17:17
My Email:dkwomble@triad.rr.com
Comments:
I have been able to get CClient to work with Chess.net, but I haven't figured out a way to get accuclock to work with it. Is there a way to make this happen?
R. McCrea - 04/07/00 23:33:02
My URL:http://www.redrival.com/mccrea
My Email:mccrea@penn.com
Comments:
Eh, I only have a PII450, and I have the speed of pieces moving set to 1, and I still can only barley see them sliding... still looks near instantaneous. I can run a few other programs at the same time to slow down my cpu, but still, would be nice if we
ould slow them down a bit more.
The best interface, thanks.
Spore - 04/03/00 04:09:52
My URL:http://globalfamily.homestead.com/ChessMoves.html
My Email:nomad@chariot.net.au
Comments:
Hi,
I was trying to download CClient and was having problems downloading. Is there another site to try and download it from?
Steven
Zugzwang on FICS - 03/25/00 07:39:09
Comments:
Chess Client is terrific.
One strange thing in v1.41
zeros (0) not always interpreted as 0 when typed
in terminal mode. Specific example:
alias o0 set open 0
o0
You are not playing or examining a game.
This is as though I had typed 'oo' instead of o0
In other cases, 0 is zero, as when typing
set open 0
this is why it's so strange.
could be that when 0 is connected to letters in
a string, it's interpreted at o, but this is
really weird.
Dane - 03/20/00 13:04:03
My Email:rounge@xtra.co.nz
Comments:
wassup?
ive been trying to download cclient for weeks,
-no go
Peter Skinner - 03/14/00 01:37:39
My Email:p.skinner@home.com
Comments:
Is there any plans on making Chess Client computer engine complaint as is Winboard? I think that Chess Client is a much more attractive interface that offers much more to the end user, and I think it would be great to see it able to use engines as Winboar
does.
Bryce Milton - 03/09/00 08:11:40
My URL:http://www.milton.com
My Email:Bryce@Milton.com
Comments:
Wonderfull app, thanks for all of your development efforts!
- 02/25/00 19:23:56
Comments:
Zugz - 02/08/00 21:54:05
My URL:http://www.zugz.cwc.net
My Email:zugz@cwcom.net
Comments:
Please some news on the state of the program. I guess no news means no one new has picked it up :-(
- 02/04/00 15:50:03
Comments:
- 02/04/00 15:49:46
Comments:
I was here.
- 01/10/00 03:23:58
Comments:
- 01/02/00 00:42:07
Comments:
Robert - 12/29/99 16:07:05
My Email:jungle556@aol.com
Comments:
This program is the best. It works perfectly and has a very editable, clean interface. I don't know why other people have problems. The author deserves a round of applause. Yee haw.
RON GINYARD - 12/22/99 08:20:37
My Email:GINYARD@MEDIAONE.NET.
Comments:
DISREGARD COMMENT ON LOST REGISTRATION CODE, NOT MEANT FOR YOUR COMPANY.
MY PROBLEM HERE IS THAT WHEN CONNECTED TO ICC THE PROGRAM KEEPS SAYING GAME OVER FOR ALL GAMES ON TH SERVER. ONLY ON ICC NOT FICS. I HAVE REINSTALLED TWICE. IHOPE YOU CAN HELP
RON GINYARD - 12/22/99 08:10:13
My Email:GINYARD@MEDIAONE.NET
Comments:
I LOST MY CODE I REGISTERED ABOUT 8-10 DAY AGO PLEASE HELP
avrelivs - 12/15/99 11:54:06
My Email:avrelivs@hotmail.com
Comments:
Hello Plotinus
In seek graph add new symbols for new variants
ie crazyhouse wild etc
Install a filter so that unregistered players do not see ads to which they are not entitled to respond eg ie ones which set a rating range
It would be nice if like for example Chessmaster any internet chess interface had a touch move provision ie click on a piece or pawn and the opponent is alerted by highlight that a piece has been touched and the program compels the player to move it ... b
t that might catch a few to many people out ! [I understand that part of this may well be the province of server code and not CClient]
If one chooses to have the board in a separate window you lose all the controls under the board
Thanks
avrelivs
ps In a past life was I an emperor in your time?
Francisco Tort - 12/11/99 03:14:59
My URL:http://www.geocities.com/franktort
My Email:franktort#yahoo.com
Comments:
Very good interface, much better than Winboard. Good job!
Mel - 12/11/99 02:15:36
My Email:schwartz@noln.com
Comments:
It would be very helpful if the last move (opponent's move) was highlighted. This would make it clear what your opponent played. I would suggest highlighted squares, or an arrow such as used with chessnet for windows.
Also, it would be quite appropriate to have the ratings of both players displayed.
- 12/10/99 13:47:45
Comments:
wilbur wandell - 12/10/99 12:04:11
My URL:http://www.amaonline.com
My Email:w-wsales@amaonline.com
Comments:
Hello I Have A working Pcchess.Exe plus pcachess.exe call for game thiscomputer is new too
me have nice day.wilbur...
11/19/99 22:05:48
| Name: Free For Chat | My URL: Visit Me |
| My Email: Email Me | |
Comments:
Website de Nice. Merci pour me laisser signer votre guestbook
Strawberry - 11/12/99 03:00:29
My Email:Shorty22@avenew.com
Comments:
I want to play chess on your site,however,the site will not allow me to sign in. My name is Strawberry,and my password is "Baby-san".Can you assist me? Thanx
Strawberry
lorenz huelsbergen - 10/07/99 20:18:46
My Email:lorenz@research.bell-labs.com
Comments:
Thaks for a very nice piece of software. I'm having difficulty though saving chat alias
settings across sessions. This must be possible,
no? Didn't find anything relevant in the docs
so any help is appreciated.
-Lorenz
- 09/23/99 17:54:48
Comments:
Dean Forster - 09/15/99 18:21:44
My URL:http://www.zugz.demon.co.uk
My Email:Dean@zugz.demon.co.uk
Comments:
Thanks Jay for your work on CClient to date. Given that you do not have time to continue development then giving it to FICS is a great idea. Lets hope they can find someone to pick it up. Regards, Dean.
Enrique Hidalgo - 09/07/99 18:46:39
My Email:eahm1@ver1.telmex.net.mx
Comments:
Hi, I think the cclient is the most useful interface to play chess. My commentary is about the colors. Is something confuse to play with this color. Maybe background black or something that. Any way , thanks for the job
Jay Barnett (Plotinus) - 09/02/99 09:04:01
Comments:
Do to other constraints on my time, I have not been able to do much work on CClient for quite a while. It is my current intention to donate the source code for it to FICS, so new programmers can continue to improve it. I will post more on this on the we
page once it is done.
Jay Barnett (Plotinus) - 09/02/99 08:58:21
Comments:
Please note I am only the author of CClient--I am not an admin at FICS. This means I can do nothing about lost passwords or the procedures for attaining an account there--if you have any problems in this area, please contact a FICS admin on FICS itself.<
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somebody - 08/23/99 03:29:57
My URL:http://www.idonthaveone.com
My Email:idonthaveone@nowhere.com
Comments:
First off, I can't even download the crap. Chess.net is a lot better. You don't need our names. This is not a paying site, no need for personal information. All the version to download suck. Make your own interface. Better yet, a java, so there is n
download. This place sucks. And the process was stupid. E-mail senind after e-mail sending. How about this: I tell you my e-mail, you send the password for the account. All set up. Your ideas are horrible, and I will remain at Chess.Net because this
place is just horrible.
Tomás Navarro ("fastest" on FICS) - 08/12/99 23:16:17
My URL:http://pagina.de/la.roda
My Email:navarro@ran.es
Comments:
I had two suggestions, but I've seen the same comments reading the previous messages: 1) phips - 08/23/98 : It would be nice CClient could ask the server for the moves done before you observe an started game, to use the buttons or the "backward" and "forw
rd" commands. 2) - 04/01/99 and TheDean - 02/20/99 : It would be very useful to show the Rating and the time control near the names players and under the move list respectively. All the rest waorks very nice. Very very good work, Plotinus :)
Pete Villarreal - 08/12/99 08:29:47
My Email:pviv@aol.com
Comments:
I love this program. Its great. I have one suggestion. I fdon't know if it already comes with it and i have been able to find it but I would really love it more if I could see the move my opponent makes without having to read the PGN format and looking
at the board to find the letter and number which cooresponds to the last move. Maybe having some sort of line or highlight which would define where the last piece moved from and to which space it moved to.
Joe Rainsberger - 08/10/99 22:13:09
My Email:nails762@hotmail.com
Comments:
I really like CClient! I had been using Winboard, but I find that your software is a great interface for ICS. Thanks for providing it!
- 08/06/99 04:40:02
Comments:
Dean Forster - 08/05/99 18:59:12
My URL:http://www.zugz.demon.co.uk
My Email:Dean@zugz.demon.co.uk
Comments:
Come on guys. Abusing or demanding anything from Mr Barnett is not on. Cclient is a piece of Freeware. We did not pay for it and do not have to use it! However it would be nice to see an update to Cclients home page with any plans for change, or even a pl
n for no change for a period of time. It would stop me checking back needlessly. Dean.
DAVID Attard - 07/29/99 22:05:31
My Email:pony@kua.net
Comments:
why can't i connect to fics my handle is "dca" i been a member for nearly 2yrs? please respond promptly
- 07/17/99 07:23:35
Comments:
I would like to thank you for giving me the possibility of using this great program of yours.
Cyberian.
Philippe Ouellet - 06/22/99 00:04:43
My Email:box64@videotron.ca
Comments:
Hi again....
Been waiting for the Color background for the chess board .... please change that white stuff...
for a light green or blue AT least as a Default !!
Also follow "blank" does not stop the game.
Thanks for a pretty nice piece of software please answer my request !! :) FICS Look
Monte Barker - 06/19/99 04:08:20
My Email:mwbarker@home.com
Comments:
Hey great program, but I never want to see that chat window again. It pops up at the most annoying times, or I will accidentally type a command into the chat window and look like a real idiot. Any plans to scrap the chat.
Magnus DUnker - 06/14/99 21:29:22
My Email:magnusd@vip.cybercity.dk
Comments:
I would like to be able to change the fortsize in the two terminalwindows.
M.K. Peterson - 05/26/99 00:03:26
My Email:petermk@mmgnet.com
Comments:
Although I am able to telnet into the FICS server, I am unable to do so with your software. I have not changed the standard FICS configuration in your dialer, but the contact is never established. I am using a work account and my suspicion is that our co
porate firewall is causing some problem. Any ideas?
Philippe Ouellet - 05/23/99 05:11:10
My Email:box64@sympatico.ca
Comments:
PLEASE GIVE US a way to change the background around the board .... white is to bright......
as we can change the terminal one.
Note: I have been away of FICS because of this.
My monitor and my eyes cannot handled that !!
Please answer me back A.S.A.P. Thanks
- 04/01/99 20:42:26
Comments:
i don't understand why, after over a year, we can still not see the rating of your opponent beside his name.....as a result....you play most of your game without knowing what strenght he is.....like theses games i play against 2600+ without knowing i was
laying a so strong player.........i am dissapoint to see so great features....and forgetting the most important one......to know what is the strenght of your opponent (before to play...not after !!!).....i am waiting for 1 year and a half to see this simp
e feature......rating beside the name of my opponent ,when the board game window is there....otherwise i never know my players rating before the end of the game....
Mark - 03/31/99 18:29:35
My Email:mrubins@tfn.net
Comments:
This is my favorite chess client!
One suggestion for you.
When switching from any screen with a small
terminal window at the bottom to the main terminal
window, it would be nice if the text on the screen
would refresh fully to the bottom instead of
going to the top.
Thanks, Markins
Robert Jones - 03/27/99 19:30:37
My Email:rjones@pcez.com
Comments:
I found a fix...an update to Dial-Up Networking for Win95 (v1.3 which is what is in Win98) fixed my disconnection problems.
Yeah! I love the graphical displays of sought games and pieces captured...and the auto-saving PGN option. Good job.
Robert Jones - 03/27/99 18:04:42
My Email:rjones@pcez.com
Comments:
I am having problems with CClient 1.41...when I run it, I regularly have winsock errors which hang up my modem.
Another suggestion is to put in code that checks for a valid move BEFORE sending it to the server. Sometimes I slip with the mouse, and then I have to wait for the server lag before I get the response back that it was an invalid move.
Excellent interface, you've done a real nice job.
RMJ
Sriram - 03/21/99 23:34:22
Comments:
excellent interface. Anythought on how to go through a firewall?
darktrop@erols.com
dusthimer/shikima - 03/18/99 03:25:21
My Email:xchiron9@napanet.net
Comments:
i just thought i would thank you for providing such a wonderful interface for playing chess.
OpMoi - 03/13/99 20:11:57
My URL:http://www.stetson.edu
My Email:OpMoi@hotmail.com
Comments:
you should put an option of saving and printing games.
- 03/04/99 22:26:52
Comments:
Ken Knott - 03/02/99 06:24:40
My Email:knottk@vtacs.com
Comments:
Great program... Easily my favorite interface for FLICS...
One question... Try as I may, I cannot for the life of me get shouts to be automatically set off upon connection. I've even edited the default.ini file to shout=0.
Still shouts are on when I connect.
I will then set them off. Logoff. Reconnect and again they will be set on!!!
It's driving me insane.
Pleae help
TheDean - 02/20/99 11:26:47
My URL:http://zugz.demon.co.uk
My Email:TheDean@zugz.demon.co.uk
Comments:
Thanks for the program! While observing or playing I think it would be useful to have the time controls for the game displayed.
rradjah - 02/15/99 21:13:57
My Email:rradjah@geocities.com
Comments:
I think it would be helpful to have a row for each type of piece for bughouse. That way one would not drop the wrong piece.
Dave Bucci - 02/12/99 05:40:05
My Email:bucci@cwix.com
Comments:
Great job, Plotinus! One question -- when i unobserve, the board doesn't go away until the game ends. Is my style set wrong or something?
Attacker - 02/04/99 05:49:12
Comments:
hi , whats up Plotinus?
Just checking the action on cclient. :)
/Robert
Dan Distler - 01/27/99 05:55:34
My Email:ddstlr@goodnews.net
Comments:
I just found you and I think this is great! I love chess!
Thanks
jabbus, FICS - 01/25/99 07:05:54
My Email:jjvs@pnc.com.au
Comments:
please do not publish my email address. Thankyou
perhaps the "sought" graph could show the region excluded or included by the user's formula. Then you could also show sought games which are excluded, and it would also protect users against faulty formulas.
Armando Acevedo - 01/24/99 21:45:19
My URL:http://members.tripod.com/aacevedo
My Email:aacevedo@data.net.mx
Comments:
I think it would be useful:
In the board window
a) To have at the top of the score sheet the time control you are playing with . You play so many different time controls that sometimes you do not realize which one you are playing.
b) To have at the bottom, not all the pieces that have been taken for both sides, but only the differences in these pieces. You cancel all equal pieces. This way at a glance you can see the ballance material without the need to count all the pices taken.<
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TAsunder - 12/08/98 20:00:27
My URL:http://www.tasunder.com/bughouse
My Email:tasunder@tasunder.com
Comments:
CClient seems to have problems with chess.net.
* - Illegal moves there are sent as "Move Failed: Illegal Move" so cclient doesn't reset the board!
* - When you unobserve it doesn't work (probably due to similar string issues)
On All servers, there's no apparent way to change the login script that it sends. Each time I log in, it sets shout 1 even if I have it at 0 before.
On All servers, there's no way to turn off auto-observe of partners' games.
On All servers, there's no way to make the left mouse button just be "highlight text" (that I can see).
Also, and this is just a cool feature that would be nice, customizeable toolbar buttons would be cool.
Thanks, and keep up the great work!
Mike - 12/05/98 09:57:24
Comments:
You have a great program. A couple of suggestions:
The background behind the board is white, and a little too bright. Why dont you make it light grey like the move list? Also, can you change the pieces to look more like ChessBase's/Fritz or similar? Or maybe allow us to customize our own pieces? Thanks!
Tim - 12/01/98 15:04:32
My Email:asm201@hotmail.com
Comments:
I installed CCLIENT and when I tried to run it it said it couldnt find CCLIENT.ENU and CCLIENT.EN
please help, I really want to start playing w/CCLIENT...and consider building a 16bit one...that could make it more popular...thanks for your help, please e-mail me.
Edwin Park - 10/28/98 22:54:56
My Email:ed1park@hotmail.com
Comments:
The link to download CClient is broken.
|
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| Name: Bad Bunny | My URL: Visit Me |
| My Email: Email Me | |
Comments:
Just surfing Thanks
Tecumseh - 10/09/98 19:51:06
Comments:
I'm using CClient for almost a year now. Great interface but many bugs. I'd like to configure one "mouse actions" for "rematch". So that I would only need to right-click, select rematch to rematch my last opp. Unfortunately CC will add whatever I click on
to the end of the line (Even when I use no "*" in define-mouse-actions). Is there anything I could do about it Plotinus ? When will 1.42 or 1.5 released ?
Thx, for 'listening', see u all on Fics
trikmamak - 10/06/98 23:34:26
My Email:nayacc@tm.net.my
Comments:
I like CClient much better than Winboard; but there are some essential data missing from the saved games ( as compared to Winboard )
i) not so much details eg. in Winboard it will show rate of play eg. 3 0 r etc.
ii) does not show ratings
ESender - 09/27/98 22:37:42
My Email:psender@worldnet.att.net
Comments:
Hey Plotinus, you got a good program. I have a few suggestion. 1) Somehow let crafty be compatable with cclient, I hate using Winboard. 2) The boards should have a way to get bigger on the multiple boards screen. 3) your program should be able to view pgn
files, like Winboard (as you know, I hate winboard so I'd much, and others too, would like that feature).
Also take my suggestions seriously, the ones here and the ones I eMailed to you. Also if some of my suggestion already exist, could you eMail me and tell me how to enable them.
FICS's ESender
goldaric - 09/27/98 14:43:47
My Email:goldaric@post1.com
Comments:
Hi,
Do you think it is possible to use this interface to connect to Chess.net since if there is provision for ICC which is actually commercialize. Chess.net is also free, like FICS.
mandosi luigi - 09/16/98 18:52:52
My Email:luigi.mandosi@mail.caribusiness.it
Comments:
allen - 09/14/98 18:36:45
My Email:acraig@ihug.co.nz
Comments:
cant download the game/program
please help, i am v. interested in playing chess over internet and this program has come highly recommended
Bahamut - 09/04/98 20:50:17
My URL:http://gaws.ao.net
My Email:delanry@earlham.edu
Comments:
You need a cclient FAQ. :) I am going through
a lot of the old comments, and I can see that
quite a number of people are complaining about
things which you can set just by editing the
options, or things. For example, someone said
the pieces should move instantaneously - that
can be done, unless I am mistaken. Also, CClient
ALREADY auto-follows your partner. Many players
are used to having to follow their partners with
other interfaces, so when they do so, the server
follows them and then gets the observe command
from CClient, so it unobserves. DO NOT FOLLOW
YOUR PARTNER WHEN USING CCLIENT. That should
be in the FAQ. ;-)
Also, good option would be smart moves, and grab
a piece will show you squares it can move to.
Note those are both optional. Thanks ;-)
-Ryan
slawa - 09/01/98 20:20:16
Comments:
i´m not agree with time seal you made.there were already many times i had yet 1 or 2 seconds on the screen and myoponent -0.02.he just perhaps wrote something and i lost the game on time whether i wrote "flag".it wasn´t only one match and there were simil
r situations!!!
Tecumseh - 08/31/98 20:17:17
Comments:
Same problem as nelody. seems to be a bug.
sanoj - 08/24/98 20:57:20
My Email:nelody@bigfoot.com
Comments:
i have trouble with 1.41 saving my commands .
phips - 08/23/98 12:49:28
My URL:http://www.karpow-schachzentrum.de
My Email:pschlosser@karpow-schachzentrum.de
Comments:
Some ideas:
1) When I observe a game, I don't get all the moves played from the very beginning but only from the point I started to observe. Why?
2) You don't have cut & paste in your terminal window though it's very comfortable to do this without even moving the mouse after you marked a text like you have it in BlitzIn.
3) When you play/observe a game you only see the time on the clock but not if you play eg 3 4 or 5 2
CU phips
thelagger on Fics - 08/18/98 14:43:46
Comments:
Hi Plotinus, Just sending you praise for writing an excellent chess program especially for bug. Is there any way you can rig it so I can steal some free bug points? No kidding...anyway the tabs are a bit confusing there are so many of them. But it's excel
ent and I am happy that you take/ took the time to write it. CU -thelagger
phips - 08/18/98 07:36:38
My URL:http://www.karpow-schzentrum.de
My Email:pschlosser@karpow-schachzentrum.de
Comments:
me again...seems it were the settings in my computer...at least now netscape is used now - after I've done some changes - when I go for a weblink. But still my system want's to do some (MS)-Internet-Mail-Konfiguration when I click an emailadress...some id
a where to do the necessary changes?
phips - 08/17/98 22:30:53
My URL:http://www.karpow-schachzentrum.de
My Email:pschlosser@karpow-schachzentrum.de
Comments:
But I forget to write one thing before: Great Work - keep up improving! BTW, anyone here to show up with better pieces?
phips - 08/17/98 22:23:16
My URL:http://www.karpow-schachzentrum.de
My Email:pschlosser@karpow-schachzentrum.de
Comments:
I am not sure if it depends on the wrong settings on my system or on cclient v1.41, but whenever I click a link it is opened by MS-IE though I'd prefer Netscape, which is installed on my Computer, too. What's wrong?
sanoj - 08/17/98 16:24:55
My Email:nelody@bigfoot.com
Comments:
i was wondering if there is a possibility
if the program can say (partner) when some one is
offering to be my partner ?
i have lost many good partnerships when i have been on icc/fics respectively.
phips - 08/16/98 10:59:55
My URL:http://www.karpow-schachzentrum.de
My Email:pschlosser@karpow-schachzentrum.de
Comments:
Will it be possible to connect to different servers at the same time in future versions of cclient?
CU
phips - 08/16/98 10:48:30
My URL:http://www.karpow-schachzentrum.de
My Email:pschlosser@karpow-schachzentrum.de
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Yesterday I tried to play some bug using cclient v1.4 on FICS and ICC....there are some features still to be improved:
1. The small sign below the mouse is very confusing --- often I put my pieces to the wrong squares because of this!
2. Before every game I've to type obs
jabbus - 08/08/98 16:59:07
My Email:jjvs@pnc.com.au
my email address is confidential
I would like to see the option to open more than one "say/tell/kibitz" window at a time, with different settings. For instance, one window for kibitzes on a game, another for shouts, another for tells to users.
Another feature, perhaps in addition: to be able to see different channels in different colours. For instance, I am always in ch 1 on FICS, but don't consider tells to that channel to be as important as a debate in other channels.
CClient is an excellent peice of work, very comprehensive and usable. Thankyou.
Art - 07/10/98 23:55:55
My Email:afw@fics
Speaking from a lightning/speed chess point of view, my problem with cclient is that I need an option to turn off the menu function. When I right click (as with most chessboards ie..slics) i need to put down a pc because i changed my mind; instead i get a
menu and end up losing 5 seconds...arrgh. Extra note: I dont like the color selection menu. Thx.
ZenRhino - 07/06/98 07:07:09
My URL:http://www.qni.com/~rhino
My Email:rhino@qni.com
Does anyone have any other bitmapped sets out there?
Jesper"joa"Ahlkvist - 07/02/98 08:40:17
My Email:joa.beslag@swipnet.se
Hello!
I have a small problem
I can´t download CClient because there is no response on the server.
I have winboard but I doesn´t like that graphical
interface, so therefore I wish to change.
I used to play on ICC and there I had a very good
graphical interface, do you think I can use that to play on FICS.
Kind Regards
Jesper
G. Parker - 06/30/98 14:15:02
My Email:GPM@MCIONE.COM
Tried to download software but server was not available. Sent you email. If you could email the Chess Client 1.4 software that would ba appreciated. Saw screes on web page and software looks great!
S. Azmat Hussain - 06/30/98 05:13:39
My Email:bluesygirl@dlcwet.com
I could not download chessclient 1.4. Would like to know of anyother sites?
Tecumseh @ Fics - 06/29/98 13:04:55
CClient + Firewll = Problems (works well with Winboard). We are all waiting for Version 1.5 ;-)
Philippe Ouellet - 06/24/98 04:24:42
My Email:philippe.ouellet@sympatico.ca
I like it real nice Grap. Interface.
Here are some things i dont like !
1 When going to the board we cannot define the back ground so really hard to play at night the white screen is to bright. Please can you fix this soon ! :-)
2 I Need an automatic logging pgn (yes like icc ! ) that just merge the games to the file PGN.
Please let me know on my mail I have tried to leave u message b4 but nothing heard !
Thanks
Philippe
Look FICS
fics player mooltrikon - 06/17/98 02:01:18
My URL:http://www.geocities.com/athens/oracle/1515
My Email:rawchess@usa.net
My friend just got his fics password. Instead of downloading ChessClient onto his computer, I just copied the CClient folder and its contents from my computer onto a diskette. Then I copied the folder and its contents onto his computer. He had to go to wo
k, so we didn't really get to try it out and see if it works on his computer. What do you think? Will it work? Or do we have to start from scratch and do the whole installation thing?
PzKw_IV - 06/14/98 05:35:36
I think I've found a couple of bugs in the games saved in PGN format. The location field in the header seems to say ISC when connected to either FISC or ICC. The second bug is the last move of the game is not saved in the file.
Can the ratings of the opponents and the results of the game be included in the PGN header?
Great program otherwise...
Evan - 06/12/98 04:01:41
My Email:rothrock@sedona.net
Great job on the program. I only have one request, which is to be able to view your last move or opponents last move by pushing something like control. My friends have macs and use a fics program which allows them to see their last move by pushing the o
tion key. It can be really helpfull sometimes. THanks
goldaric - 06/10/98 14:31:41
My URL:http://www.post1.com/home/goldaric/
My Email:goldaric@post1.com
Is it possible to use accuclock with CClient 1.4
Hope you can look into this :))
Jason Wright - 06/08/98 15:54:42
My Email:padoug@monumental.com
I haven't been able to get a download of the
new version of CClient. I was wondering if the
server was down because I can't connect??
Thanks
Jason Wright
Tecumseh @ Fics - 06/03/98 12:52:22
My Email:gvzi@okay.net
improvements :
- automatic flip for your partners board in bug
- border around field where piece moved from
bugs :
- sometimes all black pawns are displayed as Rs
- sometimes drag and drop in bug gets u wrong piece (I'm not talking about mouse-slips / user errors)
- right mouse click, select partner , left mouse-click on someone : "no player named bughouse is logged on". Happens every time, but works after second mouse-click
Thanks for creating that great program for free, but please don't stop improving it.
see u
Frederick Rhine - 05/29/98 03:56:13
My Email:fsrhine@aol.com
Hi, Plotinus! You know me by another name on FICS. I love CClient, which I now use exclusively (I used to only use it for bughouse, but like the current version so much I use it for everything). Thanks for all your hard, and unpaid work, on this great
rogram! But please tell me how to change the "pieces in hand" in bughouse so I can tell bishops, pawns, and queens apart. Right now they look very similar.
Bill Noyes - 05/25/98 14:44:18
My Email:wgnoyes@ibm.net
Hey Daich! "Your program sucks" is not the way to win friends and influence people. This wrote this program and made it available without asking for the first dime from anyone. He doesn't have to do this, and therefore might be less inclined to continue i
he has to put up with abuse like yours. Don't p#ss off people who are doing you a favor; they might stop and that would hurt all of us!
daich - 05/20/98 21:08:53
My URL:http://toothpaste.gt.ed.net
My Email:daich@geocities.com
HEY!
your chessclient program sucks.
you need to move the cclient.ini to the directory
where the program is! Some people don't have write
access to the system directory. If you change
that, or even make the cclient.ini be anywhere
you want then the program wouldn't suck. Can you
do that? thanks
daich
Ori Feldman - 05/13/98 22:06:15
My Email:feldman@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
Hey.
Maybe you can make the client somewhat faster ?
My idea is to remove the animation of pieces -
make the pieces move without animation, but leave
a box around the prev. position of the piece and
the current one.
Besides - Cclient is cool.
Ori.
Jeff Petry - 05/11/98 18:17:32
My Email:Jeff_Petry@gap.com
Hi There,
I'm behind a firewall, and don't see anyway to enter any proxy information in Chess Client. How can this be done?
Thanks.
Gary Holman - 05/08/98 21:04:14
My Email:holman@u.washington.edu
Chess Client is the best chess interface -- hands down. Thanks for such a great program.
mooltrikon - 05/07/98 18:14:08
My URL:http://www.geocities.com/athens/oracle/1515
My Email:rawchess@usa.net
Chess Client v1.4 is really good. Previously, I used Chessbd, which is a pretty good interface. But Chess Client is even better than Chessbd. The only thing that Chessbd has which is better is the black border around the white pcs. and the way Chessbd
hows all legal moves for any pcs. when you hold the mouse down on that piece. Chessbd has some better piece styles to choose from, too. But I managed to make the board pieces look good together by playing around with the colors. It took me several hour
to get something good. But now I am satified. Other than board-and-pieces-graphics, Chess Client is better than Chessbd in every other catagory (at least the ones which I use). Chess Client is MUCH easier to use. Chessbd has a pre-Windows95 look, whe
eas Chess Client has a smooth Windows95 look and feel. I really don't have to type much of anything in Chess Client. It is all left-clicks and right-clicks. Chess Client is free. And CClient bug reports are promptly responded to. The author Chess Clie
t (and the author or Chessbd, too) deserves praise for doing this work. They certainly aren't doing it for the money. They must love to help us play chess. Thank you Plotinus!
mooltrikon - 05/07/98 03:58:00
My URL:http://www.geocities.com/athens/oracle/1515
My Email:rawchess@usa.net
More about the board-coordinates-bug (see previous entry): The board coordinates are wrong only when I am playing the dark pieces. When I am playing the light pieces, the coordinates are correct. This is one bug which I would really like to see fixed so
n. I like having the coordinates on my board...but only if correct.
mooltrikon - 05/06/98 20:25:57
My URL:http://www.geocities.com/athens/oracle/1515
My Email:rawchess@usa.net
The coordinates on my Chess Client board are reversed. I noticed it when the move list showed a move as Qb4 but according to the board coordinates it was Qg5. I think that it is probably a bug. I am using version 1.4. The correct notation was Qb4. So
the move list is correct and the board's coordinates are labelled wrong.
paul everyhope - 05/03/98 18:57:12
My Email:everyhope@memes.com
I have enjoyed using cclient except that I am not made aware of adjourn,draw,abort and other requests made be opponent during the games. Somehow the associated waves are not kicking in. (note: I us ICC server mostly)
Aviv Friedman (sveshi on the servers) - 05/02/98 17:02:51
My Email:friedman@alpha.fdu.edu
hello!
Quite an interface! I, as a newbie to win95 GUI's find it very user friendly. If I may, I got a few questions:
1.The main page I see is not similar to the one showing on the webpage (on the webpage I see many morefeatures on the toolbar? am I missing something or doing something wrong?
2.Is it possible to add more sets to the new version? can I export from another interface maybe?
3.when chatting, must I see/use the chat box/screen in addition to the main page? Seems like an unneccessity if I am in terminal mode?
Thanks in advance for any help, and again congrats for a cool GUI I will surely use instead of slics or ziics
Aviv
R. Paul Martin - 04/30/98 09:19:37
My URL:http://www.glib.com/
My Email:rpm@glib.com
I've only been using Cclient for a little over a week now, but it's looking like the FICS client for me. Thanks for writing it! A couple of things though: I'm losing the first (leftmost) two characters in the cclient.log file. Anything I can do about t
at? Also, how can I resize the board in a separate window? And, finally, the pawns have a little extra, well, pawn, on the top left side. It just needs a tiny pruning of some pixels is all. This on the second 2D set.
But, all in all, this is a great program!
To change the size of the boards with the Boards in Seperate Windows option selected, simply click and drag on the edges of the window, like you would with any sizeable window. Note CClient, unlike other interfaces, will scale to any size you set this wa
, not just one of several preset sizes.
Adrien Regimbald - 04/25/98 10:21:01
My URL:http://www.ualberta.ca/~adrien/
My Email:adrien@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca
Problem 1: I had a problem with NS 4.x and CClient's feature to automatically open a link. Soln: The problem was that I had set NS to prompt me for online/offline mode. If you set default to online, this problem goes away. Problem 2: CClient opening
p a mail prog that you don't use any more when clicking on a person's e-mail address. Soln: The problem is that your URL:Mailto Protocol is pointing to the wrong prog. In any folder, go to file->options->file types. Then, find your URL:Mailto Protocol
ntry. Simply look at what was in your URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol entry, and copy it into the URL:Mailto Protocol entry. Be aware that you may have to add some " marks around the executable filename to get windows to quit bitching at you! :) CClien
should now open your NS mail prog. to send the mail.
**** CClient KICKS ASS!! ****
David Griffith - 04/19/98 12:40:03
My Email:griffdo@dnaco.net
By the way, I also am running the program on Windows 98, and have no problems...however, would recommend anyone running Windows98 disable all Cybermedia products and Cleansweep to avoid faults and errors...
David Griffith - 04/19/98 12:31:04
My Email:griffdo@dnaco.net
I have found that the program defaults to a large board (under the boards on separate windows) options and will not let me minimize it...when I first chose the option and exited the program, I returned using the smaller board in a separate window, however
I then maximized it and subsequently cannot get it to minimize again...do I need to reinstall the program...otherwise this is quite a step up from SLICS....
Inge B. Eriksen - 04/19/98 12:02:56
My Email:inge.eriksen@bergen.mail.telia.com
First of all - I want to say you're doing an excellent job. Thanks.
I've made a list of what I see as pros and cons for Cclient. I've compared Cclient with Slics (frequently used until now) and Winboard (have tested it, but I don't like it) on my own PC, but I also knew some mac-interface (don't remember the name - there
s at least two). At the moment Cclient is the best interface when you're not playing. During a match (I like fast games) I still prefer Slics (see my - - - comments).
I'm not certain that what follows under is correct - please tell me if I have missed something.
+++ ability to customize colour/font and sound for says and tells
+++ possible to choose automatic update on commands as who a
+++ it's free
+++ full bughouse and suicide support (ie. slics dont allow you to move the king for capture in suicide, but you can type the move)
- - - missing moveblinks (slics-feature) I like moveblinks better than animation
- - - missing customizing/different sounds for capture and castling
- - - slics shows legal moves when clicking on a piece
Some minor comments:
- - board/pieces ... i'm not able to tell exactly, but I like slics, for instance the white pieces have a black border, which makes it possible to have a black and white board
+ the toolbar makes it fast and easy to use the frequently used commands
+ two custom command buttons
+ easy to learn and use due to buttons with good icons
- save layout (maybe possible in some INI-file?)
- missing customizing/different sounds for observed games
- i like the buttons for finger aso. in version 1.3
My best regards
nnnei
Beau Barnett - 04/18/98 00:54:34
My URL:http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Dungeon/6121
My Email:beaubarnett@geocities.com
Plotinus, I just wanted to say you're doing an excellent job..this is by FAR the best interface out there for playing chess on the internet. Thanks again, and keep up the good work! I can't wait 'til 1.5 comes out :-)
Gil Baron - 04/16/98 16:35:56
My URL:http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/4168
My Email:gbaron@sparc.isl.net
I have been looking for a good windows standard chess client and I think that I have found it. CCLIENT is an EASY to use and WELL featured client that gets the job done.
It works on both ICS and FICS.
The author responded to many suggestions I made in this latest version. It is free. If you have not tried this, do so.
Lampadariou Nikolaos - 04/15/98 20:59:43
My Email:nlamp@imbc.gr
1. I just downloaded cclient v1.4 but movesound (and any other) sound is not working any more.
2. Every time I shut down windows after I used cclient a window appears telling me that
this program (?) has performed an illegal operation and windows instead of shutting
down restarts!!!
Stephen McGuire - 04/15/98 11:49:37
My Email:chess@world.std.com
Nice interface, glad to see one that goes to both the ICC & FICS that ISN'T Winboard. I've gotten tired of that old beast. Only suggestion right now is get more Colors & Piece sets! :)
Thanks again!
Roly Tan (Grandroly) - 04/15/98 10:21:42
My Email:rtn@col.com.ph
I appreciate your making of this beautiful interface! I would like to make a comment on the chess pieces. Please give more options on the chess pieces. As of now I still have not use cclient cause the pieces sucked. Thanks.
Tomás Navarro Cosme - 04/14/98 15:20:56
My URL:http://www.ran.es/personal/navarro
My Email:navarro@ran.es
Hey! Really you are doing a great job. Each new version is better than the last one, and the interface is very costumizable.
I just would like to send you the following suggestions to make ChessClient the best chess client ever!:
- Settings|General|Font: possibility to costumize up to 8 channels with different colors, to be able to distinguise the coolest channels!
- auto-detection of wrong moves, like trying to move the K as a B. At the moment the interface wait untill the server returns the error code, so, if you are lagging has lost some tenths of seconds (I love 1 0!!)
- Graphical window representing the seeks (as in blitzin)
Thanks to improve the Cut&Paste; and wrap long lines on the terminal window :) Not so sure about to eliminate the buttoms for finger/say/tell/asses/... but it is a minor question, and always opinable. (I prefer old way that right-click, but perhaps it is j
st to use it!)
All people who visit this site: download RIGHT NOW the new 1.4 version!!
Ryan Delaney - 04/13/98 00:25:48
My Email:delanry@earlham.edu
By far, the best interface. Here are some
things you might want to add to new versions,
if they arent already in the works:
1- Seek map, as in BlitzIn. 2- Default color settings for different piece sets. Should be possible to simply push a button and revert to
defaults. 3- X mouse action: button that turns off mouse action so you can copy/paste and click on things without performing mouse action.
Keep up the excellent work!
- Ryan
GeorgeC - 04/08/98 04:48:27
My Email:meaganl@javanet.com
just wondering if you knew there was a problem with CClient and Windows 98. The Knight bmp is all messed up and shows up as the back rank piece of the same row the piece is in and not as Knight. very disconcerting :). It is a very program under Windows
5 and I'm looking forward to seeing the update to Windows 98
Windows 98 has not been released publicly yet, and is still in, basically, beta-testing. I cannot commit to supporting Windows 98 until its public release.