[Scid-users] Tactical game

[Werner H. <wer...@un...>]

Hello everybody,

Overall I'm very happy with Scid. Thanks to all the people involved in 
this project.

But there is a small problem I can't solve.

I am not able to play a tactical game in Scid.

I made a new installation of Scid, Version 5.0.2., Windows 10

I open the menu "Play" → "Tactical game"

I see the message: „Phalanx or Toga not found."

I go to "Tools" → "Configure Engines" → "New"

Name: "Phalanx"

Command:  ".....5.1\engines\phalanx-scid.exe"

OK

Now I try again: "Play" → "Tactical game"

A menu appears and I can set the difficulty etc.:

Difficulty:

Fixed: 1350

Opening:

Start New Game

Time:

limit engine analysis time

10 seconds

Play

Now everythings seems to be set up correctly. I see the two clocks.

I make a move.

The clock of my opponent ("Phalanx 1350") ticks, no other reaction.

After waiting for some minutes I click „Stop" - a move is made and the 
program stops.

I have almost the same experience on a Debian 12 system (Scid 5.1.0; 
without the last move).

I checked previous Windows versions. If I'm not mistaken Scid 4.6.4 was 
the last version, where this function worked (out of the box, by the 
way).

Has anybody a solution for this?

Thanks for any assistance

Werner