Re: [Scidvspc-users] Captured piece color

[Alan W. <a.c...@gm...>]

Well, in reality you don't need a graphic representation, such as a bar 
or a 'dial'. It would probably suffice to have numbers only:




On 10/21/2018 01:22 AM, Steve A wrote:
> Hmmm - I *think* i know what you mean - justa bar, not pieces, but i'm 
> not sure where we'd put it...or how.
>
> BTW, one feature  (I often forget about, and i wrote it) that is 
> remotely related and not well used is -
> Double-click the status bar, and an engine will start. Then right the 
> click the status-bar.
> Engine score and first PV is now shown there.
>
> Steve
>
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 11:55 PM Alan Whiteman <a.c...@gm... 
> <mailto:a.c...@gm...>> wrote:
>
>     Hey Steve,
>
>     I know that no. 2 option best represents real-life games; but for
>     'material advantage', would it be better if instead of pieces you
>     had a
>     'value' bar? To illustrate:
>
>     +8  |********===|
>
>     Here we have captured a rook and a knight. Or two pawns:
>
>     +2 |**=======|
>
>     (Though material advantage is irrelevant in view of the conditions
>     over
>     the board.)
>
>     On 10/19/2018 04:48 AM, Steve A wrote:
>     > I think this is ok.
>     > There are three modes for the material sidebar.
>     > Options->Game Info->Toggle Material
>     > 1. Pieces are the color of the captor, representing material
>     advantage.
>     > 2. Showing all captured pieces, they are of the opponents colour.
>     > 3. none show
>     > S.A
>     >
>     >
>     > On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 2:48 AM Noel Taylor
>     <noe...@gm... <mailto:noe...@gm...>
>     > <mailto:noe...@gm... <mailto:noe...@gm...>>>
>     wrote:
>     >
>     >     Why for how come are the captured pieces the color of the captor
>     >     rather than the captee?
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