Chessmaster 11 - Grandmaster Edition

What works

As far as I can see, pretty much everything except online multiplayer.

 I can play against the computer, against another human (hot seat in training mode), use the academy for training as well as play the puzzles.

What does not

Playing over the internet, it lets you log in, but never asks for your cdkey and the player lists are blank.

Workarounds

What was not tested

LAN multiplayer

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

The 3D graphics run really smoothly on my computer except that once in a while, a small area of the chessboard doesn't update after hovering over it with the mouse, but it's barely noticable. Some of the menu text have a purple border, but you can still see what it says. If the game crashes when starting, make sure to install dx3d9 using winetricks, maybe also the Windows core fonts. If the sound is choppy or repeats itself, make sure to set it to 22khz in winecfg. I also have my sound set to OSS.

Workarround 1(by gymka):

In academy you can't choose categories in academy, so you can't choose and bigger part of lessons. this workaround/HowTo puts all lessons in one place, so you don't need to choose category and can choose any lesson. This workaround tested/created to fix Josh Waitzkin and Larry Christiansen academys.

1. replace game_install_dir/Data/TData/Curriculum.dat with that from archive(below).
2. move/copy all *.tut files from 'game_install_dir/Data/Tutorials/josh academy' to 'game_install_dir/Data/Tutorials/josh academy/Josh Intro'
for this you can use command:
$ find 'game_install_dir/Data/Tutorials/josh academy/' */*.tut -exec cp '{}' 'game_install_dir/Data/Tutorials/josh academy/Josh Intro/.' \;
in my case:
$ find '/media/media2/program files/chessmaster/Data/Tutorials/josh academy/' */*.tut -exec cp '{}' '/media/media2/program files/chessmaster/Data/Tutorials/josh academy/Josh Intro/.' \;

modified Curriculum.dat file:

http://depositfiles.com/files/6lvo04jnp

http://www.filefactory.com/file/c038565/n/Curriculum.zip

http://parsiusti.lt/files/1IYJEXGJ/Curriculum.zip.html

game_install_dir=where you installed game.

Workaround 2(by Byron Drossos):

I have a quick-and-dirty workaround for everyone who wants to access the rest tutorials.Navigate to
~/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Program Files/Ubisoft/Chessmaster Grandmaster Edition/Data/Tutorials/josh academy

and copy the files from eg Josh Arsenal to Josh Intro.Then overwrite existing files with the new ones eg rename Discovery.tut to The King.tut . Then when you start academy and click The King under Introduction you will see Discoveries instead.

I know, it couldnt get dirtier : )

Author: Multitude

To remove the 'purple border' around fonts, disable font antialiasing.

Run Wine's registry editor:

$ wine regedit

Add or amend the following registry entry with the value 'N' (for no):

HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> Wine -> X11 Driver -> ClientSideAntiAliasWithRender

If you are not using the X-Render extension (or if you don't know and the above didn't work), add/amend the entry below with the value 'N':

HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> Wine -> X11 Driver -> ClientSideAntiAliasWithCore

See wiki.winehq.org/UsefulRegistryKeys