Chessmaster 11 - Grandmaster Edition

What works

• Training mode
• Ranked play mode
• Custom game mode
  
• Tournament mode
  
• Fun game mode
  
• Mini games
• Puzzles
• Player management(create, delete, edit)
  
• Print game

What does not

• "Academy" and "Kids academy" (workaround below)
• Still has purple borders around text (workaround below)
• Online mode
• Can't browse through directories.(can't go up, only down to root)

Workarounds

What was not tested

Lan

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

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