Fritz Knights

Mixo

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02 Mar 07 19:41

Mixo

The Tao Temple

Joined: 08 Mar 06
Moves: 33857

02 Mar 07 19:41

It is claimed that you can rotate knights in Fritz to make them easier to see in 3D. How is this done?

zeeblebot

silicon valley

Joined: 27 Oct 04
Moves: 101289

03 Mar 07 10:55

maybe someone in the Chess forum knows.

Phlabibit

Mystic Meg

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Joined: 27 Mar 03
Moves: 17242

03 Mar 07 12:52

I've never heard such a thing, I just rotate the board a few degrees. Actually, I just play 2d.

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Suzianne

Misfit Queen

Isle of Misfit Toys

Joined: 08 Aug 03
Moves: 38069

03 Mar 07 13:11

Originally posted by Phlabibit
I've never heard such a thing, I just rotate the board a few degrees. Actually, I just play 2d.

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I agree, 2D is the only way to go, even if the 3D is all photorealistic and stuff. K-I-S-S.

I find I can only tolerate so many degrees of sophistication in a chess game. The more elaborate the position, the more simple I need the pieces to make any sense of it. If I'm about to be pinned, skewered, forked, sacrificed, or combinationed to death, I don't need my rooks looking like ships or elephants, or trying to determine if this piece is a pawn-human or a bishop-human.

Mixo

The Tao Temple

Joined: 08 Mar 06
Moves: 33857

03 Mar 07 15:13

Originally posted by Suzianne
I don't need my rooks looking like ships or elephants, or trying to determine if this piece is a pawn-human or a bishop-human.

Agreed. It isn't really playable unless they are Staunton shaped. The knight-turning thing was a nice gimmick mentioned in the advertising but I can't find it anywhere in the menus.