Nimzo 3d Chess GUI for Windows - version 4.0

[jstanback]

I don't know why Virus Total flags the Wasp550-windows.exe and Wasp550-windows-ancient.exe files with so many virus warnings, especially since Wasp550-windows-avx.exe was OK. I recompiled the source code using a newer version of gcc and Virus Total is pretty much OK with the newly compiled binaries. The recompiled versions can be found here:

https://waspchess.stanback.net/wasp_downloads.html

John

[RoySawyer]

Dear Nimzo_3d users,

I have discovered a minor bug in the
Nimzo_3d Chess GUI version 4.0

If you are in the 2d screen and are adding annotations
to a game in the move list box and press the < u > key,
the character is not displayed.

This does not happen with the < Shift > key down,
not with any other characters and not in the 3d screen.
It also did not happen in previous versions
of the program.

I have not been able to discover the underlying cause
of this problem, so I have coded a work-around solution.

I have created a new version of the program 4.02 and all
previous links point to this version for a full installation.

However, the only file which is changed is the
Nimzo_3d.exe file, so I have created an update package
to install only a new version of this file.

The package contains updates for all versions,
English language only and multi-lingual, 32-bit and 64-bit.
It is is 32 Megabytes in size and can be downloaded from this link -

https://www.mediafire.com/file/6mcol35j ... 02.7z/file

In this update there are also small improvements
to the Berlin, Leipzig and Merida 2d piece sets,
which now are more sharply defined around their edges.

In addition, the < Window stays on top > option
is now saved and restored.


Yours sincerely, Roy Sawyer

[Ponti]

Is there any chance of a Linux version being released?

[RoySawyer]

To Ponti,

even if I were inclined to write a version of Nimzo_3d for Unix / Linux
I don't think it would be possible for me because of the use of DirectX
for the 3d screen.
I suppose it might be possible to port this to an equivalent
graphics library but this would be a huge task.

As you probably will know, the Nimzo_3d program is based on
the Tarrasch Chess GUI written by Bill Forster and on the
Tarrasch website there are only Windows versions available.

However, within the source code, in a file called < Portability.h >
there is this code fragment -

/****************************************************************************
* Simple definitions to aid platform portability
* Author: Bill Forster
* License: MIT license. Full text of license is in associated file LICENSE
* Copyright 2010-2014, Bill Forster <billforsternz at gmail dot com>
****************************************************************************/
#ifndef PORTABILITY_H
#define PORTABILITY_H
#include <stdint.h> // int32_t etc.
#include "wx/wx.h"

#if defined __WXMSW__
#define THC_WINDOWS // THC = triplehappy chess
#elif defined __WXGTK__
#define THC_LINUX
#define THC_UNIX
#elif defined __WXOSX__
#define THC_MAC
#define THC_UNIX
#else
#error "Unknown target platform - not Windows, Linux GTK or OSX"
#endif

As you can see, there is the possibility to set the
Tarrasch GUI program to build for another platform.
This is not a task that I would be interested in,
but if you who want to try, the Tarrasch source code
is available from the following link -

https://github.com/billforsternz/tarrasch-chess-gui

Your sincerely, Roy Sawyer

[RoySawyer]

Dear Nimzo_3d users,

I have added a new feature for a 2d full screen view.
This allows you to have a larger chess board.
You may find it useful for games against an engine.

Previous links for the program now point to the
new version 4.1

I have also made some updates of various versions for exiting users,
which can be downloaded from the following links -

English language version 64-bit - Size 21 Mb
https://www.mediafire.com/file/4bxdyn6u ... 64.7z/file

Multi-lingual version 64-bit - Size 41 Mb
https://www.mediafire.com/file/jy0bfx49 ... 64.7z/file

English language version 32-bit - Size 21 Mb
https://www.mediafire.com/file/g4or1nps ... 32.7z/file

Multi-lingual version 32-bit - Size 40 Mb
https://www.mediafire.com/file/8ca0pjph ... 32.7z/file

Yours sincerely, Roy Sawyer

[matejst]

I have installed it on Linux under Wine, and it works fine.

[cezrun64]

Please create slim Nimzo (2D) for Linux
Nimzo is preferable over other chess progs esp. for work with chess books in pdf,epub and old weak laptops prone to be "noisy and hot" with resource hungry modern big apps.

I out of curiosity tried 3D in some 3D chess websites and never returned to them.
I think most people so much get used to being internet/computer - not over-the-board chessmen, so we don't care about 3D feature and directX for it necessary ,also for plenty of lang.packets taking precious SDD space
-most men knows at least basics of English today , and prefer "internet language" over own native in apps interface.
In fact even in my windows I'd clean Nimzo from 3D and packets l.(to save disk space).

And yes ,for simple user building from source old tarrash or Wine while having old weak laptop is not a good solution .

[Ponti]

I agree with that.
Although I like Nimzo's 3d pieces, I don't mind using only 2d.
The most important feature of a GUI for me is the ability to connect to an electronic board - DGT or Millenium eONE.
I usually don't install Wine in my linux notebooks. I prefer to use native code for linux. I should give a try compiling it...