Is it possible in Arena 3.0 to save the analysis (main line would be enough) in the .pgn file?
I remember I could do that in previous versions but I cannot see how to do it in the latest version 3.0.
For me it's cumbersome to follow the analysis saved in .log or .rep files. It's easier to follow it from the .pgn file itself.
Thank you.
Arena 3.0 - save analysis in pgn?
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Bothkill
Re: Arena 3.0 - save analysis in pgn?
Some clarification for my question.
Actually the main line can be saved in the .pgn file but only as comment.
What I would like is to have the main line saved in the .pgn file as variation (to be easily visualized either with the "previous/forward move" buttons or by clicking on the moves from the analysis' main variation).
Actually the main line can be saved in the .pgn file but only as comment.
What I would like is to have the main line saved in the .pgn file as variation (to be easily visualized either with the "previous/forward move" buttons or by clicking on the moves from the analysis' main variation).
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hgm
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Re: Arena 3.0 - save analysis in pgn?
I am pretty sure Arena should be able to do that. It was one of the things I had requested when Michael was asking around for feature requests, because that seems the most useful way to store it. (WinBoard could not walk the variation tree of Arena-generated PGN when the variations were stored as comments; for that it has to be in the form of PGN variations, like it stores it itself when it analyzes a game.)
Michael told me it had been done, when I inquired after the next release; it was not the default mode,however, and you had to change something somewhere in the intuitive Arena menus. I forgot where. But perhaps a forum search could dig up the post where Michael explained it.
Michael told me it had been done, when I inquired after the next release; it was not the default mode,however, and you had to change something somewhere in the intuitive Arena menus. I forgot where. But perhaps a forum search could dig up the post where Michael explained it.
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Re: Arena 3.0 - save analysis in pgn?
Thank you very much for searching the answer for me (i.e. "Appearance -> PGN -> Save mainline as variation ") but I still couldn't succeed in having the analysis' main line written in the .pgn file.
I couldn't get it even after I tried all the combinations of the following settings:
Appearance -> PGN -> Save mainline
Appearance -> PGN -> Save mainline as variation
Configure Engine Analysis Output -> Mainlines -> Move number of the current game
If anybody could get it, please tell me what settings you used.
For a test case, use:
1. New game
1. Edit mode
2. play 1.a4 (no engine will like 1.a4; I'm using Houdini 1.5a)
3. Engine -> Automatic Analysis (Source -> All moves; Enignes -> 5 Seconds per move)
After the analysis do you get a variation to move 1? (A save of the current game may be needed for the variation to appear in the .pgn; at least that's true for inserting the variation as comment).
I couldn't get it even after I tried all the combinations of the following settings:
Appearance -> PGN -> Save mainline
Appearance -> PGN -> Save mainline as variation
Configure Engine Analysis Output -> Mainlines -> Move number of the current game
If anybody could get it, please tell me what settings you used.
For a test case, use:
1. New game
1. Edit mode
2. play 1.a4 (no engine will like 1.a4; I'm using Houdini 1.5a)
3. Engine -> Automatic Analysis (Source -> All moves; Enignes -> 5 Seconds per move)
After the analysis do you get a variation to move 1? (A save of the current game may be needed for the variation to appear in the .pgn; at least that's true for inserting the variation as comment).