Mess Chess - Fidelity ROM mate announcements

[JohnW]

When using the Mess Chess and old Fidelity ROMS in Arena the Fidelity ROMS will announce a Mate in X number of moves during a tournament game and will just sit there waiting for a human to click the CL button. Anyone know if there is a configuration that will make the Fidelity ROMS continue playing without human interaction?

[F.Huber]

When using the Mess Chess and old Fidelity ROMS in Arena the Fidelity ROMS will announce a Mate in X number of moves during a tournament game and will just sit there waiting for a human to click the CL button. Anyone know if there is a configuration that will make the Fidelity ROMS continue playing without human interaction?

Well, such a feature 'Clear announcements' must be done in the LUA-plugin for an engine. In the early plugin versions this option has already been implemented for many Fidelity engines, but for engines that were added later to MessChess I've not included this option anymore, because each engine uses its own method for such announcements (some use the display, others the board LEDs), so this requires a lot of additional code in the plugin.

If for any engine this 'Clear announcements' is already implemented, you can see this (and switch it on/off) in the engine options window of Arena. If this option does not exist, then you could add it yourself in the LUA-plugin - I'll definitely not do this for hundreds of engines.

Regards,
Franz