

                                           Scan 3.0 Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Fabien Letouzey.





1) To use Scan 3.0 on Windows, first of all, be sure that you have Java installed on your computer.

Otherwise go to: https://www.java.com/en/download/



2) install Visual studio libraries by installing the vcreditx642015.exe's added to the pack.



3) After Vcreditx64 2015 installed, recommended to restart windows.







  







                                         #------ MAINS COMMANDS-----#

                                       

                                       "You must use the keyboard"



         N = New game



         G = Computer plays (whatever the side)

         

         R = Reverse board or colors (if you want)



         S = Save game (game is saved into the directory of Scan 3.0 in "game.pdn"), 

          

             but only one game it's saved into "game.pdn" so you can rename game.pdn to the event of the saved game e.g "my first loss.pdn" 

          

             only to be able to save an other game, else the new saved game will erase the older one.



         L = Load game (if you want to load a game, you must rename it to "game.pdn" again.              

             

             Because Scan only load the game.pdn file.



         P = To set a position, you copy the FEN from a text file or internet and you clic on the board and you press P (pos).

        

             This is what FEN looks like: W:W25,27,28,32,36,37,38,39,40,42,43,44,45,48:B3,4,6,11,13,14,16,17,18,19,21,23,24,26



         A = Analyse the actual position to show you by the score (going to 0,00 draw to                 

             

             99.xx a forced win or -99.xx a forced loss), what's the best move

             

             To leave Analyse move, you can press 1. to come back to Player vs Computer



         O = Toggle oval graphics on/off



         Escape = Play now (force the computer to play the move now)



         1 = Player vs Scan (default)



         0 = Player vs Player



         2 = Scan vs Scan



               

                                          ---Moves---





         Left/Right = undo/redo one ply (half move)



         Up/Down = full game for the beginning / last position

         



 

                                     # ------ FOR ADVANCED USERS--------#







                                 -------Scan's Board and Time setting---------



                              (hub.ini text file)



         #PS: all the configuration files are already set, you can change the following settings if you want



         

         - gui-square: default size for graphics



         - gui-font: size for text



         - gui-oval: whether to use ellipses or circles for pieces



         - game-moves: at least 75 to be reasonnable, but you are free to put what you want.



         - game-time: the number you will put will be in minute (e.g) 3

        

         - game-inc: For Fischer time. if you put game-inc = 5 and have already put game-time = 3, this mean 3 min + 5s 





         



                                      ---Endgame database-----



                             (engine.ini text file)

             

         PS: for bb-size the maximum is 6, in this pack we limit ourselves to bb-size = 5

         

         if you want the full endgame database go to:https://hjetten.home.xs4all.nl/scan/bb.zip



         - bb-size = 6 means that Scan will use all 6 endgame tables, you must set it like this.



