Version 1.2

[Steppenwolf]

Is there any timetable or plan, when HCE pro V 1.2 will be released?
Will there be new features?

[mrudolf]

We will decide on final feature list in September. The predicted release time is October, but it is not final yet.

[Ladyhawk]

I have version 1.1.1 or HCE Pro installed on my Windows 64 bit pc.
With older versions the Player Explorer window stayed open when you clicked on an particular opening. And you could see the board and the Player Explorer next to each other.
With the newest update the Player Explorer closes when you click on an opening.
I don't like this behavior.
Please bring it back like it was.

[mrudolf]

I have version 1.1.1 or HCE Pro installed on my Windows 64 bit pc.
With older versions the Player Explorer window stayed open when you clicked on an particular opening. And you could see the board and the Player Explorer next to each other.
With the newest update the Player Explorer closes when you click on an opening.
I don't like this behavior.
Please bring it back like it was.

What do you mean by older version? HCE Pro or HCE?

[MagnusThaSlayer]

We will decide on final feature list in September..

Ok, i’m curious. What are the plans for Version 1.2?

[Ladyhawk]

I have version 1.1.1 or HCE Pro installed on my Windows 64 bit pc.
With older versions the Player Explorer window stayed open when you clicked on an particular opening. And you could see the board and the Player Explorer next to each other.
With the newest update the Player Explorer closes when you click on an opening.
I don't like this behavior.
Please bring it back like it was.

What do you mean by older version? HCE Pro or HCE?

I mean older versions of HCE Pro, if I remember correctly.

[DanielAlejandro]

what is the status of dark mode?

[Carl Bicknell]

We will decide on final feature list in September. The predicted release time is October, but it is not final yet.

Please consider some deep position analysis options. It's a bit thin on that front.

[mrudolf]

We will decide on final feature list in September. The predicted release time is October, but it is not final yet.

Please consider some deep position analysis options. It's a bit thin on that front.

Deep analysis is planned but we are not happy with current approach, so it will be postponed till 1.3 or 1.4. It is not easy to make it useful and easy to use. If you have detailed suggestions about deep analysis, please describe them in a separate thread.

[Steppenwolf]

We will decide on final feature list in September..

Ok, i’m curious. What are the plans for Version 1.2?

Is there now any update available? There was no final feature list in September...

[mrudolf]

Is there now any update available? There was no final feature list in September...

About a week or so left until the beta. I will post a list once this is finally done.

[XXTwnz]

Will there be an upgrade path from HCE to HCE Pro? My understanding is that Pro 1.1 doesn't have Millennium eBoard support and I just bought a ChessGenius Exclusive. I want to use my board now so that means buying HCE even though I want Pro.

[mrudolf]

Will there be an upgrade path from HCE to HCE Pro? My understanding is that Pro 1.1 doesn't have Millennium eBoard support and I just bought a ChessGenius Exclusive. I want to use my board now so that means buying HCE even though I want Pro.

We plan to add eBoard support to Pro as soon as possible, once 1.2 goes beta, we will concentrate on adding eBoard support.

[mrudolf]

Version 1.2 is ready for beta testing now.

Important changes since 1.1:
Analysis: implement analysis time limit (use Preferences to set)
Analysis: stop engines by a shortcut
Analysis: use permanent analysis cache
Annotation: detect some missed blunders
Board: enable click to move as in HCE
Database: autocomplete extra tags
Database: implement negated quick search using !
Database: quick-find player's wins/loss by using '1' or '0'
Database: remember flip state for each tab
Database: show extra book/tree menu if Alt (Shift on Windows) is pressed
Database: strip special PGN comments from current game
Database: immediately sync smaller PGNs (up to 1000 games)
Database: hide next moves
Engine match: optionally store clock
Export: configurable diagram size for HTML/PDF
Export: copy multiple games as text (up to 100 games)
Export: export game headers to CSV
Export: use Unicode figurines in PDF/EPUB export
Game List: (un)select all games by clicking check column
Game List: hide selected columns
Game List: implement reordering games (check games and use right-click menu)
Game List: improve contiguous selection
Game List: sort games by flags
GUI: add icons for Evaluation and Best move
Import: import multiple databases at once
Play: optionally store clock
Players: add ECO code to tooltip
Players: show database name and date range
Players: show player stats (wins/losses) from player perspective
Puzzle: hide result
Search: fix finding multiple values like 1-0 and 0-1
Tablebase: use proper figurines
Tree: enable animation when browsing games
Tree: show variation popup when browsing tree games

[Yarc]

Nice!