Winboard Forum

been using latest version (4.9) portable, and I can't find the proper option to show piece's destination.

and also, I want to turn off the sound alert saying "game unfinished" when there's any illegal move I make.


thank you!

Is this when using WinBoard as a client for an ICS? In this mode the highlighting of moves was not allowed; it is considered 'computer help'.

In other modes it should work when the option /showTargetSquares=true (configured from the ini file as 'factory setting'), and legality testing is switched on.

H.G.Muller wrote:Is this when using WinBoard as a client for an ICS? In this mode the highlighting of moves was not allowed; it is considered 'computer help'.

In other modes it should work when the option /showTargetSquares=true (configured from the ini file as 'factory setting'), and legality testing is switched on.

no, I am only playing with an engine. and already did I change it to true both in winboard.ini and settings.ini just in case. test legality is turned on. still does not work.
I checked 5 options for now: animate dragging, highlight last move, send engine think, test legality and hide thinking FYI. all the other options are turned off.

using 4.9.220719

To make sure an option setting is applied in the settings file that is actually in use, the best way is to run WinBoard and write it as Additional option in the Startup Dialog. Indicating legal moves is done when /showTargetSquares=true , Test Legality is on and Highlight Dragging is on. The latter two have checkboxes in the General Options menu dialog. Highlight Dragging was intended to control this feature interactively. But legality testing is typically switched off because you want to use pieces against the rules, so that WInBoard has no idea how these move, and thus what to highlight.

The command-line option /showTargetSquares was intended for configuration purposes only. The problem here is that the version you downloaded was really a version for the blind, where in the 'factory settings' I switched off all features that would only be of use to a sighted person.