by matematiko » 07 Jan 2010, 21:09
When tuning (like Alex said, you already must have a book when tuning) a book with SCID, as far as I know you can not add "a line" to the book. What you can do is add a move with a weight.
When I tune ( I have not in three months), I have several Windows opened:
-The book tuning tool, the engine analizing window, and of course the board window. You need to be at a certain position, this can be accomplished by manually making all the moves to go to that position, or by opening a PGN file, if this file has more than one game, then you need to select the game and load it, once this particular game is loaded you use the forward arrow to get to the desire position. Once you are in the position you want, start the engine analize function. How deep to go is up to you and your hardware, I usally don't go less than 21. Keep in mind that the by default (and I don't know if this default can be change) the score is shown from whites perspective. Once you know what new move you want to add and how much weight give to it, click the "ADD" button and add it, if the move was already there then just change the weight.
This is how I do it and I am sure every one of us might do it differently. My best suggestion is to play with SCID, and continue playing with it until you see is not that difficult.
Regards,
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