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Should the desired database not be in the list, then a click on the button with the
three dots starts the Windows file selection dialog.
Here you can select any database on your system into which to save the game.
Along with the changes made to the saving routine, moreover, the database format
has been optimised for quicker saving. This is important especially for those databases
which keep growing in size and which contain several million games. Saving/replacing
within an enormous database such as our Mega now takes up much less time.
Note:
And to help you better understand the new save function here is another practical
example. For instance, a user loads a saved position and modifies it by entering
moves. Then he would like to replace the existing game/position. This will not work
because after the modification the link to the position he has loaded no longer exists.
Thus a new game has been generated which in no way has a corresponding link to the
database
So in this example the user cannot replace the game! If the user loads the new game/
position and only alters the game data, the original game can be replaced.
To sum up: from CB 14 on Save game means to replace the game and "Save as new
game" saves a new game, according to the Windows standard.
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