Screen Areas in ICS Mode

After starting the ICS-mode a new area in the main window of Arena appears, which is separated in the following parts:

1. The main ICS area: here you can see the ICS-output
2. The button area on the right
3. The area at the bottom with input line and some buttons

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1.) The Main ICS Area:

This area is separated into five tab sheets:

  • Console: You can see the output here sent to you from the ICS. Special messages like challenges or shouts are displayed with signal colours. With the right mouse button you can click on a word, the word gets marked, a pop up menu appears and you can now select the command 'match guest152' directly from the pop up menu. The command will be set directly to the server and you thereby challenged 'guest152' to a game of chess.

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  • Games: Lists the games in progress. If you click on the Standard, Blitz or Lightning-Button,
  • the list will be refreshed

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  • Players: Lists the players currently on the server. If you click "all", all players are listed.
  • "Open" lists only players who are open for matches. "Available" lists only players who are available and not playing.

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  • Seek List: Displays current seeks
  • Sent Commands: Displays the commands you sent to the server

2.) The button area:

If you click on one of the buttons the corresponding command will be sent to the ICS. You can define these commands yourself. See below, "defining buttons for ICS Area".

Here is also a popup menu with a lot of useful commands.

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3.) The input line area:

In the input line you can type in text you want to send to the ICS. If you click 'Enter' these are then sent.

Adjacent you find buttons for connecting, options and end. 'Connect' calls the dialog for selecting, connecting and disconnecting to a server. 'Options' calls the ICS-options dialog. 'Disconnect' exits the ICS mode of Arena.

Special Features:

When a game is over, Arena sends the command "gameend" to the ICS. You can alias the command, so that other commands like "seek" are executed immediately when a game is finished.

Po pup menu:

The pop up menu holds some useful ICS commands you can select directly.

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