MultiGo

MultiGo is a freeware^[5] Windows SGF editor and it can be used as a GNU Go GUI also.

Table of contents Unique Features Features File formats Screen shots Variants / Cut Down Versions Problems / Solutions, Bugs See also

Index of sub-pages MultiGo Bugs Discussion Wishlist

Unique Features

• Audio recording^[3] ("video") and automatic replay, following the moves while recording. The moves of the mouse pointer are also visible (for audio problem see sub page MultiGo/Bugs - not a bug).
• Batch processing of sgf files
• Export graphics
• Paste sgf content from the clipboard directly into the program
• You can customize shortcuts for nearly all menu options
• Set up boards 2x2 up to 52x52
• Possible to set up rectangular boards

Features

Features (Version 4.4.4)

• Custom bookmarks (not supported by SGF) allow to mark and jump to locations in a game
• Annotations (Good move, Hotspot, Unclear ,...)
• Search nodes for name, annotations, text, markers; bookmark findings
• Easily Video record goban.^[3]
• Remembers the position, where a file was closed last time.

(It is not certain if Win98 is still supported^[1].)

Features (Version 4.2)

• Custom bookmarks (not supported by SGF) allow to mark and jump to locations in a game
• Annotations (Good move, Hotspot, Unclear ,...)
• GNU Go undo
• Search nodes for name, annotations, text, markers; bookmark findings

(It is not certain if Win98 is still supported^[1].)

Features (Version 3.9)
Platform:

• Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP and up
• Extremely fast loading and also suitable for older Windows machines
• Includes English, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese packages.

Editing:

• Supports Undo/Redo for all editing operations
• Easy to create, change or delete multiple branches, as well as insert sgf-stored branches into the actual game
• Copy SGF from/to clipboard
• Branches can have names (node names); these names are used in an optional tiptext window that pops up when several branches can be chosen from to continue
• Remove custom SGF marks (e.g to get rid of CGoban's CR markers!)

Game viewing:

• Two modes exist to navigate through branches (Branch mode, Gamme comments mode)
• Scroll wheel to navigate through moves
• A slider control for fast navigation
• Can automatically show branch tip window when facing multiple branches.
• "Try play" (discard moves if you don't like them) - "tutor play" (you must click on the recorded move to continue - great to review reviews (try to find the move the teacher wants you to find), replay games, test your memory)
• Remembers previous edit position in a sgf, handy when reloading an sgf
• Children-style variation viewing (see https://red-bean.com/sgf/user_guide/index.html#variations)
• Various tree traversing modes

Printing:

• Prints multiple figures at once, up to 6 figures per page, with dead stones and comments, like a real book
• User can set title, subtitle and header.

User settings:

• Flip, rotate, mirror boards
• Full screen view (toggle with alt-return, customizable)
• Customize appearance of board, stones, editing and traverse preferences.
• Customizable keyboard shortcut, lot's of user settable options
• Customizable toolbars

Other:

• Can batch process SGF files, trim tags.
• Has its own forum

File formats

• input: SGF (no game collections), MGT, BDX^[4], NGF, GOS?, GIB, MGV^[3], UGF, ( GO/Ishi not really, see:^[2])
• output: SGF, GIB, MGV
• export as: picture (JPG/BMP/PNG)

Screen shots

Print Preview:

Variants / Cut Down Versions

MultiGo For Pocket PC, last version = 1.0.2 (2007-1-12), see http://ruijiang.com/multigo/ppc.php

Problems / Solutions, Bugs

see sub page MultiGo/Bugs

See also

• MultiGo/Discussion
• MultiGo/Wishlist

[1]: 4.1.2 seems to run OK on Win98SE
[2]: for viewing of Ishi-format files see Multigo/Bugs
[3]: mgv = MultiGoVideo MultiGo's own format for recording audio comments together with the moves, see under Unique Features
[4]: bdx file format: which program writes this format?
[5]: A number of previous versions were released as shareware.