📝Greg Strong wrote on Sun, Aug 27, 2006 11:04 PM UTC:
Version 0.9 Released
For those who don't know, ChessV is a freeware, open-source program for playing Chess variants. It has been over a year since the last release, and this is a major upgrade. This version has support for over 50 variants, and allows users to add in their own variants! Of course, it also fixes numerous bugs.
New features: It is now possible to design your own variants (within limits.) This ability is different that that of Zillions, however, in that you don't program an entire game from scratch. Rather, you derive your game from one of the built-in games, and specify only how it differs. This makes it fairly easy to add support for new games, but it is limited. It is not anywhere near as flexible as Zillions. On the upside, however, ChessV will play any game that it allows you to make with a very high level of skill. See the file extensability.doc for info on how to add new variants. Other new features include the ability to use textures for squares instead of only solid colors. Several marble textures are included.
Download: Download this program from the project's home on sourceforge.net here. You only need to download the main file (ChessV_0_9.zip), not the source code unless it interests you. There is no setup program - just unzip and run. If you have an old version of ChessV already, just unzip this on top of the existing versions.
Please report any bugs you encounter. You may post them here, or email them to me (you can get my e-mail from the chessvariants.org member's index.)
Version 0.9 Released
For those who don't know, ChessV is a freeware, open-source program for playing Chess variants. It has been over a year since the last release, and this is a major upgrade. This version has support for over 50 variants, and allows users to add in their own variants! Of course, it also fixes numerous bugs.
New games: Support added for Great Shatranj, Odin's Rune Chess, Chess 480, Cagilostro's Chess, Embassy Chess, Emperor's Game, Janus Kamil Chess, Ladorean Chess, Univers Chess, Schoolbook Chess, Modern Kamil, Roman Chess, Royal Court, and Shatranj Kamil.
New features: It is now possible to design your own variants (within limits.) This ability is different that that of Zillions, however, in that you don't program an entire game from scratch. Rather, you derive your game from one of the built-in games, and specify only how it differs. This makes it fairly easy to add support for new games, but it is limited. It is not anywhere near as flexible as Zillions. On the upside, however, ChessV will play any game that it allows you to make with a very high level of skill. See the file extensability.doc for info on how to add new variants. Other new features include the ability to use textures for squares instead of only solid colors. Several marble textures are included.
Download: Download this program from the project's home on sourceforge.net here. You only need to download the main file (ChessV_0_9.zip), not the source code unless it interests you. There is no setup program - just unzip and run. If you have an old version of ChessV already, just unzip this on top of the existing versions.
Please report any bugs you encounter. You may post them here, or email them to me (you can get my e-mail from the chessvariants.org member's index.)