Comments by jean-louiscazaux
@Bob: I have used this on-line viewer which is working very nice. I recommend, you can easily change the background, the color of the piece, the size of the snapshot, etc.
Here the images you asked Fergus. The blue might be too saturated.
@ Fergus: I have made images of some of my 3D pieces in blue on black background. I wished to upload the images but I lack space to do it. So I wanted to create a fake page named "Cazaux Vault" to get some room where to upload but I get this message:
"As a veteran contributor with nine or more submissions published so far, you are limited to submitting nine of your games for review and publication at a time. If you would like to post more, cooperate with the editors to get your submissions accepted, or revert something to a work-in-progress and submit something else."
What is this? I don't have 9 games in waiting!?
Does that mean I cannot create any new page?
@Bob: which viewer or software do you use to get those images? Blender? or something else, maybe more friendly?
I agree with your 2) and 3), especially 3). Unfortunately I never made any Nightrider so far. This because I don't like leaper-runners which are difficult to predict on board. But I might do one, one day, as well as the Grasshopper.
I would add another criteria: the 3D piece which is represented should be realistically 3D-printable and not too fragile.
@ HG: Yes, it seems that the problem is 100% solved. Thank you very much.
@ Fergus: I can make an image of any 3D piece without any background. Just tell me which one from here if you want to make a test:
https://www.chessvariants.com/craft/a-catalog-of-3d-printable-chess-variant-pieces
Of course, that can be done with Bob's pieces as well.
@ HG: thank you for your answer. Indeed, all my other games with King's jump were done without using the PTA, so I cannot make a direct comparison. I think you are right on this.
I have tested. Apparently I get the same. The square of King's jump is highlighted even though the K is in check. But if I do that move, I get a long message with the moves, the code and starting by:
GameEnd That moves through or out of check
Use your browser's BACK button to go back to the previous page, then reload if necessary.
For general reference, here is the complete list of moves:
If I go back with my browser, I get the message "Ce document a expiré" that you understand probably. But even though this is discouraging to continue, there is also a button "retry" and if I retry I finally get the game just before the King's jump. Indeed, it is then possible to continue to play.
So I think that as you mean, the problem is disturbing but rather cosmetic. If they know what is happening, the players can continue to play, which is the major point.
Thanks again.
I repost this message which was probably missed:
@ HG Muller: I have a problem that I can't solve. In many of my variants I have a rule of King's leap to a 2nd square replacing castling. As for regular castling, the King may not leap when it is under check. It works fine for Metamachy, Zanzibar, Maasai, Terachess II, etc. But in Bigorra, the GC would let a CHECKED King leap to a 2nd-square! Actually, it marks the destination square as a possible move, but if the player does it (so, violating the real rule), the game ends with an error message saying the King has moved out of chess.
Why the Bigorra GC is behaving like that whereas Metamachy or Terachess II for example don't have this behaviour, I don't know. I would like to fix that bug in Bigorra GC but I don't know what to do.
I ask you because that GC had been made with the PTA from the ID. Could you please have a look on that GC?
https://www.chessvariants.com/play/pbm/play.php?game=Bigorra&settings=Default-PTA
Thank you very much
@Daniel: thanks. They are well done and they fit with the set. I hope editors will add them.
@Daniel: your page is only visible by editors
@SYG: "is it possible to perform a Bishop switch maneuver TWICE? ". The answer is in the short text: "The player would have four ways to do the adjustment, but he is only allowed to do it one time throughout the game".
@Daniel: your page seems to have more pieces missing in the description. I guess it is not wanted.
@HG: I have a problem that I can't solve. In many of my variants I have a rule of King's leap to a 2nd square replacing castling. As for regular castling, the King may not leap when it is under check. It works fine for Metamachy, Zanzibar, Maasai, Terachess II, etc. But in Bigorra, the GC would let a CHECKED King leap to a 2nd-square! Actually, it marks the destination square as a possible move, but if the player does it (so, violating the real rule), the game ends with an error message saying the King has moved out of chess.
Why the Bigorra GC is behaving like that whereas Metamachy or Terachess II for example don't have this behaviour, I don't know. I would like to fix that bug in Bigorra GC but I don't know what to do.
I ask you because that GC had been made with the PTA from the ID. Could you please have a look on that GC?
https://www.chessvariants.com/play/pbm/play.php?game=Bigorra&settings=Default-PTA
Thank you very much
@Daniel Z: The icons displayed on this page are of heterogeneous sizes.
Second point, would it possible to play with Alfaerie graphics? I don't like to use other graphics because it adds another difficulty which is not needed in my opinion.
@Daniel, HG. Thank you for your kind explanations. I start to see better. I had not caught the fact that the "a" could link with a "none" modifier.
I understand the logic. I don't like it much though. It is strange that nothing more natural could have been imagined, without ambiguity, to chain simple moves. You guys have been thinking on it for a long time, so I guess it is not so easy.
@HG: somewhat it gives me some explanation, somewhat I'm more confused than before. So, HG, taking this "The meaning of z in a multi-leg move has also changed; it now means l or r, but the opposit of what the previous leg did. (So that it can be used to specify crooked paths)"; how would you write that Betza's Rhino and Mirror-Rhino?
@Haru N Y: your notations do work but I can't understand why. Indeed I belong to those not digesting the "a" at all. And why do you call the Mirror-Rhino a Snake? That confuses me even more too.
@HG: I thought I had understood, but finally I'm confused and lost. I try to describe Rhino (TwiKnight) (and Mirror-Rhino (KnightTwi)) in Betza's notation. I found z(FW) in an old page (made by Betza) but it doesn't work on the diagram. Maybe the role of the () has changed.
Also I don't understand why when I test zW and zR, I get the same result. Is z meaning an infinite repetition?
Is all this consistent?
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Hi, I would like to know who has invented this game? Is Cyril the inventor? Or is a game played in Japan beside shogi? Maybe some comments about this, some history or cultural facts, could be added to this page.
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While trying to see the ID with my Android Phone, i just get a rectangle for the Berolina initial. I don t think that the diacritic letters are adding anything. I think they rebute the players. Using a two-letter system would be more attractive and efficient imo.
@Bn Em: I like that reference to the Lamassu. Some of the Afrasiab set, the oldest chess set known, have always made me think of that creature. Maybe I was inconsciently influenced :=)?
I will print this design in few weeks to see how it looks like in hands.
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@ Fergus: well, it's a bit your fault Fergus. You asked both Bob and me and then it was not possible to understand that you were not speaking to both of us. About the color, I first understood that you wanted pieces on a blue background, so did Bob, then that you wanted blue pieces on a black background. If you prefer white pieces on a black background it is not a problem at all.
Actually, there is something VERY simple to do, a piece of cake for you. You go to:
https://www.thingiverse.com/kazo65/designs
There you can download the .stl of the piece you would like.
Then you open that .stl with:
https://3dviewer.net/
And you can have a snapshot of that piece with the color you like, the background you like, the orientation you like, the size you like, etc.
If you can't do that and need help, please tell me exactly which piece/color/background you would like, I will make it for you.