Hacking the default Chess program
 

Hey all!

I'm attempting to give this game a nicer appearance, but I simply can't do it on my own.

I'm hoping someone would like to show off their creative talent by helping me with this.

I'm using these for the chess pieces.
http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/che...ces/merida/76/

I sized them all down to 56x56.

Here is what I have so far.
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/6...2022800413.png

I'm trying to go for something like this with the exact same coloring.
http://mip.noekeon.org/HTMLTTChess/screenshots.html

If anyone is interested, here are my requests.

The Background_board_flipletters.png and Background_board_flipnumbers.png can be plain. There's no need for having the board coordinates on the screen.

The pieces_with_shadow image.png, I'm not sure of this since I have yet to see them ever being used in the game.

For the pieces.png, it would be wonderful instead of it being off-white, if they were just pure white like in the link up above with the screenshots.

I also attached a black and white king to be used for the Black_White_active.png and Black_White_passive.png images.

Everything else, just go crazy with whatever would blend in correctly.

I know that this is a huge request, so only take it upon yourself if you really want to make someone very happy and if you're painfully bored beyond any belief. :)

Here are all of the graphics.
Attachment 25240

Cheers and I hope to hear from a wonderful person here.

Most kindly,
James

Re: Hacking the default Chess program
 

I thought I would try this on my own for a little bit last night.

I'm really not that good with graphics, but hey, it's kind of neat learning a few things on my own.

Anyway, the pieces just don't look right on this board and I'm only about 25% or so into this...

http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/6772/16609846.png

If anyone has a good chess set that has a transparent background, could you post or PM a response?

Thanks. :)

Re: Hacking the default Chess program
 

I'd rather recommend getting involved in "Miniature" or at least giving it a try because that's still actively developed... :)

Re: Hacking the default Chess program
 

Perhaps, but only supported for Harmattan with "experimental" Fremantle support according to its website. Addison's running Diablo and Qt is a bit of a dead end there anyway.

Besides, osso-chess isn't half bad, and the source is available under a Free (GPL) licence except for the graphics and sounds, so it's really nice to see someone working on replacements :-)

Re: Hacking the default Chess program
 

Thank you for the pieces lma! I actually like them very much and they all are a perfect size! :)

Unfortunately, they came out just a little too transparent. *lol*

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/2460/96593867.png

I'm not sure if I have the talent to whiten them up, but I'll give it a shot later.

Cheers. :)

Re: Hacking the default Chess program
 

Has anybody actually beaten the damn computer? We pit the n900 (EASY) against Windows (GRANDMASTER) chess game and the n900 won 10/10 times!

Re: Hacking the default Chess program
 

My chess ELO rating is a stellar 1300.

What do you think? :)

Re: Hacking the default Chess program
 

James, you're a grandmaster in the scheme of things. If you can have an ELO rating of -1300, that would be me :(

Re: Hacking the default Chess program
 

One of my all-time favourite bugzilla comments:

"Reporter should learn how to play chess better if he's not able to win the easy level."

Goes doubly for Windows I suppose.

Re: Hacking the default Chess program
 

My chess opening, that I always use in the beginning, is called "The Lion".

Whether I play as black or white, my first 12 or 13 moves are always the same. No thinking required at all on my behalf.

Are you honestly saying that you play worse than this? :)