Here's a full chess set for your instrument panel. ChessMFD turns any MFD into a complete chess experience:
play against a built-in engine at four strength levels, from a forgiving Novice that makes human-like mistakes to a full-strength Expert of roughly 2000+ Elo that most club players will find a serious challenge.
Features:
Complete rules implementation – castling, en passant, promotion, all draw rules
Four AI levels with human-like play; opening and endgame books (plain text, user-editable)
Spoken move narration via Windows text-to-speech, plus XRSound sound effects (optional)
Animated evaluation bar – watch the engine's assessment live while it thinks
Tactics puzzle trainer, board editor with FEN import, save/load with automatic PGN export
Game state persists in your scenario files – quicksave mid-game and resume later
Custom board and piece graphics – drop BMP files in a folder and select them in-MFD (see manual, Section 16)
Works with Orbiter 2016 and Orbiter 2024. XRSound is optional; narration needs nothing beyond Windows itself. Full source code is included under the MIT license, and the package contains a comprehensive 15-page manual covering everything from controls to creating your own piece sets.
Feedback, bug reports, and custom artwork are all very welcome. Enjoy!
play against a built-in engine at four strength levels, from a forgiving Novice that makes human-like mistakes to a full-strength Expert of roughly 2000+ Elo that most club players will find a serious challenge.
Features:
Complete rules implementation – castling, en passant, promotion, all draw rules
Four AI levels with human-like play; opening and endgame books (plain text, user-editable)
Spoken move narration via Windows text-to-speech, plus XRSound sound effects (optional)
Animated evaluation bar – watch the engine's assessment live while it thinks
Tactics puzzle trainer, board editor with FEN import, save/load with automatic PGN export
Game state persists in your scenario files – quicksave mid-game and resume later
Custom board and piece graphics – drop BMP files in a folder and select them in-MFD (see manual, Section 16)
Works with Orbiter 2016 and Orbiter 2024. XRSound is optional; narration needs nothing beyond Windows itself. Full source code is included under the MIT license, and the package contains a comprehensive 15-page manual covering everything from controls to creating your own piece sets.
Feedback, bug reports, and custom artwork are all very welcome. Enjoy!
- Supported Orbiter Version
- 2024
- 2016
