Gaming Chess anyone?

[dgatsoulis]

You're going to make an Orbiter chess game video? Novel. Could be quite cool if it is "filmed and sequenced" nicely. Is "One Night in Bangkok" going to be the background music?

Deal. Black. Where do I get the board and skins?

I will try to make a vid of the whole game. As for the individual moves, we'll just post pics here.

I've attached a zip file here with everything you need, except the skins.(They are about 26MB)
Unzip the file in your Orbiter directory and run the "_chess" scenario.

IMPORTANT!: In the Textures directory, rename these files: Lpad01 to Lpad01old and Lpad02 to Lpad02old before you unzip the file.

I'll send you the skins via email, if you PM me your address.

Now, to our game. Since you chose black, i go first: 1.e2 e4

Your move.

 

[Dambuster]

Any chance of an OMP server being used for this? Or would the 16 vessels/user prevent it from working?

 

[jedidia]

A Kings Pawn opening? how conventional

(you DO know what happens when you play chess in public, do you? :lol: )

 

[ex-orbinaut]

e7-e5...

 

[dgatsoulis]

e7-e5...

2.Nf3

A Kings Pawn opening? how conventional

(you DO know what happens when you play chess in public, do you? :lol: )

:lol: Indeed i do! :lol:

Just recently, i went to a park near my house, where they have set up one of those big "walkthrough" chessboards, with pieces about 1m tall.

I lost to a 12 y.o. :lol: but it was a fun experience!

 

[ex-orbinaut]

Don't know about you, but 32 XR-2's is KILLING my frame rate. I am having to resort to alternate methods to post these, ATM...

Dambuster; I am sure it would be a huge problem on OMP.

jedidia; Yeah, spectator sport, isn't it? :lol:

Standard stuff, so far... b8->c6...

 

[Unstung]

Do Bf1 - Bb4.

 

[SiameseCat]

Do Bf1 - Bb4.

I think you mean Bf1-Bb5. Bf1-Bb4 would be both illegal and stupid.

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I'd like to see c2-c4; this might make the game a bit more interesting (although it probably isn't the best move).

 

[Unstung]

I think you mean Bf1-Bb5. Bf1-Bb4 would be both illegal and stupid.

Yeah, I mis-counted the squares.

 

[dgatsoulis]

Don't know about you, but 32 XR-2's is KILLING my frame rate. I am having to resort to alternate methods to post these, ATM...

Standard stuff, so far... b8->c6...

Not so good for my FR either. I'll have to resort to some "Hollywood magic", to make the vid. Things will get better as the game proceeds though.

3.Bf1-b5

 

[Unstung]

Not so good for my FR either. I'll have to resort to some "Hollywood magic", to make the vid. Things will get better as the game proceeds though.

3.Bf1-b5

You can take all the images, align them, and fade through each once.

 

[jedidia]

Not so good for my FR either. I'll have to resort to some "Hollywood magic", to make the vid. Things will get better as the game proceeds though.

I'd suggest opening the game as soon as possible, then, even if only for technical reasons...

 

[ex-orbinaut]

I'd suggest opening the game as soon as possible, then, even if only for technical reasons...

Edge of your seat already?

Actually it is not too bad if you hover around (maturely!) with the rcs in translation mode. Jumpy, but manageable. No funny, "flippy" landings possible, however...

:hmm: ...looks sort of Spanish at this stage....

g8->f6

 

[dgatsoulis]

@Keith
For "technical reasons", i'll play:

4.Bb5xNc6

That should give me at least 1 more frame per second! :lol:

 

[ex-orbinaut]

See if I can't help you increase the frame rate, then...

d7xc6...

And just for chess interest's sake, I knocked this up to go with your board. It is a bit specific to this thread to post on OHM, really, so here it is. You'll know what to do with it as soon as you see it. Instructions in the scenario description. And don't worry, it's not an evil add on! :lol: Source code included!!!

See you next move...

 

[dgatsoulis]

These are absolutely brilliant Keith! :thumbup:
You are right, i DO know what to do with them. :lol:
Thank you for these, definitely worth uploading on OH.
I'd be honoured if you used the chessboard base.

Here is my move 5: d2 - d3

View from white after move 5

View from black after move 5

I've attached a zip file with 2 scenarios, one "set to start" and another with our game so far.

 

[ex-orbinaut]

f8->d6...

Thanks for your kind words! There's a patch here for the pieces. Fixes are:

1. New black texture lightened so it stands out a bit more.

2. King mesh fix, so he does not have to stand sideways.

3. Camera offsets lifted to "eye level" for each piece. Now the king can contemplate his subjects from his exalted position. :lol:

Edit:
My move is in the scenario "next_move", inside the patch.

The chess game for Orbiter was originally your idea. Once you are satisfied with the mods you are doing to your board, you go on ahead and upload the whole pack to OH. It might entertain a few people!

 

[dgatsoulis]

I've attached a liitle something i prepared.

Run the "chess intro" playback with the "Play at recorded speed" off.

Time-warp to about simtime 500 and look up, first to the right and then to the left.

Made a small mistake while counting the Lpads but i'll fix it soon.

This is what i want to use for the video intro (with different cameras ofcourse)

Now, to our game:
I'll play 6.Bc1-h5 (Next_Move scenario)

P.S. Thanks for the patch, it was great.:thumbup:

 

[jedidia]

For "technical reasons", i'll play:

Bobby Fisher used to do that quite often in regular games, though...

Nice how your board's comming along. now all we need is a bit of AI... :lol:

 

[ex-orbinaut]

Castled...

The playback looks good, getting all the pieces arriving together like that. Well done!