[imported_silkroad]

Originally Posted by Carnage-

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ZeK005: if you want to add an option to enforce legal moves, feel free; I could add a hook location or two to allow you to create it as an addon, if you let me know where you want them.

It'd be good if it could be controled by an additional option with three selections:
allow all moves
allow legal moves only
thread based move legality.

Where by the last option would allow a parameter to be specified to enforce legal moves or not.

I have purposfully not included this feature myself, as i've never believed it to be nessisary: your home chess set dosn't do it, yet you can still play chess. .......

Hi Carnage,

We disabled this mod a long time ago because it does not enforce legal moves, and, more than likely, will use the chess program in The Gameroom (MOTM) because it does enforce legal moves.

Your counterargument to this "your chess set at home does not do it" does not apply because when you are sitting in front of your chess set, you and the other player can easily manage things. This is not the same when folks are on the other side of the net, and they might not even be playing at the same time.

In practice, an on-line chess program MUST enforce legal moves, and the option to set up the board is important as well. However, Chess is about a set of rules and without those rules, it is simply not Chess !

So, we tried and tried to get his mod to work, and all our member-players, some rated higher than 2200 in the "real world" complained strongly.

Our only alternative, since you refuse to take this seriously and continue to argue that since it is possible to move pieces anywhere, you don't need to enforce rules, shows that you simply do not listen to your mod users, experienced players, and folks who have installed it (and removed it).

Since there is now a (alternative) vB mod that includes Chess and enforces the rules, there is an option for people who actually love Chess and want a reliable and playable Chess program for the members.

We will certainly select The Gameroom Chess program over this one, because of one reason, it is more reliable and enforces rules. You mod is "prettier" but is basically unreliable. I have seen too many games ending in frustration with this mod.