[imported_silkroad]

Originally Posted by Carnage-

The mod you link to there, seems on the face of it much different to this one. This mod is play by post which means games can go on for weeks if people only have the time for a move or two a day. Whereas the mod you linked to seems (without having installed it) to use live play.

In the other mod, the play can also go on for weeks or years, it just requires setting one or two timers which are easily changed in the code.

As you know, I have installed both mods, and (sorry to say) the "other chess mod" is far superior (for actally playing chess) and the developer is keen to make changes when bugs are found. For example, when debugging, our team found that it was missing one rule of play. We notified the developer and, without discussion or opinons, he fixed it. Now that chess game enforces rules 100% without error. Also, now it has notation, etc.

It is up to you.... but we have found a Chess mod that works very well, and we can easily modify to add features (which we have done), and because the developer is so responsive to make it highly usable, we will pay for the commercial version ($45) with standard chess rankings, ladders, etc.

The problem I have here is that we requested a game that enforced rules nearly two years ago, it seems. The "other mod" has one rule missing, and it was fixed within a week.... big difference in both actual usability and support. Of course, I did have to spend a few days changing the code to get it as we want it, but it was easy to change and fun.

Cheers.